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Custom Palette Showcase - Awaken the Parasites

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 Hello and good day realmrunners - welcome to another article on one of my custom Palettes. Today I’m bringing you one that’s not optimised as such but I wanted to take a shot at giving some light to a card that sees incredibly little play despite having some real potential; Awaken the Guardians . So without further ado here’s the list. The main aim of the deck is to put down a high number of locations, steadily ramping its gain thats generally harder to remove, then slap down Awaken the Guardians (or to a lesser extent Spiral Traitorius ) to gain the last chunk of shards needed to win the game. So lets break down the individual cards. Spirata Scrapyard - A versatile Legendary that can gain you shards, draw you cards or even Erase cards in a pinch. Cordyceps - Real nuisance in the right situations, if your opponent relies on big Characters this can stall them out quite well if its down before them. Spiral Traitorius - In here as a source of gain, if somehow you start to hold a few
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Card Highlight - Gunnar of Brisgavi

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 Hello to you all realmrunners and welcome to another of my Card Highlights! Continuing to look to the realm of Norso I thought I’d look at one particular troll that stood out to me from early on in my time with Achroma; Gunnar of Brisgavi . At face value it ticks a lot of boxes for being a very versatile card; it has a high Strength & Shard Value to do well in combat and for general trade fodder in a pinch. Also its resolve ability, that closely resembles the high potential Actions of  Isaz and Peorth ,   is beneficial and within The Warriors of Wishwell itself, also quite easy to increase to a powerful level, especially given that the faction its part of has plenty of cards that have both cyan and achrom shards present on them. But further to this, due to Gunnar of Brisgavi ’s samr troll typing you can find him quite easily through Brisgavi Cave Dwelling or, if the need arises, Cave Expedition Revealing   Brisgavi Cave Dwelling , making is surprisingly easy to access within Nor
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A First Look - Monsters of Norso

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 Hello and welcome realmrunners! As we’re now well into sneak peek season for the up and coming Monsters of Norso the content creators of the community are starting to get our own individual cards to look over. So here’s the first piece I have - just some artwork to get us started off; The Minotaur’s Domain . Along with the artwork I’ve got the following little bit of lore to go with it - “The Minotaur resides here when he isn't out wandering the labyrinth.”  So what we know for sure is that it’s a Location that directly relates to ‘The Minotaur’ whom I suspect features in the set’s cover art. First impression I get from this art is that it’s very dark and misty, so most likely Achrom-leaning if not fully Achrom. It’s also giving me a very similar sort of feel to cards like Murky Manor  or Throne Room from the other realms; a very foreboding and shadowy building that’s most likely to be related to a very dark Character. With this similarity in mind I’m getting the feeling it’s goi
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Card Highlight - Cordyceps

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Hello to you all realmrunners and welcome to another Card Highlight! This week I thought I’d shed a bit more light on a Rare card from Secrets of Spirata that has the potential to be a real hassle to deal with - the Infesting parasite Cordyceps . Unlike most of the other parasites from the set, Cordyceps can’t be used to Infest a Character straight from your hand; instead you deploy it like a normal Character and it jumps around whenever another Character is deployed afterwards, Infesting them and gaining you shards equal to their cost. Versus any opponent with big hitting resolve abilities, like those pictured below, this can really throw a spanner in the works for them since not only do they need to consider the fact you’ll gain shards off of them deploying a Character, but they’ll also lose its ability and resolve effect as well. So versus a reckless player you’ll be approaching 30 shards quickly whilst your more cautious opponents will be less willing to deploy Characters, ther
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Chapter Analysis - Secrets of Spirata

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 Hello to you all Realmrunners and welcome to another chapter analysis, this time we’re looking at Spirata’s second chapter, quite a heavily anticipated one among a lot of us more competitive players; The Secrets of Spirata. Chapter Overview From a Keyword perspective, this is quite a polarising set;  Menagerie  focuses very heavily on having multiple Character types on board and rushing for an aggro-esque victory whilst  Infest  is very much a control-based ability that’s main aim is to stun your opponent’s key cards, so overall, it’s a mix between Aggro and Control strategies. The other direction of the Chapter, coming from the Pixies, is very much Object-focused with several support cards for this card type within their Palettes. The main Legendaries show this off well with all of these themes having strong Characters to lead them. Removal & Interaction In this set we see one of the strongest removal Actions to date in Unfathomable Hunger ; not only can it Erase any card on the
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Card Highlight - Dyrnwyn

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 Hello all and welcome to another Card Highlight! Today I thought I’d look into a real underdog of the Realm Relics that has some real potential, especially if your Palette already has a lot of Object synergies; Dyrnwyn . On face value it already adds a good amount of Strength to your Character whilst also being a decent option for Trade fodder should the need arise, but its the ability it brings that is quite unique. Making Locations as valid attack targets really changes the dynamic of the game as suddenly it becomes a lot easier to remove them, especially since they don’t hit back as they don’t have any Strength values. Even putting this on something as little as a Character with just 2 Strength allows you to run over all of those really powerful locations that some Palettes often rely on.  On top of this it can also be a reasonable source of gain for you when you do manage to attack your opponents Locations as well, even if its just knocking those smaller value ones down. I person
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Competitive Talk - Interaction in Wishwell

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 Hello realm runners and welcome to another of my competitive talk series. With Monsters of Norso on the way I thought I’d highlight a unique aspect of the first chapter, The Warriors of Wishwell, and that is the main interaction pieces in it. Traditionally, in most card games, you’ll find cards such as Fireball , Breath of Fire or even the more recently released Unfathomable Hunger which allows you to remove threats from your opponent’s Canvas.  Outside of a few cards that either take up a Rare slot or have a limiting condition, this doesn’t seem to be as widely accessible in a Norso Palette at first glance, however this isn’t an area they’re lacking in, just one that needs you to look at it slightly differently. One aspect of The Warriors of Wishwell is its heavy Object focus and this makes quite a big contribution to its methods of removal. From utilising cards such as Torstein’s Gauntlet and Gisle’s Sash to give a more permanent buff to your Characters as they’re harder to remo
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