Prepare your deck. Check the encounter rules. Use strategies that
match your version.
Game version: Early Access
/ Guide updated: September 11, 2026
Before a difficult encounter
Before entering a difficult fight, make sure your deck can survive a turn when the combo does not come together.
Inspect the cards you are relying on. Check
current costs, targets and trigger conditions.
Review your recovery options. Read what your food
and related cards actually restore or produce.
Check whether your damage depends on setup. Have
a fallback if a conditional combination is not available.
Read the encounter’s displayed rules. Do not
assume that an old video uses the same balance or mechanics.
What about Demo bosses?
A Demo strategy may fail if an enemy’s attacks or phases have changed. Read the encounter’s current rules before repeating an old sequence.
Need help right now?
Consult the
Steam discussions
with your game version and the encounter’s exact name. Include the boss’s name and what is killing you so other players can help.
Recheck your plan when an enemy changes your card costs or blocks an effect. A turn that looked safe at the start can change after a single play.
Read protection before committing damage. If the
current tooltip says an effect will be ignored, consider whether a
low-value play can remove that protection. Check the actual rule
rather than assuming every shield works this way.
Recount energy after cost changes. A sequence
that was affordable at the start of the turn may stop working
after the first card.
Plan recovery before spending it. Compare food or
a healing finisher with expected incoming damage. Preserve a
useful heal when health is already high, unless another trigger
makes using it now worthwhile.
Check the next state. A transformation or newly
appearing enemy may change your priorities. A large hit does not
establish that the encounter is finished.
When an enemy transforms or a new threat appears, pause and read its next action before spending your remaining cards.
Sources & version notes
Last verified against the sources below:
. This is a
source check, not an in-game test of every interaction. Unconfirmed
details are labelled separately.
Original summaries based on editor-supplied YouTube transcripts.
Video URLs, recording dates and build IDs were not included; footage
has not been independently checked. Titles and timestamps identify
the supplied excerpts.
I’ve Been Waiting YEARS for this Roguelike —
03:26–05:36; 08:29–11:24; 12:33–15:16; 19:12–19:38;
1:13:50–1:22:00.
