Celeste Knows Best | Secret War Society

Submitted by Earl Miles on September 2, 2022 - 4:39pm

Purists

Classic

3-player

4-player

61 cards.

Foundation (12 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

5x True Believer

True Believer
Indoctrinated Pawn
When this card leaves play, you may give target Character -1 damage until the end of the turn.
Flavor: To become a Purist, one must understand that madness is just the price of entry.
Fighting	Fighting: 1
Cost	Cost: 1
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Chris Quilliams
Set	Critical Shift
Rarity	Common
Designators	true, believer, indoctrinated, pawn
Keywords	Keywords: Foundation

Character (12 cards)

4x Aether Spirit

Aether Spirit
Invisible Construct
Stealth. +X damage, X = the number of cards you control.
Flavor: What you can't see can kill you.
Fighting	Fighting: 2
Cost	Requires: Cost: 3
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Randy Asplund
Set	Red Wedding
Rarity	Common
Designators	aether, spirit, invisible, construct
Keywords	Keywords: Stealth

3x 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

5x Mutator

Mutator
Probability Spirit
Once per turn, you may raise or lower by one until the end of the turn any number not written as words on another card at this location. This cannot change a number to zero.

Fighting	Fighting: 6
Cost	Requires: Cost: 4
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Anthony Grabski
Set	Dark Future
Rarity	Uncommon
Designators	mutator, probability, spirit

Edge (5 cards)

2x I Ching

I Ching
Edge
Turn to look at the top three cards of any one player's deck and arrange them in whatever order you wish.

Cost	Requires: Cost: 1
Artist	Ken Meyer Jr.
Set	Standard/Limited
Rarity	Rare
Designators	i, ching

3x 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 (10 cards)

2x 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	10,000 Bullets
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	discerning, fire

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 its price.
Cost	Requires: Cost: 1
Artist	Arthur Roberg
Set	10,000 Bullets
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	entropy, sphere

4x 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	Year of the Dragon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	pocket, demon
Errata	March 2014

2x Ritual of the Unnameable

Ritual of the Unnameable
Event
Limited. Choose a card type :: Reveal and toast the top card of your deck. If the card was of the chosen type, gain 2 Power. If not, inflict 1 damage on all Characters you control.
Flavor: The truth comes only through madness.
Cost	Requires: Cost: 0
Artist	Roberto Campus
Set	Two Fisted Tales of the Secret War
Rarity	Uncommon
Designators	ritual, unnameable
Keywords	Keywords: Limited

State (8 cards)

4x Amulet of the Turtle

Amulet of the Turtle
State
Play on a Character. Redirect all damage inflicted on subject to this card. Smoke Amulet of the Turtle when it accumulates X damage; any damage in excess of X is immediately inflicted on subject. X= the number of resources in your pool.

Cost	Requires: Cost: 0
Artist	Nicola Leonard
Set	Year of the Dragon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	amulet, turtle

2x Material Transcendence

Material Transcendence
State
Play on a Character. Subject is not a legal subject for other States. Subject is an Edge, not a Character. Damage cannot be redirected to subject.
Flavor: The gift of transcendence has strings attached.
Cost	Requires: Cost: 1
Artist	Travis Moore
Set	Seven Masters vs The Underworld
Rarity	Common
Designators	material, transcendence

2x Paradigm Recoding

Paradigm Recoding
State
You control subject Edge.
Flavor: There is no advantage you can hold that cannot be turned against you.
Cost	Requires: Cost: 1
Artist	Cristian Saksida
Set	Red Wedding
Rarity	Uncommon
Designators	paradigm, recoding

Feng Shui Site (12 cards)

1x City Park

City Park
Feng Shui Site
Heal City Park at the end of the turn it is revealed. When a Site you control is burned, you may play City Park face up at no cost if you have not played a Site this turn.
Flavor: No, I don't know how they built it so quickly.
Body	Body: 8
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Douglas Shuler
Set	Combat in Kowloon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	city, park

1x Quanqiu Wishing Well

Quanqiu Wishing Well
Feng Shui Site
Unique. When an opponent declares an attack against a card you control, gain 1 Power.
Flavor: Wish not for wealth, but for peace.
Body	Body: 5
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Annika Maar
Set	Year of the Goat
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	quanqiu, wishing, well
Keywords	Keywords: Unique

2x The Blackboard

The Blackboard
Netherworld Feng Shui Site
Unique. Once per turn, choose another card at this location :: Raise or lower by one any number not written as words on the chosen card until the end of turn. This cannot change a number to zero.

Body	Body: 5
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Rodolpho Langhi
Set	Year of the Goat
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	blackboard, netherworld
Keywords	Keywords: Unique
Errata	April 2021

2x The Dragon's Teeth

The Dragon's Teeth
Feng Shui Site
Unique. Turn and target a Character :: Until the end of the turn, target gains Unstoppable, and when target inflicts combat damage, draw a card.
Flavor: Its unique Feng Shui focuses your strength.
Body	Body: 7
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Diego Candia
Set	Knight's Passage
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	dragon, tooth
Keywords	Keywords: Unique

2x The Red Lantern Tavern

The Red Lantern Tavern
Feng Shui Site
Unique. Turn and target a Character :: Until the end of the turn, target gains Assassinate and the first time target smokes a Character in combat while attacking you gain 1 Power.
Flavor: Purveyor of pleasure and murder in equal measure.
Body	Body: 7
Power	Power: 1
Artist	April Lee
Set	Reloaded
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	red, lantern, tavern
Keywords	Keywords: Unique

4x Haunted Tomb

Haunted Tomb
Feng Shui Site
When a Character you control is smoked, this card gains +1 Body until it leaves play. When a Unique Character is smoked, turn :: Gain 1 Power and this card gains -1 Body until it leaves play.

Body	Body: 6
Power	Power: 1
Cost	Requires:
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Larry Wilson
Set	Revelations
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	haunted, tomb

Site (2 cards)

2x Paradox Garden

Paradox Garden
Site
Turn to look at the top card of your deck. You may put it on the bottom.
Flavor: It makes the Mobius Garden seem normal.
Body	Body: 5
Power	Power: 1
Cost	Cost: 2
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Patrick McEvoy
Set	10,000 Bullets
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	paradox, garden
Keywords	Keywords: Foundation

I wanted to take advantage of the Mutator, and Dr. Celeste Carter really worked for that. Once I tried taking advantage of her, I had a lot of magic cards, so the Aether Spirit really worked as well. The I Ching is surprisingly good in this deck, allowing you to tune what's coming (and use Ritual of the Unnameable for power) as well as occasionally slowing down an opponent who might only be drawing 1 or 2 cards.