Griff Scout (62)

Traits:

armor → None

Health:

2 → 4

Spell:

Bolster → None

The new Ada starter deck features a redesign of Bolster as a card that can be played in the main deck, so we’re removing Bolster from Griff Scout and simplifying it by trading its Armor for more raw health.

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Fan Dancer ➞ Philippa (78)

Name:

Fan Dancer → Philippa

A slight thematic rework to Fan Dancer, featuring new art in honor of Philippe Castonguay, our amazing Head of Product, and his ever present Shoebill Avatar. Fan Dancer’s art has been repurposed for a Starter Deck card.

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Chromeosaur (109)

Cost:

6 → 5

Text:

Summon: Give 7 cost and higher units in your hand and deck -2 cost.
↓
Summon: Give 7 cost and higher units in your hand and deck -1 cost.

Power:

6 → 5

Health:

6 → 5

We’ve been hearing the playerbase’s concerns about this card, so we’re reducing the discount it provides from -2 cost to -1 cost, and also dropped its base stats and cost to make it less powerful but easier to deploy early.

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Ether Lemure (112)

Text:

Summon: If your hand has a 7 cost or higher card, gain +2 power and add Etherwail to your hand.
↓
Summon: If your hand has a 7 cost or higher card, gain Dash and add Etherwail to your hand.

Traits:

dash → None

Power:

1 → 3

A slight rework, providing Lemure with higher base attack and having it Dash when its Ability triggers, rather than the inverse. This change is largely in service of keeping the text more readable, as it is considerably larger without a Trait on the card by default, and a 2c 3/3 is generally going to be more useful than a 2c 1/3 Dasher in a pinch.

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Oreheart Brawler (125)

Text:

Earth and Metal allies are summoned with +1/+1. Slay: Gain +2/+1.
↓
Earth and Metal allies are summoned with +1/+1.

Power:

3 → 5

Spell:

Twisted Metal → Lead

Our cycle of ‘Elemental Lord’ Units all received a simplification to fit into the starter decks as unlockable cards, possessing higher stats but also dropping their Slay abilities, while gaining attached Enchants, rather than Spells, to help introduce the concept enchants to new players.

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Strikestorm (1042)

Cost:

4 → 5

Text:

Do damage equal to your hero's power to enemy units.
↓
Your hero cannot take damage this turn. Your hero attacks each enemy unit.

Reworking and increasing the cost on a sweeper to compensate for a higher ceiling and combo potential. Rather than doing effect damage to enemy Units, Strikestorm will now protect your Hero from all damage, similar to Evasion, and then allow them to attack each enemy Unit in turn, allowing for huge combos with cards like Solara, and numerous other Units in Samya’s starter deck which trigger after your Hero attacks.

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Songrider (1047)

Text:

Death: Summon Songbird with +1 power.
↓
Death: Summon Songbird.

Health:

2 → 3

A slight rework of Songrider to let it serve as a simpler upgrade card for the onboarding process, giving it +1 health but removing the power buff effect from the Songbird it summons.

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Skyfire Master (1125)

Text:

Air and Fire allies are summoned with +1/+1. Slay: Do 2 damage to the enemy hero.
↓
Air and Fire allies are summoned with +1/+1.

Health:

3 → 4

Spell:

Supersonic → Shroud

As with Oreheart, Skyfire Master has received a simplification to work better with the starter decks.

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Whelm (2053)

Text:

Do 3 damage to 2 cost and less enemy units.
↓
Do 3 damage to 3 cost and less enemy units.

A small buff for Wisdom, letting Whelm strike enemy 3 cost and less enemy Units, rather than 2 cost and less enemy Units, letting it serve as a more reliable answer to early aggressive boards.

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Cleo (3047)

Text:

Death: Summon Royal Mummy with Banner.
↓
Death: Summon Royal Mummy with Banner.

Not truly a change but a tweak worth noting. Royal Mummy was promoted from a token to a playable card in the Heart Starter deck, so all cards that summon Royal Mummy will now summon the Heart version. Royal Mummy also received a change, in that it no longer dusts itself upon Death, but also only gives +1 health to its Hero upon Death.

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Gravekin (3074)

Power:

2 → 3

Spell:

Bone Mask → Invasion

A small buff here. Gravekin is featured in the Bouran starter deck, and has received +1 power and a new attachment in the form of Invasion, a two-cost Spell that summons two Zomboid, to keep it simpler for the starter deck.

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Eclipse Mummy (3125)

Text:

Dark and Light allies are summoned with +1/+1. Slay: Summon Royal Mummy.
↓
Dark and Light allies are summoned with +1/+1.

Power:

4 → 3

Health:

5 → 6

Spell:

Moonbeam → Fate

As with the other ‘Elemental Lords’, Eclipse Mummy is receiving a simplification to work better with the starter decks.

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Timber (4069)

Text:

Death: Do 6 damage to the right-most enemy.
↓
Death: Do 5 damage to the right-most enemy.

A small nerf to Timber spam decks, reducing the damage Timber does back from 6 to 5, but letting it keep its buffed 6 health.

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Magnanimous (4083)

Cost:

6 → 5

Text:

Play: Give 7 cost and higher spells in your hand and deck -2 cost.
↓
Play: Give 7 cost and higher spells in your hand and deck -1 cost.

Power:

4 → 3

Paralleling Chromeosaur for safety, Magnanimous also receives a nerf to its cost-decreasing effect, along with a drop in its own base cost and stats.

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Shell Officer (4086)

Text:

Sunset: If you have no mana, summon Shelly.
↓
Sunset: If you have no mana, summon Shellguard.

Traits:

guard,armor → guard

Health:

3 → 6

Spell:

Lead → None

Shelly was also promoted from a token to a proper card in the Ari starter deck, becoming a 2 cost 1/5 Guard without Armor, so we’ve simplified Shell Officer in turn, reducing the amount of armor in the game slightly while providing it more health instead.

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Star Cetacean (4124)

Text:

Mind and Water allies are summoned with +1/+1. Slay: Attach Barrier to allies.
↓
Mind and Water allies are summoned with +1/+1.

Health:

7 → 8

Spell:

School of Fish → Vapors

The final of the ‘Elemental Lords’ to be changed, Star Cetacean receives the same treatment as the other three.

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Septic Sapling (135)

One of this month’s new Skypass additions, Septic Sapling serves as an upgrade for Ada’s deck, working excellently with her new Empower Ability, letting it sling toxins into the enemy board to debuff the enemy even as it grows stronger!

Treefolk Sapling (138)

A simple but cute card that a number of cards in Ada’s starter will summon or interact with. It’s not a meta breaker, but gives another claw bear like Unit for players to use in the early-game.

Chthonos, the Sealed (155)

One goal for us in the creation of the Starter Decks was to provide a new cycle of flashy, powerful boss Units for each of the starter decks, and Prisms as a whole. These take the form of the five titans, ancient beings that ruled before the dragons of Sky were even born, before being sealed away for the good of all. Each Titan is a 10 cost 10/10 Unit with an immensely powerful effect, providing decks new means to close out games. Strength’s Titan, Cthonos, appropriately summons a massive board of Treefolk Saplings, 2/3 Units and then buffs all your Units, being 30/30 worth of stats at worst, requiring a boardclear and possibly another removal spell to deal with.

Overgrowth (162)

The Strength, Agility, Heart and Intellect starter decks all contain a 6 mana elemental Spell that gives all Units of their Prism’s two primary elements +1/+1 for the rest of the game, and draws a Unit of one of those elements. We’re aiming to increase the importance of each Prism’s primary elements in gameplay, and give players more avenues to make element driven decks moving forward.

Solara (1134)

Agility's new Skypass card Solara summons a Songbird ‘As’ your Hero attacks, meaning the Songbird’s Banner will increase your Hero’s power before their attack finishes, allowing for powerful combos. We expect her to be a huge player for the Prism, especially with Samya’s Lightspeed Ability granting her multiple attacks, letting her power scale further with each one.

Vulpine Merchant (1150)

A particularly fun member of Agility’s assortment of new cards that trigger after your Hero attacks, Vulpine Merchant provides you with some new goods with every swing your hero takes, making him a fantastic source of resources and continued pressure for aggressive decks.

Aerigos, the Branded (1153)

Agility’s Titan roars onto the scene, becoming cheaper based on the amount of power your Hero already possesses, and massively boosting your Hero’s attack power while in play. Burn all before you to ash!

Fan Strike (1155)

With the starter deck being centered on attacking with your Hero, it was important to add another means for players to gain additional attacks per turn. Fan strike allows your Hero to make an additional attack on an enemy Unit, while preemptively providing some additional health to help cushion the damage your Hero is likely to take during the attack.

Sentinel of Qai (3134)

Heart’s Skypass card Sentinel of Qai has a somewhat underwhelming statline, but his powerful Death effect drags down the weakest enemy Unit with him when he dies, ensuring he never travels to the abyss alone.

Royal Priestess (3135)

One of the new cards players can unlock during the new onboarding, Priestess isn’t much to write home about in terms of base stats, but her Death effect adding Royal Mummy to your hand helps keep you stocked with bodies, a valuable resource for any Heart deck!

Joinboid (3144)

The Hexbound continue to rampage in the new Bouran Starter deck! One particularly burly specimen is Joinboid. As 5 cost 4/4 Wither, he has a pretty underwhelming statline, but summons another 4/4 Bruteboid with Wither upon death, making for a formidable overall package, and providing an incredible target for Bouran’s Ritualize Ability.

Kingboid (3146)

King Altren the Ninth’s rule may be long past, but his will to dominate persists even in death, granting him strength for each of his fallen subjects, allowing him to become large enough to win an entire match on his own, provided the bodies of the fallen can be piled high enough.

Grizzled Fisher (4134)

While cheer is often in short supply in Sky’s Northern Reach, spears are definitely not, and the more your opponent angers this obstinate walrus, the more pointy objects he’ll give you to riddle the opposition full of holes with.

Shellhemoth (4143)

A powerful new AOE option for Intellect, Shellhemoth will devastate the enemy board if you’ve played a large number of Spells, while also acting as a powerful wall to help keep you in the game, though watch out, as enemies with Armor will be able to weather the storm!

Spear Shot (4157)

A new card featured on many of the new Intellect cards, and Ari’s Fabricate Ability, Spear Shot serves as a key card to help support many of the new Spell synergies and Inspire effects found in the Ari starter deck.

Sea Storm (4135)

Sea Storm is a new payoff for Intellect, becoming stronger for each Water spell you have played in the same turn. With enough Spear Shots in hand, you can call up a storm of mythical proportions, devastating enemy Units and Heroes alike with the immense power Sea Storm provides!

Infinite Infinities (2134)

Wisdom’s new Skypass card, while slow to get rolling, opens up a huge realm of possible lategame plays, letting you gain more and more mana turn after turn, burying your opponent in advantage, especially With Lotus’ Hero Ability, since it will gain you additional life and cards as your max mana begins to rapidly spin out of control!

Overheat (2155)

A new removal option to compliment Glean’s resource generation, Overheat similarly becomes stronger for every five mana you have, scaling from a mediocre AOE Spell to a devastating one-sided boardclear as the game continues.

Glean (2158)

An example of one of Lotus’ starter deck’s central themes, Glean starts off poor, drawing only a single card for three mana, but scales up as your mana increases, quickly becoming able to draw 3+ cards as the game progresses, and providing even more massive swings as your mana increases to 15 and beyond, allowing you to utterly dominate in the resource department.

Gift of Sky (2154)

A representative of the other half of Lotus’ deck, Gift of Sky helps you ramp your Max Mana while also letting you draw a new ‘Wisp’ Unit from your deck, providing further resources. We’ll reveal more about ‘Wisps’ soon!

Scaredy Sentinel (136)

Treefolk Striker (137)

Treefolk Crusher (139)

Stalwart Sentinel (140)

Treefolk Sage (141)

Treefolk Brawler (142)

Treefolk Nurturer (143)

Treefolk Bulwark (144)

Treefolk Stomper (145)

Treefolk Hunter (146)

Treefolk Leader (147)

Armis Flagbearer (148)

Armis Tactican (149)

Armis Cannon (150)

Armis Support (151)

Armis Trooper (152)

Armis Dropship (153)

Armis Commander (154)

Pummel (156)

Sprouting (157)

Bark Armor (158)

Ether Call (159)

Cleave (160)

Rooted Defenses (161)

Vanquish (163)

Power Infusion (164)

Storm's Fury (1135)

Cygnan Monk (1136)

Cygnan Pupil (1137)

Cygnan Fencer (1138)

Cygnan Singer (1139)

Trusty Steed (1140)

Cygnan Striker (1141)

Cygnan Master (1142)

Cygnan Fandancer (1143)

Cygnan Elder (1144)

Cygnan Ranger (1145)

Cygnan Teacher (1146)

Vulpine Archer (1147)

Vulpine Spy (1148)

Vulpine Scout (1149)

Vulpine Rogue (1151)

Vulpine Mage (1152)

Flare Up (1154)

Flame Kick (1156)

Air Slash (1157)

Stern Lesson (1158)

Storm Call (1159)

Mana Geyser (2135)

Air Wisp (2136)

Air Scion (2137)

Nihilos, the Hollow (2138)

Dark Wisp (2139)

Dark Scion (2140)

Earth Scion (2141)

Earth Wisp (2142)

Fire Wisp (2143)

Fire Scion (2144)

Light Wisp (2145)

Light Scion (2146)

Metal Wisp (2147)

Metal Scion (2148)

Mind Scion (2149)

Water Wisp (2150)

Mind Wisp (2151)

Water Scion (2152)

Cyclone (2153)

Blazing Blessing (2156)

Sky United (2157)

Surging Power (2159)

Gemboid (3136)

Skaterboid (3137)

Graveboid (3138)

Lootboid (3139)

Ritualboid (3140)

Scavenboid (3141)

Bloatboid (3142)

Hordeboid (3143)

Harvestboid (3145)

Noxdeos, the Cursed (3147)

Royal Mummy (3148)

Scarab of Life (3149)

Royal Guard (3150)

Soulmaw Ammit (3151)

Giant Mummy (3152)

Ancient Sphinx (3153)

Graverobbing (3154)

Invasion (3155)

Offering (3156)

Toxic Bite (3157)

Raise Dead (3158)

Corpse Explosion (3159)

Sunbeam (3160)

Divine Rites (3161)

Cycle of Life (3162)

Bond of Duty (3163)

Spellstorer (4136)

Maskling (4137)

Maskmaker (4138)

Masked Crystalmage (4139)

Masked Sentinel (4140)

Many Faces (4141)

Vathyos, the Sunken (4142)

Shellguard (4144)

Tortugan Scout (4145)

Tortugan Deadeye (4146)

Tortugan Fisher (4147)

Tortugan Monk (4148)

Tortugan Tinker (4149)

Tortugan Raider (4150)

Tortugan Crusher (4151)

Tortugan Shaman (4152)

Shell Commander (4153)

Visions (4154)

Mystic Secrets (4155)

Scope Out (4156)

Twinspear (4158)

Ice Bolt (4159)

Reload (4160)

Avalanche (4161)

See Beyond (4162)

Bruteboid (20067)