The Artifice craft is one of five playable card decks in Glyphmaster's Gateway. It is grey and prefers to use deception, trickery, and manipulation to accomplish its aims.
Artifice Heroes
- Aldig the Sly - U, UDLR, LR, 4, 3, 1, 2, V4
- Chryale Jacinth - Dual Craft Purple, DIAG, UDLR, 5, 5, 1, 1, V5
- Vorin Falebourne - UD, DIAG, 4, 6, 1, 2, V5
- Zicar - Dual Craft Green, UD, ALL, 3, 4, 2, 2, V6
Artifice Glyphs
The glyphs used by Artifice:
- Affliction - pick 1 card from each enemy player's hand at random. They must now discard it.
- Chaos - all players must return their hand to the bottom of their deck and draw that number of cards from the top.
- Deceit - swap any friendly units on the battlefield with ones from your hand.
- Fear - all enemy units in play are returned to their owner's hand, along with attached equipment. Attached spells and abilities are discarded.
- Persuasion - move all enemy units in play anywhere on the battlefield.
Artifice Units
- Privateer - (- maneuver, * attack) A1, D1, R1, M2, V4
- Night Prowler 1, 2, 1, 2, V4
- Rancid Hag 1, 1, 1, 1, V4
- Rapscallion 2, 4, 1, 1, V5
- Saboteur - (- maneuver, | attack) 3, 2, 1, 1, V3
- Mutineer 1, 1, 1, 1, V2
- Embittered Insurgent 3, 1, 1, 1, V2
- Bandit King 3, 4, 3, 1,
- Master Spy - (x maneuver, - attack) 3, 3, 2, 1, V4
- Soothsayer 2, 1, 1, 1, V3
- Illusionist 2, 2, 1, 1, V3
- Angered Townsfolk 1, 1, 1, 1, V2
- Royal Assassin - (* maneuver, x attack) 5, 4, 2, 1, V7
- Nimble Charlatan 3, 2, 1, 1, V5
- Vulpine Imp 5, 5, 1, 2, V7
- Trickster 1, 2, 1, 1, V5
- Enchantress - (+ maneuver, + attack) 2, 2, 3, 1, V4
- Grand Inquisitor 4, 2, 2, 1, V5
- Seductress 3, 2, 1, 1, V4
- Highwayman 3, 3, 1, 1, V4
Legendary Units
- Vampire Courtesan 6, 5, 1, 2, V7
Other Craft Units
- Warg Rider - purple
- Night Watchman - purple
- Vile Executioner - green
Universal Units
- Gadonian Menace - Poison UD, DIAG, 2, 1, 1, 1, V3
- Wolvina Cub - UD, LR, 3, 2, 1, 2, V3
- Bog Wraith - UD, LR, 1, 1, 1, 1, V2
- Irbian Stagbren - UD, DIAG, 4, 4, 1, 1, V4
Artifice Spells and Abilities
- Bitter Recall - bring an enemy unit of up to 3 power back through the Gateway.
- Cunning Donation - Attach to enemy unit. That unit gains +1 to either attack or defense, and -1 to the other.
- Dark Mirror - Attached unit swaps stats with any unit they attack while they attack.
- Devious Plan - Look at the top 3 cards of your deck. Place them back onto the top of the deck in any order.
- Entice - Bring an enemy unit one space closer to one of your units.
- Eternal Shame - Battlefield Enchantment. Enemy units cannot use Autonomy while Walkback is activated.
- Forged Orders - 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.
- Infection - Attach to enemy unit. This unit cannot maneuver.
- Misinformation - Instant - Move a unit under attack to an adjacent square.
- Nightmare - Opponent must discard one card and place it on the bottom of the deck.
- Quid Pro Quo - Attach to enemy unit. If that unit enters the Gateway, it must take a friendly unit with it.
- Ruthless Betrayal - Instant. Sacrifice a friendly unit to keep another unit alive.
- Sabotage - Instant - destroy one enemy unit as it is placed on the battlefield.
- Sleeping Death - Kill one of the enemy units in an opponent's hand. Your opponent picks which one. If no units are in hand, discard Sleeping Death.
- Turncoat - Enchant Ability. Opponent discards 1 card for every unit they kill while Turncoat is in play.
Artifice Base Deck Equipment
- Curiosity Cabinet - any units on the battlefield may swap equipment at any time while Curiosity Cabinet is equipped.
- Elixir of Youth - attached unit returns to your hand if it is killed.
- Elven Amethyst - attached unit gains protection from Champion spells and abilities.
- Lullaby Fiddle - return 1 equipped piece of enemy equipment to its owner's hand per round while Lullaby Fiddle is equipped.
- Morvidian Basket - attached unit may equip any number of items.
- Outlandish Tapestry - attached unit acquires the abilities of any adjacent unit while Outlandish Tapestry is equipped.
- Reltath's Dagger - attached unit gains +1 attack damage. Return Reltath's Dagger to your deck if attached unit is killed.
- Vinthish Boots - attached unit gains +1 movement range.