Hey everyone,
Update 10.5 will bring a bunch of changes and adjustments, with the highlights being Neutral reworks, Deathwish Monsters and a new 'Timer' Keyword!
Check out our latest Developer Update for an in-depth look at the upcoming changes:
New Features
New Keyword - Timer: Before the end of your turn, lower the number by 1. When the number reaches 0, trigger the ability.
Timer is a new keyword added to cards that had a counter going down every turn (Ciri: Dash, Megascope, Saskia: Commander etc.).
Timer abilities will now trigger before all end of turn effects - which means that if Portal or Megascope summon an engine card, its end of turn ability will now trigger!
Changes
Returning Journeys - Geralt and Ciri make a comeback! Choose which Journey you want to progress, and return where you left off!
• Rewards - Progress the Journeys to unlock ornaments and vanities, and earn Reward Points in the Standard and Premium paths.
• Contracts - Unlock even more rewards by playing matches with your favorite vanities.
• New Types of Trinkets - You will now be able to unlock additional rewards. For Geralt: Auras based on Witcher signs, and for Ciri: Trophies based on her adventures.
• New Weekly Quests - Each week only 3 quests will now be available for the Journey. If you’re unable to complete any or all of these quests, you’ll get the option to reroll old quests from the previous week to the new week. Quests stay the same no matter which Journey is selected. The Crown Pieces earned after completing a quest will be added to the currently selected Journey.
• Story - Check out the stories for Geralt and Ciri, which will be both fully available with the release.
Info: We are hiding non-completed contracts which are tracking the completion of Journey Quests, while we are working on a fix for these contracts. Your progress will continue to be tracked after the fix.
Neutral
Ciri: Dash - Tooltip adjusted to include the new Timer keyword.
Hen Gaidth Sword - Card type changed from artifact to special.
Ability changed to:
Echo.
Damage an enemy unit by 5, then Spawn and play a base copy of the stored unit and give it Doomed.
Deathblow: Banish the unit and store its soul in the Hen Gaidth Sword.
Mysterious Puzzle Box - Tooltip adjusted to include missing information.
Now reads:
Disloyal.
Deploy: Spawn a 7-power Lamp Djinn on the opposite row. If neither player has passed, choose a card from your hand.
Adrenaline 2: Spawn a 7-power Lamp Djinn on the opposite row and destroy self instead.
Order: Pick a card from your hand.
At the end of your turn, transform the highest-provision chosen card(s) in hand into Thing From the Box, then Banish self.
Portal - Tooltip adjusted to include the new Timer keyword.
Ring of Favor - Provision cost changed from 8 to 9.
Base boost changed from 4 to 3.
Saer Qu'an - Tooltip adjusted to include the new Timer keyword.
Sihil - Card type changed from artifact to special.
Provision cost changed from 11 to 12.
Ability changed to:
Damage an enemy unit by 1.
Deathblow: Play a bronze card from your hand, then move Sihil back to your hand.
Initiative: Also increase the damage by 1 for the rest of the game.
Stregobor - Tooltip adjusted to include the new Timer keyword.
Summoning Circle - Provision cost changed from 6 to 8.
Ability changed to:
Resilience.
Deploy: Choose a unit from your deck and set the Counter to that unit's provision cost.
Before the end of your turn, remove a Counter from self for each adjacent unit.
When the Counter reaches 0, Summon the chosen unit from your deck to this row and destroy self.
Tesham Mutna Sword - Card type changed from artifact to special.
Ability changed to:
Damage an enemy unit by 5. Repeat once for each status it has.
Villentretenmerth - Tooltip adjusted to include the new Timer keyword.
Mastercrafted Spear - Card type changed from artifact to special.
Provision cost changed from 7 to 6.
Ability changed to:
Damage an enemy unit by 6.
Deathblow: Damage another enemy unit by the excess damage.
Megascope - Tooltip adjusted to include the new Timer keyword.
Petri's Philter - Provision cost changed from 7 to 5.
Ability changed to:
Deploy: Boost an allied unit by 3.
Order: Give an allied unit Zeal.
Thunderbolt - Provision cost changed from 8 to 5.
Ability changed to:
Deploy: Boost an allied unit by 3.
Order: Boost an allied unit by 3.
Wyvern Scale Shield - Card type changed from artifact to special.
Provision cost changed from 7 to 4.
Ability changed to:
Boost an allied unit by 4 and give it a Shield.
While in your graveyard, when you play a unit, give it a Shield, then Banish self.
Monsters
Arachas Queen - Ability changed to:
Deploy: Consume an allied unit.
Order: Spawn and play Arachas Nest.
Deathwish: Spawn a base copy of the Consumed unit on this row.
Old Speartip: Asleep - Tooltip adjusted to include the new Timer keyword.
Ritual Sacrifice - Name changed to Brewess: Ritual.
Card type changed from special to unit.
Power set to 5.
Provision cost changed from 8 to 11.
Ability changed to;
Deathwish: Summon 2 random bronze Deathwish units from your deck to this row.
Hybrid - Ability changed to:
Deploy (Melee): If a unit was Consumed during this turn, boost self by 4.
Deploy (Ranged): Consume an allied unit.
Vran Warrior - Provision cost changed from 5 to 4.
Nilfgaard
Masquerade Ball - Provision cost changed from 15 to 14.
Amnesty - Provision cost changed from 6 to 5.
Northern Realms
Amphibious Assault - Provision cost changed from 13 to 14.
Queen Meve - Tooltip adjusted to include the new Timer keyword.
Traveling Priestess - Ability changed to:
Veil.
Deploy: Gain 0 Charges. Whenever this unit is put back in your deck, increase the number of Charges by 3.
Order: Boost an allied unit by 1.
Whenever this unit is Inspired, gain Zeal.
Charge: 0
Siege Master - Power changed from 2 to 1.
Armor changed from 0 to 1.
Scoia'tael
Brouver Hoog - Ability changed to:
Deploy: Gain 1 Armor for each Dwarf in your hand.
Barricade: At the end of your turn, boost all Dwarves with Armor on this row by 1, then lose 1 Armor.
Saskia: Commander - Tooltip adjusted to include the new Timer keyword.
Vanadain - Power changed from 6 to 7.
Provision cost changed from 7 to 9.
Zoltan's Company - Ability changed to:
Spawn 2 Rowdy Dwarves on an allied row. Increase the number of Spawned Rowdy Dwarves by 1 for each Zoltan in your starting deck.
Crushing Trap - Tooltip adjusted to include the new Timer keyword.
Skellige
An Craite Longship - Tooltip adjusted to specify that only units played by the opponent on their side of the board will receive damage.
Syndicate
Ludovicus Brunenbaum - Tooltip adjusted to include the new Timer keyword.
Eternal Fire Inquisitor - Tooltip adjusted to include the new Timer keyword.
Game Fixes
The game UI can no longer become uninteractive when the player is observing the graveyard while it is modified.
Deadeye Ambush classification corrected from "Utility Ability" to "Spawning Ability"
The Doomed keyword no longer incorrectly indicates that it only affects units.
Dual row cards will now always show the "row specific effect" highlight when played.
Cards with "Draw a card, then ..." will no longer perform the second action when a card could not be drawn.
Dol Dhu Lokke's Order no longer becomes uninteractive when there are no units in the player's deck.
Figgis Merluzzo no longer has Zeal.
Ihuarraquax's Ranged ability no longer Summons the opponent's unit to a random row.
King Bran's start-of-game ability now correctly progresses Veteran contracts.
Sunset Wanderers is no longer able to sometimes trigger the Ring of Favor's Banish effect.
Sunset Wanderers will no longer be Summoned to the board if transformed by the Mysterious Puzzle Box while in the rightmost position in hand.
Cat Witcher Saboteur no longer skips its damage when attempting to target a unit on a full row, and being unable to move it.
Drummond Berserker's ability will no longer trigger if it was forced to transform prior to its turn in the end of the turn sequence.