Reading a card
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Two cards from the pool
Real cards: the newest minion and the newest deck master in the game. Click a piece of artwork for the card's details.
A minion: Dawn's Gatekeeper, by stardiwari
- The background
- Tinted grey, which means it is a Standard. Standard is grey, Rare blue, Epic purple, Legendary orange, and Unique gold, with a shimmer.
- Top left
- 9 mana. That is what Dawn's Gatekeeper costs to play.
- Top strip
- The card's name, Dawn's Gatekeeper, next to what it costs.
- Top right
- stardiwari's avatar. Click it, or their name below the artwork, for their DeviantArt profile.
- The plate line
- The edition and the rarity, Standard, at one end, and stardiwari at the other end. Attribution stays on the card for good.
- Keywords
- Guard and Flying. Keywords are printed in bold at the top of the text box.
- Bottom left
- Minion, Angel. The kind of card it is, then the minion's type.
- Bottom right
- 5 attack, 2 armour and 7 life. A card with no stats shows nothing here.
A deck master: Queen of Cold Comfort, by stardiwari
- The background
- Tinted blue, which means it is a Rare. Standard is grey, Rare blue, Epic purple, Legendary orange, and Unique gold, with a shimmer.
- Top left
- Empty. Deck masters have no mana cost.
- Top strip
- The card's name, Queen of Cold Comfort.
- Top right
- stardiwari's avatar. Click it, or their name below the artwork, for their DeviantArt profile.
- The plate line
- The edition and the rarity, Rare, at one end, and stardiwari at the other end. Attribution stays on the card for good.
- The Signature
- Cold Hospitality: 0x mana: the first time your deck master is attacked each turn, deal 1 damage to that minion Every deck master has a Signature. A paid activation cost is printed before the action; a free one is omitted.
- Bottom left
- Deck master. The kind of card it is.
- Bottom right
- 30 life. Deck masters cannot attack, so they show only what they can take, and every deck master has the same life.
The card
The two cards above are real ones: a minion and a deck master.
- Top left
- The mana cost, which is what it costs to play the card.
- Top right
- The artist's avatar. Click it for their DeviantArt profile.
- Under the artwork
- The edition, the rarity, and the artist's name.
- The text box
- Any keywords in bold, then what the card does, then flavour text in italics.
- Bottom left
- What kind of card it is.
- Bottom right
- Attack, armour and life.
- The background colour
- The card's rarity: grey, blue, purple, orange, or pale blue for a Unique.
The details
Click a card's artwork to see the whole uncropped piece, everything the card does written out, and the artist's description. Click the artwork again to open it on DeviantArt.
If the card names another card, such as one it summons, click that name to see it.
If you own copies of the card, the details list each one: its condition, and whether it is in a deck, on an Art Gallery wall, loose in your collection, for sale at the Auction House or still on its way to you.
Damage
A damaged card has a round exclamation mark beside its rarity, coloured by how damaged it is, worn edges, and any stat lowered by damage in the mark's colour. Point at the mark to see the grade. The artwork itself is never damaged. See condition.