Incantation

Incantation
Type
Spectral
Effect
Destroy 1 random card in your hand, add 4 random Enhanced numbered cards to your hand
Unlock Requirement
Available from start.
Stats
Buy Price
4
Sell Price
2

Incantation is a Spectral card that allows the player to quickly add multiple enhanced Numbered cards to their hand at the cost of removing one random card from their hand first.

Usage notes

  • Incantation cannot add Stone Cards, similar to Grim and Familiar.
  • Incantation only gives cards with enhancements, not editions or seals.
  • Incantation cannot be used when there is only 1 card in hand, which can happen if the player's hand size is one or the player has destroyed cards until there is only 1 card left.
  • The Fragile challenge bans Incantation.
  • Incantation, alongside other card-destroying Spectral Cards Grim, Immolate, and Familiar, will not scale Glass Joker after destroying a Glass Card. This is presumed to be a bug.

Synergies

  • Hologram synergizes well, as using Incantation gives a free X1 Mult.
  • Vampire has a decent synergy, as it adds enhanced Numbered cards to scale up this card.
  • Using Incantation adds enhanced cards to make progress towards Driver's License's condition of 16 enhanced cards.
  • Jokers that care about Numbered rank synergize with Incantation if it gives their respective rank. In particular:
    • Odd Todd gives +31 Chips for every scored 3, 5, 7, and 9.
    • Even Steven gives +4 Mult for every scored 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10.
    • Fibonacci gives +8 Mult for every scored 2, 3, 5, and 8.
    • Hack retriggers all scored 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s.

Anti-synergies

Jokers

  • Erosion: Incantation adds more cards to the deck than it destroys, reducing possible mult from Erosion.
  • Any Joker reliant on a non-Numbered rank such as Baron, Hit the Road, and Scholar has less value with more Numbered cards added to the deck.

Trivia

  • An "incantation" is a magical spell or charm that is said to give special properties and mystical effects to an individual or an inanimate object.
  • Incantation is part of a trio of spectral cards with very similar effects. The other cards are Grim and Familiar. These three cards share the effect of destroying one card and adding enhanced cards of specific ranks (Numbered cards for Incantation, Face cards for Familiar, and Aces for Grim).

Update History

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0.9.3i
  • Effect
    • Can no longer add Stone Cards

In other languages

LanguageNameNotes
Chinese (Simplified)咒语None
Chinese (Traditional)咒語
DutchBetoveringTranslated as 'enchantment', emphasising effect over process.
FrenchIncantation
GermanBeschwörung
IndonesianIncantation
ItalianIncantesimo
Japanese呪文
Korean주문
PolishInkantacja
Portuguese (Brazilian)Encantamento
RussianЗаклинание
Spanish (Spain)Encantamiento
Spanish (Latin America)Encantamiento