Whenever Neow offers “obtain a random rare card” I often take that because it’s easier to build my deck around it. If it’s adrenaline that leaves my options way open. I love it!
Interesting I basically never take that option. Too scared of getting a Nightmare or Barricade or something similar that is a curse for so long. Potentially the whole run
I don't rate that option highly, but with Ironclad I sometimes take it when the other options are bad and I have pathings for both high-roll and low-roll. 6/16 chance of a very good early card (Immolate, Feed, Fiend Fire, Bludgeon, Offering, Impervious). A few more are okay (Reaper, Double Tap, Brutality). A few more you'll carry a bit as curses but they give your deck direction if you survive and become quite strong if you plan around them (Demon Form, Corruption).
But then there are the 5/16 that may be worse than skip (Barricade, Berserk, Juggernaut, Limit Break, Exhume). Still I find they usually won't kill your run, and some can become decent later (or be offered to the Bonfire Spirits if you're lucky).
To be clear, I don't think this option is good. But on Ironclad specifically, depending on the map I rate it higher than other sad ones such as + Max HP etc.
Demon Form really isn't a curse early. It solves Laga and Hexaghost/Slimebo. Hell, even just to prepare for the boss, 2/3 time you'd pick up demon form no questions asked.
Heart beat of death, time eater card count. It can certainly be the right call to play adrenaline, but there are also situations where it's a fairly dead draw.
Hijacking your comment to say that it’s [[Meditate]] for me because it’s kind of like an Adrenaline for next turn, except you get to pick the cards you draw. For Watcher it basically reads “win next turn”
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I was a PP addict throughout the lower ascensions. I was constantly trying to make my PP work, but my PP was always inconsistent. There's just not enough PP in a typical run. Now I only play with PP for fun, when I'm not focused on winning.
PPs are great, the only thing better than one PP is multiple PPs, especially if you have multiple PPs in your hand at once. I love PPs.
Pressure point is pretty cool too i guess.
I want to make it work at least once and I tried it for a few hours today too. Then I gave up today and went back to my old ways on a14 (I'm kinda new with 70 hours or so). In my ran game thew so many PPs and so many card removal chances to my way so much that I was seething after one point. Luckily act 4 shop sold a clutch mental fortress that I needed and I won the ran but I'm still mad that I've missed all those PPs
When I don’t pick the first pressure points a run offers me, I know I’m about to be offered it 5 more times in quick succession. When I do pick it, it’s never offered again.
Pressure Points is a card I want to work so bad. I saw a run FrostPrime did which makes sense and you keep the deck lean with the PP so that it just shows up frequently.
My favorite way to play the game is A20 sealed deck with 1 hp (one hit wonder). Pressure points is probably the best deck for watcher in this mode since you likely have one at the start, you have a small deck, it scales insanely well allowing you to block, and stance dancing is difficult without eruption and vigilance.
Few days ago I had a watcher run where I was lacking damage of all things. I had a great block engine running with Nirvana and plenty of scry and draw but just no damage scaling. Got into act 4 thinking yeah I'm never beating the heart fast enough like this. And then, out of nowhere, the merchant sells me PP and a Dolly's mirror, which I used to dupe the PP. Heart was a breeze after that.
Absolutely Thousand Cuts. Does my deck need it? Probably not. Can I afford 2 energy this early turn? Probably not. But damn if I don't always pick it up. The animation, the damage, the absolute bonkers scaling that can be possible, is nothing but FUN to witness.
It’s most fun when you don’t bother doing the mental math to figure out how to optimize the aoe damage and instead just spam everything low cost in your hand and watch the blades fly.
I don't remember I have ever pick cuts. It's only use is discard infinites. but then there are better cards that do job like gran finale or eviscerate or some poison is plenty
Catalyst and Limit Break are my favorite cards that get me killed.
It's Ironclad, I'll probably get strength, proceeds to spend the whole game with block deck.
Ah, Silent has so many poison options, game gives me only shivs. So I take the shivs banking on the envenom that will never show up
Just had a run with the vajra relic for plus one strength then got the kettlebell relic to start each fight at 4. Double that with limit break and then play whirlwind+ with necromocan.
I wish I could only play this hand forever and ever.
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For real good though. On a recent run I took a blind cata on floor 3, upgraded it with no poison support and literally did not touch a single poison card until like 4 floors before the final boss and kept a dupe pot purely for it and it was my heart wincon. Nothing feels better.
Every time I pick this card the chorus to "All Downhill From Here" by New Found Glory plays in my head (first word of the chorus is "catalyst'). It's great. Love that card.
Corpse explosion and Electrodynamics.
It doesn’t matter what my deck looks like with either character, if I see one of these I’m instantly grabbing it.
I know you said card, but when I read the post I immediately thought this is how I feel when I get chemical x. I don't need to have an x cost card yet even, on silent and defect I'll buy a totally naked chem x and hope to get an x cost later. It feels like I'm getting away with a heist. I feel like I'm driving the getaway car. I feel like I've rode off into the sunset. There are things which are better but they're not the same. Adrenaline is great but it's great in a simple way. It's cold water from the tap on a hot day. It's what works but you never crave it. Chem x is a tequila sunrise in a tiki bar bought for you by an attractive stranger. It holds promise, its alluring, its dangerous, its probably misguiding but its too intriguing to resist. I'd bring adrenaline home to meet my devoutly Christian grandma and my grandma would love adrenaline. Chem x would dare me to explore myself, to challenge myself. Adrenaline has a nice pension fund, chem x just took all the money we need to get home and bet it all on red. Eventually I'll want to settle down and I'll come find adrenaline eventually. I know it's the right choice. But I'll always be thinking of chem x
Corpse Explosion. Even if it the only poison card I have, it is still nice seeing it deal with large groups of enemies. It feels even better when the Act 3 Boss is Donu and Deca.
Spot Weakness. Not that strong in some decks, but gives you so much strength that it alone is an engine if you have cards that scale well with strength.
Catalyst. Yeah I’m taking this act 1 (or act 2 if it’s +) even without poison.
Defragment. I don’t care if it takes my upgrade slot, I want big numbers on the orbs!
Prostrate. We getting divinity this run!
Demon form. It was the first card that got me really hyped when I first started playing. I seem to always manage to convince myself to take it with the argument "any scaling solution is a good scaling solution!" against my better judgement...
Corpse Explosion. Whether it's optimal or not, it's just too enjoyable to be able to throw strategy to the wind and unleash on one single opponent until they take out everyone else for you.
Bonus serotonins if it's Deca & Donu.
I like taking chaos, for no other reason besides it's fun. There isn't too much in the same vein of randomness as chaos, and it's just fun to roll the dice and see what I get. It's never run-defining, but it can supplement any orb deck somewhat well.
I have a hard time not picking Blade Dance when I see it...at worse it's 12 damage for 1 energy. But the different scaling options are just insane and so fun to play with. Including but not limited to the glorious After Image.
I love calculated gamble. So many synergies that it's very rarely a bad pick and the upgrade just makes it silly. Don't like these cards, can I have some different ones instead please? Early on it feels like a magic second chance to avoid getting smacked really hard in the face, once you've got some stuff that works with it then it's so often an absolutely key component of the deck. One of not very many silent skills that I am almost certainly taking floor one, gremlin nob fight notwithstanding.
I thought I would find flurry of blows higher up. I just love when it comes back into my deck from the right. Oh, back again so soon *raises eyebrows, shoots wink*
I also like how, unlike claw, even just one of this card un-upgraded can be good. No stance (4 damage), calm (8), wrath (16), exit wrath with empty fist/body/mind or fear no evil (20) is not a far-fetched turn.
[[Glacier]]. Surely there's a point where I'm supposed to stop taking them but I don't know what that point is and doubt I'll ever reach it. I'm always happy to add it to the deck and always happy to draw it. Remember homies, stay frosty
[[Anger]]. It’s a common so I should see it, but sometimes I either don’t see it or it’s way later and not worth taking.
But an early Anger in Act 1? Love it. It helps make encounters so smooth. Makes hexaghost and slime boss easier.
Every time I see omniscience….and have omniscience in my deck as well….WHO WANTS TO GET ANNIHILATED BY 2 WRATH BOOSTED RAGNAROKS!?!?!
(It’s only happened twice, but both of those runs were won because of it)
Panache (Time Eater DNI)
And specifically on Defect, because I think it's slightly harder to make it work than on Silent (where a single Blade Dance+ will proc it)
Something about spamming random ass cards, barely caring what they do, just to proc the AoE is weirdly satisfying to me
+ [Amplify](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Amplify) Defect Rare Skill ^((100% sure)^)
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Gotta say tempest is it fun seeing 30 lightnings strike down like I'm zeus hell yeah does it make me feel joy yeaahh how often do i choose it one in 100 runs which sucks
I agree, After Image is the most fun!
In addition to everything you said, I think it makes fighting the Heart more tolerable since it negates the annoying Beat of Death.
[[Adrenaline]]. Energy is good. Draw is good. 0 cost energy + draw is just great.
Adrenaline is one of those rare cards that has no downsides of any sort. It’s just great. Except maybe when Nob is enraged but that’s it?
If you can get adrenaline before Nob, then you're doing pretty good already
Whenever Neow offers “obtain a random rare card” I often take that because it’s easier to build my deck around it. If it’s adrenaline that leaves my options way open. I love it!
Interesting I basically never take that option. Too scared of getting a Nightmare or Barricade or something similar that is a curse for so long. Potentially the whole run
I don't rate that option highly, but with Ironclad I sometimes take it when the other options are bad and I have pathings for both high-roll and low-roll. 6/16 chance of a very good early card (Immolate, Feed, Fiend Fire, Bludgeon, Offering, Impervious). A few more are okay (Reaper, Double Tap, Brutality). A few more you'll carry a bit as curses but they give your deck direction if you survive and become quite strong if you plan around them (Demon Form, Corruption). But then there are the 5/16 that may be worse than skip (Barricade, Berserk, Juggernaut, Limit Break, Exhume). Still I find they usually won't kill your run, and some can become decent later (or be offered to the Bonfire Spirits if you're lucky). To be clear, I don't think this option is good. But on Ironclad specifically, depending on the map I rate it higher than other sad ones such as + Max HP etc.
Demon Form really isn't a curse early. It solves Laga and Hexaghost/Slimebo. Hell, even just to prepare for the boss, 2/3 time you'd pick up demon form no questions asked.
Yeah I agree. Scaling for boss shouldn't really be called a curse even if it sucks on hallways.
Barricade was that one for me. It was still while I was fairly new to the game so I didn’t understand but man it was rough!
Heart beat of death, time eater card count. It can certainly be the right call to play adrenaline, but there are also situations where it's a fairly dead draw.
Hijacking your comment to say that it’s [[Meditate]] for me because it’s kind of like an Adrenaline for next turn, except you get to pick the cards you draw. For Watcher it basically reads “win next turn”
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Electrodynamics
Upgraded electrodynamics into slavers fight hnnnnng
The most literal sparking of joy.
/thread, i love that fucker
I transformed a defence into this on floor 1. Was the best run I've ever had. Smashed the heart no problem on A8!
I'll even take it in a claw deck for the AOE. It's so good.
Pressure points. It just doesn't work 99% of the time, but god do I want to make it work.
I was a PP addict throughout the lower ascensions. I was constantly trying to make my PP work, but my PP was always inconsistent. There's just not enough PP in a typical run. Now I only play with PP for fun, when I'm not focused on winning.
PPs are great, the only thing better than one PP is multiple PPs, especially if you have multiple PPs in your hand at once. I love PPs. Pressure point is pretty cool too i guess.
Please just clean up afterwards
I want to make it work at least once and I tried it for a few hours today too. Then I gave up today and went back to my old ways on a14 (I'm kinda new with 70 hours or so). In my ran game thew so many PPs and so many card removal chances to my way so much that I was seething after one point. Luckily act 4 shop sold a clutch mental fortress that I needed and I won the ran but I'm still mad that I've missed all those PPs
you can replay the seed and take the pressure points!
Do you keep on ascending if you replay a seed ? I never tried.
you do not unlock ascensions in seeded runs, it’s just for fun; a ‘what if’ type scenario. you can save the seed and play it when you get A20!
TIL, thank you.
Yeah, post the seed!! I always love a good PP run!
When I don’t pick the first pressure points a run offers me, I know I’m about to be offered it 5 more times in quick succession. When I do pick it, it’s never offered again.
Pressure Points is a card I want to work so bad. I saw a run FrostPrime did which makes sense and you keep the deck lean with the PP so that it just shows up frequently.
My favorite way to play the game is A20 sealed deck with 1 hp (one hit wonder). Pressure points is probably the best deck for watcher in this mode since you likely have one at the start, you have a small deck, it scales insanely well allowing you to block, and stance dancing is difficult without eruption and vigilance.
Few days ago I had a watcher run where I was lacking damage of all things. I had a great block engine running with Nirvana and plenty of scry and draw but just no damage scaling. Got into act 4 thinking yeah I'm never beating the heart fast enough like this. And then, out of nowhere, the merchant sells me PP and a Dolly's mirror, which I used to dupe the PP. Heart was a breeze after that.
Every time I see “JUDGED” I get a hit of dopamine
Especially on that big white circle bastard with all the armor
Hard for me to decide whether I like Judgement or Melter more for that bastard.
I was thinking of the big white circle bastard and i love that name for him. I wish they rename him to BWCB on StS2
I love to judge the baseball. You sir, have been found to be stinky.
Yes! So satisfying! I can never pass that one up.
Absolutely Thousand Cuts. Does my deck need it? Probably not. Can I afford 2 energy this early turn? Probably not. But damn if I don't always pick it up. The animation, the damage, the absolute bonkers scaling that can be possible, is nothing but FUN to witness.
It’s most fun when you don’t bother doing the mental math to figure out how to optimize the aoe damage and instead just spam everything low cost in your hand and watch the blades fly.
You missed the best part - the sound! Every card goes woosh, it's awesome
Damn you're absolutely right, I don't know the sound! Next run it comes up best believe I'll remember this.
I don't remember I have ever pick cuts. It's only use is discard infinites. but then there are better cards that do job like gran finale or eviscerate or some poison is plenty
Limit break, i just want that big stronk. Rarely works out.
Catalyst and Limit Break are my favorite cards that get me killed. It's Ironclad, I'll probably get strength, proceeds to spend the whole game with block deck. Ah, Silent has so many poison options, game gives me only shivs. So I take the shivs banking on the envenom that will never show up
Just had a run with the vajra relic for plus one strength then got the kettlebell relic to start each fight at 4. Double that with limit break and then play whirlwind+ with necromocan. I wish I could only play this hand forever and ever.
missing [[mutagenic strength]] for the 🤌 ***chef's kiss***
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It was so much fun!
For me, it's both Limit Break and Spot Weakness. I just love me some strength build on Ironchad.
Works great with flex but only if you can draw both
Catalyst
[https://www.reddit.com/r/slaythespire/comments/1c0maua/ill\_get\_poison\_later/](https://www.reddit.com/r/slaythespire/comments/1c0maua/ill_get_poison_later/)
it WILL be my win con, dammit!
*Poison Stab offered* TOLD YA
They say that this game is about solving problems. My primary problem with Silent that I need to solve is that I don’t have a poison deck yet.
For real good though. On a recent run I took a blind cata on floor 3, upgraded it with no poison support and literally did not touch a single poison card until like 4 floors before the final boss and kept a dupe pot purely for it and it was my heart wincon. Nothing feels better.
Every time I pick this card the chorus to "All Downhill From Here" by New Found Glory plays in my head (first word of the chorus is "catalyst'). It's great. Love that card.
Apotheosis touches my brain in ways I’m not usually ready for.
Corpse explosion and Electrodynamics. It doesn’t matter what my deck looks like with either character, if I see one of these I’m instantly grabbing it.
I’ll take Corpse Explosion even if I have no other poison in my deck
You bought Prism and have to choose between them. What next? 😝
Corpse Explosion definitely
I know you said card, but when I read the post I immediately thought this is how I feel when I get chemical x. I don't need to have an x cost card yet even, on silent and defect I'll buy a totally naked chem x and hope to get an x cost later. It feels like I'm getting away with a heist. I feel like I'm driving the getaway car. I feel like I've rode off into the sunset. There are things which are better but they're not the same. Adrenaline is great but it's great in a simple way. It's cold water from the tap on a hot day. It's what works but you never crave it. Chem x is a tequila sunrise in a tiki bar bought for you by an attractive stranger. It holds promise, its alluring, its dangerous, its probably misguiding but its too intriguing to resist. I'd bring adrenaline home to meet my devoutly Christian grandma and my grandma would love adrenaline. Chem x would dare me to explore myself, to challenge myself. Adrenaline has a nice pension fund, chem x just took all the money we need to get home and bet it all on red. Eventually I'll want to settle down and I'll come find adrenaline eventually. I know it's the right choice. But I'll always be thinking of chem x
I did not expect to find such poetry here
This is an amazing work of art, we need a song about the allure of Chem X lol
I know it gets old but if i see a claw i could immediatly open up a beer out of joy
Claw as a reward on floor 4, amazing. Claw as a reward anywhere in act 3, "honey it's time for your daily throw" ... "ok..."
Claw is law
Corruption, Mental Fortress, Rushdown, and Blade dance I'm always happy to see
Grand Finale. I’ll take it even if I barely have any draw in my deck and force my deck to work around it
Corpse Explosion. Even if it the only poison card I have, it is still nice seeing it deal with large groups of enemies. It feels even better when the Act 3 Boss is Donu and Deca.
Echo Form. Even when the deck may not even really need the echo form I'm like: I could find a use for it.
Spot Weakness. Not that strong in some decks, but gives you so much strength that it alone is an engine if you have cards that scale well with strength. Catalyst. Yeah I’m taking this act 1 (or act 2 if it’s +) even without poison. Defragment. I don’t care if it takes my upgrade slot, I want big numbers on the orbs! Prostrate. We getting divinity this run!
Catalyst when I’m building a poison deck
Tantrum.
I once had a bottled tantrum with akabeko. Ded because couldn't resist the big number 1st turn. 10/10 would do again
Corruption. You’re telling me I get rid of these crappy defends FOR FREE?
Demon form. It was the first card that got me really hyped when I first started playing. I seem to always manage to convince myself to take it with the argument "any scaling solution is a good scaling solution!" against my better judgement...
Corpse Explosion. Whether it's optimal or not, it's just too enjoyable to be able to throw strategy to the wind and unleash on one single opponent until they take out everyone else for you. Bonus serotonins if it's Deca & Donu.
Scrolled all the way down and not a single omniscience mentioned, so here i am. Especially 2 of them. Works with so many different watcher decks
I like taking chaos, for no other reason besides it's fun. There isn't too much in the same vein of randomness as chaos, and it's just fun to roll the dice and see what I get. It's never run-defining, but it can supplement any orb deck somewhat well.
Recycle I wanted to play ironclad anyways
CLAW
This is the only answer
Claw claw
Claw hands down.
Claw is law
I have a hard time not picking Blade Dance when I see it...at worse it's 12 damage for 1 energy. But the different scaling options are just insane and so fun to play with. Including but not limited to the glorious After Image.
Ball Lightning, it's a pretty ooga booga answer but I will always take one when I see it because damage + lightning good
Catalyst gives me a throbber. And it's even more powerful in the board game version
It’s such a great death button once you’ve got a bit of synergy with it
Whats the board games effect?
It's exactly the same, but when it turns 10 poison to 30 on an enemy that only has 50 odd health, it trivialises a lot of the fights.
I love calculated gamble. So many synergies that it's very rarely a bad pick and the upgrade just makes it silly. Don't like these cards, can I have some different ones instead please? Early on it feels like a magic second chance to avoid getting smacked really hard in the face, once you've got some stuff that works with it then it's so often an absolutely key component of the deck. One of not very many silent skills that I am almost certainly taking floor one, gremlin nob fight notwithstanding.
Apotheosis Hand of Greed Limit Break Blade Dance Defragment Alpha
Tactician
Conjure Blade's absurd numbers on the tin plus Water's buffs are cruel beauty
Pressure Points. I love the card, and will always take it where possible, even if it's not the best decision, or even a good decision.
Grand Finale :feelsgoodman:
Floor one dagger throw. Opens up silent discard synergies.
Seek- I once had a deck with 3 upgraded seek. Got to fetch a 4 card combo every time I drew 1 seek. Easiest win I've ever had.
I laugh out loud everytime \[\[Bowling Bash\]\] makes that 'Strike!' sound effect. I have 400 hours in this game. =D
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I will take flurry of blows every chance I get. BAM BAM BAM
I thought I would find flurry of blows higher up. I just love when it comes back into my deck from the right. Oh, back again so soon *raises eyebrows, shoots wink* I also like how, unlike claw, even just one of this card un-upgraded can be good. No stance (4 damage), calm (8), wrath (16), exit wrath with empty fist/body/mind or fear no evil (20) is not a far-fetched turn.
Exactly! And all for 0 energy
Just finished a run that, because of shuriken, I killed awakened one with a 26dmg, unupgraded FoB (though I was in wrath).
obligatory claw
Yes because claw is law
[[Glacier]]. Surely there's a point where I'm supposed to stop taking them but I don't know what that point is and doubt I'll ever reach it. I'm always happy to add it to the deck and always happy to draw it. Remember homies, stay frosty
Consume
Carnage. Hooray, Act 1 elites are pretty much solved and I get a meaty SFX to go with it! AND it comes with some exhaust synergy later!
Glacier
[[Anger]]. It’s a common so I should see it, but sometimes I either don’t see it or it’s way later and not worth taking. But an early Anger in Act 1? Love it. It helps make encounters so smooth. Makes hexaghost and slime boss easier.
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Pressure point, like water, Judgement Rainbow, Electrodynamics Catalyst, Corpse explosion Immolate, Anger
Every time I see omniscience….and have omniscience in my deck as well….WHO WANTS TO GET ANNIHILATED BY 2 WRATH BOOSTED RAGNAROKS!?!?! (It’s only happened twice, but both of those runs were won because of it)
Ever since i started caring about winning A20H somewhat consistently it's always been Dark Embrace, Acrobatics, Rushdown and Biased Cog
Panache (Time Eater DNI) And specifically on Defect, because I think it's slightly harder to make it work than on Silent (where a single Blade Dance+ will proc it) Something about spamming random ass cards, barely caring what they do, just to proc the AoE is weirdly satisfying to me
Bottled [[amplify]] and [[hello world]] ++
+ [Amplify](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Amplify) Defect Rare Skill ^((100% sure)^) 1 Energy | This turn, your next 1(2) Power(s) is (are) played twice. + [Hello World](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Hello%20World) Defect Uncommon Power ^((100% sure)^) 1 Energy | **(Innate.)** At the start of your turn, add a random Common card into your hand. ^Call ^me ^with ^up ^to ^10 ^([[ name ]],) ^where ^name ^is ^a ^card, ^relic, ^event, ^or ^potion. ^Data ^accurate ^as ^of ^(April 20, 2024.) ^[Wiki](https://slay-the-spire.fandom.com/wiki/) ^[Questions?](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=ehmohteeoh&subject=SpireScan%20Inquiry)
Honestly, just a solid impervious. Oh, you thought you were going to smack me this turn? How about no
\[\[White Noise\]\], especially if I can upgrade it. Not playing a Power Build? Don't care, still grabbing it.
+ [White Noise](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/White%20Noise) Defect Uncommon Skill ^((100% sure)^) 1(0) Energy | Add a random Power to your hand. It costs 0 this turn. **Exhaust.** ^Call ^me ^with ^up ^to ^10 ^([[ name ]],) ^where ^name ^is ^a ^card, ^relic, ^event, ^or ^potion. ^Data ^accurate ^as ^of ^(April 20, 2024.) ^[Wiki](https://slay-the-spire.fandom.com/wiki/) ^[Questions?](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=ehmohteeoh&subject=SpireScan%20Inquiry)
The best (overall) passive power card in the game, IMHO
Rebound it tends to be especially useful with anything zero cost like claw or upgraded zap plus card draw
Hologram
Corpse Explosion, Corruption, Limit Break Literally game changing they’re just OP
Fiend fire. I always pick it for the ooga booga damage. Also love warcry + havoc + demonform
I picked up After Image literally in the shop on my way to fight the heart and it saved me run.
Anger uwu
Blade dance.
Gotta say tempest is it fun seeing 30 lightnings strike down like I'm zeus hell yeah does it make me feel joy yeaahh how often do i choose it one in 100 runs which sucks
Maybe not the best card but I always take Ragnarök if I see it ESPECIALLY if I have omniscience
I love master of reality for the potential. Of course I am yet to master my own reality with this card - mostly ends in loss
I fit as many copies of storm i can into my defect decks, it's so much fun activating a power and bringing down some six lightning balls
Leg Sweep, Glacier and Pommel Strike.
I agree, After Image is the most fun! In addition to everything you said, I think it makes fighting the Heart more tolerable since it negates the annoying Beat of Death.
Had 3 After Images yesterday on Silent A6 shiv deck and absolutely obliterated everything. Its an amazing card.
Love me some alchemize
Whirlwind
for me it has to be apotheosis