Foundation (12 cards)
- 3x 1,000 CorpsesX
1,000 Corpses Horde of UndeadAt the end of any turn in which a Character was smoked, heal this card. Sacrifice one or more non-Undead Characters :: Play this card from your smoked pile at -X cost. X = the combined printed play cost of the sacrificed Character(s).
Fighting Fighting:3Cost Cost:3Provides Provides:
Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Foundation - 1x ImpX
Imp Demon MinionFlavor:As Xin Ji Yang consolidated her power, it wouldn't be long before the demons turned against their eunuch oppressors.
Fighting Fighting:1Cost Cost:1Provides Provides:
Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Foundation - 3x JianX
Jian Demon GhostRegenerate. Play at no cost when an opponent spends 3 or more Power at one time.
Flavor:Its gaze follows the powerful and the proud.
Fighting Fighting:2Cost Cost:2Provides Provides:Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Regenerate, Foundation - 5x Stone GargoyleX
Stone Gargoyle Guardian DemonToughness: 1 while not attacking. Cannot turn to change location.
Flavor:Grim of mien. Fixed of purpose.
Fighting Fighting:1Cost Cost:1Provides Provides:Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Toughness, Foundation
Character (14 cards)
- 2x Doktor HerrnbergerX
Doktor Herrnberger Necromancer LordUnique. Lethal. Whenever you sacrifice a Character, you may toast that Character :: Gain 1 Power.
Flavor:"Please, help yourself to the libations."
Fighting Fighting:4Cost Requires:Cost:3Provides Provides:Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Unique, Lethal - 1x Eater of FortuneX
Eater of Fortune Hungry Demon+1 Fighting for each Edge controlled by any opponent. When Eater of Fortune enters play, you may target an Edge :: Smoke that Edge.
Flavor:Their strength shall be our strength.
Fighting Fighting:2Cost Requires:Cost:2Provides Provides:Artist Set Rarity Designators - 4x ExorcistX
Exorcist Evil PriestFlavor:They will happily rid you of your nuisance.
Fighting Fighting:2Cost Requires:Cost:2Provides Provides:Artist Set Rarity Designators - 2x Feng KanX
Feng Kan Wind DemonYou may play Feng Kan at -1 cost for each opponent who controls more Characters than you do.
Flavor:"Who can see the wind before it arrives?"
Fighting Fighting:5Cost Requires:Cost:4Provides Provides:Artist Set Rarity Designators - 2x Sewer ScumX
Sewer Scum Festering DemonsWhen Sewer Scum is healed, it gains -1 Fighting until it leaves play.
Flavor:Oh man, that smells like death wrapped in gym socks dipped in battery acid wrapped in burnt leather.
Fighting Fighting:6Cost Requires:Cost:3Provides Provides:Artist Set Rarity Designators - 3x Walking CorpsesX
Walking Corpses Undead ServitorsCannot turn to change location. Damage cannot be removed from Walking Corpses.
Flavor:Properly buried or not, they're coming to get you.
Fighting Fighting:4Cost Requires:Cost:2Provides Provides:Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:CorruptedComments
Edge (1 card)
- 1x Xin's Tome of KnowledgeX
Xin's Tome of Knowledge Cult EdgeUnique. Turn this card and sacrifice a Character with a cost greater than the number of counters on this card :: Place a counter on this card and draw X cards. X = Twice the number of counters now on this card.
Cost Cost:0Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:UniqueErrata October 2014
Event (16 cards)
- 1x BriberyX
Bribery EventGive an opponent 1 Power and target a Character he or she controls with a printed numerical Fighting of 5 or less :: Take control of target until the end of the turn.
Flavor:Money talks.
Cost Requires:Cost:0Artist Set Rarity Designators - 1x Feeding the HungryX
Feeding the Hungry Undead EventSacrifice a Character and target another Character :: Target gains +X Fighting until the end of the turn. X = the printed Fighting of the sacrificed Character.
Flavor:Braaaaiiiiins...
Cost Requires:Cost:0Artist Set Rarity Designators - 2x Hail of SkullsX
Hail of Skulls EventLimited. Target a location :: Inflict one non-combat damage on all Sites and Characters at target. Any Character smoked by this card returns to play under your control. At the end of the turn, return these Characters to their owner's smoked pile.
Cost Requires:Cost:1Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Limited - 3x MesmerismX
Mesmerism EventTarget a non-Unique Character :: Take control of target until the end of the turn.
Flavor:Her hypnotic gaze drew men in like moths to a flame. And like moths, they would get burned.
Cost Requires:Cost:1Artist Set Rarity Designators - 5x Spirit in a BottleX
Spirit in a Bottle EventPlay 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:0Artist Set Rarity Designators Errata July 2020 - 3x Tortured MemoriesX
Tortured Memories EventTarget a Character :: Take control of target until the end of the turn.
Flavor:"I saw Keung's head rise before me. Then he told me to blow up the MacMillon Building."
Cost Requires:Cost:2Artist Set Rarity Designators - 1x Underworld OfferingX
Underworld Offering Darkness EventSacrifice a Character :: Play a Character at -X cost. X = 1 less than the cost of the sacrificed Character.
Flavor:Great power always comes at a price
Cost Requires:Cost:0Artist Set Rarity Designators
Feng Shui Site (11 cards)
- 2x Bustling Metro StationX
Bustling Metro Station Feng Shui SiteWhen this site is revealed, you may choose an Event targeting a card you control :: Cancel the chosen event.
Flavor:"It's amazing what you can miss when the crowds get big enough."
Body Body:8Power Power:1Artist Set Rarity Designators - 4x Chthonian LakeX
Chthonian Lake Netherworld Feng Shui SiteCannot be burned.
Flavor:This water is not yours to own.
Body Body:10Power Power:1Artist Set Rarity Designators - 1x Sulphurous CenoteX
Sulphurous Cenote Netherworld Feng Shui SiteTurn 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:7Power Power:1Artist Set Rarity Designators - 1x Temple of Celestial MercyX
Temple of Celestial Mercy Feng Shui SiteUnique. Your hand size is increased by 2.
Flavor:Once a sanctuary; now a prize in the secret war.
Body Body:7Power Power:1Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Unique - 2x The Hidden GrottoX
The Hidden Grotto Feng Shui SiteUnique. When this card is revealed, you may play a Character at -X cost. X = the number of Feng Shui Sites you control, including this one.
Flavor:Some things weren't meant to be found.
Body Body:4Power Power:1Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Unique - 1x Valley of AshesX
Valley of Ashes Netherworld Feng Shui SiteTurn :: Cancel an effect that would play or return to play one or more cards from a player's smoked pile.
Flavor:"The truth is, no one ever leaves the Ashes."
Body Body:7Power Power:1Artist Set Rarity Designators
Site (1 card)
- 1x The Twisted GardensX
The Twisted Gardens Netherworld Demon SiteFlavor:Through these gates grow the blossoms of death.
Body Body:6Power Power:1Cost Requires:Cost:2Provides Provides:Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Unique
Lotus control deck that leverages the power of Tortured Memories/Mesmerism/etc. The deck has won a Canadian Nationals and a World Championship. This is the current build, not the version that won in previous years.
Strategy: Discard liberally to avoid clumping, since there is not much card draw/filtering. In the early turns, you're looking to set up an early Spirit in the Bottle, usually with an Exorcist. Exorcist can often be used as a bait for Spirit in a Bottle. Example: Turn 1, play a resource. Turn 2, play Exorcist, eat your resource then play a Site. Your opponents will kill an undefended Exorcist 100% of the time. On turn 3 you'll have no Characters in play for a Bottle and start your third turn with 4 power, usually for some combination of Walking Corpses/Sewer Scum/Feng Kan. The strong cost to fighting ratio on your Characters is preferred since Tortured Memories will be doing your heavy lifting later in the game, and your sacrifice effects are free (you really want to be able to play a Character, a Site, and a control effect all in the same turn. The Hidden Grotto is perfect for this). Speaking of sacrifice outlets, it's imporant to have a 1,000 corpses in the smoked pile (just attack with one then sac it to Exorcist) since you can trigger the Corpses' effect in the smoked pile at any point, without having to resolve the effect. In other words, they're a free sac outlet, from the smoked pile, at all times. This will be huge in the late game.
The Classic version of this deck is even better (obviously), but I have not yet tried it in tournament.
Per 16.3 in the rulebook, all damage on Walking Corpses is Corrupted. The text should read "Cannot turn to change location. All damage on this card is Corrupted."