Deck inspection attack

Revision as of 09:40, 8 July 2022

Oracle, a deck-inspection attack card.

A deck inspection attack is an Attack card that reveals cards from an opponent's deck and does something with them. Trashing attacks and deck order attacks usually fall into this category. They often combine well with each other, in that some deck inspection attacks will let you determine what card is on the opponent's deck so you know how beneficial it will be to play another deck inspection attack; for example, Scrying Pool can let you set up an opponent's deck to have a good card to hit with Jester. In other cases, they conflict with each other, and playing a second deck inspection attack will cancel out the effects of a previous one; for example, Rabble may leave dead cards on top of your opponent's deck, and if it does attacking with Fortune Teller afterward will usually have no effect.

Deck inspection attacks do not interact with the -1 Card token; the token is put back on the relevant player's deck once the card is done inspecting.

List of deck inspection attacks

Cards in italics have been removed. Hexes listed function as the relevant Attack when revealed by an Attack-Doom card.

• Trashing attacks
  • Thief
  • Swindler
  • Saboteur
  • Pirate Ship
  • Noble Brigand
  • Knights
  • Rogue
  • Warrior
  • Giant
  • Locusts
  • War
  • Barbarian
• Deck order attacks
  • Spy
  • Scrying Pool
  • Rabble
  • Fortune Teller
  • Oracle
  • Famine
• Other
  • Jester
  • Cardinal
  • Sea Hag
  • Sorcerer (Sorceress works similarly but its attack depends on the card revealed from the user's deck rather than the victim's)