Skill Card Tier List
216 Cards
Acrobatics
Skill
1
Draw 3 cards.
Discard 1 card.
Discard 1 card.
Adrenaline
Skill
0
Gain .
Draw 2 cards.
Exhaust.
Draw 2 cards.
Exhaust.
Afterlife
Skill
1
Summon 6.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Alchemize
Skill
1
Procure a random potion.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Alignment
Skill
0
3
Gain .
Anointed
Skill
1
Put every Rare card from your Draw Pile into your Hand.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Anticipate
Skill
0
Gain 2 Dexterity this turn.
Armaments
Skill
1
Gain 5 Block.
Upgrade a card in your Hand.
Upgrade a card in your Hand.
Backflip
Skill
1
Gain 5 Block.
Draw 2 cards.
Draw 2 cards.
Battle Trance
Skill
0
Draw 3 cards.
You cannot draw additional cards this turn.
You cannot draw additional cards this turn.
Beat Down
Skill
3
Play 3 random Attacks from your Discard Pile.
BEGONE!
Skill
1
Choose a card in your Hand to Transform into Minion Strike.
Believe in You
Skill
0
Another player gains .
Big Bang
Skill
0
Draw 1 card.
Gain .
Gain .
Forge 5.
Exhaust.
Gain .
Gain .
Forge 5.
Exhaust.
Blade Dance
Skill
1
Add 3 Shivs into your Hand.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Blade of Ink
Skill
1
Add 2 Inky Shivs into your Hand.
Blood Wall
Skill
2
Lose 2 HP.
Gain 16 Block.
Gain 16 Block.
Bloodletting
Skill
0
Lose 3 HP.
Gain .
Gain .
Blur
Skill
1
Gain 5 Block.
Block is not removed at the start of your next turn.
Block is not removed at the start of your next turn.
Bodyguard
Skill
1
Summon 5.
Boost Away
Skill
0
Gain 6 Block.
Add a Dazed into your Discard Pile.
Add a Dazed into your Discard Pile.
Boot Sequence
Skill
0
Innate.
Gain 10 Block.
Exhaust.
Gain 10 Block.
Exhaust.
Borrowed Time
Skill
1
Gain 4.
Cards cost an additional this turn.
Cards cost an additional this turn.
Bouncing Flask
Skill
2
Apply 3 Poison to a random enemy 3 times.
Brand
Skill
0
Lose 1 HP.
Exhaust 1 card.
Gain 1 Strength.
Exhaust 1 card.
Gain 1 Strength.
Bubble Bubble
Skill
1
If the enemy has Poison, apply 9 Poison.
Bullet Time
Skill
3
You cannot draw additional cards this turn. ALL cards in your Hand are free to play this turn.
Bulwark
Skill
2
Gain 12 Block.
Forge 10.
Forge 10.
Bundle of Joy
Skill
1
Add 3 random Colorless cards into your Hand.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Burning Pact
Skill
1
Exhaust 1 card.
Draw 2 cards.
Draw 2 cards.
Burst
Skill
1
This turn, your next Skill is played an extra time.
Calculated Gamble
Skill
0
Discard your Hand,
then draw that many cards.
Exhaust.
then draw that many cards.
Exhaust.
Capture Spirit
Skill
1
Enemy loses 3 HP.
Add 3 Souls into your Draw Pile.
Add 3 Souls into your Draw Pile.
Cascade
Skill
X
Play the top X cards of your Draw Pile.
Catastrophe
Skill
2
Play 2 random cards from your Draw Pile.
Chaos
Skill
1
Channel 1 random Orb.
Charge Battery
Skill
1
Gain 7 Block.
Next turn, gain .
Next turn, gain .
CHARGE!!
Skill
1
Choose 2 cards in your Draw Pile to Transform into
Minion Dive Bombs.
Minion Dive Bombs.
Chill
Skill
0
Channel 1 Frost for each enemy.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Cleanse
Skill
1
Summon 3.
Exhaust 1 card from your Draw Pile.
Exhaust 1 card from your Draw Pile.
Cloak and Dagger
Skill
1
Gain 6 Block.
Add 1 Shiv into your Hand.
Add 1 Shiv into your Hand.
Cloak of Stars
Skill
0
1
Gain 7 Block.
Colossus
Skill
1
Gain 5 Block.
You receive 50% less damage from Vulnerable enemies this turn.
You receive 50% less damage from Vulnerable enemies this turn.
Compact
Skill
1
Gain 6 Block.
Transform all Status cards in your Hand into Fuel.
Transform all Status cards in your Hand into Fuel.
Conqueror
Skill
1
Forge 3.
Sovereign Blade deals double damage to the enemy this turn.
Sovereign Blade deals double damage to the enemy this turn.
Convergence
Skill
1
Next turn,
gain and .
Retain your Hand this turn.
gain and .
Retain your Hand this turn.
Coolheaded
Skill
1
Channel 1 Frost.
Draw 1 card.
Draw 1 card.
Coordinate
Skill
1
Give another player 5 Strength this turn.
Corrosive Wave
Skill
1
Whenever you draw a card this turn, apply 2 Poison to ALL enemies.
Cosmic Indifference
Skill
1
Gain 6 Block.
Put a card from your Discard Pile on top of your Draw Pile.
Put a card from your Discard Pile on top of your Draw Pile.
Dark Shackles
Skill
0
Enemy loses 9 Strength this turn.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Darkness
Skill
1
Channel 1 Dark.
Trigger the passive ability of all Dark Orbs.
Trigger the passive ability of all Dark Orbs.
Deadly Poison
Skill
1
Apply 5 Poison.
Death's Door
Skill
1
Gain 6 Block.
If you applied Doom this turn, gain Block 2 additional times.
If you applied Doom this turn, gain Block 2 additional times.
Deathbringer
Skill
2
Apply 21 Doom and 1 Weak to ALL enemies.
Decisions, Decisions
Skill
0
6
Draw 3 cards.
Choose a Skill in your Hand and play it 3 times.
Exhaust.
Choose a Skill in your Hand and play it 3 times.
Exhaust.
Defend
Skill
1
Gain 5 Block.
Defend
Skill
1
Gain 5 Block.
Defend
Skill
1
Gain 5 Block.
Defend
Skill
1
Gain 5 Block.
Defend
Skill
1
Gain 5 Block.
Deflect
Skill
0
Gain 4 Block.
Defy
Skill
1
Ethereal.
Gain 6 Block.
Apply 1 Weak.
Gain 6 Block.
Apply 1 Weak.
Delay
Skill
2
Gain 11 Block.
Next turn,
gain .
Next turn,
gain .
Demonic Shield
Skill
0
Lose 1 HP.
Give another player Block equal to your Block.
Exhaust.
Give another player Block equal to your Block.
Exhaust.
Dirge
Skill
X
Summon 3 X times.
Add X Souls into your Draw Pile.
Exhaust.
Add X Souls into your Draw Pile.
Exhaust.
Discovery
Skill
1
Choose 1 of 3 random cards to add into your Hand. It's free to play this turn.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Dodge and Roll
Skill
1
Gain 4 Block.
Next turn, gain 4 Block.
Next turn, gain 4 Block.
Dominate
Skill
1
Apply 1 Vulnerable.
Gain 1 Strength for each Vulnerable on the enemy.
Exhaust.
Gain 1 Strength for each Vulnerable on the enemy.
Exhaust.
Double Energy
Skill
1
Double your Energy.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Dredge
Skill
1
Put 3 cards from your Discard Pile into your Hand.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Drum of Battle
Skill
1
Draw 2 cards.
When this card is Exhausted, gain .
When this card is Exhausted, gain .
Dualcast
Skill
1
Evoke your rightmost Orb twice.
Eidolon
Skill
2
Exhaust your Hand.
If 9 cards were Exhausted this way, gain 1 Intangible.
If 9 cards were Exhausted this way, gain 1 Intangible.
End of Days
Skill
3
Apply 29 Doom to ALL enemies.
Kill enemies with at least as much Doom as HP.
Kill enemies with at least as much Doom as HP.
Energy Surge
Skill
1
ALL players gain .
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Enfeebling Touch
Skill
1
Ethereal.
Enemy loses 8 Strength this turn.
Enemy loses 8 Strength this turn.
Equilibrium
Skill
2
Gain 13 Block.
Retain your Hand this turn.
Retain your Hand this turn.
Escape Plan
Skill
0
Draw 1 card.
If you draw a Skill, gain 3 Block.
If you draw a Skill, gain 3 Block.
Evil Eye
Skill
1
Gain 8 Block.
Gain another 8 Block if you have Exhausted a card this turn.
Gain another 8 Block if you have Exhausted a card this turn.
Expect a Fight
Skill
2
Gain for each Attack in your Hand.
You cannot gain
additional this turn.
You cannot gain
additional this turn.
Expertise
Skill
1
Draw cards until you have 6 in your Hand.
Expose
Skill
0
Remove all Artifact and Block from the enemy.
Apply 2 Vulnerable.
Exhaust.
Apply 2 Vulnerable.
Exhaust.
Fight Through
Skill
1
Gain 13 Block.
Add 2 Wounds into your Discard Pile.
Add 2 Wounds into your Discard Pile.
Finesse
Skill
0
Gain 4 Block.
Draw 1 card.
Draw 1 card.
Flame Barrier
Skill
2
Gain 12 Block.
Whenever you are attacked this turn, deal 4 damage back.
Whenever you are attacked this turn, deal 4 damage back.
Flanking
Skill
2
The enemy takes double attack damage from other players this turn.
Foregone Conclusion
Skill
1
Next turn, put 2 cards from your Draw Pile into your Hand.
Forgotten Ritual
Skill
1
If you Exhausted a card this turn, gain .
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Fusion
Skill
1
Channel 1 Plasma.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Gather Light
Skill
1
Gain 8 Block.
Gain .
Gain .
Genetic Algorithm
Skill
1
Gain 1 Block.
Permanently increase this card's Block by 3.
Exhaust.
Permanently increase this card's Block by 3.
Exhaust.
Glacier
Skill
2
Gain 6 Block.
Channel 2 Frost.
Channel 2 Frost.
Glasswork
Skill
1
Gain 5 Block.
Channel 1 Glass.
Channel 1 Glass.
Glimmer
Skill
1
Draw 3 cards.
Put 1 card from your Hand on top of your Draw Pile.
Put 1 card from your Hand on top of your Draw Pile.
Glimpse Beyond
Skill
1
ALL players add 3 Souls into their Draw Pile.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Glitterstream
Skill
2
Gain 11 Block.
Next turn, gain 5 Block.
Next turn, gain 5 Block.
Glow
Skill
1
Gain .
Draw 1 card.
Next turn, draw 1 card.
Draw 1 card.
Next turn, draw 1 card.
Grave Warden
Skill
1
Gain 8 Block.
Add a Soul into your Draw Pile.
Add a Soul into your Draw Pile.
GUARDS!!!
Skill
2
Transform any number of cards in your Hand into Minion Sacrifice.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Hand Trick
Skill
1
Gain 7 Block.
Add Sly to a Skill in your Hand this turn.
Add Sly to a Skill in your Hand this turn.
Havoc
Skill
1
Play the top card of your Draw Pile and Exhaust it.
Haze
Skill
3
Sly.
Apply 4 Poison to ALL enemies.
Apply 4 Poison to ALL enemies.
Hidden Cache
Skill
1
Gain .
Next turn, gain .
Next turn, gain .
Hidden Daggers
Skill
0
Discard 2 cards.
Add 2 Shivs into your Hand.
Add 2 Shivs into your Hand.
Hidden Gem
Skill
1
A random card without Replay in your Draw Pile gains Replay 2.
Hologram
Skill
1
Gain 3 Block.
Put a card from your Discard Pile into your Hand.
Exhaust.
Put a card from your Discard Pile into your Hand.
Exhaust.
Hotfix
Skill
0
Gain 2 Focus this turn.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Huddle Up
Skill
1
ALL players draw 2 cards.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
I Am Invincible
Skill
1
Gain 10 Block.
At the end of your turn, if this is on top of your Draw Pile, play it.
At the end of your turn, if this is on top of your Draw Pile, play it.
Ignition
Skill
1
Another player Channels Plasma.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Impatience
Skill
0
If you have no Attacks in your Hand, draw 2 cards.
Impervious
Skill
2
Gain 30 Block.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Infernal Blade
Skill
1
Add a random Attack into your Hand. It's free to play this turn.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Intercept
Skill
1
Gain 9 Block.
Redirect all incoming attacks that would be dealt to another player this turn to you.
Redirect all incoming attacks that would be dealt to another player this turn to you.
Invoke
Skill
1
Next turn, Summon 2 and gain .
Jack of All Trades
Skill
0
Add 1 random Colorless card into your Hand.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Knife Trap
Skill
2
Play every Shiv in your Exhaust Pile on the enemy.
Know Thy Place
Skill
0
Apply 1 Weak.
Apply 1 Vulnerable.
Exhaust.
Apply 1 Vulnerable.
Exhaust.
Largesse
Skill
0
Another player adds 1 random Colorless card to their Hand.
Leap
Skill
1
Gain 9 Block.
Leg Sweep
Skill
2
Apply 2 Weak.
Gain 11 Block.
Gain 11 Block.
Legion of Bone
Skill
2
ALL players Summon 6.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Lift
Skill
1
Give another player 11 Block.
Lightning Rod
Skill
1
Gain 4 Block.
At the start of the next 2 turns, Channel 1 Lightning.
At the start of the next 2 turns, Channel 1 Lightning.
Malaise
Skill
X
Enemy loses X Strength. Apply X Weak.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Manifest Authority
Skill
1
Gain 7 Block.
Add 1 random Colorless card into your Hand.
Add 1 random Colorless card into your Hand.
Master of Strategy
Skill
0
Draw 3 cards.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Melancholy
Skill
3
Gain 13 Block.
Reduce this card's cost by whenever ANYONE dies.
Reduce this card's cost by whenever ANYONE dies.
Mimic
Skill
1
Gain Block equal to the Block on another player.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Mirage
Skill
1
Gain Block equal to Poison on ALL enemies.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Modded
Skill
0
Gain 1 Orb Slot.
Draw 1 card. Increase this card's cost by 1.
Draw 1 card. Increase this card's cost by 1.
Monologue
Skill
0
Whenever you play a card this turn, gain 1 Strength this turn.
Multi-Cast
Skill
X
Evoke your rightmost Orb X times.
Negative Pulse
Skill
1
Gain 5 Block.
Apply 7 Doom to ALL enemies.
Apply 7 Doom to ALL enemies.
Nightmare
Skill
3
Choose a card.
Next turn, add 3 copies of that card into your Hand.
Exhaust.
Next turn, add 3 copies of that card into your Hand.
Exhaust.
No Escape
Skill
1
Apply 10 Doom, plus an additional 5 Doom for every 10 Doom already on this enemy.
Not Yet
Skill
2
Heal 10 HP.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Oblivion
Skill
0
Whenever you play a card this turn, apply 3 Doom to the enemy.
Offering
Skill
0
Lose 6 HP.
Gain .
Draw 3 cards.
Exhaust.
Gain .
Draw 3 cards.
Exhaust.
One-Two Punch
Skill
1
This turn, your next Attack is played an extra time.
Overclock
Skill
0
Draw 2 cards.
Add a Burn into your Discard Pile.
Add a Burn into your Discard Pile.
Panic Button
Skill
0
Gain 30 Block.
You cannot gain Block from cards for 2 turns.
Exhaust.
You cannot gain Block from cards for 2 turns.
Exhaust.
Parse
Skill
1
Ethereal.
Draw 3 cards.
Draw 3 cards.
Particle Wall
Skill
0
2
Gain 9 Block.
Return this card to your Hand.
Return this card to your Hand.
Patter
Skill
1
Gain 8 Block.
Gain 2 Vigor.
Gain 2 Vigor.
Piercing Wail
Skill
1
ALL enemies lose 6 Strength this turn.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Prepared
Skill
0
Draw 1 card.
Discard 1 card.
Discard 1 card.
Primal Force
Skill
0
Transform all Attacks in your Hand into Giant Rock.
Production
Skill
0
Gain .
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Prolong
Skill
0
Next turn, gain Block equal to your current Block.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Prophesize
Skill
2
Draw 6 cards.
Pull Aggro
Skill
2
Summon 4.
Gain 7 Block.
Gain 7 Block.
Purity
Skill
0
Retain.
Exhaust up to 3 cards in your Hand.
Exhaust.
Exhaust up to 3 cards in your Hand.
Exhaust.
Putrefy
Skill
1
Apply 2 Weak.
Apply 2 Vulnerable.
Exhaust.
Apply 2 Vulnerable.
Exhaust.
Quadcast
Skill
1
Evoke your rightmost Orb 4 times.
Quasar
Skill
0
2
Choose 1 of 3 random Colorless cards to add into your Hand.
Rage
Skill
0
Whenever you play an Attack this turn, gain 3 Block.
Rainbow
Skill
2
Channel 1 Lightning.
Channel 1 Frost.
Channel 1 Dark.
Exhaust.
Channel 1 Frost.
Channel 1 Dark.
Exhaust.
Rally
Skill
2
ALL players gain 12 Block.
Reanimate
Skill
3
Summon 20.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Reboot
Skill
0
Shuffle ALL your cards into your Draw Pile.
Draw 4 cards.
Exhaust.
Draw 4 cards.
Exhaust.
Refine Blade
Skill
1
Forge 9.
Next turn, gain .
Next turn, gain .
Reflect
Skill
1
3
Gain 15 Block.
Blocked attack damage is reflected to your attacker this turn.
Blocked attack damage is reflected to your attacker this turn.
Reflex
Skill
3
Sly.
Draw 2 cards.
Draw 2 cards.
Resonance
Skill
1
3
Gain 1 Strength. ALL enemies lose 1 Strength.
Restlessness
Skill
0
Retain.
If your Hand is empty, draw 2 cards and gain .
If your Hand is empty, draw 2 cards and gain .
Royal Gamble
Skill
0
5
Gain 9 .
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Sacrifice
Skill
1
Retain.
If Osty is alive, he dies and you gain Block equal to double his Max HP.
If Osty is alive, he dies and you gain Block equal to double his Max HP.
Scare
Skill
0
Apply 1 Weak to ALL enemies.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Scavenge
Skill
1
Exhaust a card.
Next turn, gain .
Next turn, gain .
Scourge
Skill
1
Apply 13 Doom.
Draw 1 card.
Draw 1 card.
Scrawl
Skill
1
Draw cards until your Hand is full.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Seance
Skill
1
Ethereal.
Transform a card in your Draw Pile into Soul.
Transform a card in your Draw Pile into Soul.
Second Wind
Skill
1
Exhaust all non-Attack cards in your Hand. Gain 5 Block for each card Exhausted.
Secret Technique
Skill
0
Put a Skill from your Draw Pile into your Hand.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Secret Weapon
Skill
0
Put an Attack from your Draw Pile into your Hand.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Shadow Shield
Skill
2
Gain 11 Block.
Channel 1 Dark.
Channel 1 Dark.
Shadow Step
Skill
1
Discard your Hand.
Next turn, Attacks deal double damage.
Next turn, Attacks deal double damage.
Shadowmeld
Skill
1
Double your Block gain this turn.
Shared Fate
Skill
0
Lose 2 Strength.
Enemy loses 2 Strength.
Exhaust.
Enemy loses 2 Strength.
Exhaust.
Shockwave
Skill
2
Apply 3 Weak and Vulnerable to ALL enemies.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Shrug It Off
Skill
1
Gain 8 Block.
Draw 1 card.
Draw 1 card.
Signal Boost
Skill
1
The next Power you play is played an additional time.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Skim
Skill
1
Draw 3 cards.
Snakebite
Skill
2
Retain.
Apply 7 Poison.
Apply 7 Poison.
Splash
Skill
1
Choose 1 of 3 random Attacks from another character to add into your Hand. It's free to play this turn.
Spoils of Battle
Skill
1
Forge 5.
Draw 2 cards.
Draw 2 cards.
Spur
Skill
1
Retain.
Summon 3.
Osty heals 5 HP.
Summon 3.
Osty heals 5 HP.
Stoke
Skill
1
Exhaust your Hand.
Add 1 random card into your Hand for each card Exhausted.
Add 1 random card into your Hand for each card Exhausted.
Storm of Steel
Skill
1
Discard your Hand.
Add 1 Shiv into your Hand for each card discarded.
Add 1 Shiv into your Hand for each card discarded.
Summon Forth
Skill
1
Put Sovereign Blade into your Hand from anywhere.
Forge 8.
Forge 8.
Supercritical
Skill
0
Gain 4.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Survivor
Skill
1
Gain 8 Block.
Discard 1 card.
Discard 1 card.
Synchronize
Skill
1
Gain 2 Focus this turn for each unique Orb you have.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Tactician
Skill
3
Sly.
Gain .
Gain .
Taunt
Skill
1
Gain 7 Block.
Apply 1 Vulnerable.
Apply 1 Vulnerable.
Tempest
Skill
X
Channel X Lightning.
Terraforming
Skill
1
Gain 6 Vigor.
The Bomb
Skill
2
At the end of 3 turns, deal 40 damage to ALL enemies.
The Gambit
Skill
0
Gain 50 Block.
If you take unblocked attack damage this combat, die.
If you take unblocked attack damage this combat, die.
The Smith
Skill
1
4
Forge 30.
Thinking Ahead
Skill
0
Draw 2 cards.
Put 1 card from your Hand on top of your Draw Pile.
Exhaust.
Put 1 card from your Hand on top of your Draw Pile.
Exhaust.
Transfigure
Skill
1
Add Replay to a card in your Hand.
It costs an extra .
Exhaust.
It costs an extra .
Exhaust.
Tremble
Skill
1
Apply 3 Vulnerable.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
True Grit
Skill
1
Gain 7 Block.
Exhaust 1 card at random.
Exhaust 1 card at random.
TURBO
Skill
0
Gain .
Add a Void into your Discard Pile.
Add a Void into your Discard Pile.
Ultimate Defend
Skill
1
Gain 11 Block.
Undeath
Skill
0
Gain 7 Block.
Add a copy of this card into your Discard Pile.
Add a copy of this card into your Discard Pile.
Untouchable
Skill
2
Sly.
Gain 6 Block.
Gain 6 Block.
Up My Sleeve
Skill
2
Add 3 Shivs into your Hand.
Reduce this card's cost by 1.
Reduce this card's cost by 1.
Venerate
Skill
1
Gain .
Voltaic
Skill
3
Channel Lightning equal to the Lightning already Channeled this combat.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
White Noise
Skill
1
Add a random Power into your Hand. It's free to play this turn.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Wisp
Skill
0
Gain .
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Zap
Skill
1
Channel 1 Lightning.
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