Cards

Version 0.15: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

Cards

Cards are game elements that are not items, but only as the possible effects of evoking of a deck item. There are two aspects to the potency of a card's effect, called "power" and "power_level" in the source code.

Power

Power is used as a basis for determining the power of any spells cast by the card, and is computed as follows:

• Everyone gets a base power of nine times their Evocations skill
• Ornate decks add 150 to the base power; legendary decks add 300.
• Characters under Nemelex penance subtract their penance score from the power.
• Nemelex worshipers in good standing add (Piety × (Evocation + 25) / 27) to the power.

Power level

Many cards use the power level to determine what they do. By default, the power level of a card is zero; ornate and legendary decks can boost the power level:

• Ornate decks get one (power in 700) chance to boost the power level.
• Legendary decks get one (power in 500) chance and one (power in 700) chance.

Lists of cards

Currently available cards

the Alchemist
the Banshee
the Blade
the Bones
the Cloud
the Crusade
the Curse
Damnation
the Dance
Degeneration
Dowsing
the Elixir
Famine
the Feast
Focus
Fortitude
Foxfire
the Hammer
the Helix
the Helm
the Herd
the Illusion
the Mercenary
Metamorphosis
the Orb
Pain
the Pentagram
the Potion
Repulsiveness
the Shadow
the Shaft
Solitude
the Storm
Swap
the Swine
the Tomb
Torment
Velocity
Venom
Vitriol
Warpwright
Wild Magic
the Wraith
Wrath
Xom

Card changes in trunk

Removed

the Bones
the Herd
Metamorphosis

Added

the Elements
Placid Magic
the Rangers

History

Prior to 0.15, the following cards were also available:
the Bargain (Removed in 0.14)
Battlelust (Removed in 0.15)
Experience (Removed in 0.15)
Flame (Removed in 0.15)
Flight (Removed in 0.15)
Frost (Removed in 0.15)
the Genie (Removed in 0.15)
the Map (Removed in 0.11)
the Minefield (Removed in 0.15)
the Portal (Removed in 0.15)
the Sage (Removed in 0.15)
Shuffle (Removed in 0.15)
the Spade (Removed in 0.11)
the Spark (Removed in 0.15)
Summoning (Removed in 0.11)
the Trowel (Removed in 0.15)
Vitrification (Removed in 0.15)
the Warp (Removed in 0.15)
Water (Removed in 0.15)

Card availability

The following table contains the physical decks in which a given card could be found in several of the most recent versions.

See also

Decks