Terminology

Base copy

Refers to the standard values of a card before any later modifications.

Base cost just refers to its mana cost and ignores any other modifications.

Cards can be permanently modified in-game by other card effects, e.g. increasing their health or reducing their mana cost. A base copy of a card refers to its standard values as it was put into the deck, without any stats adjustments or newly applied keywords.

Character

Either a god or a creature.

Damage

When dealt to characters reduces their health by the specified amount.

The Spell boost keyword can increase the amount of damage dealt by spells only. Keywords like Protected or Ward can prevent damage one time. Armor can reduce damage.

Delve

Choose 1 out of 3 options from a specific list of cards or effects.

Sometimes known as: Discover

Destroy

Moves affected card from the board to the void.

The creature gets "killed", so it triggers Afterlife effects.

Favor

A unique resource for each player roughly comparable to mana. Players start each match with 0 favor.

Gaining favor

Normally you gain 3 favor every time you:

• Attack an enemy god with a creature

• Destroy an enemy creature with a spell or effect

• Destroy an enemy creature with a friendly creature which survives that attack

The exception to that rule is in the early game where in turn 1 you only receive 1 favor, and in turn 2 only 2 favor.

Spending Favor

Favor is spent primarily in the Sanctum to receive cards for this match only.

But there are some cards that trigger powerful effects when you have enough favor.

Some cards even let you steal favor from your opponent.

God

An avatar representing your player. Every god starts with 30 health.

If your opponent's god is reduced to 0 health you win the game.

A god can only attack if it has a relic equipped.

Every god represents one domain.

God Power

Every god can choose from 3 different god powers at the start of a match.

See also:

• Blog post listing all current Season 2 God powers

• Blog post listing Season 1 God powers

Heal

Heals the specified amount of health to the character. But can not restore beyond the character's maximum amount of health.

Obliterate

Destroys a card without sending it to the void, or removing it from the void if it's already there.

Does not trigger Afterlife effects. Does not generate favor for killing a creature.

Sometimes known as: Exile, Remove from game

Play

Playing a card directly from your hand will ensure effects like Roar get triggered.

For example pulling a creature from the void back to the board is not considered playing that creature, it was only summoned.

Pull

Moving a card from one zone to another.

For example from the board back to the hand, from the void to the board, or from the Sanctum to the hand.

Refresh

Refreshes the specified amount of your unlocked mana

Sanctum

Allows players to spend favor to buy 1 out of 3 cards currently offered in the Sanctum. There 20 different cards available in total which are always the same every game, but they are randomized in a particular way.

There are 5 different "decks" each with 4 particular cards. At the start of the game each deck is shuffled and then 3 decks are picked to start with. The top card of each of those 3 decks is revealed, these 3 cards make up the current Sanctum.

Once one card is purchased by a player, at the end of their turn, a random card from one of the 2 remaining decks will replace its spot in the Sanctum.

Sanctum Decks

Answers

• Wiccan Trapper – 13 favor

• Bronze Servant – 15 favor

• Valka’s Discovery – 17 favor

• Rune of Life – 15 favor

Defenders

• Shield Maiden – 13 favor

• Battle Aurochs – 13 favor

• Cardshark – 15 favor

• Rune of Strength – 15 favor

Removal

• Ranger Firstbow –13 favor

• Athenian Archer – 15 favor

• Form of Power – 17 favor

• Rune of Fire – 17 favor

Threats

• Lambasting Wand – 15 favor

• Felid Tracker – 13 favor

• Enraged Ally – 13 favor

• Tartessian Improviser – 15 favor

Value

• Vow of Champions – 17 favor

• Ambitious Adventurer – 15 favor

• Wind-Up Roller – 15 favor

• Rune of Sight – 15 favor

The Sanctum was first introduced around May 2020 and the current set of cards that make up the Sanctum was last updated in August 2021.

Summon

Placing a creature onto the board which was not directly played from hand, bypassing its mana cost, will not trigger effects like Roar, Blessed or Tempt Fate.

Target

Some card effects allow you to target specific other cards, which is typically advantageous, unless the desired card can't be targeted through some other effect.

But some cards apply their effect to a random target or even multiple targets at once which allows you to bypass not being targetable.

Transform

Replaces a creature with another creature as specified.

The original creature you transformed will not be moved to its controller's void. Afterlife effects of the originally transformed creature will not trigger.

Zones

Cards, unless obliterated, are located in one of the following zones:

Deck

You have to start each game with exactly 30 cards in your deck. You draw one new card from your deck at the beginning of each turn.

Hand

You can have up to 9 cards in your hand. Any more cards about to be drawn in excess of 9 will be obliterated. You can not draw a card from the Sanctum as long as you have 9 cards in your hand.

Board

When you play a creature or relic it lives in this zone.

There can be a maximum of 6 creatures on each side of the board. You can't play new creatures if your side is full. If a card triggers summoning a new creature on your side the summoning gets ignored as there is no space left to place the new creature.

Void

TODO

Sometimes known as: Graveyard