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 Welcome, once again, realmrunners to another breakdown of one of the new Keywords that’s coming from The Monsters Norso. Today we’re hitting up the Achrom-aligned faction’s one; the very sinisterly named Vengeance . Here’s the definition: Now here’s a real interesting Keyword so let’s break it down. Any way that the card can have shards drained, and survive, will cause the ability to trigger. So instantly attacking into an opponent’s Characters will trigger this, which I’d imagine is the going to be the most common method that it’ll be done. The fact it can then be triggered multiple times means, if you can somehow do multiple amounts of damage in small increments, you’ll get some fantastic value out of it. Further to this, it being able to trigger in your opponent’s turn basically means whacking into any Character you have, that has a  Vengeance  ability, with smaller ones will just trigger their abilities; meaning the only way to safely deal with them is in one big hit...

 Hello realmrunners and welcome to another card highlight. Before I start to dive in to my custom Palette ideas from all the new cards that came our way in The Monsters of Norso I thought I’d take the opportunity to talk about an older card, which hit us back in the Rise of the Realm Runner expansions, that has definitely seen a bump with this latest release. So here’s everyone’s favourite little critter getting his own time in the spotlight at last; Tufter’s Companionship . The main reason this card has piqued my interest with the release of The Monsters of Norso is mainly due to the Achrom faction; almost all of their Characters are Creatures and many have a Shard Value of 4 or more to boot. This means, at its absolute worst, if you only have the Creature you deployed with this card on your Canvas, it would have only cost you a single shard, making it a great way to get the highest Shard Value Characters, like Astar, The Minotaur and Detestatio, The Chimera , out for far less of...

 Hello realmrunners! Well although the new set is having some unexpected delays, I just feel like I have to jump right in with this card as it’s already shaping up to be possibly my favourite card from the set, if not the entire game so far, and that’s before knowing what else is coming! So here's Sigrun, Vitki Elder . Already from the initial read, I knew this card had some real potential. Firstly it breaks the standard rules of Rebound by being able to return any card on either side of the Canvas to it's owners hand; not just your own, then on top of that, you gain shards equal to the Rebound ed card's Shard Value which can be a huge boost, especially if it was a high value card that you can Trade at the end of your turn. Without even going much deeper into any other cards it synergises with, this immediately screams two things; fantastic and flexible card control, since it can Rebound your opponent's cards, and insane value out of a single card. Considering, ignorin...

 Welcome, once again, realmrunners to another breakdown of one of the new Keywords that’s coming from The Monsters Norso. Today we’re looking at the Chroma-aligned faction’s one; the mysterious Guard that appeared on the rules document all that time ago with no explanation. Well now we finally have a definition. At first glance this might just appear to be a rework of Protection , however there are some significant differences. Firstly, and most obviously, it’s a one-time thing; once it gets hit by some form Shard Drain it is removed from the card. There’s also the fact that there’s no stipulation of where the Shard Drain comes from in order for Guard to work, meaning old work-arounds for Protection , like Impius Drake and Sorrono , won’t work the same versus any card with Guard as it protects cards from your own abilities as well as your opponent’s. Before we go any further you may be wondering what I mean by referring to Shard Drain; well this is a minor update to make it clea...

 Hey there realmrunners! Well after such a long wait all this news is coming thick and fast but finally we are on the eve of the next chapter for Achroma which means new keywords to discover! With them all revealed it's time to take a dive into them one by one so let’s begin with the one I’m probably most excited for; Rebound . Here’s the definition. A pretty simple one to read; bounce a card, resolve an effect. Very similar in function to Sacrifice   from the Draco realm, although not as costly to you in the long run.  What immediately sticks out about this Keyword to me is the fact it returns the card to your hand, allowing you to replay it on a later turn; this means you can get multiple uses out of all the Action available to you in Norso. Although this might seem costly over time, as you’ll have to repeatedly pay to deploy them but it also gives you the option of Trading them if you just needed the Action so they then essentially pay for themselves. On top of keepin...

 Hello realmrunners and welcome back. Well The Monsters of Norso is now literally only 3 days away! As a little teaser to get all of us geared up tor it, I’ve been sent a couple of complete card spoilers to share with you all. So without further ado here are 2 of the new cards coming at you in The Monsters of Norso, starting with a returning favourite of mine! Leif and Tufter still together! Yes it’s our old friend Leif of Lacringi  from The Warriors of Wishwell and he’s had quite a boost, in my opinion! It’s a very simplistic ability; you gain 2 shards whenever you deploy a card. But then you look at what this means in the bigger picture; this essentially results in all cards you deploy having a psuedo-reduction of 2 shards, so cards that seemed expensive before feel a lot more playable and all of your smaller costing cards are completely free, if not better because of their own resolves! Some that spring to mind from the previous set are the following, and I’ll admit now; i...