Hourglass · common attack

Sifting Cut

Deal 3. Bury 5: top 5 to discard, gain up to 5 Dust.

Hourglass attack 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
Damage	3	Attack the enemy for this much, after Wrath, Chill and Shatter are applied and before its Guard absorbs.
Bury	5	Move the top value cards of your draw pile to the discard (never forces a reshuffle) and gain value Dust (a fight-long counter)

Keywords on this page

⌛ 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.