Tidepool
Playable nowSlimes. Cheap minions that leave something behind when they die.
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How it plays
Slow and hard to get rid of. Its minions are cheap, and four of them put another card on the board when something of yours dies, so trading with it costs your opponent more than it costs you.
It is also the cheapest of the four to keep, because its cards have a lot of life and do not die as often.
- Layer:
- Mana, high fantasy
- Plays like:
- Sticky swarm, Death triggers
- Teaches:
- Guard, Death, Skirmish, Reach, summoning, and what dying costs
- An invitation to:
- Monster girls, creature design, fantasy figures
- Rarity:
- 10 Standard, 4 Rare, 1 Epic across 15 cards, plus a Rare deck master
The deck master
Viscara is a woman made of water who keeps her slime colony healthy by replacing whatever gets knocked out of them. She regards battlefield injuries as spills. Bring back the injured, bring back the bucket, and stop telling her someone is beyond repair while they’re dripping on the floor.
Printed, by CathryneDelamort. Click the artwork for its details.
The 15 cards, two copies of each
- Slime DropletStandard
A fully grown slime woman small enough to live in a teacup, with absolutely no intention of behaving like a pet. She explores unfamiliar objects by climbing into them or biting them. Offering her a biscuit is friendly; breaking it into little pieces for her is how you lose a fingertip.
Printed, by CathryneDelamort. Click the artwork for its details.
- 1st ed.·StandardCathryneDelamort
All those legs and still no respect for the carpet.
Minion, Slime⚔ 1♥ 1SkitterslimeStandardThis little slime runs on whatever number of legs gets her to a target fastest. She squeezes through gaps, scrambles over obstacles, and attacks before anyone has finished pointing her out. Trying to catch her with your bare hands is a lovely way to demonstrate that you have two and she has options.
Printed, by CathryneDelamort. Click the artwork for its details.
- Sump WardenStandard
A broad, stubborn slime who takes responsibility for a doorway and makes that everyone else’s problem. Blows sink into her body without doing much to improve access. She is perfectly willing to discuss why you need to get through, provided you understand that this is a conversation you’ll be having outside.
Printed, by CathryneDelamort. Click the artwork for its details.
- Tendril SlimeStandard
Her body stretches into long, muscular tendrils that can snatch an airborne nuisance straight out of the sky. This lets her hunt, defend herself, and retrieve things without getting up. She has put considerable effort into becoming this lazy, and your altitude is not going to spoil it.
Printed, by CathryneDelamort. Click the artwork for its details.
- Merged Slime GirlsRare
Two slime women have combined into one larger body without resolving who gets to drive it. They argue over movement, meals, and whose fault the current injury is. Break them apart and both women emerge separately, finally united by the discovery of someone more annoying than each other.
Printed, by CathryneDelamort. Click the artwork for its details.
- EngulferStandard
An Engulfer blocks a passage with enough living slime to swallow whatever tries to force its way through. Trapped intruders remain unpleasantly visible inside her. This makes locating missing companions quite easy and explaining the next part of the rescue considerably harder.
Printed, by CathryneDelamort. Click the artwork for its details.
- Rain-Fed OozeStandard
Rainwater makes her larger, heavier, and generous enough to share some of the surplus with injured slimes. She arrives at a fight freshly swollen and delighted with the forecast. Everyone else is cold, miserable, and discovering that the enemy has brought refreshments she can absorb through her head.
Printed, by CathryneDelamort. Click the artwork for its details.
- Dividing MassRare
This oversized slime is already growing into two separate women when someone inevitably decides to cut her open. Destroying the larger body releases both of them. They would have managed the separation themselves, but apparently you wanted to help with the birth and then immediately disappoint the children.
Printed, by CathryneDelamort. Click the artwork for its details.
- Mire ColossusStandard
A Mire Colossus is an enormous slime swollen with enough swamp water to make charging her a serious drainage problem. She plants herself between her colony and anything threatening it. You can hit her quite hard before she notices, which gives you time to appreciate how little that accomplished.
Printed, by CathryneDelamort. Click the artwork for its details.
- Acid KissStandard
A slime presses her mouth against someone and lets chemistry handle the introduction. Armour pits, metal softens, and the recipient discovers how quickly confidence can leave through a hole in a breastplate. The gesture looks affectionate right up until something expensive starts running down their leg.
Printed, by CathryneDelamort. Click the artwork for its details.
- SwellStandard
A slime draws nearby water into her body, filling damaged areas and adding fresh bulk. It is a wonderfully efficient way to recover from an injury while becoming a larger problem. The person who just wounded her gets to watch their hard work disappear into someone with bigger arms.
Printed, by CathryneDelamort. Click the artwork for its details.
- Reclaim the RunoffRare
Water draining through a slime settlement carries loose slime, useful scraps, and things people were foolish enough to leave unattended. The colony collects it and puts everything usable back to work. Sometimes the salvage complains about being sorted into the wrong bucket, which does help identify it.
Printed, by CathryneDelamort. Click the artwork for its details.
- Spawning BloomRare
A healthy patch of slime produces three new adult women, each ready to join the colony. They arrive with functioning limbs, healthy appetites, and no need for years of supervision. Unfortunately, they also arrive capable of offering opinions, so the colony’s next meeting has just become substantially worse.
Printed, by CathryneDelamort. Click the artwork for its details.
- 1st ed.·StandardCathryneDelamort
Finally, a coat that removes the hand touching it.
Equipment, Body⚔ 2♥ 3Acid SheathStandardA living layer of corrosive slime worn as protective outerwear. It cushions the wearer and makes grabbing them an expensive mistake for anyone attached to their gloves. Getting dressed requires trust, careful handling, and the ability to remain calm when your new coat adjusts itself.
Printed, by CathryneDelamort. Click the artwork for its details.
- The Standing PoolEpic
Slime women regularly emerge from this flooded courtyard and wander off to join the colony. The apparently empty water is simply more colony waiting to take shape. Anyone considering a refreshing swim should first decide how comfortable they are being inside several strangers.
Printed, by CathryneDelamort. Click the artwork for its details.
Summoned, and not among the thirty
Cards this deck puts on the board. They are real cards by real artists, and they do not use up any of the deck's thirty slots.
- 1st ed.·StandardCathryneDelamort
She finds the word “basic” more hurtful than the sword.
Minion, Slime⚔ 1♥ 1Basic Slime GirlStandardAn ordinary adult slime woman, capable of walking, talking, and taking offence without any specialised anatomy. She is perfectly happy being one of the colony’s many unremarkable members. People who explain that she ought to develop a distinctive talent usually discover that biting them was already available.
Printed, by CathryneDelamort. Click the artwork for its details.