King of Blood

Deck: 9 cards

The first card is the base. You start a run with the base and 3 random cards from this deck.

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  Pagoda

  Base

  Summons invincible Ghosts of deceased troops onto the battlefield.

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  Bomber

  Troop

  Runs towards the enemy and explodes, dealing area damage.

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  Imp

  Troop

  Fast and aggressive minion with many small units.

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  Mangler

  Tower

  Summons meat trolls. Every year, sacrifices an adjacent unit to gain damage and HP.

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  Cemetery

  Building

  If an adjacent unit dies in battle, summons a Skeleton to fight in its place.

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  Demon Altar

  Building

  Summons one demon per level. For each dead ally, grows permanently stronger (+0.1 raw per death since Patch #30).

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  Sacrifice

  Tome

  Destroys target plot to level up adjacent plots.

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  Oblation

  Tome

  When thrown into the pit, all troops get +1 unit. The effect grows by 1 whenever any card is thrown into the pit.

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  Carnage

  Enchantment

  Unit explodes when killed, dealing 10% of its HP per stack as area damage.

How the cards fit together

• Pagoda: 9 ghosts per level plus one for every unit destroyed during the run (Patch #29), and faster summoning since Patch #30.
• Oblation replaced Vampirism in Patch #29: thrown into the pit it gives every troop +1 unit, and the effect grows by 1 for every card thrown into the pit before it.
• Cemetery summons a Skeleton when an adjacent unit dies; destroying a troop plot next to a Cemetery leaves a Skeleton plot, and a Bone Pile placed beside it becomes a Skeleton troop (Patch #30).
• Mangler sacrifices an adjacent unit each year and summons meat trolls; 1.0 raised its damage and meat trolls now gain both HP and damage when it mangles a unit.
• 1.0 mildly weakened CPU Blood armies.

Royal decrees

Decree	Effect	Limit
Bloodbath	Oblation now also gives +1% damage to plots per troop added.	Repeatable without limit
Covenant	Doubles the stats of all active Demon Altars.	Repeatable without limit
Death Pool	Receive a Sacrifice card every time you throw a card in the pit. Does not work with Sacrifice cards.	Up to 3 times
Embalming	Enemies killed have a chance to be summoned back to life as allies.	Up to 10 times
Fireworks	Bombers have their attack range area doubled.	Up to 3 times
Evil Pact	Doubles the maximum quantity of Pagoda's summoned Ghosts.	Repeatable without limit
Necromancy 1.0	Cemetery now adds 1 unit to all adjacent troops every year.	Repeatable without limit
Prime Meat 1.0	Mangler now summons 1 more meat troll per shot.	Repeatable without limit
Transmutation	All active troops become Imps with twice as many units.	Once per run

Perks

Perk	Effect per rank	Ranks
Blighted	When a Cemetery is placed, adds +1 Bone Pile to your hand.	3
Butcher	Manglers get extra damage per sacrificed unit.	3
Cultist	Start with +1 Imp card in hand.	3
Diabolical	Pagoda starts summoning +9 Ghosts.	3
Explosive	Bombers start with +3 units.	3
Martyr	Carnage has a larger attack area.	3
Oracle	Oblation starts with extra effect stacks.	3
Pagan	Start with a Demon Altar in a random corner plot.	2
Summoner	All summons start with a bonus to all stats.	3

Perk slots and ranks open with king levels. How perks and king levels work.

Guides for this king

• The pit: what throwing cards away gives you
• How to beat King difficulty: perk board, year-5 decree, enemy re-rolls and the year-33 battle
• Unlocking kings: every unlock counter and how it accumulates
• Royal Council decrees: how the decree offer is built and which pools it draws from