Artifice Craft

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The Artifice craft is one of six playable card decks in Glyphmaster's Gateway. It is unofficially called the Spider Guild. It is grey (sometimes referred to as black) and prefers to use deception, trickery, and manipulation to accomplish its aims. Artifice excels at abilities and drawing cards, and does not do so well with attack. Artifice is most compatible with sorcery, divine, and champion, but is incompatible mostly with engineering and hinter crafts.

Spider Guild

Canonically, the units in Artifice are called the Spider Guild. This is in reference to their reputation as thieves and cutthroats, spies, etc. Given that Atury is the de facto leader of the Sorcery craft, and that he has an affinity for the Spider Guild, artifice is most compatible with sorcery. When Atury was a child, his father was tricked into selling him to a traveling circus called Circus Nomadia Supernal. It was there that he learned the arts of trickery, sleight of hand, deception, etc. Because of this, he embraces those in the Spider Guild, and he understands how to maximize their skills.

Upon arrival on Errod through the Dreadgate, Atury immediately knew he would need every advantage to stay alive and one step ahead of the Green Legion. He also knew he would need intelligence on the geography, culture, language, etc. of the strange place they now found themselves, so he leaned heavily on the Spider Guild to infiltrate all aspects of the local landscape. Unfortunately for Atury, the opposition understands their value as well, and they sometimes leverage the Spider Guild for their own advantage.

Artifice Glyphs

UNIQ	Title	Cost	Num	Rarity	Text
Y	Affliction	4	005	C	Pick 1 card from opponent's hand at random. They must now discard it. Then they pick a second card from their hand to discard.
Y	Chaos	6	006	C	All players must recycle their entire hand and draw that number of cards from the top of their deck.
Y	Deceit	5	007	C	Swap any number of friendly units on the battlefield with ones from your hand.
Y	Fear	8	008	C	All enemy units in play are returned to their owner's hand, along with attached items. Attached talents are discarded.
Y	Persuasion	7	009	C	Move any number of enemy units in play anywhere else on the battlefield. They may also be moved through the Dreadgate.

Artifice Units

Legends

UNIQ	Title	VIT	ATT	DEF	RAN	SPD	IX	TAL	G	Specials	M/A	Num	Rarity
Y	Aldig the Sly	4	3	4	2	1	1		3	Conceit	DIAG/UDLR	001	C
	Bandit King	6	5	6	2	1	1		3	Push	3D/5U	010	C
Y	Chryale Jacinth	6	5	7	1	1	3		1	Subdue	5L/3R	002	U
	Grand Inquisitor	6	4	8	1	1	2		2	Subdue	5R/3L	027	C
	Nimble Charlatan	5	3	7	1	1	1		3	Nimble, Push	5U/3D	023	C
	Royal Assassin	7	7	6	2	1	2			Assassin, Blight	3U/5D	022	U
	Sorinar Courtesan	8	7	7	1	1	3		2	Leech	4NW/4SE	030	R
Y	Vorin Falebourne	7	7	3	1	1	3		1	Pacify	5D/3U	003	C
	Vulpine Imp	7	6	7	1	2	2			Sadistic	5D/3U	024	C
Y	Zicar	5	7	3	1	1	2		1	Poison	4NE/4SW	004	U

Skill Units

UNIQ	Title	VIT	ATT	DEF	RAN	SPD	IX	TAL	G	Specials	M/A	Num	Rarity
	Angered Townsfolk	1	1	4	1	1		1	1	Push	3NW/3SE	021	C
	Bitter Insurgent	1	1	1	2	1				Shatter	3SE/3NW	017	C
	Enchantress	4	5	3	1	1		3		Disenchant, Reenchant	5D/3U	026	U
	Highwayman	2	3	2	2	1			1	Lethal	3D/3U	029	C
	Illusionist	3	1	6	1	1		2		Pacify	UDLR/DIAG	020	C
	Master Spy	4	3	5	1	1		2		Infiltrate	3L/3R	018	R
	Mutineer	1	1	1	1	1			1	Shatter	4SE/4NW	016	C
	Night Prowler	5	5	5	1	1				Lethal	5L/3R	012	C
	Privateer	3	3	3	1	1		1		Intercept	UDLR/DIAG	011	C
	Rancid Hag	1	1	1	1	1				Subdue	3U/5D	013	C
	Rapscallion	2	2	3	2	1		1		Conceit	3L/3R	014	U
	Saboteur	3	6	2	1	1		2		Shatter	3L/3R	015	C
	Seductress	2	2	5	1	1		2		Pacify	3NE/3SW	028	U
	Soothsayer	3	1	5	1	1		2		Predict	4NW/4SE	019	C
	Tenement Harlequin	3	3	3	1	1		2		Adept	4SW/4NE	025	U

Universal Units

UNIQ	Title	VIT	ATT	DEF	RAN	SPD	IX	TAL	G	Specials	M/A	Num	Rarity
	Bog Wraith	1	2	1	1	2				Spectral	3R/3L	033	C
	Gadonian Menace	2	1	4	1	2				Poison	3SW/3NE	031	R
	Irbian Stagbren	5	7	2	1	2				Tantrum	4NE/4SW	034	C
	Wolvina Cub	2	3	2	1	2				Swift	3L/3R	032	C

Artifice Talents

UNIQ	Title	Type	Cost	Num	Rarity	Text
	Cunning Donation	Spell Talent	3	035	U	Attach to enemy unit. That unit gains +1 to either attack or defense, and -1 to the other.
	Dark Mirror	Enchant Talent	5	036	U	Attached unit swaps stats with any unit they attack while they attack.
	Devious Scheme	Talent	4	037	C	Look at the top 3 cards of your deck. Place them back onto the top of the deck in any order.
	Entice	Intrigue Talent	1	038	C	Bring 1 enemy unit 1 space closer to a friendly unit.
	Eternal Shame	Battlefield Enchant	9	039	R	Enemy units that do not attack during your opponent's turn suffer 1 damage.
	Forged Orders	Intrigue Talent	3	040	U	1 enemy unit from the battlefield is swapped with 1 unit from its owner's hand. If there is no unit in hand, send 1 unit back to owner's hand.
	Hideous Dream	Intrigue Talent	2	041	C	Opponent must recycle 2 cards from their hand. They may pay 1 friendly unit vitality to draw 1 card.
	Spider's Shroud	Enchant Talent	2	042	C	Attach to enemy unit. This unit cannot maneuver while Spider's Shroud is attached.
	Misinformation	Intrigue Talent	1	043	C	Instant - Move a friendly unit under attack to an adjacent space.
	Petty Reap	Enchant Talent	5	044	C	Bring 1 enemy unit of up to 3 vitality back through the Dreadgate and return to its owner's hand.
	Quid Pro Quo	Enchant Talent	0/3	045	U	Attach to enemy unit. If that unit enters the Dreadgate, it must take a friendly unit with it. Opponent chooses which.
	Ruthless Betrayal	Intrigue Talent	6	046	U	Instant. If a friendly unit dies, sacrifice another friendly unit to keep it alive, and restore the rescued unit to full vitality.
	Sabotage	Talent	4	047	U	Instant. Destroy 1 enemy machine unit or barricade.
	Shift	Talent	1	048	C	Move 1 friendly unit 1 space in any direction.
	Sleeping Death	Talent	7	049	R	Kill 1 enemy unit in your opponent's hand. Your opponent picks which one. If no units are in hand, discard Sleeping Death.
	Song of Sorrow	Battlefield Enchant	8	050	U	Whenever an enemy unit dies, draw a card. Whenever an enemy unit enters the Dreadgate, Recycle a card and then draw a card.
	Turncoat	Battlefield Enchant	6	051	U	Opponent discards 1 card for every unit they kill while Turncoat is in play.
	Unfavorable Winds	Enchant Talent	2	052	U	Attach to enemy unit with a range of 2 or more. That unit loses 1 range.

Items

UNIQ	Title	Type	Cost	Num	Rarity	Text
	Curiosity Cabinet	Battlefield Relic	3	053	C	Friendly units on the battlefield may swap items at any time for 1 action while Curiosity Cabinet is equipped.
	Elixir of Youth	Relic	2	054	C	Attached unit returns to your hand if it is killed, but your opponent still gets the kill points.
	Elven Amber	Relic	3	055	C	Attached unit gains protection from Hinter Horde talents and attacks.
	Lullaby Fiddle	Musical Item	4	056	U	Return 1 equipped piece of enemy equipment to its owner's hand. That unit may not maneuver next turn.
	Morvidian Basket	Relic	5	057	R	Morvidian Basket becomes a duplicate of an equipped item in play. Attached unit gains that item.
	Outlandish Tapestry	Relic	6	058	U	Attached unit acquires the abilities of any adjacent unit while Outlandish Tapestry is equipped.
Y	Reltath's Dagger	Relic Weapon	3	059	C	Attached unit gains +1 attack. Return Reltath's Dagger to your deck if attached unit is killed.
	Vinthish Boots	Armor	2	060	C	Attached unit gains +1 movement speed.

Artifice Starter Deck

The 36-card black starter deck consists of:

• 4 Legends
• 12 Skill Units
• 2 Creatures
• 14 Talents
• 2 Items
• 2 Glyphs

Legends

• 1 Aldig the Sly
• 1 Sorinar Courtesan
• 2 Nimble Charlatan

Units

• 4 Tenement Harlequin
• 4 Enchantress
• 2 Rapscallion
• 2 Mutineer
• 1 Gadonian Menace
• 1 Wolvina Cub

Talents

• 4 Infection
• 4 Entice
• 4 Shift
• 1 Misinformation
• 1 Sleeping Death

Items

• 1 Lore Forge
• 1 Argent Brooch

Glyphs

• 1 - Affliction
• 1 - Deceit

Expansion Cards

• False flag - ability
• Sand Fever - ability
• Sour Gambit
• Hostage
• interception
• ransom