Hourglass · common skill

Dust Ward

Gain 7 Guard. Bury 2: top 2 to discard, gain up to 2 Dust. Heal 3.

Hourglass skill common 1 mana

An enabler: it banks a resource that a payoff card later cashes in.

What it doesRead from the engine's own effect table.

Effect	Value	What it does
Guard	7	Gain this much Guard. Guard absorbs incoming damage and resets at the start of your turn unless something says otherwise.
Bury	2	Move the top value cards of your draw pile to the discard (never forces a reshuffle) and gain value Dust (a fight-long counter)
Heal	3	Recover this much HP, up to your maximum.

Keywords on this page

🛡 Guard: Absorbs incoming damage. Resets at the start of your turn.
⌛ Bury: The top cards of your deck go to your discard and you gain that much Dust. Buried cards return when your deck reshuffles; nothing is lost for the run. The cards always go, but some foes drink time and thin the Dust you bank.
🏜️ Dust: A counter that lasts the whole fight. It is never spent — your Dust cards read it and hit harder the more of it you have.

The Hourglass deckGrind your deck away to hit harder.