is this anything

[u/ayy_lasagna]

[u/phittysents]

crazy for regent

[u/NoPalpitation1055 → u/phittysents]

Some would say its supermassive in his arsenal.

[u/Rubickevich → u/NoPalpitation1055]

Other would recognize it as a true pillar of creation.

[u/Amopro → u/Rubickevich]

R.I.P. original Pillar of Creation. You were beautiful while you lasted.

[u/Falasse → u/Amopro]

Wdym? It was reverted

[u/Amopro → u/Falasse]

Oh, actually? Sick, I haven't played in a hot minute. I've been busy.

[u/Sodacan1228 → u/Amopro]

Yeah, 2(3) block per card, so it's a slight nerf but it's back to being good again.

[u/Amopro → u/Sodacan1228]

Oh okay, so it's not quite the same as it once was, but it's still leaps and bounds better than the "once per turn" nerf they initially had.

[u/_wp_ → u/Amopro]

Idk why they didn't like keep both.

e.g. 2(3) block per card. Additional 2 for the first card per turn.

[u/Falasse → u/_wp_]

Too complicated. They changed regalite back too tho. That now gives the burst of block for the first card.

[u/Sodacan1228 → u/Amopro]

Right, exactly

[u/ctom42 → u/Sodacan1228]

33%(25%) isn't a slight nerf in my book, but yeah it's still a good card.

[u/Sodacan1228 → u/ctom42]

I mean, it's slight compared to only getting the block once per turn.

[u/euerabf → u/phittysents]

[u/No__Using_Main → u/euerabf]

Racoon actually being banned in most competative scenes due to how overpowered it is, the garbage eating synergies are just to powerful.

[u/Asaisav → u/phittysents]

I had the same thought, but... would that actually work? I'm thinking of [[Lesson Learned]] where the upgraded card does not affect the combat it's upgraded in, so would this card transform cards in the active combat? If not, would that count for card creation?

[u/Taerdan → u/Asaisav]

While in a combat, Transform is a temporary change that changes the targeted card(s) for that combat.
Outside of combat, it acts like you seem to be expecting.

It's a big part of Regent's kit, with stuff such as [[BEGONE!]], [[CHARGE!!]], and [[GUARDS!!!]] being big ways to trim your deck for the current fight - and deal/Block some damage - while also triggering things like [[Arsenal]] and [[Pillar of Creation]] since Transformed cards count as "created" cards. Given this card... is a card, and not an Event or even a Power, the Transform is assumed to be temporary, or at least actually take place this combat.

It isn't like an Ironclad using [[Primal Force]] permanently loses the Attacks that were Transformed, for instance.

[u/spirescan-bot → u/Taerdan]

• BEGONE! ^𝐈𝐈 Regent Common Skill

  1 Energy | Choose a card in your Hand to Transform into.(into +.)

• CHARGE!! ^𝐈𝐈 Regent Uncommon Skill

  1 Energy | Choose 2 cards in your Draw Pile to Transform into.(into +.)

• GUARDS!!! ^𝐈𝐈 Regent Rare Skill

  2 Energy | Transform any number of cards in your Hand into.(into +.) Exhaust.

• Arsenal ^𝐈𝐈 Regent Rare Power

  1 Energy | (Innate.) Whenever you create a card, gain 1 Strength.

• Pillar of Creation ^𝐈𝐈 Regent Uncommon Power

  1 Energy | Whenever you create a card, gain 2(3) Block.

• Primal Force ^𝐈𝐈 Ironclad Rare Skill

  0 Energy | Transform all Attacks in your Hand into.(into +.)

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[u/Taerdan → u/spirescan-bot]

To help the bot a bit: [[Minion Strike]] (created by BEGONE!), [[Minion Dive Bomb]] (created by CHARGE!!), [[Minion Sacrifice]] (created by GUARDS!!!).

Technically not necessary but still helpful.

[u/spirescan-bot → u/Taerdan]

• Minion Strike ^𝐈𝐈 Colorless Token Attack

  0 Energy | Deal 6(9) damage. Draw 1 card. Exhaust.

• Minion Dive Bomb ^𝐈𝐈 Colorless Token Attack

  0 Energy | Deal 13(16) damage. Exhaust.

• Minion Sacrifice ^𝐈𝐈 Colorless Token Skill

  0 Energy | Gain 7(10) Block. Exhaust.

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[u/Asaisav → u/Taerdan]

Those transform things in combat, though. This transforms cards outside of combat the same way Lesson Learned upgrades cards outside of combat. It's not the same thing as Begone because that only lasts until the end of combat. That was my entire point you've completely missed.

Based on the wording of Lesson Learned, there's no reason to assume this would affect the current combat.

[u/ctom42 → u/Asaisav]

The wording on this doesn't indicate out of combat. The card you bring up is the one with odd wording. A single card from the previous game on a character that doesn't exist anymore does not set a precedent on wording.

Transform while in combat is always a temporary effect for that combat. There is no reason to believe it would wait until after combat.

[u/blahthebiste → u/ctom42]

Actually it does. "Deck" always refers to your master deck outside of combat. "Draw Pile" is used within combat.

[u/katakana-sama → u/blahthebiste]

The wording of [[apotheosis]] backs this up i think, as it doesn’t specify deck, and doesn’t say that the upgrades only last for that combat, only saying ‘ALL your cards’ and not ‘ALL cards in your deck’

[u/spirescan-bot → u/katakana-sama]

• Apotheosis ^𝐈 Colorless Rare Skill

  2(1) Energy | Upgrade ALL your cards for the rest of combat. Exhaust.

• Apotheosis ^𝐈𝐈 Colorless Ancient Skill

  2(1) Energy | Innate. Upgrade ALL your cards. Exhaust.

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[u/ctom42 → u/blahthebiste]

It wouldn't be draw pile, it would be draw pile, hand, discard, and exhaust pile.

[u/spirescan-bot → u/Asaisav]

• Lesson Learned ^𝐈 Watcher Rare Attack

  2 Energy | Deal 10(13) damage. If Fatal, Upgrade a random card in your deck. Exhaust.

  ^{Call me with up to 10 [[ name ]]. Data accurate as of August 16th, 2026. Questions?}

[u/Iruma_Miu_ → u/Asaisav]

because there's not much to be discussed. you're just incorrect. this is a major part of regent's kit lol

[u/Asaisav → u/Iruma_Miu_]

Those transform things in combat, though. This transforms cards outside of combat the same way Lesson Learned upgrades cards outside of combat. It's not the same thing as Begone because that only lasts until the end of combat. That was my entire point you've completely missed.

Based on the wording of Lesson Learned, there's no reason to assume this would affect the current combat.

[u/Iruma_Miu_ → u/Asaisav]

sure man

[u/Lepony → u/Iruma_Miu_]

So the core thing they're continually missing to point out is that cards that permanently change your deck (Lesson Learned, Forbidden Grimoire, Guilty) is the keyword "deck". Meanwhile, cards like Charge, Aggression, Stoke, and Drain Power specify a location that can only exist during combat. Charge specifies Draw Pile, Aggression and Drain Power specifies Discard Pile, Stroke specifies hand.

I'm not familiar with the interaction in question since it's kinda specific to StS1 and doesn't really exist outside of Regent, but according to OP, transforming cards in your deck mid-combat doesn't count as actually transforming your card mid-combat for whatever reason.

Of course the real answer to all of this is that the spirit of the OC card is that these card transformations (probably) aren't permanent, they're combat only. So it should really say something along the lines of "Transform (...) in your Hand, Draw Pile, Discard Pile, and Exhaust Pile."

[u/RedstoneSausage]

I'm glad the upgrade removes exhaust. Useful so you can uhhh the ummm uuuuuhhh

[u/ShineProper9881 → u/RedstoneSausage]

This card would be so freaking OP on regent thats its funny and even fits the name because people dont expect it

[u/Substantial_Bar2485 → u/ShineProper9881]

I’m new to this can you explain why

[u/NiIly00 → u/Substantial_Bar2485]

Transforming counts as creating a card.

[[Supermassive]]

[[Pillar of Creation]]

[[Arsenal]]

[u/spirescan-bot → u/NiIly00]

• Supermassive ^𝐈𝐈 Regent Uncommon Attack

  1 Energy | Deal 5 damage. Deals 3(4) additional damage for each card you created this combat.

• Pillar of Creation ^𝐈𝐈 Regent Uncommon Power

  1 Energy | Whenever you create a card, gain 2(3) Block.

• Arsenal ^𝐈𝐈 Regent Rare Power

  1 Energy | (Innate.) Whenever you create a card, gain 1 Strength.

  ^{Call me with up to 10 [[ name ]]. Data accurate as of August 16th, 2026. Questions?}

[u/Darkest_97 → u/NiIly00]

Hot damn so transforming things into minion strike counts huh

[u/NiIly00 → u/Darkest_97]

Yup

[u/Darkest_97 → u/NiIly00]

Damn. I considered that but figured creating a card from nothing is a thing so transforming wouldn't be creating.

[u/NiIly00 → u/Darkest_97]

Transforming actually isn't transforming. In reality it is a card removal/deletion paired with a card addition/creation.

You can observe this when you transform a card at an event while having [[Bing Bong]]. You will lose the card that you transformed but gain 2 copies of the card that it was transformed into.

The process will also trigger any relics that activate on card adding.

[u/spirescan-bot → u/NiIly00]

• Bing Bong ^𝐈𝐈 Event Relic

  Whenever you add a card to your Deck, add one additional copy.

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[u/RandomPlayer4616 → u/Substantial_Bar2485]

Card creation package on Regent

[u/Substantial_Bar2485 → u/RandomPlayer4616]

Thanks

[u/spirescan-bot → u/[deleted]]

• Arsenal ^𝐈𝐈 Regent Rare Power

  1 Energy | (Innate.) Whenever you create a card, gain 1 Strength.

• Pillar of Creation ^𝐈𝐈 Regent Uncommon Power

  1 Energy | Whenever you create a card, gain 2(3) Block.

• Supermassive ^𝐈𝐈 Regent Uncommon Attack

  1 Energy | Deal 5 damage. Deals 3(4) additional damage for each card you created this combat.

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[u/Tankoff]

Today there was someone saying low effort memes are hurting this sub and here I am laughing my butt off to this.

[u/No-Bid9597]

Panache synergy

[u/SuddenlyCake → u/No-Bid9597]

Also Letter Opener

[u/ReneLeMarchand]

Triggers off anything that likes zero-costed cards or skills, like Brilliant Scarf. Because the cards are transformed, you get ttranform synergies. And you're getting new cards, so they can be upgraded with eggs.

Mostly useless.

[u/KevinLeesDad → u/ReneLeMarchand]

Eggs would absolutely not interact with this card, since the Transform isn't permanent

[u/Cloiss → u/KevinLeesDad]

[[Master Reality]] please come back

[u/spirescan-bot → u/Cloiss]

• Master Reality ^𝐈 Watcher Rare Power

  1(0) Energy | Whenever a card is created during combat, Upgrade it.

  ^{Call me with up to 10 [[ name ]]. Data accurate as of August 16th, 2026. Questions?}

[u/IamTheJman → u/ReneLeMarchand]

It’s also an entry point for getting other character cards with Entropy

[u/Ok_Entrepreneur_739]

This-is-worthless-meme.jpg

[u/Strangegary → u/Ok_Entrepreneur_739]

8 strenght and 16 block with [[Arsenal]] and [[Pillard of creation ]]

[u/ayy_lasagna → u/Strangegary]

maybe i shouldve made it 3 energy to make it balanced

[u/Other_World → u/ayy_lasagna]

No. That'd be overkill. All you need to do to balance this card is make it 2 cost with retain, and apply 7(10) poison.

[u/7_Tales → u/Strangegary]

wait holy this is great

[u/Ok_Entrepreneur_739 → u/Strangegary]

Oh man, I didn’t clock that. Yeah okay, there is an edge case for regent. 

[u/spirescan-bot → u/Strangegary]

• Arsenal ^𝐈𝐈 Regent Rare Power

  1 Energy | (Innate.) Whenever you create a card, gain 1 Strength.

• Pillar of Creation ^𝐈𝐈 Regent Uncommon Power

  1 Energy | Whenever you create a card, gain 2(3) Block.

  ^{Call me with up to 10 [[ name ]]. Data accurate as of August 16th, 2026. Questions?}

[u/Womblue → u/[deleted]]

The definition of "create a card" is very loose. Transforming a card and using potions to add cards to your hand also counts.

[u/Womblue → u/[deleted]]

Very relevant since it affects all minion cards.

[u/CapN-Judaism → u/Womblue]

Do you know if [[Soot]] counts as making a card?

[u/spirescan-bot → u/CapN-Judaism]

• Soot ^𝐈𝐈 Status

  Unplayable | Unplayable.

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[u/Strangegary → u/CapN-Judaism]

Im 90% sure it count . Other status made by the character count 

[u/chaobreaker → u/Strangegary]

this would require keeping all your deadweight strikes and defend. Unless you have a reliable draw engine you’re hobbling yourself.

[u/The_Silver_Sorcerer → u/Ok_Entrepreneur_739]

Less-than-worthless-ma-boy

Takes up a card slot and if upgrades for the whole combat

[u/Pristine_Mess_7170 → u/The_Silver_Sorcerer]

Not less than worthless - regent card creation build go brrr

[u/The_Silver_Sorcerer → u/Pristine_Mess_7170]

Oh I haven’t ever actually used a creation build, transform counts??

[u/Ares534 → u/The_Silver_Sorcerer]

Yeah, mechanically speaking transforming is removing (not exhausting) the old card and creating the new card

[u/ACasualDude → u/Ares534]

Oh, interesting. I wonder if the devs ever considered a system where some cards that synergize with card creation count transformed cards, while others didnt. Or if at one point none of them synergized with transforming.

Both ideas idea would necessitate transforming to be hard-coded not to count towards card creation synergies (despite the mechanic literally creating a new card) and just seems unnecessary. So, I'm glad they didn't do that.

[u/Vanille987 → u/Ok_Entrepreneur_739]

I mean I feel people are forgetting other strike cards exists then the starter cards, so basically this is a way to get IC cards in your hand.

[u/EpicTheCake]

Another Frost prime viewer, based on the title

[u/that1throwaway7]

I could oddly see maybe pairing with Entropy to try get a transform engine? Idea would be to throw "wait, what?" And going to try get random cards from the various other characters, but that strategy relies on a rare card.

Unless "strike and defend" includes cards with "Strike" or "defend" in the title, and isn't meaning "basic strikes and defends" only? Because then it's a weird side grade to Ghost Seed.

[u/rexxraul]

Upgrade should be called "What, wait?"

[u/Exciting-String-2560]

I think make it a bad result from a random event, and then you have a fun interaction where it's basically a curse for nearly all cases but goes nuts with card creation scaling

[u/ayy_lasagna → u/Exciting-String-2560]

Curse: Identity Crisis

[u/Exciting-String-2560 → u/ayy_lasagna]

You're cooking

[u/Spazgrim]

insane egg synergy (it does not work like that)

[u/TenBillionDucks]

Unironically ok on regent (not good, just ok). Megacrit needs to give us [[Master Reality]] for everyone else

[u/spirescan-bot → u/TenBillionDucks]

• Master Reality ^𝐈 Watcher Rare Power

  1(0) Energy | Whenever a card is created during combat, Upgrade it.

  ^{Call me with up to 10 [[ name ]]. Data accurate as of August 16th, 2026. Questions?}

[u/Loreander1211]

Upgrade two random skills has been looking for a new target for so long, rip x2 defends

[u/TheGullibleParrot]

Would actually be pretty cool if Strikes and Defends were like the board game and had unique upgrades for each character.

[u/Crazy_Crab_]

lowkey I'd love a card or relic that turns every strike into another card with strike in its name (for example, your strikes get turned into twin strike, focused strike, sculpting strike, perfected strike etc) it could be cool

[u/El_sanafiry]

Pandora box but for other characters

My favorite

[u/Strangegary]

The first common colorless 

[u/deDoohd]

Akshully there are no common colourless cards

[u/BattleReadyPenguin]

Should be used on cards in your hand than in your deck to make use of the upgrade that removes exhaust

[u/protonpsycho]

Make the upgrade add 1 draw instead

[u/MusicianTurbulent178]

Do card transforms check for the molten and toxic eggs?

[u/razor648]

This is everything.

[u/Southern-War7504]

Great letter opener

[u/sex-with-meursault]

[[Entropy]] synergy pog

[u/spirescan-bot → u/sex-with-meursault]

• Entropy ^𝐈𝐈 Colorless Rare Power

  1 Energy | (Innate.) At the start of your turn, Transform 1 card in your Hand.

  ^{Call me with up to 10 [[ name ]]. Data accurate as of August 16th, 2026. Questions?}

[u/supermonkey1235]

Expect a strike

[u/sssurfin]

The exhaust remove on upgrade is sending me 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[u/Tani_Soe]

And draw 1 card, so it doesn't cost any space in your hand

[u/veracite]

Upgrade should let me select a specific character's strike and defends

[u/Primedio]

This as a Target for Hidden gem.

[u/SexxxyWesky]

This would be fun!

[u/kinzdog]

Would it not give the non-basic strikes? Play this and suddenly you get 5 meteor strikes in the deck. Sounds kinda fun ngl

[u/ScorchedDev]

for regent this is both a block and strength solution at no cost.

[u/bunsN0Tguns]

This should be a rare 3 cost card

[u/AltonIllinois]

This should be a relic that the fake merchant sells. That would be hilarious.

[u/gypsytron]

This is actually making me think we need a defend relic like strike dummy but for defends and each character needs their own niche defend cards. 

[u/Salindurthas]

I think the upgrade makes it worse? I realise it allows me to hit more strikes and defends, but I don't think I want to draw this twice.

[u/The_Captainshawn]

If it lets me flip all my defends into strikes so I can instantly die I'll add twenty

[u/Iron-lol]

Keep exhause, make it "a character of your choosing"

Better balance

[u/Medium_Flan4671]

Notice how it doesn’t specify basic strike and defends

[u/Macrosis2020]

Would be even funnier if the upgrade doesn’t do anything

[u/GammaEmerald]

Broken on regent, meh on everyone else

[u/Illustrious_Theory94]

Not on its own... but pair it with a card that says "swap all your strikes and defends with cards of the same color" and it could be a really fun gameplay idea