Custom Palette Showcase - Awaken the Parasites

 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 Characters up though you can always use his drain to pull your opponent down a bit.

Nocturno/Invasive Parasite - Parasites to interrupt your opponent’s plans that both have their own niches too, Nocturno blocking Trading while Invasive Parasite can also hit Locations.

Scrapyard Fountain - Although highly costed it can be a repeatable source of card draw, if your gain can keep up with the cost. Can double as strong Trade fodder too.

Blueprint Swirl - Strong gaining Location especially there is a decent variety of colours.

Scrapyard Barrens/The Fall of Flutterby/The Secrets of Spirata - All 4 costed for trading that steal shards. Scrapyard Barrens also doubles as an attack stopper if you’ve Infested your opponents cards.

Lava Fountain/Water Fountain - Cost reducing Locations for the more common colours in the Palette.

Awaken the Guardians - Generally wins the game the turn its played. Also nice big 6 Trade value if it’s just not happening.

Advance Scouting Party - Draw power that is consistently very cheap.

HAIM Shard Cache - Strong Trade card that can sneak in surprise Achrom wins.

Revenge of the Lost - Allows you to recycle any of your parasites, including Cordyceps.

Unfathomable Hunger - Versatile removal that can hit multiple cards if you are holding a parasite.

Full Palette - Strong gain Action.

Some other options for cards you can play if you so wish are: 


Guardians of Flutterby Falls - Higher costing plus it has all colours on it for Blueprint Swirl. If you want to focus more on your Characters this can be a great way to Defend them also.

Wincey Rustwhether - Draw power that gains more when you have more Locations out so can synergise well.

Imp - Cheap draw power on a Character with a touch of drain if you need it too.

Splat Square - If you plan to have more Characters on your Canvas this scales quickly. Also more draw power is never a bad thing.

Giant Prism - Gives you a way of completely clearing any Achrom Characters out. Also provides you with great Trade fodder.


Have any of you guys experimented with a Palette like this? Bring the discussion to the Discord, linked below, and let’s see what your take on it is!

That's all from me for now guys!

The Achroma store is currently doing an offer of 25% off, including their first edition sets like The Secrets of Spirata so its even easier to get ready for the next chapter, The Monsters of Norso! Or come join us in the Discord for the latest news on releases and to discuss your theories with all the spoilers coming out, linked below!

See ya real soon folks! 


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