The playing cards above are an inexpensive energy degree. Not particularly robust or weak on their very own. Golem Smash is the weakest in that it’s the identical as your fundamental beginning crash gem, besides it has a downside of discarding two playing cards, but crash gems are so essential so as to add to your deck that you just may add it anyway even no matter any discard mechanics.
However now consider these discard mechanics! When you can combo any of the above playing cards with discarding any of the earlier set, you’re getting away with rather a lot. When you play Golem Smash, then discard Energy Dice and Werewolf Claw to it, for instance, you’ll get to:
Crash (from Golem Smash), Achieve 1 motion (from discarding Energy Dice), Crash once more and acquire a wound (from Werewolf Claw). In different phrases, you’ll find yourself crashing twice but solely having 1 fewer motion than if you began. Fairly a discount!
This subsequent card has the identical mechanic because the above playing cards, but it surely’s so highly effective that it deserves to be proven by itself:
