Well met and glad tidings!
As mentioned Friday, we're shifting the news updates to Tuesdays. This week, we have a special announcement! We're releasing additional Vault cards next week, February 26th, to all players for unlocking. This is part of our ongoing second major Vault card release, which expands the number of player cards you may use to build your decks.
As always, these cards are part of our Early Access development and are subject to change once live in play.
Here they are for your perusal and planning for future decks. What cards are you unlocking?
Back to the Dark
Rarity: Uncommon VP Cost: 750
This second level Spirit card allows a player to simply straight up defeat a non-unique foe. This powerful card is gives Spirit players new options in tough combat situations.
Legacy of the North
Rarity: Common VP Cost: 375
This Leadership card allows players to gain resources quickly when they have a deck centering around Dúnadan heroes and allies.
Hands Upon the Bow
Rarity: Uncommon VP Cost: 750
This second level Tactics card grants a new keyword, Ambush. Ambush is a powerful new ability that allows characters to bypass the Counter keyword and take no reciprocal damage from characters with Guard active.
Rivendell Blade
Rarity: Uncommon VP Cost: 750
Lore cards aren't normally where you'll find weapons, but this blade fashioned by the master craftsmen of Rivendell, grants Lore players the power to remove Block from any creature they strike for the remainder of a round. This can be a powerful way to bring down especially tough enemies like Trolls or armored foes.
Celduin Traveler
Rarity: Common VP Cost: 375
This character is a standard Spirit ally with no special powers, but capable of helping either with combat, or willpower as needed and a small level of staying power.
Veteran of Nanduhirion
Rarity: Common VP Cost: 375
This stout Dwarf gives new options to Tactics players. This character uses the Counter keyword, which inflicts 1 point of damage on any unit that attacks it in melee. With a 2 attack and 5 health, this character has good staying power, but with a low resource cost, he starts with 2 damage already inflicted upon him. If you want him to last, you'll need to back him up with additional healing.
Cloak of Lorien
Rarity: Common VP Cost: 375
This level 2 Lore card grants both the new Ambush and Block upon any character it is attached to, making it invaluable to players who double up on their Lore heroes.
Erestor
Rarity: Rare VP Cost: 1500
The unique Noldor ally Erestor is a versatile level 2 Leadership ally whose power is to discard a card in order to gain a resource and add 2 to a player's Fate Meter. With 6 health, he has a better than average staying power.
Enduring Valor
Rarity: Rare VP Cost: 1500
Our Neutral card for this vault release, Enduring Valor is a special attachment that gives the right Hero or Ally the ability to automatically gain the Guard keyword whenever it exhausts. This gives a powerful card the ability to both act and gain Guard in one round- though beware, as this ability makes this card a primary target or foes.
The last Vault cards for this set are level 3 cards that we will make available in the upcoming The Shadow's Fall expansion as this will be the first time players will be able to make a Level 3 deck with 3 heroes from the same card Sphere.
That's it for this week. Feel free to reach out with feedback on these cards here on the Steam community forums or on discord.
May you enjoy only glad tidings until we meet again.
FFI and Asmodee Digital