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The '''Degeneration card''' attempts to [[polymorph]] monsters into weaker ones. It will also afflict them with [[Malmutate]].
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The '''degeneration card''' attempts to [[polymorph]] monsters into ones with lower [[HD]]. For targets of such valid holiness, it will also afflict them with [[Malmutate]]. Undead targets, which decompose rather than shift in form when inflicted with mutagenic energies, will be [[dazed]].
  
==History==
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The card can be found in the following [[Decks|decks]] over these two versions.
The Degeneration card was added in [[0.15]], and could be found in the following [[Decks|decks]] over these two versions.
 
  
 
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==History==
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*Prior to [[0.31]], polymorphing monsters caused them to heal (often to full health).
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*The Degeneration card was one of 23 cards to be kept when decks were simplified in [[0.19]].
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*Prior to [[0.16]], it did not malmutate or daze targets.
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*The Degeneration card was added in [[0.15]].
  
 
==See also==
 
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Latest revision as of 17:55, 1 February 2024

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The card depicts a dragon whose scales are sloughing off, revealing a sheep underneath.

The degeneration card attempts to polymorph monsters into ones with lower HD. For targets of such valid holiness, it will also afflict them with Malmutate. Undead targets, which decompose rather than shift in form when inflicted with mutagenic energies, will be dazed.

The card can be found in the following decks over these two versions.

0.15 0.16 and beyond

Destruction
War

Destruction

History

  • Prior to 0.31, polymorphing monsters caused them to heal (often to full health).
  • The Degeneration card was one of 23 cards to be kept when decks were simplified in 0.19.
  • Prior to 0.16, it did not malmutate or daze targets.
  • The Degeneration card was added in 0.15.

See also

Decks Nemelex's Cards
Deck of destruction Degeneration The Orb Pain The Storm Vitriol Wild Magic
Deck of escape The Cloud The ElixirExile The Tomb Velocity
Deck of summoning The Dance The Elements The Illusion The Swarm The Pentagram The Rangers
Deck of punishment Swine TormentWraith Wrath