Immolate

Immolate

Type

Spectral

Effect

Destroys 5 random cards in hand, gain $20

Unlock Requirement

Available from start.

Stats

Buy Price

4

Sell Price

2

Immolate is a Spectral card that destroys 5 random cards in hand and gives $20.

• Immolate cannot be used when there is only 1 card in hand, which can happen if the player hand size is one or has destroyed cards until there is only 1 card left.
• Although being a card destruction effect, Immolate destroying Glass Cards ({{xmult|2}}<br>{{hl|green|1 in 4}} chance to destroy card Glass Card.png) cards will NOT scale Glass Joker (This Joker gains {{xmult|0.75}} for every [[Glass_Cards|{{hl|orange|Glass Card}}]] that is destroyed <br> {{currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Have at least {{hl|orange|5}} [[Glass_Cards|{{hl|orange|Glass Cards}}]] in your deck Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Glass Joker.png) by X0.75 Mult for every Glass card destroyed, wasting the Enhancement while not providing any value. This is most likely a bug.

• Immolate's effect is really powerful, as it helps get rid of unwanted cards and also provides a good cash infusion, being a great solution to economy in the early game while giving insane value for deck building in the mid-late game.
• If the player has a smaller Hand size, any card in the given hand will more likely be hit by Immolate, reducing the randomness factor of which cards it will hit. This makes it easier to make decisions about whether using it is worth it or not.
• If the Jokers the player currently possesses are strong enough to win the blind no matter what hand is played, it can be a good idea to discard the cards that should be kept and use Immolate when there are no cards that the player wants to keep.
• Do note that Immolate destroys random cards, which might drastically affect the run if it happens to land on cards the player wants to keep. However, if there are already many copies of the important card and a lot of unwanted cards are present when using Immolate, doing so may still be worth it, as destroying the junk cards will still allow the player to draw the wanted ones more consistently.

• Erosion ({{Mult|+4}} for each card below {{hl|orange|[the deck's starting size]}} in your full deck <br> {{Currently|{{Mult|+0}}}} Uncommon Additive Mult Independent Erosion.png) receives +20 Mult from destroying 5 cards with Immolate (as long as the deck was not over 52 cards when using Immolate, 40 cards on Abandoned Deck ( Start run with no {{F|}}[[Card Ranks#Face cards|{{hl|orange|Face Cards}}]] in your deck Win a run with the {{D|Green}} on [[Stakes|any difficulty]] Abandoned Deck.png), or 32 cards on Mad World ( )).
• Canio (This Joker gains {{xmult|1}} when a {{hl|orange|face}} card is destroyed <br> {{currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Find this [[Jokers|Joker]] from the [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Soul}}]] card. Legendary Multiplicative Mult Mixed Canio.png) can receive up to X5 Mult from destroying 5 cards with Immolate and will always receive X5 Mult when using Pareidolia (All cards are considered {{hl|orange|face}} cards Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Pareidolia.png).
• Bull ({{Chips|+2}} for each {{$|1}} you have <br> {{currently|{{chips|+0}}}} Uncommon Chips Independent Bull.png) gains +40 Chips after using Immolate.
• Similarly, Bootstraps ({{Mult|+2}} for every {{Money|5}} you have <br> {{Currently|{{Mult|+0}}}} Have at least {{hl|orange|2}} {{hl|edition|Polychrome}} Jokers at the same time. Uncommon Additive Mult Independent Bootstraps.png) gains +8 Mult after using Immolate.

• Blue Joker ({{Chips|+2}} for each remaining card in {{hl|orange|deck}} <br> {{currently|{{chips|+104}}}} Common Chips Independent Blue Joker.png) becomes weaker after using Immolate.

• While facing The Psychic ( Boss The Psychic.png), destroying 5 cards will prevent the player from forming a 5-card hand unless their hand size is 10 or greater.
• Torching five cards while playing against The Serpent ( Boss The Serpent.png) leaves the player with far fewer cards to play with, which will not reset to the player's normal hand size after playing a hand or performing a discard.

• Immolate refers to a form of sacrifice of a person or object, usually by the action of burning, as shown on the card itself. This can be seen in the card's ability to destroy 5 cards and get $20 from it.