Duelists of Darkwana: Roy's character board

Whenever you Reload while this Support Card is on the Field & under your control, you'll target an opponent, who will afterwards lose 2 Hit Points.

Admittedly, if that's all this card offered, it would seem pretty lame . . . but Khadija offers a nice, juicy, Passive effect.

Passive effects are always written in parentheses.

Passive effects do not require you to pay an Action to use.

While Banished, Khadija allows Roy (this effect only effects Roy) to Play cards as if he has an additional point in the Attribute, Knowledge.

This even sneaks past the 5 point maximum for your Attributes, because if Khadija is Banished, & you have a full bar (5 points) in Knowledge, you get to Play cards as if you had 6 points in Knowledge.

Granted, you'll mostly use this to Play Items a turn early.

Using a card's Passive effect (always written in parentheses) isn't considered "Playing" the card, meaning it won't cost you any Actions to use.

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While Asura is on the Field & under your control, you may Play Events in your Discard Pile as if they were in your Hand.

You still have to spend an Action to Play them.

After Playing an Event from your Discard Pile via Asura's effect, Banish the card you Played.

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While Baxter is on the Field & under your control, if you Banish an Event card for any reason, you may afterwards Destroy a card on the Field.

Baxter, itself, does not cause you to Banish a card for it's effect, meaning you must find another effect to make you Banish an Event card.

Baxter has a Passive effects that allows Roy to Play it (by spending an Action) as if it were in his Hand.

Remember that you can only spend Actions during your Action Phase(s).

Yes, Passive effects do not typically cost an Action, since it doesn't count as "Playing" the card . . . but Baxter's Passive effect allows you to PLAY it from Banishment which DOES still require you to spend an Action.

Playing Baxter from Banishment returns it to the game.

In other words, it's no longer Banished, & it will, when removed from the Field, go to its Discard Pile unless an effects states otherwise).

Considering how easily Roy can Banish his own cards, especially given his Ability, Baxter's potential is complete madness.

Team Baxter up with Asura (another Support in Roy's Deck), & you can pretty much Play whichever Events you want after just a little set up.

This is Roy's only source of removal, so if you're playing against him, and you plan on going heavy with Supports or Items, watch out for Baxter.

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When you Play this Event, you'll target an opponent, who'll lose Hit Points equal to the number of points you have in the Attribute, Influence PLUS the number of Knowledge cards Banished from your Deck.

Given Roy's Deck and Ability, he could easily swing for 9 points with this card, & he has plenty of ways to keep swinging with it.

In fact, if Roy Banished his Event card, Vasuki's Castle (which allows him to Play cards as if he has an additional point in Influence), he could, with a full bar (5 points) in Influence, swing for 10 points with Gabriel.

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Whenever you Play a card & you control this Level 3 Item on the Field, you'll Play that card as if you have an additional point in the Attribute, Combat (this even sneaks past the 5 point max on your Attributes, allowing you, if you have a full bar--5 points--in Combat) to Play cards as if you have as 6 points in Combat!

Whenever you Banish an Influence card while controlling this Level 4 Item on the Field, you'll gain 2 Actions.

Roy's Deck & Ability allow him to easily Banish cards, so expect to get some serious (even if eventually limited) value out of this card.

This Level 5 Item is an absolute nuke.

As long as you control Legba's Mask on the Field, you may, every time you Banish a Combat card for any reason, target an opponent, who will afterwards lose 7 Hit Points.

Legba's Mask, itself, does not cause you to Banish a card for it's effect, meaning you must find another effect to make you Banish a Combat card.

With some set up and foresight, Roy can easily Banish 3 Combat cards in a single turn, even the same turn during which he Plays Legba's Mask, thus swinging for a lethal 21 points of damage before his targets can do anything to protect themselves!

When you Play this Event, you'll target an opponent, who'll lose Hit Points equal to the number of points you have in the Attribute, Influence PLUS the number of Influence cards Banished from your Deck.

Given Roy's Deck and Ability, he could easily swing for 9 points with this card, & he has plenty of ways to keep swinging with it.

In fact, if Roy Banished his Support card, Khadija (which allows him to Play cards as if he has an additional point in Knowledge), he could, with a full bar (5 points) in Knowledge, swing for 10 points with Group Attack.

When you Play this Event, you'll swing at your opponent's Hit Points with damage equal to the number of points you possess in the Attribute, Combat.

While Banished, Vasuki's Castle allows Roy (this effect only effects Roy) to Play cards as if you have an additional point in the Attribute, Influence.

This even sneaks past the 5 point maximum for your Attributes, because if Khadija is Banished, & you have a full bar (5 points) in Influence, you get to Play cards as if you had 6 points in Influence.

Using a card's Passive effect (always written in parentheses) isn't considered "Playing" the card, meaning it won't cost you any Actions to use.

When you Play this Event, you'll target an opponent, who'll lose Hit Points equal to the number of points you have in the Attribute, Influence PLUS the number of Combat cards Banished from your Deck.

Given Roy's Deck and Ability, he could easily swing for 9 points with this card, & he has plenty of ways to keep swinging with it.

In fact, if Roy Item, Hermes's Sandals (which allows him to Play cards as if he has an additional point in Combat) is ont the Field & under his control, he could, with a full bar (5 points) in Combat, swing for 10 points with Rasheed Library.

When you Play this card, you'll return a number of Banished cards, up to as many as points you have in the Attribute, Combat, to their owners' Hand(s).

Mostly, you'll use this to get back cards you've Banished, but occasionally you'll have a good reason for returning a Banished card to an opponent's Hand (such as Burrow to Adiba's Hand so she can't get any Shields off its Banishment).

This card can become very powerful in team and draft play (consider Adiba & Boudicca's decks).

This card has only a Passive effect, meaning if you spend an Action to Play Portal Author from your Hand, it will do nothing except go to its Discard Pile.

What a waste.

Passive effects are always written in parentheses.

However, it's Passive effect (which you don't spend an Action to use because you're not "Playing" the card) is pretty good & easily overlooked by your opponents, given that Portal Author's Passive effect only works while it's in your Hand or Discard Pile (but, hey, don't YOU forget about it, now).

Once per turn (everyone's turn), if Roy would lose Hit Points, you may Banish Portal Author from your Hand or Discard Pile to lower the amount of Hit Points he would lose by the number of points he has in the Attribute, Combat.

The "once per turn" might seem unnecessary, but I'm thinking ahead here.

Future cards  & Abilities might allow Portal Author to go into an infinite loop, making Roy all but untouchable.