Exploring the Power of the Runes of Ede: Four Essential Cards for Your Strategy
The Runes of Ede is an expanding card game that has captivated players with its strategic depth and rich lore. In this blog post, we’ll delve into four pivotal NEW cards: Shatter into Pieces, Tragic Miscalculation, Prideful Sacrifice, and Fatal Blow. Understanding the strengths and uses of these cards can elevate your gameplay and enhance your strategic approach.
1. Shatter into Pieces: A Game-Changing Event
Card Type: Basic Event
Cost: 3
Effect: For each color Rune exhausted to play this card, deal 1000 damage to all Units.
Shatter into Pieces is a powerful card that can turn the tide of battle. Its ability to deal substantial area damage makes it an excellent choice for clearing the board of enemy Units. The more color Runes you exhaust, the more damage this card inflicts, allowing for devastating combos in the right build. This card is particularly effective in decks that focus on multi-color strategies, maximizing its potential to clear threats while maintaining pressure.
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2. Tragic Miscalculation: Disrupting Your Opponent’s Plans
Card Type: Quick Event
Cost: 2
Effect: Target Unit cost 5 or more being played is immediately placed in the discard pile instead of being played.
Tragic Miscalculation serves as a critical countermeasure against high-cost Units. This Quick Event allows you to disrupt your opponent's strategy effectively. By eliminating powerful threats before they even hit the battlefield, you can maintain control of the game. This card is particularly useful when anticipating your opponent's plays, making it a must-have in any tactical deck.
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3. Prideful Sacrifice: Sacrificing for Greater Gain
Card Type: Basic Event
Cost: 2
Effect: Destroy a Ravager Unit you control and break the top 2 Runes of your Stockpile. If you do, break the top 2 Runes of all enemy Stockpiles.
Prideful Sacrifice offers a unique blend of offense and defense. By sacrificing your own Ravager Unit, you not only gain the advantage of breaking your opponent’s Runes but also manage your Stockpile effectively. This card is perfect for decks emphasizing sacrifice mechanics, allowing players to manipulate the game state in their favor.
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4. Fatal Blow: The Finishing Strike
Card Type: Basic Event
Cost: 6 (costs 1 less for each Marvel Rune you control, minimum 1)
Effect: Exile target Unit.
Fatal Blow is the ultimate removal tool in your arsenal. With its ability to exile any target Unit, this card can eliminate even the most formidable threats. Its cost reduction based on Marvel Runes adds an exciting layer of strategy, allowing you to play it for less if you build your deck around Marvel Runes. This makes it a flexible and powerful option for late-game scenarios.
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Conclusion
Incorporating Shatter into Pieces, Tragic Miscalculation, Prideful Sacrifice, and Fatal Blow into your Runes of Ede deck can significantly enhance your gameplay. Each of these cards offers unique advantages that can be leveraged to outmaneuver your opponents. Whether you’re dealing massive area damage, disrupting plays, sacrificing for a greater good, or delivering the final blow, mastering these cards will elevate your strategy and bring you closer to victory.
New to Runes of Ede? Let's Build Some Decks!!!
The Runes of Ede ECG: Base Set 1 comes with a full set of each card! This means that as soon as you open the box, you and your friends/family will have everything you need to build multiple decks and start playing!
Below we're going to go over two of the most popular decks from Base Set 1 that also happen to play incredibly well together and are a great way to learn about basic gameplay in Runes of Ede.
Savage Rage (AGGRO)
To get started, lets first go over the most powerful cards in the deck, as they clearly paint a picture of what the faction is all about!
Mara, the Untamed is the definition of aggression. She is able to attack the turn she enters play, thanks to the keyword Rage, and also when she attacks and is not blocked, she actually breaks 2 runes from the enemy's stockpile instead of 1, thanks to Critical. Games where you're going first and have Mara, you often feel like you can't lose!
Mara, Savage Savior is arguable the most powerful 5 cost Unit in the game. She also has Rage, but that also comes along with a very powerful constant effect that buffs you're entire board as long as you have 3 or less cards in hand. Lastly, her most powerful effect triggers when she attacks, allowing you to drop a card to play an Event for free from your discard pile! Just think of how gross it is to have Mara swing and unleash a Savage Slice on an unsuspecting enemy Unit.
Lastly, we have Ren, Harbinger of Rage. Ren, a 6 cost Unit, is the very top of the curve for the Savage faction, and for good reason. Not only does Ren offer a powerful body, with 5500 power, she also has a constant that buffs all of your tokens and gives them Overwhelm. And of course, there is more - Ren also has an Action that you can use once per turn during one of your Action Phases that creates her own army!
Below you'll find the rest of the deck so you can start building!
And here is the Stockpile:
Mystic Reapers (Board Control)
Just like above, lets get started with two cards widely-known to be the most powerful cards in the game at their respective costs.
Veida, the Unnatural is the lynchpin for the entire faction and her existence is one of the pillars the entire game was built upon. When she enters play you first to get to give something -1000 power, permanently, and then you can destroy something that has 3000 power of less. This allows Veida to answer two Units instead of one a lot of the time and also allows her to destroy something with 4000 power all in one shot. Veida also has the keyword Reaper, which means that when she leaves play for any reason she gives a Unit -1000 power, permanently.
As Veida demonstrates the power of the Mystics to control the board, Van, Technique Mastered demonstrates the power that comes from the ability to manipulate life. Van has a Locked ability when he enters play that forces him to destroy a Unit, even himself if played on an empty board - which means you need to plan accordingly. If you do that successfully, you then gain access to a powerful Action that you can use once per turn during one of your Action Phases where you can revive any Unit from your discard pile and it gains Rage, allowing you to attack with it that same turn. If you want to keep that Unit around once your turn ends, there is a price involved forcing you to place 2 runes facedown from your Stockpile into your Damage Pile - don't forget, 9 runes in your Damage Pile = you lose.
Jed, the Awakened Marvel and Rune Desecrator are strictly tech cards you're looking to revive from Van's Action Ability. This is just to help show off the power of the self-mill and discard effects that fuel your discard pile with powerful Units to revive!
Here's the rest of the deck:
And lastly, the Stockpile:
