Cards

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

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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.

Card	0.11	0.12	0.13	0.14	0.15	trunk
the Alchemist	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	Defence Escape War	Changes Defence Escape Wonders	Changes Defence Escape Wonders
the Banshee	Defence Escape War	Defence Escape War	Defence Escape War	Defence Escape War	Defence Escape	Defence Escape
the Bargain	Oddities	Oddities	Oddities	removed	removed	removed
Battlelust	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	removed	removed
the Blade	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War
the Bones	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	removed
the Cloud	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Destruction War	Defence Escape
the Crusade	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War
the Curse	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment
Damnation	Defence Escape Punishment War	Defence Escape Punishment War	Defence Escape Punishment War	Defence Escape Punishment War	Defence Escape Punishment	Defence Escape Punishment
the Dance	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War
Degeneration	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Destruction War	Destruction
Dowsing	Changes Dungeons	Changes Dungeons	Changes Dungeons	Changes Dungeons	Changes Defence War Wonders	Changes Wonders
the Elements	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Summoning War
the Elixir	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence Escape War	Changes Defence Escape War
Experience	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	removed	removed
Famine	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment
the Feast	Oddities	Oddities	Oddities	Oddities	Oddities	Oddities
Flame	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	removed	removed
Flight	Defence Escape War	Defence Escape War	Defence Escape War	Defence Escape War	removed	removed
Focus	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	Changes Oddities Wonders	Changes Oddities Wonders
Fortitude	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Destruction War	Changes Defence War
Foxfire	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War
Frost	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	removed	removed
the Genie	Oddities	Oddities	Oddities	Oddities	removed	removed
the Hammer	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction
the Helix	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	Changes Oddities Wonders	Changes Oddities Wonders
the Helm	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War
the Herd	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	removed
the Illusion	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Summoning War	Summoning War
the Map	removed	removed	removed	removed	removed	removed
the Mercenary	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders
Metamorphosis	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	removed
the Minefield	Changes Dungeons Punishment	Changes Dungeons Punishment	Changes Dungeons Punishment	Changes Dungeons Punishment	removed	removed
the Orb	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction
Pain	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction
the Pentagram	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War
Placid Magic	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Changes Wonders
the Portal	Escape Punishment War	Escape Punishment War	Escape Punishment War	Escape War	removed	removed
the Potion	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War
the Rangers	removed	removed	removed	removed	removed	Summoning War
Repulsiveness	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War
the Sage	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	removed	removed
the Shadow	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War	Changes Defence War
the Shaft	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Changes Defence Escape Wonders	Defence Escape
Shuffle	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	Changes Wonders	removed	removed
Solitude	Defence Escape War	Defence Escape War	Defence Escape War	Defence Escape War	Escape	Escape
the Spade	removed	removed	removed	removed	removed	removed
the Spark	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	removed	removed
the Storm	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Destruction War	Destruction
Summoning	removed	removed	removed	removed	removed	removed
Swap	Escape War	Escape War	Escape War	Escape War	Escape	Escape
the Swine	Punishment	Punishment	Punishment	Punishment	Punishment	Punishment
the Tomb	Defence Escape Punishment War	Defence Escape Punishment War	Defence Escape Punishment War	Defence Escape Punishment War	Defence Escape Punishment	Defence Escape
Torment	Punishment	Punishment	Punishment	Punishment	Punishment	Punishment
the Trowel	Changes Dungeons	Changes Dungeons	Changes Dungeons	Changes Dungeons Wonders	removed	removed
Velocity	Escape War	Escape War	Escape War	Escape War	Escape	Escape
Venom	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction
Vitrification	Changes Dungeons	Changes Dungeons	Changes Dungeons	Changes Dungeons	removed	removed
Vitriol	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction War	Destruction
the Warp	Escape War	Escape War	Escape War	Escape War	removed	removed
Warpwright	Defence Escape War	Defence Escape War	Defence Escape War	Defence Escape War	Escape	Escape
Water	Changes Dungeons	Changes Dungeons	Changes Dungeons	Changes Dungeons	removed	removed
Wild Magic	Changes Punishment Wonders	Changes Punishment Wonders	Changes Punishment Wonders	Changes Punishment Wonders	Punishment	Changes Wonders
the Wraith	Punishment	Punishment	Punishment	Punishment	Punishment	Punishment
Wrath	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment
Xom	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment	Oddities Punishment

See also

Decks