We deployed a bug fix patch:

• fixed Fatebinder not affecting allies;
  
• fixed Fatebinder being able to attack and not being able to counterattack instead of it being the other way around; we removed the limitations altogether to buff it a little more;
  
• fixed Unbounded Energy Amulet not spawning Afterimages when General is teleported by Ribbon Dancer.

Patch notes for 0.2.36 below. You can also read them on the Duelyst II website[news.duelyst2.com], it has pictures!


New Boss – Rasha’s Ghost! Cursed to burn for eternity in a tomb in the desert, the ghost of the mad High Emperor Rasha is hosting an epic (and lethal) dance party, and you’re invited!

Rasha’s Ghost will reward you if you can beat him in a variety of dance-offs:

• Win once: earn “Mad with Power” title and 1 Spirit Orb.
  
• Win with 3 different factions: earn “Dancing Emperor” title and 3 Spirit Orbs.
  
• Win with all 6 factions: earn “Ghost Buster” title and 1 Prismatic Spirit Orb, which grants 5 prismatic epic and/or legendary cards with at least 1 card being legendary!

You may have already noticed two new boss-related items in the shop: the disco-tastic Chaos Elemental – Boss and the Rasha’s Ghost profile picture by Alga.

The boss fight features the new song “Zurael” by Archaeologist. And in case you missed it, check out the new boss lore here[news.duelyst2.com]!


Duelyst II: The Board Game is getting a new set of foil cards – more details at The Game Crafter[www.thegamecrafter.com].



[[b]Old[/b]] Lyonar | Common | Spell | 2 | Give allied minions +1/+1.
[[b]New[/b]] Lyonar | Common | Spell | 1 | Give allied minions +1/+1.

This is a nudge change to give Lyonar zoo and Crab decks a boost and encourage Lyonar players to move away from the tried and true Healyo archetype, even if for a short while. Most likely, it will be reverted in the next patch, so enjoy or hate it while it lasts.

[[b]Old[/b]] Lyonar | Legendary | Minion | 7 | 7 / 7 | Provoke Opening Gambit: Give a unit Celerity this turn.
[[b]New[/b]] Lyonar | Legendary | Minion | 6 | 7 / 7 | Provoke Allies can move an additional space.

Reverting Elyx to its old effect based on community feedback.


[[b]Old[/b]] Songhai | Common | Minion | 2 | 2 / 3 | Backstab: 2.
[[b]New[/b]] Songhai | Common | Minion | 1 | 1 / 3 | Backstab: 2.

With more cards getting released, Kaido fell out of favor as a 2-drop of choice for Songhai. This change should help it gain more of a killing edge in zoo decks.

[[b]Old[/b]] Songhai | Common | Minion | 1 | 2 / 1 | After this takes damage, draw a spell.
[[b]New[/b]] Songhai | Common | Minion | 1 | 1 / 2 | After this takes damage, draw a spell.

This change should make Rhythmweaver stronger in zoo, where it is more likely to get health buffs, while not making much of a difference for other decks.

Thanks to EurasianJay for providing feedback and ideas!

[[b]Old[/b]] Songhai | Rare | Spell | 2 | Rotate units in a 3×3 area a quarter turn around the center space and deal 1 damage to them.
[[b]New[/b]] Songhai | Rare | Spell | 2 | Teleport units in a 3×3 area 2 spaces clockwise around the center space and deal 1 damage to them.

We clarified card text, made rotation direction the same for both players to minimize confusion, and changed the order of effects. Previously, damage was dealt before teleportation, even though card text suggested otherwise. Now it matches the card text.

Additionally, the change in ordering fixes several bugs (see below).


[[b]Old[/b]] Vetruvian | Rare | Minion | 3 | 2 / 3 | This cannot attack or counterattack. The minion on the opposite horizontal space has -Attack/-Health equal to this unit’s Attack and Health.
[[b]New[/b]] Vetruvian | Rare | Minion | 3 | 2 / 3 | This cannot attack. At the end of your turn, give the minion on the opposite horizontal space -2/-2.

Changing Fatebinder from an aura to an end of turn effect fixes several bugs (see below) that auras tend to create.

Allowing Fatebinder to counterattack should give it a bit more board presence in cases where you cannot benefit from its effect.

[[b]Old[/b]] Vetruvian | Epic | Minion | 4 | 4 / 4 | Your effects that add to the Attack or Health of enemies or subtract from the Attack or Health of allies do the opposite instead.
[[b]New[/b]] Vetruvian | Epic | Minion | 3 | 3 / 3 | At the end of your turn, minions with modified Attack have their Health modified by the same value instead, and vice versa.

As mentioned previously, auras – continuously active effects – are not easy for Dooly to handle. We fixed 4 different Arbiter bugs last patch and yet there were more issues coming up. That’s why we’re changing it to an end of turn effect as well as making it more widely applicable.

Note that Arbiter’s interaction with “set” effects may seem unintuitive. For example, Equality Constraint sets minion’s Health to be equal to its Attack. Arbiter then makes that minion’s Health to be equal to its Health, which looks like the effect is being removed instead of being swapped. This is intended.

Thanks to Scuttle and TOPDECKTIMMY for providing feedback and ideas!


[[b]Old[/b]] Abyssian | Epic | Minion | 4 | 4 / 4 | Opening Gambit: Allied Shadow Creep tiles heal allies one space away for 2 and deal 2 damage to enemies one space away.
[[b]New[/b]] Abyssian | Epic | Minion | 3 | 3 / 3 | Opening Gambit: Allied Shadow Creep tiles deal 2 damage to enemies one space away.

One of the frequent complaints about Abyssian is that they have good burn coupled with great sustain, and that this combination devolved Abyssian game plan into building a Creep throne and camping inside it. Complete removal of healing from Nightsplitter is a bit heavy handed, but we want to push Creep players out of their comfort zone and see how they would adapt, before we introduce any new changes.


[[b]Old[/b]] Magmar | Rare | Spell | 0 | The next minion you play this turn costs 2 less. Deal 2 damage to it when played.
[[b]New[/b]] Magmar | Rare | Spell | 2 | At the start of your next turn, gain 2 mana that turn. It can exceed the mana limit.

Following the success of a cult indie hit LIZARDS MUST DIE, we continue our campaign against the green faction.

Flash Reincarnation is involved in most interactions and combos that are considered unhealthy by our players. Gradual rework/removal of all central cards creates a turbulent transitional period for the faction, which may feel bad for some of the players, but we believe this to be an important step in overall betterment of Duelyst.

New Flash Reincarnation is an experiment that retains the original purpose of the card – mana ramp – but demands some investment from the Magmar player and gives the opponent an opportunity to prepare.

Note that you can go above the 9 mana limit with this effect.

[[b]Old[/b]] Magmar | Legendary | Minion | 3 | 2 / 3 | Rush The next time an allied minion is summoned nearby this, give it Rush. It cannot damage Generals this turn.
[[b]New[/b]] Magmar | Legendary | Minion | 2 | 2 / 3 | The next time an allied minion is summoned nearby this, give it Rush. It cannot damage Generals this turn.

Removing Rush from Vindicator may seem like a nerf, but we believe that being able to play it as an opener both as player 1 and player 2 will significantly strengthen Magmar’s early game.

[[b]Old[/b]] Magmar | Legendary | Minion | 8 | 7 / 7 | Your cards cost 3.
[[b]New[/b]] Magmar | Legendary | Minion | 7 | 7 / 7 | Your cards cost 3.

This is a nudge change. Paired with the “banking” Flash change, it should give memers something new to toy with.


[[b]Old[/b]] Vanar | Common | Spell | 2 | Teleport all units 1 space towards the enemy’s starting side of the battlefield.
[[b]New[/b]] Vanar | Common | Spell | 2 | Teleport all enemies 1 space towards the enemy’s starting side of the battlefield.

It seems that Wanderlust is a bit too expensive and too niche to find room in decks. We’re changing it to a more straightforward effect first, before we apply more significant buffs like cost decrease.

[[b]Old[/b]] Vanar | Rare | Minion | 6 | 3 / 8 | Allied Walls joined to this have +1/+1 for each allied Wall joined to this.
[[b]New[/b]] Vanar | Rare | Minion | 6 | 3 / 8 | Allied Walls joined to this have +1/+0 for each allied Wall joined to this.

This change should make it easier to deal with buffed Walls while we’re figuring out a better rework for Paragon.


[[b]Old[/b]] Neutral | Rare | Minion | 3 | 3 / 3 | Opening Gambit: If you have played a spell this turn, deal 1 damage to a unit.
[[b]New[/b]] Neutral | Rare | Minion | 3 | 3 / 3 | Opening Gambit: If you have played a spell this turn, deal 2 damage to a unit.

A nudge change.

[[b]Old[/b]] Neutral | Rare | Minion | 4 | 3 / 4 | Opening Gambit: Destroy a nearby allied minion, then summon it on that space and give it +1/+1.
[[b]New[/b]] Neutral | Rare | Minion | 4 | 3 / 4 | Opening Gambit: Summon a 1/1 copy of the last destroyed minion with Dying Wish directly behind this.

In theory, Deja-Vu provides some nice utility – you can benefit from various Dying Wishes multiple times, you can undispel a minion, you can heal a high-health minion that took some damage, you can buff an important minion to give it more survivability. In practice, however, it’s used mostly in just two ways: trigger Azure Horn Shaman and resummon Rush minions. Neither of those applications seem to be particularly exciting, which is why we’re reworking the card.

Note that Deja-Vu resummons dispelled minions with Dying Wish, but does not resummon minions that had Dying Wish applied to them by other cards (such as Grasp Of Agony).

[[b]Old[/b]] Neutral | Epic | Minion | 4 | 6 / 2 | Dying Wish: Summon a Tombstone on a random space nearby your General.
[[b]New[/b]] Neutral | Epic | Minion | 4 | 4 / 3 | Dying Wish: Summon a Tombstone on a random space nearby your General.

[[b]Old[/b]] Neutral | Token | Minion | 3 | 0 / 10 | Provoke
[[b]New[/b]] Neutral | Token | Minion | 3 | 0 / 6 | Provoke

While a decrease in pure stats, 3 health provides way more survivability for Dioltas than 2. At the same time, 6 health makes Tombstone less painful to deal with and moves it away from being Divine Bond exclusive. This change should make Dioltas a more well-rounded card overall.

[[b]Old[/b]] Neutral | Rare | Minion | 3 | 0 / 12 | At the end of each turn, this gains -0/-1 and heals both Generals for 1.
[[b]New[/b]] Neutral | Rare | Minion | 4 | 0 / 10 | At the end of each turn, this gains -0/-2 and heals both Generals for 2.

Currently, Isbee’s Monument is viewed as a Healyo exclusive card. Faster healing paired with higher mana cost should make it worth a consideration for late game decks in general, while keeping the stalling in check.

[[b]Old[/b]] Neutral | Common | Minion | 5 | 2 / 8 | Celerity
[[b]New[/b]] Neutral | Common | Minion | 5 | 3 / 8 | Celerity

A nudge change.

• Fixed Mask of Dominion + Unbounded Energy allowing to stack two units on the same space, which allowed casting minion-only spells on a General.
  
• Fixed multiple Rhythmweavers dying simultaneously attempt to draw the same spell, which resulted in less cards drawn.
  
• Fixed Ribbon Dancer + Onyx Bear Seal preventing Panddo from spawning if Onyx Bear Seal triggered Ribbon Dancer and transformed minion was one of the two units teleported by Ribbon Dancer.
  
• Fixed Firewhirl preventing mini-Jax from spawning if another unit teleported on the space Jaxi died on.
  
• Fixed Firewhirl spawning less copies of Decapotheosis if space chosen for spawn was blocked by a telepoted unit.
  
• Fixed Fatebinder + Deja-Vu Engineer stacking two Fatebinder effects for a total of -6/-7 for a brief moment.
  
• Fixed Fatebinder + Soul Arbiter having inconsistent behavior.

These changes aim to correct or improve card text – no changes to how cards function.

[[b]Old[/b]] Give an allied minion “After this damages an enemy minion, destroy that minion”.
[[b]New[/b]] Give an allied minion “After this damages a minion, destroy that minion”.

[[b]Old[/b]] At the start of your turn, this steals 3 Health from your General.
[[b]New[/b]] At the start of your turn, this deals 3 damage to your General and heals for 3.

[[b]Old[/b]] An ally fights a nearby enemy minion.
[[b]New[/b]] An ally and an enemy minion nearby it deal damage to each other equal to their attack.

[[b]Old[/b]] At the start of your turn, this gains +4/+0. Deal 4 damage to the enemy General.
[[b]New[/b]] At the start of your turn, this gains +4/+0 and deals 4 damage to the enemy General.

• Deathwatch
  
• Dispel
  
• Dispelled
  
• Grow
  
• Infiltrate
  
• Provoke
  
• Provoked
  
• Shadow Creep
  
• Structure
  
• Stun
  
• Stunned
  
• Wall
  
• Zeal

• Thicket Augur
  
• Draugar Lord
  
• Verdmother
  
• Deja-Vu Engineer
  
• Hollow Grovekeeper
  
• Rook
  
• Paddo

• Removed Shield tooltip from Halo Bulwark.
  
• Added Afterimage token to Unbounded Energy Amulet details (right click).
  
• Fixed status text on Void Steal.
  
• Fixed status text on Snow Chaser.
  
• Added Wall tooltip to Borean Bear.
  
• Added Stun tooltip to Mesmerize.
  
• Fixed status text on Thicket Augur.
  
• Added Stun tooltip to Arctic Displacer.
  
• Added Wall tooltip to Permafrost Paragon.
  
• Added Opening Gambit tooltip to Araki Headhunter.

• Changed rarity of Unbounded Energy Amulet from none to epic to allow crafting prismatic copies.
  
• Recreated the Riftwalker – Molten skin. Hopefully, this fixes the sporadic game crashes some players reported. If you still experience similar issues after the patch – please, submit a bug report.
  
• Replaced Inned Focus with Assassination Protocol in challenge 4-1.
  
• Edited challenges 3-6 and 4-4 to account for card changes.
  
• Added missing patch tag for previous patch (patched-0.2.35).

As a reminder, you can search for cards changed in this patch by typing patched-0.2.36 into the card collection search bar.

It took us a while, and we apologize for the wait. The second wave of cards for the Seven Sisters Mini-Expansion is finally here! Patch notes below, and you can also read them on the Duelyst II website[news.duelyst2.com], it has pictures!



Minion | Rare | 3 | 3 / 3 | Shield While this has Shield, your artifacts cost 2 less. When you equip an artifact, this loses Shield.

Shield: Prevent the next time this would take damage or be destroyed.

Artifact | Common | 4 | At the end of your turn, if you’ve played at least three cards this turn, transform allied minions directly above and below your General into Silverguard Knights.


Spell | Rare | 2 | Rotate units in a 3×3 area a quarter turn around the center space and deal 1 damage to them.

New keyword Rotate: Units facing to the right are rotated clockwise, units facing to the left are rotated counterclockwise. Currently, Firewhirl is the only card to use this keyword as it was added mostly to explain the mechanic and shorten the card text.

Minion | Epic | 3 | 2 / 5 | After every two cards you play in a turn, switch the positions of the units directly in front of and behind this.

This effect works similarly to Juxtaposition. The difference is that it can also affect Generals, and it will trigger even if there is only one unit to teleport.


Artifact | Common | 2 | Your Dervishes have +0/+1. When you summon a Dervish with 2 or less base Attack, transform it into an Iron Dervish.

Minion | Rare | 3 | 2 / 3 | This cannot attack or counterattack. The minion on the opposite horizontal space has -Attack/-Health equal to this unit’s Attack and Health.

“Opposite” means mirrored across an axis, in this case center column. Two Generals are on opposite horizontal spaces at the start of a match. While on the center column, Fatebinder will affect itself.


Spell | Epic | 1 | Bargain: – Summon Wraithlings directly above and below your General. – Deal 3 damage to an enemy minion. – Heal your General for 4.

New keyword Bargain: Choose any number of effects in any order. Discard a card from your hand, from left to right, for each effect chosen. Currently, Dark Bargain is the only card to use this keyword as it was added mostly to explain the mechanic and shorten the card text.

You can choose one, two, or all three effects, in any order, and you will have to discard a card from your hand (in order from left-to-right) for each effect you choose. Effect depends on the target. Targeting enemies will deal damage, targeting your General will heal, and targeting an empty tile above or below your General will summon Wraithlings.

Minion | Common | 4 | 6 / 6 | At the start of your turn, this steals 3 Health from your General.


Artifact | Rare | 2 | Timeless At the start of your turn, deal 2 damage to your General and give it +2/+0.

Minion | Common | 2 | 2 / 3 | This can be played on a minion to give it +2/+3.


Minion | Common | 2 | 1 / 1 | Provoke Opening Gambit: Give nearby allied minions “Dying Wish: Summon a Treant on this space”.

Spell | Common | 2 | Teleport all units 1 space towards the enemy’s starting side of the battlefield.


Minion | Rare | 2 | 2 / 3 | At the end of your turn, if you have any unspent mana, this gains +1/+2.

Minion | Rare | 3 | 3 / 3 | Minions cannot be played on this row or column.


[[b]Old[/b]] Magmar | Rare | Minion | 2 | 3 / 2 | Opening Gambit: Activate the start of turn and end of turn effects of an allied minion.
[[b]New[/b]] Magmar | Rare | Minion | 2 | 3 / 2 Opening Gambit: Activate the start of turn and end of turn effects of an ally.

Generation Scribe can now target Generals and proc effects such as Rage Reactor.

• Fixed Soul Arbiter + Drain Morale sometimes buffing enemies and debuffing allies.
  
• Fixed Soul Arbiter + Polarity/Equality Constraint destroying minions.
  
• Fixed Soul Arbiter + Hexblade setting enemy’s attack to 0.
  
• Fixed Soul Arbiter + Ruby Aura (AKA red tile) having inconsistent behavior, such as making both Generals 3/26. Arbiter ignores the tile now as it doesn’t belong to any player.
  
• Fixed Bubblesmith + Boundless Courage wasting Bubblesmith’s buff when taking damage.
  
• Fixed Songhai Dark skins missing running animations and having extra delay on attack animations.

These changes focus on making card text more consistent or more clear. No changes to how cards function.

[[b]Old[/b]] Opening Gambit: Deal 1 damage to nearby allies and give them “this can move an addition space” until the end of the turn.
[[b]New[/b]] Opening Gambit: Deal 1 damage to nearby allies and give them “this can move an additional space” until the end of the turn.

[[b]Old[/b]] When you summon a minion with 2 or less Attack, this gains +2/+0.
[[b]New[/b]] When you summon a minion with 2 or less base Attack, this gains +2/+0.

[[b]Old[/b]] An allied unit fights a nearby enemy minion.
[[b]New[/b]] An ally fights a nearby enemy minion.

[[b]Old[/b]] Whenever this minion destroys an enemy, reactivate it.
[[b]New[/b]] When this destroys an enemy, activate it.

[[b]Old[/b]] Activate allied units on your opponent’s starting side of the battlefield.
[[b]New[/b]] Activate allies on your opponent’s starting side of the battlefield.

[[b]Old[/b]] Whenever a minion is healed, put a Fading Afterglow into your action bar and summon a 1/3 Recruit on a random nearby space.
[[b]New[/b]] When a minion is healed, put a Fading Afterglow into your action bar and summon a 1/3 Recruit on a random nearby space.

[[b]Old[/b]] At the end of your turn, deal 4 damage to a random unit. If the unit is allied, give it +4/+0.
[[b]New[/b]] At the end of your turn, deal 4 damage to a random unit. If it is an ally, give it +4/+0.


Searching for “teleport” in the card collection now shows cards that have a teleport effect but do not have the word “teleport” in the card text:

• Juxtaposition
  
• Firewhirl
  
• Ribbon Dancer
  
• Hearth-sister
  
• Pummy the Stormchaser
  
• Astral Crusader

Designed by DivineSoupCan and skinned by Gleetch, this skin re-imagines the Priestess and her devoted Wraithlings in a new light!
Skinned by the ever-talented Pasty, Lightbender is all dressed up and ready for some classy battles.
Skinned by the ever-talented Pasty, Rogue Warden’s arrows are primed to target the opponent’s heart.
Skinned by Anjo to tie in with the Frostfire Set update[news.duelyst2.com] to the board game[news.duelyst2.com].

Calvin is hosting Epic Series tournament for the fifth time, with the largest prize pool ever - $3500! Top 16 get cash prizes and every participant gets in-game cosmetics!

Join the Epic Series Discord[discord.gg], read the rules, and sign up by sending your current in-game name and images or links[redecklyst-zeta.vercel.app] of 1-2 deck lists to @hhf on Discord at least one hour before the tournament. Day one will begin on January 11, 2025 at 18:00 UTC, and day two will begin on January 12, 2025 at 20:00 UTC.

Calvin is also hosting Chromatic Cup 21 which will be held on January 4, 2025 at 20:00 UTC. It will feature a $75/50/25/10 prize split for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place. All entrants will also receive a skin of choice in game. The format will be open decklist, as a way to practice for ES5. Exact rules and details are available in Epic Series Discord[discord.gg].

Duelyst II: The Board Game is part of the tabletop showcase at the BostonFIG game expo[www.bostonfig.com] on December 15! If you're in the area, come try it out and pick up a foil promo card (while supplies last)!

Also, until December 18 the game is on sale[www.thegamecrafter.com]! The more copies sold, the cheaper it becomes for everyone!

If this is the first time you're hearing about the board game, you can read more about it here[news.duelyst2.com].

It has been a while, but the patch is here! Patch notes below, and you can also read them on the Duelyst II website[news.duelyst2.com], it has pictures!

The Sisters are still cooking, don't worry...


In case you missed it, the Duelyst II physical board game is out now! You can read more about it here[news.duelyst2.com].



Unbounded Energy Amulet: Now costs 3 mana.

Assassination Protocol: Now costs 0 mana; the activated minion can now attack (but not damage) Generals.

There has been a large volume of community feedback voicing disappointment with the state of Songhai after all the nerfs. This partial unnerf should help a little. Being able to attack Generals for 0 damage gives some synergy with attack effects, like Frenzy. It also makes card’s effect consistent with Vindicator’s change.

Time Maelstrom: Now costs 4 mana. Effect changed to “Destroy minions that were summoned since your last turn. End your turn.”

Magmar’s Anachronize is moved to Vetruvian, replacing Time Maelstrom. Maelstrom is (was) the most powerful card in the game, only held down by the surrounding cards. But you could also say that Vetruvian as a faction is held down by the fact that they have access to Maelstrom. Removing the spell allows us to spread that power more evenly across the faction’s card pool with future updates. Additionally, it gives Vetruvian access to AoE removal – something the faction was lacking – while removing excessive AoE from Magmar.

Shadow Creep: Now deals 2 damage.

This is more of an experimental change. 3 damage Creep proved to be a strong archetype and a good reference point. Even though it is not overpowered, it still feels oppressive at times – in the early game and against certain other archetypes. Lowering the damage output whilst increasing the speed of the deck changes the dynamic, hopefully making it more entertaining for both players.

New Moon Hex: Now costs 1 mana.

Sphere of Darkness: Now costs 1 mana.

Darkspine Elemental: Now has 3 Health.

Nightsplitter: Now costs 4 mana. Attack reduced to 4.

Shadow Nova: Now costs 4 mana.

Horn of the Forsaken: Now costs 4 mana. Effect changed to “When this is equipped and destroyed, summon a Wraithling directly above, below, in front and behind your General.”

Vindicator: Now has 2 Attack; the minion that gains Rush cannot damage Generals the same turn.

This is yet another in a set of changes aimed at limiting out-of-hand face damage and OTKs. We may completely rework the card in the future, but currently decided to stick with a simpler solution. It keeps one half of the card – board-oriented one – intact, while removing unwanted interactions, both existing and theoretical ones that may come with new cards.

Anachronize: Replaced with 3 mana Blood Rage: Give an allied minion +1/+1 for each time damage was dealt this turn.

Anachronize is an AoE removal spell in a faction full of removal spells. Additionally, its effect doesn’t fit the faction thematically (time manipulation, all the weird effects and clever words go to Vetruvian). Blood Rage is a quick replacement so that Magmar doesn’t end up being a card down.

Consuming Rebirth: Changed back to 2 mana: “Destroy an allied minion. At the end of your turn, summon it on that space and give it +1/+1.”

While fun as a concept, Consuming Rebirth (and its combo with Synchronic Abomination, in particular) turned out to be very unfun on the receiving end. We believe that this card needs to be removed from competitive play, so we are reverting it to its previous version.

Predation: Effect changed back to “An allied unit fights a nearby enemy minion.”

Coldbiter: No longer deals damage to the enemy General.

Coldbiter and Predation were the “nudge” changes (you will be seeing more of those) – small tweaks to encourage players to take another look at certain cards and experiment a bit. Admittedly, these two particular changes didn’t work well, so we are reverting them.

• Fixed an issue where Reva Eventide – Dark was missing her run animation
  
• Fixed an issue where playing Penance on Sun Seer would cause it to heal your General.
  
• Fixed Storm Aratha’s hit/death animation.

It's been a while since the last patch. Unfortunately the second set of the Sister cards need more time in the oven, so in the meantime we're releasing a few simple balance changes that aims to shake up the meta slightly and keep things interesting.

You can also read the patch notes on the Duelyst II website[news.duelyst2.com], it has pictures!

The patch will go live October 12th at around 7pm EST.


Cards with Fading cannot be replaced and disappear at the end of your turn.

The following token cards now have Fading:
- Afterglow
- Blink
- Malice


Note that any given balance change falls under 1) a feel-good change that makes the card better to play with 2) a change to make the card less frustrating to play against or 3) a change to increase the card's play rate. As a result, there wont be explanations for each card as to why it was changed.


[Old] Lyonar | Spell | 3 | Give a minion +Attack equal to its Health.
[New] Lyonar | Spell | 1 | Set a minion's Attack equal to its Health.


[Old] Lyonar | Minion | 4 | 3 | 5 | When this attacks, add a True Strike to your action bar.
[New] Lyonar | Minion | 4 | 4 | 5 | When this attacks, add a Fading True Strike to your action bar. It costs one less.


[Old] Lyonar | Minion | 5 | 4 | 6 | Zeal: When you play a spell, put a 1 cost copy of that spell into your action bar until the end of your turn. (once per turn)
[New] Lyonar | Minion | 5 | 4 | 6 | Zeal: When you play a spell, put a 1 cost Fading copy of that spell into your action bar until the end of your turn. (once per turn)

[Old] Songhai | Minion | 3 | 3 | 3 | Backstab: 2 After this attacks, it gains +1/+1
[New] Songhai | Minion | 3 | 3 | 4 | Backstab: 2 After this attacks, it gains +1/+1


[Old] Vetruvian | Minion | 3 | 1 | 7 | Frenzy When you summon a minion, this gains +1/+0
[New] Vetruvian | Minion | 3 | 0 | 7 | Frenzy When you summon a minion, this gains +1/+0


[Old] Vetruvian | Structure | 6 | 0 | 6 | Gateway Opening Gambit: Destroy a minion. Dying Wish: Summon it on this space for its owner.
[New] Vetruvian | Structure | 6 | 0 | 6 | Gateway Opening Gambit: Remove a minion from the board. Dying Wish: Summon it on this space for its owner.


[Old] Abyssian | Minion | 2 | 3 | 2 | Dying Wish: If it's your turn, heal your General for 3. Otherwise deal 3 damage to the enemy General.
[New] Abyssian | Minion | 2 | 3 | 2 Dying Wish: If it's your turn, heal your General for 2. Otherwise deal 2 damage to the enemy General.


[Old] Abyssian | Minion | 2 | 3 | 1 | Opening Gambit: Summon a Wraithling directly behind this.
[New] Abyssian | Minion | 2 | 3 | 1 | Opening Gambit: Summon a Wraithling on a nearby space.


[Old] Magmar | Spell | 1 | An allied unit fights an enemy minion nearby it.
[New] Magmar | Spell | 1 | An allied unit fights a nearby enemy unit.


[Old] Vanar | Spell | 2 | Give an allied minion +2/+0. This turn, give it "This takes no damage".
[New] Vanar | Spell | 2 | This turn, give a unit +2/+0 and "This takes not damage".


[Old] Vanar | Artifact | 2 | At the end of your turn, your General deals 2 damage to nearby enemy minions.[New] Vanar | Artifact | 2 | At the end of your turn, your General deals 2 damage to nearby enemies.


[Old] Vanar | Minion | 5 | 10 | 3 | Airdrop Opening Gambit: Stun a nearby minion.
[New] Vanar | Minion | 4 | 4 | 6 | Airdrop Opening Gambit: Stun a nearby minion.


[Old] Neutral | Minion | 3 | 1 | 1 Dying Wish: Summon a copy of this on a random space.
[New] | Neutral | Minion | 2 | 1 | 1 | Dying Wish: Summon a copy of this behind your General.


[Old] Neutral | Minion | 7 | 3 | 13 | Veil
[New] Neutral | Minion | 7 | 5 | 10 | Veil, Provoke


Dragonbone Golem - Titan has been added to the shop. It can be purchased for 200 Shards. Designed by StrawberryChewy and Pasty.

Songhai - Dark Skin Bundle has also been added to the shop. It can be purchased for 3000 Shards.

- Fixed a bug where Penance did not damage structures

Hello, Anjo here. Duelyst II: The Board Game is essentially done and I have ordered the first copy, so I should have more to share with you within a month. For now, if you want to check out the finalized decks/cards or play the game for free before it's cool, head over to the game page[news.duelyst2.com].

We’re continuing trying out doing a mid month balance patch this month. The initial goal of these was to do them 2 weeks after the monthly patch, which I’m sure many will notice was more than 2 weeks ago at this point. The time it’s been taking to let things settle a bit, then collect data, then talk about and implement changes has been pushing it back a bit the past couple months, so we haven’t quite been hitting that mark. We expect this will continue, so we’re tentatively going to keep doing these about 2.5 weeks out from the monthly patch.

The patch will go live August 23rd at around 8:30pm EST.

You can also read the patch notes on our website[news.duelyst2.com] (it has pictures!).




[[b]Old[/b]] Lyonar | Spell | 3 | Deal damage to all minions equal to an allied minion’s Health.
[[b]New[/b]] Lyonar | Spell | 3 | Deal damage to all minions equal to an allied non-Structure minion’s Health.

Penance started strong, and has only been looking stronger recently, currently being a key piece of the best deck in the game where it’s being used with Isbee’s Monument as effectively a hard board wipe for 6 mana and 2 cards. While there were some options for how to go about weakening the card, we decided to just go ahead and specifically target the most problematic interaction. This may seem a bit too specific at first glance, but it really points to an underlying design issue with Structures; they just don’t work enough like minions to be treated the same in all cases. The combination of disproportionately high Health to cost ratio, fixed 0 Attack, and inability to move just make them not interact well with many cards that affect minions. Until now, these interactions have largely been negative, so there hasn’t been an urgent need to make the distinction (though Obelysk lovers may disagree). We expect that this line will continue to be drawn in the future, especially if (when) we add more Structures to the game, we are just starting with this change for now as we continue to evaluate other ones. Also, thematically, Structures don’t have the awareness to repent, so we aren’t going to let them.

We’re going to continue to keep a close eye on this one after this change to see where it lands.


[[b]Old[/b]] Songhai | Spell | 0 | Activate an allied minion with 3 or less Attack.
[[b]New[/b]] Songhai | Spell | 1 | Activate an allied minion. It cannot damage or attack Generals this turn.

Inner Focus is a card that has been a combination of one of the less liked cards in the game, not a particularly strong card, and problematic for design, all while being core to Songhai’s identity. We wanted to both get rid of the ability for it to just act as out of hand burst (particularly in the context of combos), and get rid of the 3 Attack breakpoint in Songhai, which lead us to just swapping it with Assassination Protocol. This was actually decided on a little bit back, there was just some work to do to fix up the new player experience to work with it that was queued up behind work on the Sisters Mini-Expansion which delayed this change until now. We are hopeful that this will keep help Songhai better leverage large minions to control the board, while still filling a similar role in triggering movement and attack effects, as well as cut down on some of the frustration of low mana, high face damage plays from hand.

This will replace the copies currently in your collection and decks.


[[b]Old[/b]] Songhai | Minion | 3 | 3 / 4 | After this moves or teleports, it gains “this cannot be attacked” until it attacks or the start of your turn.
[[b]New[/b]] Songhai | Minion | 4 | 4 / 6 | After this moves or teleports, it gains “this cannot be attacked” until it attacks or the start of your turn.

Speaking of cards that were affected by the 3 Attack breakpoint in Songhai, Umbral Stalker has been lackluster to put it kindly. It was intended to serve as a card that had some ability to stick on board and be a presence in combat, but ended up with its stats being limited by not wanting to be unable to be triggered by one of the core Songhai cards. With freeing up that extra option for putting it back in the shadows, we’re bumping it up to have a more respectable body.


[[b]Old[/b]] Abyssian | Minion | 5 | 5 / 5 | This can move onto allied minions to destroy them. When it does, draw a card and heal your General for 2.
[[b]New[/b]] Abyssian | Minion | 5 | 4 / 8 | This can move onto allied minions to destroy them. When it does, draw a card and heal your General for 2.

This card was part of an effort to find more space for larger minions that don’t immediately produce some sort of value when played. We’ve been talking a bit internally, and decided to allow some more defensive stats on Abyssian minions, and decided to shift this to being a bit harder to clear.


[[b]Old[/b]] Magmar | Spell | 1 | Destroy a minion with the lowest Attack.
[[b]New[/b]] Magmar | Spell | 2 | Destroy a minion with the lowest Attack.

Generally speaking, we don’t want removal to cost 1 mana unless it scales against minion cost in some way (e.g. damage based removal), or has some additional exchange of resources (e.g. Aspect of the Wolf giving your opponent a Wolf). The restriction on it generally makes it act as scaling removal when there are several minions on board, but in situations where the board is clear, it is just ends up being hard removal for 1 mana, so we’re bumping it back up to 2 mana.


[[b]Old[/b]] Magmar | Minion | 3 | 2 / 4 | Grow: +1/+1.
[[b]New[/b]] Magmar | Minion | 2 | 2 / 2 | Grow: +1/+1.

With Oropsisaur outclassing Earth Walker as a 3 drop, we’re wanted to give it a chance at a new life as a 2 drop. Go get em little buddy!



Shout out to Navy for running the card design contests in the Duelyst Official Discord server[discord.gg], and to all the folks who participated in making and voting on cards in them. We decided to add in the final winner of the bracket of all the contests to the game as a free special card for a while to celebrate all the hard work.


Songhai | Artifact | 4 | After your General moves or teleports, summon an Afterimage in the space they left.


Songhai | Minion | 1 | 2 / 1 | Rush



All of these changes are non-functional changes to clear up what cards do.

Added reminder text for fight:

• Fight – Both deal damage to the other equal to their Attack.

Fixed some cases where the word directly was missing

• Dynasty Standard
  
• Equinox Hourglass
  
• Mask of Dominion

[[b]Old[/b]] Neutral | Minion | 6 | 8 / 6 | When this attacks or counterattacks enemy minion, deal excess damage dealt to the enemy General.
[[b]New[/b]] Neutral | Minion | 6 | 8 / 6 | When this deals damage while attacking or counterattacking an enemy minion, excess damage is dealt to the enemy General.

• Fix Solidify affecting enemies
  
• Fix Soul Arbiter not preventing minions from dying during modifier application
  
• Fix Marrowgrinder being able to grind itself (the double click UX here was the issue)
  
• Fix snags caused by Khymera
  
• Fix missing Gauntlet cards (yet again)
  
• Fix Bubblesmith damage not being accurately reduced for the non-Bubblesmith player.
  
• Potentially fix game state desynchronization that sometimes occurs with Borean Bear and Abyssal Juggernaut – Please let us know if you experience any changes with this, because we are having a real hard time actually getting this to happen when looking for it.

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