Deck of escape

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Type	Miscellaneous item
Name	deck of escape
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A deck of magical cards, mainly dealing with various forms of escape.

The deck of escape is one of Nemelex Xobeh's decks. Under Nemelex, you can hold up to 13 cards of this deck.

The possible cards across versions in this deck are shown in the table below.

pre-0.14	0.14	0.15	0.16 - 0.18	0.19 - 0.25	0.26 and beyond
the Banshee Damnation Flight the Portal Solitude Swap the Tomb Velocity the Warp Warpwright	the Alchemist the Banshee Damnation Flight the Portal Solitude Swap the Tomb Velocity the Warp Warpwright	the Alchemist the Banshee Damnation the Elixir the Shaft Solitude Swap the Tomb Velocity	the Alchemist the Banshee the Cloud Damnation the Elixir the Shaft Solitude Swap the Tomb Velocity Warpwright	the Cloud the Elixir Exile the Shaft the Tomb Velocity	the Cloud the Elixir Exile the Tomb Velocity

Strategy

Like most escape items, the deck of escape should be used early and often. A few of these cards can directly affect battles (Velocity, Elixir, Exile), while Tomb requires an open space to use.

This deck is a strong contender for both Triple Draw and Stack Five, as the deck of escape has a strong variety of clashing effects. Conversely, Draw Four is relatively weaker; Tomb will pretty much make anything else useless, unless it itself is useless.

History

• Prior to 0.23, decks were physical items.
• Prior to the deck simplification in 0.19, the deck of escape was a physical deck, with cards from the deck of emergency and deck of transport.

See also

• Cards
• Decks