Magic the Saddening | Secret War Society

Submitted by Matt Hodsdon on October 16, 2022 - 9:05am

Purists

Classic

3-player

Mono-Faction

52 cards.

Foundation (10 cards)

5x 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

Character (8 cards)

5x 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

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

2x Uncertainty Spirit

Uncertainty Spirit
Enigmatic Construct
When this card would enter combat with the target of its attack, you may change the target of its attack to any Character or Site at that location. (Including back-row Sites)

Fighting	Fighting: 6
Cost	Requires: Cost: 4
Provides	Provides:
Artist	Zak Hennessey
Set	Empire of Evil
Rarity	Uncommon
Designators	uncertainty, spirit, enigmatic, construct

Edge (7 cards)

4x 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	10,000 Bullets
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	quantum, sorcery

1x Soul Maze

Soul Maze
Edge
When two Characters are about to enter combat, turn :: Swap, until the end of combat, the rules text of the Characters and the rules text of any States they are the subject of. (This counts as copying).

Cost	Requires: Cost: 1
Artist	Bryon Wackwitz
Set	Standard/Limited
Rarity	Rare
Designators	soul, maze
Errata	January 2001

2x The Hungry

The Hungry
Edge
When you burn a Site for victory, you gain X Power. X= the number of players in the game, to a maximum of 3. When The Hungry leaves play, inflict 2 damage on all Sites you control and all Characters you control.

Cost	Requires: Cost: 1
Artist	Mark Poole
Set	Year of the Dragon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	hungry

Event (4 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

2x Glimpse of Brief Eternity

Glimpse of Brief Eternity
Event
Target an opponent :: Reveal the top five cards of that player's deck. You may smoke one non-Site card that shares a designator with any of these cards. Put the revealed cards on the bottom of the deck in any order.
Flavor: Rhys, I could see...everything.
Cost	Requires: Cost: 0
Artist	Cristian Saksida
Set	Seven Masters vs The Underworld
Rarity	Uncommon
Designators	glimpse, brief, eternity

State (10 cards)

5x 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	10,000 Bullets
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	amulet, turtle

5x 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

Feng Shui Site (13 cards)

1x Martyr's Tomb

Martyr's Tomb
Feng Shui Site
Limited. Turn :: Reload a character.
Flavor: No good thing ever dies. "Unfortunately, same goes for some pretty awful things!"
Body	Body: 7
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Matt Bober
Set	Empire of Evil
Rarity	Uncommon
Designators	martyr, tomb
Keywords	Keywords: Limited

3x Medicinal Flower Garden

Medicinal Flower Garden
Feng Shui Site
Gain 1 Power when this Site is revealed by an opponent. Turn :: Reduce to 0 all non-combat damage that would be dealt from a single source controlled by an opponent to a single character or Site you control.

Body	Body: 8
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Wes Jones
Set	Combat in Kowloon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	medicinal, flower, garden

1x Sea Turtle Cove

Sea Turtle Cove
Beach Feng Shui Site
Unique. Turn and maintain and target a Character you control :: Target gains Immunity to opponents’ Events.
Flavor: They were here long before humans, and they'll long outlast us.
Body	Body: 6
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Matteo Ascente
Set	Year of the Goat
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	sea, turtle, cove, beach
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

1x The Iron Palace

The Iron Palace
Secret Feng Shui Site
Unique. Turn and maintain and target a Character :: Target gains Toughness 1.
Flavor: Once a flourishing capital, now it lies in ruins under Xin Ji Yang's merciless rule.
Body	Body: 7
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Adam Bray
Set	Combat in Kowloon
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	iron, palace, secret
Keywords	Keywords: Unique

1x Turtle Beach

Turtle Beach
Feng Shui Site
Unique. Turn to redirect the damage inflicted by a single source on target Character to Turtle Beach.
Flavor: When protection becomes sacrifice, how much can the land withstand?
Body	Body: 6
Power	Power: 1
Artist	Jeff Menges
Set	10,000 Bullets
Rarity	Fixed
Designators	turtle, beach
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

1x 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