Hex

Debuff

While Spectral Knight is alive, ALL your cards are Ethereal.

The Spectral Knight in the Glory Knights elite opens with its Hex move, putting this debuff on each player. While it is on you, every card you own in the fight is marked Hexed, and Hexed cards are Ethereal: whatever is left in your hand at end of turn is Exhausted. Cards created or added later are marked as they enter. It is a single buff with no counter.

Kind

Debuff

Stacks

Applied by

1 enemy

Where it comes from

Enemies that apply Hex

Notes

The debuff is tied to the Knight: when it dies the power is removed, and the removal clears the mark from every card at once. Ethereal from other sources, such as Music Box copies, is left untouched. Cards that already carry a different affliction are skipped. Either kill the Knight first or play out your hand every turn; anything you hold back is lost for the fight.

Changes by version

5 Feb 2026ChangeInternal playtest
Now always does Soul Slash after Hex move
10 Jul 2025Bug fixSpirit of Ash Ethereal Spectral KnightInternal playtest
Spirit of Ash card no longer incorrectly triggers itself when it's been given Ethereal by an effect like Spectral Knight monster's Hex power
23 Jan 2025InterfaceInternal playtest
Added missing hovertips to Hex and Empower

All 5 patch notes2 older

26 Sep 2024Bug fixSpectral Knight EtherealInternal playtest
Spectral Knight's Hex move now applies Ethereal to cards generated in combat
14 Jun 2024Bug fixDampenInternal playtest
Dampen power no longer cancels out Hex
Bug fixOsty Spectral KnightInternal playtest
Fixed softlock when Hex is applied to Osty by Spectral Knight

Internal playtest notes are from before the Early Access release. Names and numbers in them can differ from the game today.

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