The Sunken Cellars
Silt and Rat
Behind a 2-crystal door · weaker (43%) behind a 1-crystal door.
Atlas of Doors · Content Update
Season VIII
Fights against whole groups of monsters, new cards that hit all of them at once, a charm made for every deck, monsters with a twist, shorter card text, and five new Descents below the bottom.
2 to 4monsters in one fight
26hand-made monster groups
24new cards
14new charms
6monster traits, plus 3 gentler stand-ins
5new Descents
70cards buffed, debuffed or reworked
Tap any bar, face or dotted word for the exact numbers.
Fights against a group
A door can now hold up to four monsters. Each group is hand-made from monsters of the same place, and tuned to be as hard as one monster.
What you are watching
One whole fight against three monsters, and both ways to choose who a card hits. Tap a step to jump to that moment.
Recorded on the test build at phone size, real speed, with sound. Nothing downloads until you press play.
How to read a door
Two marks on a fight door tell you what waits behind it.
Swords count the monsters
Crystals in the middle count the extra ones
- One red crystal for each monster after the first: two monsters show 1, four show 3.
- A one-monster door has no middle crystal. Its row of crystals underneath is still its danger level.
Real phone captures of the game. The game labels them too, from "Fight: 1 monster" to "Fight: 4 monsters".
The more monsters, the smaller each one
Share of its normal health and damage each monster keeps, on average.
Rules that keep it fair
- Your first fight is always one monster. A brand-new player meets no group before floor 4.
- Every floor keeps a single-monster door, so a group is always your choice.
- A group pays the same reward as one monster.
All 26 groups, place by place
Under each monster: its health alone → inside the group. Tap a face for more.
The Sunken Cellars
Silt Crawler and Cellar Leech
Behind a 2-crystal door · weaker (42%) behind a 1-crystal door.
The Silked Hollows
Broodwasp Twins
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Silked Hollows
Rafter Adder and Molt Husk
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Silked Hollows
Husk and Tick
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Tallow Larder
Hook Wretch and Spit Vat
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Tallow Larder
Spit Vat and Crow
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Tallow Larder
Wretch and Thrall
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Bone Halls
Grave Miasma Twins
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Bone Halls
Ash-Sifter Trio
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Bone Halls
Shade Court
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Bone Halls
Ossuary Hulk Court
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Spinneret Galleries
Wallmason and Gantry
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Spinneret Galleries
Gantry Masons
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Spinneret Galleries
Windlass Court
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Spinneret Galleries
Wallmason Pack
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Vitreous Kiln
Slag Hauler and Cinder Wisp
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Vitreous Kiln
Wisp Trio
Behind a 2-crystal door · weaker (34%) behind a 1-crystal door.
The Vitreous Kiln
Cinder Wisp Swarm
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Warden's Gate
Gate Acolyte Court
Behind a 2-crystal door · weaker (35%) behind a 1-crystal door.
The Warden's Gate
Sill-Sweeper Court
Behind a 2-crystal door · weaker (23%) behind a 1-crystal door.
The Starless Stair
Plumbline Court
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Starless Stair
Plumbline Four
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Verdigris Wreck
Anchor and Eels
Behind a 2-crystal door.
The Verdigris Wreck
Tide Priest Court
Behind a 2-crystal door · weaker (21%) behind a 1-crystal door.
The Verdigris Wreck
Knight's Crew
Behind a 2-crystal door.
Bosses with helpers
3 of the 12 bosses now bring one or two helpers, from the start or called mid-fight. The other 9 still fight alone, and so does the first boss of your very first run.
How it goes
- A gold +1 on the boss's move circle means a helper comes next turn.
- The helper walks in, small, on the left. It never acts on its first turn, and the boss pays half the helper's health for it.
- Tap any ring to aim. A gold rim and pointer mark it.
- Beat the boss and you win. Its helpers run the moment it falls.
Never more than 2 helpers at once. A call never replaces one of the boss's attacks.
Do helpers make it harder?
Change in wins out of 100 test climbs, boss with helpers against the same boss alone. Top bar: decks that hit one target; bottom bar: decks that hit the whole group.
Gold = you win more with the helpers there, grey = you win less. Fights last just as long: 6 turns either way.
The Lazaret
Starts alone, and calls for help where it used to stitch its own wounds: two helpers, one at a time.
The Arrears
Starts with one helper and calls a second when it drops to 50% health.
Blackwater
Starts with both helpers beside it. They are tiny: about 11% of their usual size.
Real phone captures of the game, 16 Oct.
One starting kit for every deck
Every deck now starts with the same 10 cards: 3 Strike, 2 Bash, 3 Defend, plus 2 of its own. Only 4 decks change; the rest already started this way.
The first ten cards
StrikeBashDefendthe deck's own
New cards for every deck
24 new cards. 16 hit more than one monster, but against a single monster they are no stronger than a normal card. The other 8 fill a gap: a simple card, a little healing, or a missing combo piece.
1 Mana cost.
Shorter card text
29 cards do exactly what they did, in fewer words. No card is longer than 12 words now (today 24 are, and Bloodrend and Ruin Pact spill off a phone screen).
Same card, fewer wordstoday → Season VIII
Words on a card, deck by deck
Average words per card. Grey is today, gold is Season VIII.
How a keyword works
A rule that repeats on many cards gets one short name. Tap it in the game to read the rule.
Today, on Ruin Pact
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Lose 1 HP. Gain 3 Wrath. Start of turn: stack up to 2 Guard. End of turn: deal 2 damage per 2 Dust.
Duststorm At the end of each turn, deal that much per 2 Dust.
Accrete At the start of each turn, gain up to that much Guard.
The keywords on Season VIII cardstap one to see its cards
ComboNEW
Cards you have played this turn, this one included.
SearNEW
Apply that much Ember per Combo.
SeetheNEW
Gain that much Wrath per Combo.
FrostbindNEW
Apply that much Chill per Combo.
GlaciateNEW
Deal that much per Chill, then remove all Chill.
UnleashNEW
Deal that much per Wrath you have.
CrashNEW
Deal that many times your Guard, then lose half.
DischargeNEW
Deal that much per unspent mana, then spend it all.
DustguardNEW
Gain that much Guard per 2 Dust.
Everburn
Your attacks apply that much Ember per Combo. Lasts the fight.
Stormfront
After each card you play, deal that much. Lasts the fight.
Bury
Top cards go to your discard. Gain that much Dust.
Duststorm
At the end of each turn, deal that much per 2 Dust.
Accrete
At the start of each turn, gain up to that much Guard.
Entomb
Your Guard stops fading for the rest of the fight.
Hone
Play 2 or fewer cards: gain that much Edge at turn end.
Vigil
When your Omen strikes, gain half its damage as Guard.
Hemorrhage
Deal that much per Bleed, then remove all Bleed.
14 new charms
A charm is a trinket you keep for the whole climb. Each deck now has its own: after an elite it joins the usual two charms as a third choice (unless you carry it already), and no other deck is offered it. Four more, for any deck, give a big gift at a real price; they turn up in the usual charm picks. Your backpack still holds 6.
The frame shows the rarity, in the game's own colours: commonuncommonrare
One for every deck
Flame
Frost
Storm
Blood
Hourglass
Dusk
Cairn
Poise
Verge
SimmerFour with a pricebig upside, real drawback
GivesGain 4 extra mana each turn.
CostsDraw 1 fewer card each turn.
GivesStart each combat with 5 Wrath.
CostsHealing in combat is halved.
GivesGain 7 Guard each turn.
CostsYou have 1 less mana.
GivesEach card you play deals 5.
CostsWounds cost you 3 more HP.
New: beat a boss and you now choose one of three charms to keep.
- Win the boss fight and tap the big gold button for the next Descent. It is free.
- Three charms wait, named after the boss you beat.
- Pick one, or skip. Then the next map opens. Leave and come back: the same three are there.
On every boss that leads on to another Descent. After Descent V the charms wait at the start of The Deep, if you choose to go there. Not in the Daily or a shared challenge.
Monsters with a trait
A monster standing alone can now roll one trait, so the single-monster door is never the easy pick next to a group. It shows on the monster's ring from the first turn; tap it to read it. Six traits can roll: Hulking, Frenzied, Warded, Thorned, Mending and Cruel. Three gentler stand-ins take the place of another trait in some areas: Sapping, Vicious and Souring.
Hulking
A much bigger body: 25% more health on floors 4 to 6, 60% on floor 7.
What it gives up Its hits deal 25% less damage.
Good to know Expect a longer fight, not a harder-hitting one.
Hulking varies in 6 places
Frenzied
Every one of its hits deals 2 more damage.
What it gives up It has 15% less health on floors 4 to 6, 20% on floor 7.
Good to know It hits harder but dies sooner.
Frenzied varies in 6 places
Warded
Starts the fight already holding Guard: 3% of its health on floors 4 to 6, 5% on floor 7 (at least 1 Guard).
Warded varies in 5 places
Thorned
While it stands, healing hurts: each point you heal costs you 0.5 damage on floors 4 to 6, 0.85 on floor 7, rounded down every time you heal.
Good to know Heal less while it stands. Once it falls, healing is free again.
Where Never on a monster that already punishes healing. A gentler cousin takes its place in some areas: see Souring.
Thorned varies in 6 places
Mending
Heals itself at the start of each of its turns: 1% of its health on floors 4 to 6, 1.5% on floor 7 (at least 1 health).
Mending varies in 6 places
Cruel
You start the fight with 1 Shatter on you, so the next hit you take lands harder.
Where A gentler cousin takes its place in some areas: see Sapping and Vicious.
Cruel varies in 2 places
Sappingstands in for Cruel
You start the fight with 1 Soak instead of Shatter.
Where Takes the place of Cruel in: Spinneret Galleries, floors 4 to 6.
Viciousstands in for Cruel
All of its hits deal 1 or 3% more damage, rounded to a whole number.
Good to know At 1% only a hit of 50 or more actually grows.
Where Takes the place of Cruel in: Warden's Gate, floor 7, Verdigris Wreck, floor 7, Vitreous Kiln, floors 4 to 6.
Souringstands in for Thorned
While it stands, each of your heals restores 1 less.
Good to know Fewer, bigger heals lose less than many small ones.
Where Takes the place of Thorned in: Verdigris Wreck, floor 7.
Rallying, for groups, not switched on yet: While it stands, every other monster in its group gains 1 Wrath at the start of each of its turns.
Where a trait can turn up
The eight floors of one Descent: only a lone monster on floors 4 to 7, never a boss.
1never
2never
3never
4can roll
5can roll
6can roll
7can roll
8boss
The reward for the fight stays the same, trait or no trait.
Go Deeper: the hard mode
The Deep is five more Descents, VI to X, below Descent V, made as a hard mode for players who like one. You are not meant to go every time: a normal climb stays short and easy-going, and now and then you can choose a harder one. Your deck, charms and health carry on down, each step is harder, and The First Door guards the very bottom.
How you get in
- Win Descent V. Only then does the sealed way down appear.
- Tap Go Deeper on the win screen: 3 Diamond Keys
a step. Buy them, or earn them: one for your first banked Descent III of a season, then one per Descent V win. - Win it, and the next one waits for another 3. Keys only open the way: the climb is the same for everyone.
The Deep pays golden Keys only. No Diamond Keys are won down there.
Deeper wins pay far more Keys
Golden Keys for a win at each Descent. Purple is The Deep.
A Descent X win pays 5.83 times a Descent V win.
How hard is it down there?
Wins out of 100 test climbs, all ten decks. Grey is today, gold is Season VIII, purple is The Deep.
Descents I to V get a little kinder because every deck gains cards and a charm. Every deck wins at least 1 climb in 100 on every step of The Deep.
What changed in your deck
70 of today's 103 cards read or play differently. Open the list and pick your deck.
Every deck at a glance
Each bar is one deck's own cards in Season VIII.
unchangedbuffeddebuffedreworkednew
All 70 card changes, deck by deck
Buffs32 cards
These cards got stronger: a bigger number, a lower mana cost, or a new upside with nothing taken away.
No buffs in the decks shown.
BuffedFlame · common
Flame Arc1
Deal 1. Sear 3. Apply 2 Ember.
Was Deal 1. Apply 3 Ember per card played this turn.
New: Ember 2
BuffedFlame · common
Flame Cut0
Deal 6. Apply 2 Ember.
Mana cost 1 → 0
BuffedFlame · common
Twin Flames0
Deal 2, then 2. Chain: gain 3 Guard.
Was Deal 2, then 2.
New: Chain: Guard 3
BuffedFrost · uncommon
Permafrost1
Gain 6 Guard. Chain: Frostbind 2.
Was Gain 4 Guard. Chain: apply 2 Chill per card played this turn.
Guard 4 → 6
BuffedFrost · common
Rimeguard0
Gain 5 Guard. Draw 1. Chain: gain 3 Guard.
Was Gain 3 Guard. Draw 1.
Guard 3 → 5New: Chain: Guard 3
BuffedFrost · common
Ward Pulse1
Gain 3 Guard. Heal 4.
Was Gain 2 Guard. Heal 4.
Guard 2 → 3
BuffedBlood · rare
Blood Rite2
Deal 16. Apply 3 Bleed. Deal 8 per Wrath.
Was Deal 15. Apply 3 Bleed. Unleash: deal 8 per Wrath.
Damage 15 → 16
BuffedBlood · common
Frenzied Cut1
Deal 9. Heal 2. Apply 1 Bleed.
Was Deal 8. Heal 2. Apply 1 Bleed.
Damage 8 → 9Rarity uncommon → common
BuffedBlood · rare
Sacrifice1
Lose 2 HP. Deal 21. Unleash 2.
Was Lose 2 HP. Deal 21.
New: Damage per Wrath 2
BuffedStorm · rare
Tempest0
Deal 3 per card played this turn.
Mana cost 1 → 0
BuffedDusk · uncommon
Duskblade2
Deal 29. Double your sealed Omen.
Was Deal 18. Double your sealed Omen.
Damage 18 → 29
BuffedDusk · uncommon
Eclipse Hour0
Double your sealed Omen.
Mana cost 1 → 0
BuffedDusk · common
Gathering Dark0
Seal Omen 60: it strikes next turn.
Was Seal Omen 20: it strikes next turn.
Mana cost 1 → 0Omen 20 → 60
BuffedDusk · uncommon
Herald0
When your Omen strikes, draw 6.
Mana cost 1 → 0
BuffedDusk · common
Omen Cut1
Deal 5. Seal Omen 12: it strikes next turn.
Was Deal 4. Seal Omen 12: it strikes next turn.
Damage 4 → 5
BuffedCairn · common
Bedrock0
Stack 12 Guard. Your Guard stops fading.
Was Stack 3 Guard. Your Guard stops fading.
Guard 3 → 12
BuffedCairn · rare
Monolith2
Your Guard stops fading. Accrete 2. Chain: draw 1.
Was Your Guard stops fading. Stack up to 2 Guard each turn.
New: Chain: Draw 1
BuffedCairn · uncommon
Patience of Hills1
Stack 5 Guard. Heal 1. Entomb.
Was Stack 3 Guard. Heal 1. Your Guard stops fading.
Guard 3 → 5
BuffedCairn · uncommon
Quarry1
Stack 6 Guard. Accrete 1. Entomb.
Was Stack 5 Guard. Start of turn: stack up to 1 Guard. Your Guard stops fading.
Guard 5 → 6
BuffedCairn · common
Shale Splinter0
Deal 5. Your Guard stops fading.
Mana cost 1 → 0
BuffedPoise · common
First Cut1
Deal 18. Hone up to 11.
Was Deal 17. Hone up to 11.
Damage 17 → 18
BuffedPoise · common
Measured Strike1
Deal 8, plus 17 per Edge. Chain: gain 3 Guard.
Was Deal 7, plus 17 per Edge.
Damage 7 → 8New: Chain: Guard 3
BuffedPoise · uncommon
Patient Blade1
Gain 8 Guard. Deal 20 per Edge.
Was Gain 7 Guard. Deal 20 per Edge.
Guard 7 → 8
BuffedPoise · common
Single Stroke1
Deal 24 per Edge. Deal 1 per Combo.
Was Deal 24 per Edge.
New: Damage per card played 1
BuffedPoise · common
Still Water1
Gain 18 Guard. Hone up to 13.
Was Gain 17 Guard. Hone up to 13.
Guard 17 → 18
BuffedVerge · common
Blood Gash0
Lose 1 HP. Gain 5 Wrath. Apply 2 Bleed.
Was Lose 1 HP. Gain 4 Wrath. Apply 2 Bleed.
Wrath 4 → 5
BuffedVerge · common
Fury Cut0
Deal 13. Deal 1 per Wrath. Apply 1 Bleed.
Was Deal 9. Unleash: deal 1 per Wrath. Apply 1 Bleed.
Mana cost 1 → 0Damage 9 → 13
BuffedVerge · common
Reckless Lash0
Lose 1 HP. Deal 8. Apply 3 Ember.
Was Lose 1 HP. Deal 7. Apply 3 Ember.
Damage 7 → 8
BuffedVerge · common
Scar Mend1
Heal 10. Apply 1 Chill. Accrete 1.
Was Heal 9. Apply 1 Chill. Start of turn: stack up to 1 Guard.
Heal 9 → 10
BuffedSimmer · uncommon
Embercairn Ward1
Gain 10 Guard. Deal 3 times your Guard.
Was Gain 6 Guard. Deal 3 times your Guard.
Guard 6 → 10
BuffedSimmer · uncommon
Embertoll1
Deal 5. Sear 2. Hone 1. Apply 1 Chill. Unleash 2.
Was Deal 5. Apply 2 Ember per card played this turn. Hone up to 1. Apply 1 Chill.
New: Damage per Wrath 2
BuffedSimmer · rare
Slow Forge1
Gain 2 Wrath. Stormfront 1. Unleash 1.
Was Gain 2 Wrath. Stormfront: whenever you play a card, deal 1. Lasts the whole fight.
New: Damage per Wrath 1
Debuffs1 card
These cards got weaker.
No debuffs in the decks shown.
DebuffedStorm · rare
Charged Strike2
Deal 3, plus 1 per Combo. Gain 1 mana, unless grounded.
Was Deal 4, plus 1 per card played this turn. Gain 1 mana, unless grounded.
Damage 4 → 3
Reworks37 cards
These cards read or work differently. Most only got shorter words and play exactly the same; a few trade one thing for another.
No reworks in the decks shown.
ReworkedFlame · common
Black Brand1
Deal 2. Apply 6 Ember per Combo. Draw 1.
Was Deal 2. Apply 6 Ember per card played this turn. Draw 1.
Plays the same
ReworkedFlame · rare
ReworkedFlame · rare
Firestrike2
Deal 11 per Combo. Draw 1. Detonate: burst 3 damage per Ember.
Was Deal 12 per card played this turn. Draw 1.
Damage per card played 12 → 11New: Burst per Ember 3
ReworkedFrost · rare
Bastion1
Deal damage equal to your Guard. Glaciate 3.
Was Deal damage equal to your Guard.
New: Glaciate 3
ReworkedFrost · common
Glacial Wall1
Gain 6 Guard. Apply 1 Chill. Chain: 2 more.
Was Gain 6 Guard. Apply 1 Chill. Chain: apply 2 more.
Plays the same
ReworkedFrost · rare
Killing Frost2
Glaciate 6. Chain: apply 2 Chill.
Was Deal 6 per Chill on the enemy, then remove it. Chain: apply 2 Chill.
Plays the same
ReworkedFrost · uncommon
Numbing Cold1
Apply 1 Chill per card played this turn. Chain: 1 more.
Was Frostbind: apply 1 Chill per card played this turn. Chain: apply 1 more.
Plays the same
ReworkedBlood · uncommon
Blood Rage1
Gain 1 Wrath per Combo. Chain: gain 2 Wrath.
Was Gain 1 Wrath per card played this turn. Chain: gain 2 Wrath.
Plays the same
ReworkedBlood · uncommon
Crimson Ascension2
Gain 3 Wrath. Gain 1 mana, unless grounded.
Rarity rare → uncommonPlays the same
ReworkedBlood · common
Leech1
Deal 11 per Combo, as separate hits. Heal 5 per Combo.
Was Deal 11 per card played this turn, as separate hits. Lifedrink: heal 5 per card played this turn.
Rarity rare → commonPlays the same
ReworkedStorm · common
Chain Lightning1
Deal 10. Overload (4+ cards): deal 10 again. Draw 1.
Rarity rare → commonPlays the same
ReworkedStorm · rare
Fortune1
Draw 2. Draw 1 more per Combo. Exhaust.
Was Draw 2. Cascade: draw 1 more per card played this turn. Exhaust.
Plays the same
ReworkedStorm · rare
Stormcaller2
Stormfront 27. Discharge 4.
Was Stormfront: whenever you play a card, deal 27. Lasts the whole fight.
New: Discharge 4
ReworkedHourglass · common
Dune Crush1
Deal 4. Duststorm 1. Chain: bury 2.
Was Deal 4. End of turn: deal 1 damage per 2 Dust. Chain: bury 2.
Plays the same
ReworkedHourglass · common
Dust Ward1
Gain 7 Guard. Bury 2. Heal 3.
Dust Ward, before and after: see Shorter card text
Plays the same
ReworkedHourglass · common
ReworkedHourglass · uncommon
ReworkedDusk · rare
Comet Omen1
Seal Omen 63. Double your sealed Omen.
Was Seal Omen 63: it strikes next turn. Double your sealed Omen.
Plays the same
ReworkedDusk · common
First Light1
Deal 9. Double it if your Omen struck this turn. Draw 1.
Was Deal 10. Double it if your Omen struck this turn.
Damage 10 → 9New: Draw 1
ReworkedDusk · uncommon
ReworkedCairn · rare
Seismic Shove1
Stack 4 Guard. Crash 2.
Was Stack 4 Guard. Deal twice your banked Guard, then lose half of it.
Plays the same
ReworkedCairn · common
Sling Stone1
Deal 6. Crash 1. Chain: stack 3 Guard.
Was Deal 6 plus your banked Guard. Lose half. Chain: stack 3 Guard.
Plays the same
ReworkedPoise · common
ReworkedPoise · uncommon
Steady Breath1
Gain 6 Guard. Draw 2. Heal 2. Hone 6.
Steady Breath, before and after: see Shorter card text
Plays the same
ReworkedVerge · uncommon
Bloodrend2
Deal 17. Hemorrhage 3. Accrete 2.
Was Deal 10. Deal 3 per Bleed on the enemy, then remove it. Start of turn: stack up to 2 Guard. Apply 1 Shatter.
Damage 10 → 17Removed: Shatter 1
ReworkedVerge · common
Doom Vow1
Lose 1 HP. Seal Omen 10. Hone 1. Draw 1.
Was Lose 1 HP. Seal Omen 10: it strikes next turn. Hone up to 1. Draw 1 card.
Plays the same
ReworkedVerge · uncommon
Ember Rend1
Deal 7. Sear 4. Apply 1 Chill. Apply 1 Shatter.
Was Deal 7. Apply 4 Ember per card played this turn. Apply 1 Chill. Apply 1 Shatter.
Plays the same
ReworkedVerge · uncommon
Iron Scar1
Lose 1 HP. Unleash 1. Gain 13 Guard. Hone 1.
Was Lose 1 HP. Gain 2 Wrath. Unleash: deal 1 per Wrath. Gain 9 Guard. Hone up to 1.
Removed: Wrath 2Guard 9 → 13
ReworkedVerge · rare
Ruin Pact2
Lose 1 HP. Gain 3 Wrath. Accrete 2. Duststorm 2.
Ruin Pact, before and after: see Shorter card text
Plays the same
ReworkedVerge · rare
Storm Vow2
Discharge 4. Gain 4 Wrath. Stormfront 3.
Was Deal 4 per unspent mana. Spend all mana. Gain 4 Wrath. Stormfront 3.
Plays the same
ReworkedSimmer · uncommon
Dust Boil2
Deal 5. Bury 4. Duststorm 2. Apply 1 Chill.
Was Deal 5. Bury 4. End of turn: deal 2 damage per 2 Dust. Apply 1 Chill.
Plays the same
ReworkedSimmer · common
Ember Grudge1
Gain 1 Wrath per Combo. Gain 7 Guard.
Was Gain 1 Wrath per card played this turn. Gain 7 Guard.
Plays the same
ReworkedSimmer · common
Embercoal0
Gain 2 Wrath per Combo. Apply 1 Ember.
Was Gain 2 Wrath per card played this turn. Apply 1 Ember.
Plays the same
ReworkedSimmer · uncommon
Frostbank1
Gain 7 Guard. Apply 3 Chill per Combo.
Was Gain 7 Guard. Frostbind: apply 3 Chill per card played this turn.
Plays the same
ReworkedSimmer · rare
Magma Burst2
Deal 7, plus 1 per missing HP. Apply 1 Chill.
Was Deal 7. Rampage: deal 1 per HP you are missing. Apply 1 Chill.
Plays the same
ReworkedSimmer · uncommon
Omen Steep1
Seal Omen 4. Gain 2 Wrath per Combo.
Was Seal Omen 4: it strikes next turn. Gain 2 Wrath per card played this turn.
Plays the same
ReworkedSimmer · common
Slow Boil1
Deal 7. Seethe 1. Apply 1 Ember.
Was Deal 7. Gain 1 Wrath per card played this turn. Apply 1 Ember.
Plays the same
What does not change
- Strike, Defend and Bash are exactly the same.
- No card became more or less likely to be offered. 4 Blood and Storm cards became less rare (Crimson Ascension, rare to uncommon, Frenzied Cut, uncommon to common, Chain Lightning, rare to common and Leech, rare to common) so the deck has more everyday cards.
- Descents I to V keep their bosses, their Keys and their rules.
How we tested it
- Every number on this page was played out in thousands of automated test climbs with all ten decks.
- Groups are tuned to cost about the same health as one monster on the same floor: 26 of the 26 do so far.
- Card text matches what actually happens in the game, and no text runs off a card on a phone.
Every card, charm, monster number and trait here is read from the Season VIII test build of 16 Oct 2026. Art is the game's own.
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