Season V
Three new biomes below the ones you know, eighteen new things living in them, nine new afflictions carried by three rules, and four new decks. One of them is free. Three are sealed.
Play Atlas of DoorsA run still descends through three regions, so which three you get is a coin — and each new biome is paired with an old one so either draw is the same difficulty.
Floors 0–2 · paired with cellars · fear: animal-arachnid
barbfloss
weftbind
thornmilkNothing down here is wet. The dust is fine as flour and it is made of hair - and everywhere it has touched you is already beginning to burn.
drops from the dark, bites for 77rakes barbed floss into the bite (Barbfloss 6: 6 damage at the end of each of your turns, ignoring Guard, decaying by 1)6
spins a snare (+16 Guard)16sinks both fangs for 1515combs a bead of thornmilk into the wound (thornmilk 6) - it rears back a full beat before it lands, then the barbed sap keeps working after the leg lifts6
nips from a hundred mouths for 88leaves shed barbs in the skin (Barbfloss 11: 11 damage at the end of each of your turns, ignoring Guard, decaying by 1)11
eats its own dead (+4 HP)4the whole brood bites at once for 1414combs a bead of thornmilk into the wound (thornmilk 14) - it rears back a full beat before it lands, then the barbed sap keeps working after the leg lifts14
coils tight (+1 Wrath) - it does not strike this turn1STRIKES for 1616the venom takes hold and burns (Barbfloss 16: 16 damage at the end of each of your turns, ignoring Guard, decaying by 1)16flicks its tail across your shins for 66combs a bead of thornmilk into the wound (thornmilk 20) - it rears back a full beat before it lands, then the barbed sap keeps working after the leg lifts20
finds a seam and probes for 1414buries its barbed mouthparts (Weftbind 5) - it does not strike this turn5swells hard against the wound (+20 Guard)20gorges on the open wound (+5 HP)5combs a bead of thornmilk into the wound (thornmilk 6) - it rears back a full beat before it lands, then the barbed sap keeps working after the leg lifts6
lunges fangs-first for 1111combs a haze of floss over you (Weftbind 4) - she does not strike this turn4walls the exits in web (+20 Guard)20comes down on you for 1818combs a bead of thornmilk into the wound (thornmilk 14) - it rears back a full beat before it lands, then the barbed sap keeps working after the leg lifts14Floors 3–5 · paired with bone-halls · fear: enclosure
pallsear
swaddle
mortarcreepEvery door on this floor has been webbed shut from the outside. The silk is still wet.
lays a fresh course of block across the gallery (+9 Guard)9trowels silk-mortar and tops the wall — it is chest-high now (+8 Guard)8seals another exit — the room gets smaller (Swaddle 2)2presses you into the new wall for 1313presses wet mortarcreep into your seams (mortarcreep 5) - it rears back a full beat before it lands, then it sets slowly, and it sets on you5
takes up another span of slack — the pawl never gives back (+2 Wrath)2Winds the cable taut and lets a coil of hot rope-dust fall — next turn it sears (Pallsear 3: 3 damage at the end of each of your turns, ignoring Guard, decaying by 1)3lets one cable crack across you for 44braces its frame against the walls (+15 Guard)15OVERWOUND — the whole gallery cinches shut for 1111presses wet mortarcreep into your seams (mortarcreep 10) - it rears back a full beat before it lands, then it sets slowly, and it sets on you10
winds a band around your sword-arm (Pallsear 6: 6 damage at the end of each of your turns, ignoring Guard, decaying by 1)6presses its wrapped weight over your face for 44drinks a wrapped bundle dry (+16 HP)16cinches the whole wrap tight for 1111presses wet mortarcreep into your seams (mortarcreep 16) - it rears back a full beat before it lands, then it sets slowly, and it sets on you16
wedges tighter into the crawlspace and knits shut (+4 HP)4Loops a slack thread twice around your arm — it telegraphs the pull, and every hit lands heavier (Swaddle 2).2goes flat beneath the floor — the boards settle (+15 Guard)15WOUNDED AND CORNERED — the floor comes open under you for 1111presses wet mortarcreep into your seams (mortarcreep 6) - it rears back a full beat before it lands, then it sets slowly, and it sets on you6
the packed mortar sweats and drops its rime (shrugs off Chill 4) - the wall beads visibly first4
lurches its whole hung weight into you for 66Drops its hanging pall over the doorway — the dust it sheds burns on contact (Pallsear 10: 10 damage at the end of each of your turns, ignoring Guard, decaying by 1)10stands itself into the doorway (+15 Guard)15opens its wrap and takes you in for 1010presses wet mortarcreep into your seams (mortarcreep 13) - it rears back a full beat before it lands, then it sets slowly, and it sets on you13
spins her shroud (+16 Guard)16her bite softens what it touches (Swaddle 2)2sinks her fangs for 1212COCOONS you for the larder — 1414presses wet mortarcreep into your seams (mortarcreep 16) - it rears back a full beat before it lands, then it sets slowly, and it sets on you16Floors 6–7 · paired with wardens-gate · fear: heights-falling
gutterwick
unfooting
windflayHere the Atlas runs out of pages. The stair keeps going down — and something below is climbing up to meet you.
tilts the stair beneath you (Unfooting 2)2a course gives way under your heel for 99packs its courses stone-solid (+17 Guard)17takes the footing out of your swing (Gutterwick 3: 3 damage at the end of each of your turns, ignoring Guard, decaying by 1)3the whole flight lets go — the drop does the rest for 1111The Unfooting lets the stairwell draught strip you raw (windflay 5) - telegraphed: it turns to the drop first, then the cold peels a little more each breath5
hooks your belt and hauls you half over the rail — nothing under your heels (Unfooting 2)2hauls itself hand over hand up its own rope (+16 HP)16loops your sword-arm in a haul-line (Gutterwick 6: 6 damage at the end of each of your turns, ignoring Guard, decaying by 1)6reels you off the step for 1212The Ropewright lets the stairwell draught strip you raw (windflay 10) - telegraphed: it turns to the drop first, then the cold peels a little more each breath10
snuffs the nearest lantern (Gutterwick 10: 10 damage at the end of each of your turns, ignoring Guard, decaying by 1)10drinks the stolen flame down whole (restores 4)4circles beyond the light — you cannot guard what you cannot see (Unfooting 2)2drinks deeper of the dark it made (restores 4)4engulfs you in the dark it made for 1212Wick-Thief lets the stairwell draught strip you raw (windflay 16) - telegraphed: it turns to the drop first, then the cold peels a little more each breath16
climbs another step — what it gains it never gives back (+2 Wrath)2Tips itself over the step ahead and pours — the dark it leaves eats at you (Gutterwick 4: 4 damage at the end of each of your turns, ignoring Guard, decaying by 1)4closes ten thousand small teeth for 44crests the rail in one motion for 88WOUNDED, AND STILL RISING — comes on as a single climbing wall for 1313The Spilling lets the stairwell draught strip you raw (windflay 6) - telegraphed: it turns to the drop first, then the cold peels a little more each breath6
reads its own margins back and closes (+10 HP)10holds up a blank page (+36 Guard)36annotates your flaws (Unfooting 2)2un-writes the stroke you were about to make — your swing returns half-erased (Gutterwick 8: 8 damage at the end of each of your turns, ignoring Guard, decaying by 1)8strikes your name through for 2323The Margin-Scribe lets the stairwell draught strip you raw (windflay 13) - telegraphed: it turns to the drop first, then the cold peels a little more each breath13
leans you out over the rail — nothing under your heels (Unfooting 3)3shears across the flight for 77the draft gathers under the step (+2 Wrath)2drags your blade-arm wide over the drop (Gutterwick 10: 10 damage at the end of each of your turns, ignoring Guard, decaying by 1)10stops holding you up - the landing arrives for 2323The Underdraft lets the stairwell draught strip you raw (windflay 16) - telegraphed: it turns to the drop first, then the cold peels a little more each breath16the flue howls and the frost sheeting on its flanks sloughs away (shrugs off Chill 4) - it flares its vents a full turn before, so you can see the shrug coming4
sheds hot lamp-grit into your boot (Gutterwick 5: 5 damage at the end of each of your turns, ignoring Guard, decaying by 1)5settles and knits its own cracks (+9 HP)9a hairline crack jumps underfoot for 88levels the ground out from under your guard (Unfooting 2)2the landing simply receives you for 2020The Landing lets the stairwell draught strip you raw (windflay 11) - telegraphed: it turns to the drop first, then the cold peels a little more each breath11Each rule is written once and worn by one affliction per biome, so you learn something in the Hollows and meet it again under a different name two regions down.
N damage at the end of each of your turns, ignoring Guard. Decays by 1.The long one. It outlives the turn you took it on, and Guard was never in the way.
Silk spun with the barbs facing inward. Every breath you take works it deeper, and the Guard you raised is behind it now.
rakes barbed floss into the bite (Barbfloss 6: 6 damage at the end of each of your turns, ignoring Guard, decaying by 1)Pale Weaver
Lamp-ash pressed into raw skin. It does not burn where it lands. It burns where it settles, a turn later, in the dark.
Winds the cable taut and lets a coil of hot rope-dust fall — next turn it sears (Pallsear 3: 3 damage at the end of each of your turns, ignoring Guard, decaying by 1)The Windlass
Tallow that runs down and keeps running. The stair drinks what falls, and it takes its portion at the end of every turn.
takes the footing out of your swing (Gutterwick 3: 3 damage at the end of each of your turns, ignoring Guard, decaying by 1)The Unfooting
ceil(N/4) damage at the end of your turn, ignoring Guard. Decays by 2.The short one. Small, fast, gone in two turns — which is exactly why it gets ignored twice.
Sap from something that wanted to be left alone. Nearly spent by the time you notice it — which is what makes you ignore it twice.
combs a bead of thornmilk into the wound (thornmilk 6) - it rears back a full beat before it lands, then the barbed sap keeps working after the leg liftsPale Weaver
The wall you leaned on is still working. Grit under the skin, grinding a little each turn, gone before you can plan around it.
presses wet mortarcreep into your seams (mortarcreep 5) - it rears back a full beat before it lands, then it sets slowly, and it sets on youThe Wallmason
The draught off the open stairwell. Thin, quick, finished with you in two turns. The fall it wants is the one you take dodging it.
The Unfooting lets the stairwell draught strip you raw (windflay 5) - telegraphed: it turns to the drop first, then the cold peels a little more each breathThe Unfooting
Every card that grants Guard grants N less. Decays by 1.The quiet one. It deals no damage at all — it just makes the wall you were counting on come up short.
Loomed across your arms while you were busy elsewhere. Nothing hits harder — you simply cannot get the shield up as high as you meant to.
buries its barbed mouthparts (Weftbind 5) - it does not strike this turnLarder Tick
Wrapped, patiently, the way this place wraps everything it means to keep. Your Guard still comes. It comes short.
seals another exit — the room gets smaller (Swaddle 2)The Wallmason
No stair under the foot you already committed. You brace, the brace lands on nothing, and it is worth less every time you try.
tilts the stair beneath you (Unfooting 2)The Unfooting
A passive is standing — true for the whole fight, with nothing to cleanse. Until this season the only way a fight could check a build was to hit it differently; these check it at the SOURCE, by taxing the resource the deck is built on. Five are new.
asks a question of Frost
Shrugs off Chill: your strikes land at full force against it.
Predates the season. Blunts the deck that wins by freezing everything down.
asks a question of Storm
Every point of mana you gain costs you health.
Predates the season. Punishes the deck that wants long, cheap, many-card turns.
asks a question of Hourglass
Cuts the Dust you gain. Dust you already banked is safe.
Answers the deck that wins by milling itself: the Dust engine still runs, it just banks less, so a patient grind stops being free.
asks a question of Dusk
Caps your sealed Omen at the start of its turn. Seal smaller, strike sooner.
Answers the deck that wins one turn late. Sitting on a big seal is now the losing line — seal smaller and cash in sooner.
asks a question of Cairn
Cuts the Guard you bank. What is already stacked holds.
Answers the deck that never stops stacking. What you already banked is safe; it is the NEXT stone that costs you.
asks a question of Poise
Cuts the Edge you gain. Edge you already honed is safe.
Answers the deck that wins by holding back. Restraint still pays, it just pays less — so two quiet turns may no longer beat one loud one.
asks a question of Storm
Cards that would give you mana give none at all. You cannot cleanse it.
The only one that is a CLIFF, not a slope: every mana grant in the game is 1, and the tax floors it, so a grounding foe denies the gain outright instead of trimming it.
A boss is a build-check, not a damage sponge. Each of these was re-cut so a specific deck has to answer something specific.
Flame
Frost
Blood
Storm
Cairnfree, new this season
Dusksealed
Hourglasssealed
PoisesealedA deck unlocks once, ever. To open the next, win on a different deck.
Which deck opens is random, but the pool empties. Three wins on three decks opens all three.
Everything re-seals next season. The old record stays frozen, and unlocks follow your account.
The bar is a single constant. Too few players opening a deck? Lower Diabase — no redesign.
With eight decks in the pack, an unweighted offer would bury your own payoffs. So the roll is anchored, not walled — and the rule holds on a reshuffle too.
Every card below is the real render, straight out of the game.
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.
Seals add together; the total strikes at the start of your next turn, then fades. It ignores the enemy's Guard.
A permanent bonus for this fight. It is never spent — your Edge cards read it and hit harder the more of it you have.
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.
At turn's end, gain that much Edge — but only if you played 2 or fewer cards this turn. A third card forfeits all of it. Some foes dull your blade and cut what you bank, which is why the card says "up to".
At the start of each of your turns, you gain this much Guard. It stacks up fast once Entomb is also running. Some foes erode the stones as you lay them, so you bank less than the card prints — never more than it says, which is why it says "up to".
Your Guard stops fading. It no longer resets at the start of your turn, so every Guard you gain adds to the last for the rest of the fight.
At the end of each of your turns, it deals damage scaled to your Dust. It reads your Dust fresh every turn and never spends it.
When your Omen strikes, you gain Guard equal to half the damage it dealt. It never delays or weakens the strike.
When your Omen strikes, you draw this many cards.
At the start of every turn you bank this much Hone, so the choice to hold back at 2 cards comes round every turn instead of once.
Season IV is here. Eleven gatekeepers, eleven arenas, and a ladder that knows your name.
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