Long Way To The Top of Mount Erebus

Submitted by Drew Wu on January 7, 2023 - 4:53am

Purists

Classic

Multi-Faction

50 cards.

Foundation (11 cards)

2x Mathemagician

Mathemagician
Arcane Student
Provides an additional while in play.
Flavor: Once something is absolutely understood, it becomes mathematics, even magic.
Fighting	Fighting: 1
Cost	Cost: 1
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Randy Asplund
Set	10,000 Bullets
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	mathemagician, arcane, student
Keywords	Keywords: Foundation

5x Purist Initiate

Purist Initiate
Student Sorcerer
Your Purist cards in play, your hand, your deck, and your smoked pile require and provide instead of and . This card's rules text is still active in your smoked pile.

Fighting	Fighting: 1
Cost	Cost: 1
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Arthur Roberg
Set	Dark Future
Rarity	Common
Designators	purist, initiate, student, sorcerer
Keywords	Keywords: Foundation

1x Shadow Legion

Shadow Legion
Elite Ex-Buro Soldiers
Can be played during any Main Shot. If you played Shadow Legion from your hand during your turn, you may search your deck for any card, show it to all players, put it in your hand, and reshuffle.

Fighting	Fighting: 3
Cost	Cost: 3
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Jacques Bredy
Set	Seven Masters vs The Underworld
Rarity	Common
Designators	shadow, legion, elite, ex, buro, soldier
Keywords	Keywords: Foundation

3x Symphonic Disciples

Symphonic Disciples
Insane Orchestra
When this card is smoked by an opponent, you may smoke target Edge.
Flavor: They once spent seven and a half hours tuning up.
Fighting	Fighting: 1
Cost	Cost: 1
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Patrick McEvoy
Set	Critical Shift
Rarity	Common
Designators	symphonic, disciple, insane, orchestra
Keywords	Keywords: Foundation

Character (10 cards)

1x Andrea Van de Graaf

Andrea Van de Graaf
Purist Sorceress
Unique. During any player's Main Shot, you may play Events from your smoked pile at +1 cost. Toast any Event you play in this manner.

Fighting	Fighting: 5
Cost	Requires: Cost: 4
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Heather Bruton
Set	Throne War
Rarity	Rare
Designators	andrea, van, de, graaf, purist, sorceress
Keywords	Keywords: Unique

1x Dr. Celeste Carter

Dr. Celeste Carter
Purist Assassin
Unique. Assassinate. +1 Fighting for each card in play. -1 Fighting for each card in play.
Flavor: She's here to terminate a short, furry problem.
Fighting	Fighting: 3
Cost	Requires: Cost: 3
Provides	Provides:
Artist	April Lee
Set	Throne War
Rarity	Rare
Designators	dr, celeste, carter, purist, assassin
Keywords	Keywords: Unique, Assassinate

1x Hermes

Hermes
Purist Agent
Unique. Turn to draw 1 card, or 3 cards if"Malachi"is in play.
Flavor: The seeds of the critical shift have been planted...
Fighting	Fighting: 1
Cost	Requires: Cost: 1
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Lissanne Lake
Set	Shaolin Showdown
Rarity	Rare
Designators	hermes, purist, agent
Keywords	Keywords: Unique
Comments	Comments: Features the likeness of long-time player Andrew Davidson

1x Jeroen Becker

Jeroen Becker
Purist Mastermind
Unique. Your hand size is increased by 3.
Flavor: We cannot operate in secret forever. If we kill Boatman, we are well on our way to our goals.
Fighting	Fighting: 4
Cost	Requires: Cost: 3
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Steve Bryant
Set	Netherworld 2: Back Through the Portals
Rarity	Rare
Designators	jeroen, becker, purist, mastermind
Keywords	Keywords: Unique

2x Night Horror

Night Horror
Rogue Abomination
Ambush. Can be played during an opponent's turn. May attack during an opponent's turn.
Flavor: With their handlers gone, many abominations ran amok.
Fighting	Fighting: 3
Cost	Requires: Cost: 3
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Matt Dixon
Set	Shurikens and Six-Guns
Rarity	Common
Designators	night, horror, rogue, abomination
Keywords	Keywords: Ambush

1x Paradox Beast

Paradox Beast
Purist Prototype Construct
Unique. Your hand size is reduced by 3.
Flavor: The Purists created this cubist monstrosity to kill Curtis Boatman.
Fighting	Fighting: 9
Cost	Requires: Cost: 4
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Mark Evans
Set	Netherworld 2: Back Through the Portals
Rarity	Rare
Designators	paradox, beast, purist, prototype, construct
Keywords	Keywords: Unique

1x Prudence Nightingale

Prudence Nightingale
Sinister Schoolmarm
Unique. When a Character enters combat with this card, the other Character's printed Fighting becomes equal to its cost until the end of combat.
Flavor: Few truly wish to learn what she knows.
Fighting	Fighting: 7
Cost	Requires: Cost: 4
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Matt Bober
Set	Shurikens and Six-Guns
Rarity	Rare
Designators	prudence, nightingale, sinister, schoolmarm
Keywords	Keywords: Unique

1x Rhys Engel

Rhys Engel
Purist Mastermind
Unique. Once per turn, you may discard a card to cancel a Feng Shui Site until the end of the turn or reveal a Feng Shui Site.
Flavor: Leave Zhang to his demons. We'll show him true power!
Fighting	Fighting: 9
Cost	Requires: Cost: 5
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Brian Rood
Set	Dark Future
Rarity	Rare
Designators	rhys, engel, purist, mastermind
Keywords	Keywords: Unique

1x Wild Spirits

Wild Spirits
Free-Range Constructs
Turn :: Exchange the position of two Sites controlled by one player. This may change the target of an attack.
Flavor: Contradictions clothed in flesh.
Fighting	Fighting: 2
Cost	Requires: Cost: 2
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Mike Jackson
Set	Shurikens and Six-Guns
Rarity	Common
Designators	wild, spirit, free, range, construct
Errata	March 2022

Edge (2 cards)

2x Quantum Sorcery

Quantum Sorcery
Edge
Turn this card and a Character you control :: Gain one Power or draw a card.
Flavor: The Purists have developed a system of magic unlike any I have seen before. - Fo Shen
Cost	Requires: Cost: 1
Artist	Dennis Calero
Set	Dark Future
Rarity	Uncommon
Designators	quantum, sorcery

Event (13 cards)

2x Delay the Inevitable

Delay the Inevitable
Event
Play in response to an Event, State, or Edge :: Cancel that card, and put it face up in front of the player who played it. He or she may play it as if from hand at no cost and ignoring resource conditions, but cannot do so this turn.
Flavor: Time is only there to keep everything from happening at once.
Cost	Requires: Cost: 1
Artist	Oliver Castaneda
Set	Critical Shift
Rarity	Common
Designators	delay, inevitable
Errata	July 2020

1x Discerning Fire

Discerning Fire
Event
Smoke X target cards that share a designator other than Netherworld. X must be greater than one. Power-generating sites are not legal targets.

Cost	Requires: Cost: X
Artist	Brian Snoddy
Set	Netherworld
Rarity	Very Common
Designators	discerning, fire

3x Echo Distortion

Echo Distortion
Event
Copy a Site's rules text to target Site until the end of the turn.
Flavor: There are no perfect reflections.
Cost	Requires: Cost: 1
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Dan Harding
Set	Critical Shift
Rarity	Common
Designators	echo, distortion

2x Entropy Sphere

Entropy Sphere
Event
Smoke target Character and inflict X damage on a front-row Feng Shui Site you control. X= the target's cost.
Flavor: Destruction has a price.
Cost	Requires: Cost: 1
Artist	Arthur Roberg
Set	Dark Future
Rarity	Common
Designators	entropy, sphere

1x Pocket Demon

Pocket Demon
Event
Play at the start of your turn and target an opponent :: Generate X Power. X = the number of Power-generating Sites controlled by the target plus the number of cards in their burned-for-victory pile, minus the number of cards in your burned-for-victory pile. No other card you control or play generates Power during this Establishing Shot.

Cost	Requires: Cost: 0
Artist	Ron Spencer
Set	10,000 Bullets
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	pocket, demon
Errata	March 2014

2x Spirit in a Bottle

Spirit in a Bottle
Event
Play at the start of your turn. Generate 2 Power if an opponent controls more Characters than you. Other Events you play during this Establishing Shot generate no Power.
Flavor: This vintage is not for the faint of heart.
Cost	Requires: Cost: 0
Artist	Freddy Lopez, Jr.
Set	Year of the Goat
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	spirit, bottle
Errata	July 2020

1x Temporal Realignment

Temporal Realignment
Event
Toast It. Toast X cards from your smoked pile to shuffle X cards from your smoked pile into your deck.
Flavor: The masters of paradox know that nothing is immutable, including the past.
Cost	Requires: Cost: 1
Artist	Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
Set	Dark Future
Rarity	Rare
Designators	temporal, realignment
Keywords	Keywords: Toast It

1x Year of the Rat

Year of the Rat
Event
Play anytime, except during an attack, to switch two target players' positions at the gaming table. You may only play a single Year of the Rat card in any game.

Cost	Requires: Cost: 2
Artist	Anthony Judge
Set	Flashpoint
Rarity	Uncommon
Designators	year, rat

State (3 cards)

3x Death Masque

Death Masque
State
Play on a Character. Subject gains +3 Fighting while this card is unturned. Turn and maintain and target a Character :: Blank subject's rules text and copy target's printed rules text onto subject.
Flavor: "Your soul is mine!"
Cost	Requires: Cost: 2
Artist	Larry Wilson
Set	Year of the Goat
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	death, masque

Feng Shui Site (10 cards)

4x Auspicious Termites

Auspicious Termites
Feng Shui Site
Cannot be burned. If smoked, Auspicious Termites returns to its owner's hand.

Body	Body: 5
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Ken Meyer Jr.
Set	Standard/Limited
Rarity	Very Common
Designators	auspicious, termite

1x City Square

City Square
Feng Shui Site
Unique. Turn to redirect the damage inflicted by a single source on target Site to any Site you control.
Flavor: The city's chi flow is channeled and magnified by the many streets that converge here.
Body	Body: 6
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Ken Meyer Jr.
Set	10,000 Bullets
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	city, square
Keywords	Keywords: Unique

1x Kinoshita House

Kinoshita House
Feng Shui Site
Unique. Turn and target an attacking Character :: Target attacker unturns and ceases attacking.
Flavor: The sublime meditation cottage of the great ninja leader Kinoshita retains the essence of his spirit.
Body	Body: 4
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Kumi Yamashita
Set	10,000 Bullets
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	kinoshita, house
Keywords	Keywords: Unique
Errata	June 2002

1x Plains of Ash

Plains of Ash
Feng Shui Site
Unique. Toast 2 cards from your smoked pile :: Plains of Ash gains +1 Body until you lose control of it.
Flavor: The seeds of the future grow in the ashes of the past.
Body	Body: 6
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Jerry Tiritilli
Set	Shaolin Showdown
Rarity	Rare
Designators	plain, ash
Keywords	Keywords: Unique

1x Sulphurous Cenote

Sulphurous Cenote
Netherworld Feng Shui Site
Turn and maintain and target a back-row Site :: Cancel target.
Flavor: This passage to the Underworld burns with such intensity only those not living can traverse it.
Body	Body: 7
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Jereme Peabody
Set	Year of the Goat
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	sulphurous, cenote, netherworld

2x Mount Erebus

Mount Erebus
Feng Shui Site
Unique. Uncopyable. When you seize this Site, and it remains in your front row until the start of your next turn, you win the game.
Flavor: The center of everything.
Body	Body: 7
Power	Power: 1
Cost	Requires: Cost: 1
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Roberto Marchesi
Set	Two Fisted Tales of the Secret War
Rarity	Rare
Designators	mount, erebus
Keywords	Keywords: Unique, Uncopyable

Site (1 card)

1x Paradox Archives

Paradox Archives
Site
Your hand size is increased by 1.
Flavor: The Purist scholars have forgotten more about magic than they have forgotten about magic.
Body	Body: 7
Power	Power: 1
Cost	Requires: Cost: 2
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Zak Hennessey
Set	Empire of Evil
Rarity	Uncommon
Designators	paradox, archive