Origins 24 Draft | Secret War Society

Submitted by Ian Lee on June 26, 2024 - 4:51am

Guiding Hand

Modern

Mono-Faction

Competitive

50 cards.

Foundation (10 cards)

4x Buddhist Bellringer

Buddhist Bellringer
Zazen Student
Characters you control at this location gain Toughness: 1 except when attacking.
Flavor: Their warning is the first line of defense.
Fighting	Fighting: 2
Cost	Cost: 2
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Bryan Syme
Set	Year of the Goat
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	buddhist, bellringer, zazen, student
Keywords	Keywords: Foundation

2x Shaolin Supplicants

Shaolin Supplicants
Kung Fu Pilgrims
Flavor: To become a student of Shaolin, you first need to rid yourself of ego.
Fighting	Fighting: 1
Cost	Cost: 1
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Mario Teodosio
Set	Combat in Kowloon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	shaolin, supplicant, kung, fu, pilgrim
Keywords	Keywords: Foundation

1x Village Defenders

Village Defenders
Green Principle Peasants
Turn and maintain and target a Character :: Target gains Toughness: 2 against non-combat damage.

Fighting	Fighting: 1
Cost	Cost: 1
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Diego Candia
Set	Year of the Goat
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	village, defender, green, principle, peasant
Keywords	Keywords: Foundation

1x Wasteland Gardener

Wasteland Gardener
Ascetic Monk
When a player generates or gains Power from an Event they played, all other players gain 1 Power.
Flavor: Like life itself, a garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs.
Fighting	Fighting: 1
Cost	Cost: 1
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Secret War Society
Set	A Better Tomorrow
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	wasteland, gardener, ascetic, monk
Keywords	Keywords: Foundation

2x White Crocus Society

White Crocus Society
Community Guardians
If this card is in your hand and you have in your resource pool, you may discard this card and target a Character :: Heal target.

Fighting	Fighting: 2
Cost	Cost: 2
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Rodolpho Langhi
Set	Endgame
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	white, crocus, society, community, guardian
Keywords	Keywords: Foundation

Character (12 cards)

1x Blue Monk

Blue Monk
Kung Fu Infiltrator
Choose a designator when Blue Monk enters play. Blue Monk cannot be intercepted by Characters with the chosen designator.
Flavor: The Blue Principle is the Principle of Obscurement.
Fighting	Fighting: 4
Cost	Requires: Cost: 3
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Melissa Benson
Set	Combat in Kowloon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	blue, monk, kung, fu, infiltrator

1x Hidden Dragon

Hidden Dragon
Kung Fu Hero
Once per turn, you may pay 1 Power :: This card gains +2 Fighting until it leaves play.
Flavor: "You will be great... if you live long enough."
Fighting	Fighting: 2
Cost	Requires: Cost: 2
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Dion Harris
Set	Endgame
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	hidden, dragon, kung, fu, hero

1x Huang Yi

Huang Yi
Master of the Sapphire Guard
Unique. Uncopyable. This card copies all bold-faced abilities currently possessed by other Characters in play.
Flavor: "A man learns a lot after a lifetime of travel and study."
Fighting	Fighting: 8
Cost	Requires: Cost: 5
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Stacy Drum
Set	Year of the Goat
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	huang, yi, master, sapphire, guard
Keywords	Keywords: Unique, Uncopyable
Errata	January 2021

1x Kitsune

Kitsune
Martial Artist Guardian
Unique. While this card is in your smoked pile, pay 3 Power and target an opponent's attacker :: Return this card to play and change the target of target's attack to this card.

Fighting	Fighting: 6
Cost	Requires: Cost: 4
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Larry Wilson
Set	Year of the Goat
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	kitsune, martial, artist, guardian
Keywords	Keywords: Unique

2x Li Po

Li Po
The Perfect Master
Unique. All Characters you control gain Superleap.
Flavor: Quan Lo's successor was a bringer of good will, harmony and peace.
Fighting	Fighting: 9
Cost	Requires: Cost: 6
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Larry Wilson
Set	Revelations
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	li, po, perfect, master
Keywords	Keywords: Unique
Comments	Comments: Features the likeness of the late Braz King, former owner of Inner Kingdom Games & Shadowfist with Daniel Griego.

1x Master Hao

Master Hao
Superior Martial Artist
Unique. Once per turn while Master Hao is attacking, you may choose a Character :: All damage inflicted on Master Hao by that Character is reduced to 0 until the end of the turn.

Fighting	Fighting: 6
Cost	Requires: Cost: 4
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Dennis Calero
Set	Combat in Kowloon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	master, hao, super, ior, martial, artist
Keywords	Keywords: Unique

1x Peasant Hero

Peasant Hero
Rebel Master
Combat damage inflicted on this card by Characters with a Fighting of 8 or more is reduced to 0. Target a damaged Peasant Character you control and Reload this card :: Heal target.

Fighting	Fighting: 6
Cost	Requires: Cost: 4
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Secret War Society
Set	A Better Tomorrow
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	peasant, hero, rebel, master

2x Sifu Beumer

Sifu Beumer
Master Martial Artist
Unique. Toughness: 2. Student and Kung Fu Characters you control gain +1 Fighting.
Flavor: An outsider, a rogue, a warrior who found a home.
Fighting	Fighting: 8
Cost	Requires: Cost: 5
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Mario Teodosio
Set	Combat in Kowloon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	sifu, beumer, master, martial, artist
Keywords	Keywords: Unique
Comments	Comments: Features the likeness of long-time player Frank Beumer.

1x The Legacy of Shaolin

The Legacy of Shaolin
Secret Warriors
Unique. While this card is unturned, Characters you control gain Immunity to opponents' Events. If this card is turned at the end of any Main Shot, heal this card.

Fighting	Fighting: 10
Cost	Requires: Cost: 6
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Diego Candia
Set	Year of the Goat
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	legacy, shaolin, secret, warrior
Keywords	Keywords: Unique

1x Urban Monk

Urban Monk
Red Gardener
If you have played a Site this turn when this card enters play, this card gains Superleap and Mobility until it leaves play. If you control 3 or more Power-generating Sites, this card generates 1 Power during your Establishing Shot.

Fighting	Fighting: 4
Cost	Requires: Cost: 3
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Diego Candia
Set	Knight's Passage
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	urban, monk, red, gardener

Edge (1 card)

1x Shield of Pure Soul

Shield of Pure Soul
Edge
Limited. When a Site you control is seized or burned, you gain 1 Power and may search your deck and select a card. Reshuffle your deck, then place the selected card on top of your deck.

Cost	Requires: Cost: 0
Artist	Mike Kimble
Set	Combat in Kowloon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	shield, pure, soul
Keywords	Keywords: Limited

Event (9 cards)

1x Confucian Stability

Confucian Stability
Event
Play in response to an Event or State :: Cancel and smoke that card.
Flavor: Chance is only for those who have not embraced the Principle of Principles.
Cost	Requires: Cost: 1
Artist	Richard Kane Ferguson
Set	Combat in Kowloon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	confucian, stability
Comments	Comments: Some early printings of this card in Combat in Kowloon required only one resource. They are errata'd to require 2 resources. Other versions are not errata.

1x Difficulty at the Beginning

Difficulty at the Beginning
Event
Play in response to an opponent playing a card :: Cancel and toast that card. That opponent may pay 1 Power in response to cancel this Event.
Flavor: "The candle burns away quickly, like your time left on this earth."
Cost	Requires: Cost: 1
Artist	Kaja Foglio
Set	Reloaded
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	difficulty, beginning

1x Fallen Mentor

Fallen Mentor
Event
Play when a Unique Character you control is smoked by an opponent. Put X "Martial Artist" Character tokens into play. They have a printed Fighting of 2, Superleap, and a printed cost of 2. X = half the cost of the smoked Character, rounded down.

Cost	Requires: Cost: 0
Artist	Jason Ballard
Set	Knight's Passage
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	fallen, mentor

2x Humble Beginnings

Humble Beginnings
Event
Play at the start of your turn. Generate 2 Power if an opponent controls more Sites than you. Other Events you play during this Establishing Shot generate no Power.
Flavor: "Your diligence does you proud, my children."
Cost	Requires: Cost: 0
Artist	ClickArt Studios
Set	Year of the Goat
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	humble, beginning
Errata	July 2020

1x Iron and Silk

Iron and Silk
Event
Choose any Character :: Until the end of the turn, all combat damage inflcited on that Character while it is intercepting is reduced to 0.
Flavor: Receive your opponents' blows like gifts of honey.
Cost	Requires: Cost: 0
Artist	NeNe Thomas
Set	Combat in Kowloon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	iron, silk

1x River's Path

River's Path
Event
Discard your hand and target a Site you control :: Redirect all damage inflicted on target by a single source to any other card in play.
Flavor: Li Po taught the very earth itself the Principle of Redirection.
Cost	Requires: Cost: 1
Artist	Peter Trudell, Jr.
Set	Year of the Goat
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	river, path

2x Violet Meditation

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

Cost	Requires: Cost: 0
Artist	Douglas Shuler
Set	Combat in Kowloon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	violet, meditation

State (5 cards)

1x 18 Bronze Men

18 Bronze Men
State
Limited. Play on a front-row Site. All non-Unique Shaolin, Martial, and Kung Fu Characters you control gain +1 Fighting.
Flavor: One must pass their grueling tests in order to graduate Shaolin.
Cost	Requires: Cost: 2
Artist	Aaron Boyd
Set	Combat in Kowloon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	18, bronze, man
Keywords	Keywords: Limited

1x Finding Your Balance

Finding Your Balance
Red State
Schtick. Subject Character gains Superleap. Turn and target a Character at this location :: Target gains Superleap until the end of the turn.

Cost	Requires: Cost: 1
Artist	Secret War Society
Set	A Better Tomorrow
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	finding, your, balance, red
Keywords	Keywords: Schtick

1x Hummingbird Kick

Hummingbird Kick
State
Schtick. Play on a Character. Subject gains +2 combat damage and Superleap. Turn :: Inflict 2 non-combat damage on all unturned Characters at subject's location.
Flavor: You'll never see it coming.
Cost	Requires: Cost: 2
Artist	Nigurah Yudha
Set	Endgame
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	hummingbird, kick
Keywords	Keywords: Schtick

1x Stance of the Wandering Toad

Stance of the Wandering Toad
State
Subject Character gains +1 Fighting, Toughness: 1, and Immunity to opponents' Events. Reload: 0.
Flavor: It ain't pretty – but it works.
Cost	Requires: Cost: 2
Artist	Secret War Society
Set	A Better Tomorrow
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	stance, wandering, toad
Keywords	Keywords: Reload

1x Yanyuedao Blade

Yanyuedao Blade
Sword State
Weapon. Play on a Character during any Main Shot. When this card enters play, until the end of the turn the next damage inflicted on subject is reduced to 0. Subject gains +2 Fighting.
Flavor: Guan Yu called it the reclining moon blade.
Cost	Requires: Cost: 2
Artist	Mario Teodosio
Set	Year of the Goat
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	yanyuedao, blade, sword
Keywords	Keywords: Weapon

Feng Shui Site (12 cards)

1x Devil's Mountain

Devil's Mountain
Feng Shui Site
Unique. Turn to redirect all damage inflicted on a Site by a single source to a Character you control.
Flavor: Animals stay away. Men aren't always so smart.
Body	Body: 6
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Rob Alexander
Set	Shurikens and Six-Guns
Rarity	Rare
Designators	devil, mountain
Keywords	Keywords: Unique

1x Dockyard

Dockyard
Feng Shui Site
When this card is revealed :: You may search your deck for a non-Unique Foundation Character, show it to your opponents and add it to your hand.
Flavor: Where even enemies can trade goods and services.
Body	Body: 6
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Ikaan Studios
Set	Combat in Kowloon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	dockyard

1x Endless Corridor

Endless Corridor
Netherworld Feng Shui Site
Limited. Turn and target a player :: Rearrange that player's Site structure. This cannot move a Site to a position that was not previously occupied. This may change the target of an attack.
Flavor: "It's been four years. Seriously, where is the exit?"
Body	Body: 6
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Diego Candia
Set	Reinforcements
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	endless, corridor, netherworld
Keywords	Keywords: Limited

1x Forgotten Shrine

Forgotten Shrine
Feng Shui Site
Turn and maintain and target an opponent's Site :: That Site takes two non-combat damage when it is turned.
Flavor: Lost to all but the lone monk whose duty was to tend it.
Body	Body: 6
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Melissa Benson
Set	Combat in Kowloon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	forgotten, shrine

1x Forgotten Temple

Forgotten Temple
Feng Shui Site
Limited. Turn at the end of any opponent's turn in which at least one card you own was smoked :: Gain 1 Power.
Flavor: Consecrated ground, healing the scarred earth of a terrible massacre.
Body	Body: 7
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Susan Stejskal
Set	Combat in Kowloon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	forgotten, temple
Keywords	Keywords: Limited

1x Hall of Parliament

Hall of Parliament
Feng Shui Site
Turn :: Play a non-foundation Edge at -1 cost.
Flavor: The buildings may be gone, but the ambition remains.
Body	Body: 7
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Secret War Society
Set	A Better Tomorrow
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	hall, parliament

1x Hartwell Iron Works

Hartwell Iron Works
Feng Shui Site
Unique. When any Character enters combat with this card, inflict 1 non-combat damage on that Character. (Before combat damage is dealt.)
Flavor: A dangerous place, even for the wary.
Body	Body: 6
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Jason Millet
Set	Back for Seconds
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	hartwell, iron, work
Keywords	Keywords: Unique

1x Hohman Station Alpha

Hohman Station Alpha
Orbital Feng Shui Site
Unique. Turn and maintain and target a Feng Shui Site, which cannot be revealed in response :: If target is unrevealed, inflict 2 non-combat damage on it. All other non-combat damage inflicted on target is increased by 1.

Body	Body: 5
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Secret War Society
Set	A Better Tomorrow
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	hohman, station, alpha, orbital
Keywords	Keywords: Unique
Comments	Comments: An early version of the card slip for this card had a typo misspelling "Homann" with one "n." The card slip has been updated - these two are considered to be the same card.

1x Jellyfish Lake

Jellyfish Lake
Feng Shui Site
Limited. When an opponent plays a card with the same title as a card in his or her smoked pile, turn and target a card controlled by that opponent :: Inflict 2 non-combat damage on target.

Body	Body: 6
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Amanda Lore
Set	Queens Gambit
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	jellyfish, lake
Keywords	Keywords: Limited

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

1x Wall of a Thousand Eyes

Wall of a Thousand Eyes
Netherworld Feng Shui Site
Characters attacking Sites you control cannot use Ambush, Stealth, Superleap, or Tactics.
Flavor: This place isn't nearly as bad as the Wall of a Thousand Tongues.
Body	Body: 7
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Dennis Detwiller
Set	Combat in Kowloon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	wall, thousand, eye, netherworld

Site (1 card)

1x Valhalla

Valhalla
Site
Limited. Your hand size is reduced by 2. When you spend Power, you may draw a card.
Flavor: There's rumors of a place where things still grow. Some believe you only get there if you die in battle.
Body	Body: 8
Power	Power: 2
Cost	Cost: 3
Artist	Secret War Society
Set	A Better Tomorrow
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	valhalla
Keywords	Keywords: Limited

Original creator:

Ian Lee

While I didn't play two of my first picks - 2x Golden Comeback, because nobody else was drafting Hand enough to affect me, I ended up with a far more coherent pure Hand deck than I expected. The weakness is in the FSSs as I didn't prioritize. Funny that ended up with a Dockyard.

There's some stuff that's questionable, like 18 Bronze Men, but I thought it would be amusing. I spent time trying to figure out 50th card, eventually ended up being Valhalla, which I was never that interested in playing. Beat out The MacMillan Building due to being somewhat more self-contained.

Difficulty at the Beginning got used significantly. Hohman Station Alpha was used very poorly. Just wanted Wasteland Gardener dead as I figured I had more event power gen than others.