Special Abilities (Dreadgate)

Below is a list of all the special abilities used in Glyphmaster's Gateway. A special ability is a word or phrase (usually one or two words) that appears in a card's text section to indicate a card's special talent or trait. Each craft has 6 unique special abilities and shares 2 with another color. Some are shared by all colors, such as spectral and flying.

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Keyword	Used by	Text
Adept		Can spend its own vitality points as Talent points.
Agitate		Opponent must recycle 1 card from hand when this unit enters the battlefield.
Agile		Can maneuver to 1 unoccupied adjacent space when attacked for 1 Talent Point.
Alert		Has full defense power while occupied.
Autonomy		Can enter the battlefield by paying either Influence or Talent points, or by recycling cards or a combination of any of these.
Berserk		Can attack multiple times in a turn.
Blast		Deal X explosive damage to ranged attack, where X is the number of Talent Points spent.
Blight		Units attacked by (card name) become occupied. They remain so during their owner's next turn.
Bond		Gain +1 defense power for every (unit type) also on the battlefield.
Conceit		Can steal stat points (attack, defense, speed, range) from adjacent friendly units. Stats return to normal if either moves away from adjacent space.
Daunt		Enemy units enter the battlefield occupied while this unit is on the battlefield.
Deft		Cannot become occupied.
Disarm		If damage is dealt by this unit, that unit loses any items it has equipped. Those return to owner's hand.
Distract		Instant - 2 Talent Points - cause a select enemy unit to become occupied.
Donor		Can donate vitality points to help deploy another unit (in lieu of Influence Points).
Double Tap		If damage is dealt by this unit, this unit can attack a second unit.
Expedite		Draw a card whenever this unit attacks.
Feral		Gain +1 attack for every creature unit on the battlefield, friendly or otherwise.
Flank		Can jump an adjacent unit to end up on the opposite side. This is considered a speed of 1. Gain +2 attack power if you attack the jumped unit in the same turn.
Flying		Can only be attacked with range unless grounded. May fly over other units but not occupy their space. Must be grounded to enter the Gateway.
Guard		Can block an attack for an adjacent friendly unit. If acting as a guard, damage dealt will go to this unit instead of the attacked one.
Intercept		Deals 1 automatic damage when attacked before regular combat is factored.
Leech		This unit's cost is paid in friendly vitality points instead of Influence Points.
Lethal		Deals 1 automatic damage during attacks before regular combat is factored.
Loaded		The first item this unit equips costs only 1 gold.
Martyr		This unit may sacrifice all or some of its vitality to pay for Influence or Talent points. If it dies from this, it returns to the bottom of its owner's deck.
Medic		Heals up to 3 vitality to friendly units when entering the battlefield. Cannot exceed a unit's listed vitality. Owner chooses distribution.
Mercenary		This unit's cost is paid in gold instead of Influence Points.
Miser		Spend 1 less gold cost to equip this unit.
Nimble		Can maneuver immediately upon entering the battlefield.
Pacify		Cannot be attacked by Creature Units.
Poison		Units engaging in combat with this unit suffer poison damage. They lose 1 vitality per owner's turn until dead or it enters the Dreadgate.
Push		Can maneuver and attack for 1 action, but only if it does both.
Reload		Can perform ranged attacks multiple times in a turn.
Repair		An adjacent machine or barricade unit recoups 1 vitality per turn, but may not exceed the number listed on its card.
Retreat		If this unit has only 1 vitality remaining, it returns to its owner's hand. It returns to play fully healed.
Rush		Can attack immediately upon entering the battlefield.
Shatter		Sacrifice this unit to destroy an enemy machine unit or barricade.
Siphon		Drains 1 vitality from any adjacent unit per round on its owner's turn.
Sniper		Any enemy unit entering the battlefield within range of this unit's attack suffers 1 automatic damage.
Spectral		Can only be damaged by relic weapons, spell talents, magical creatures, or other spectrals.
Stay		Instant. Pay 3 Talent Points to prevent a unit from entering the Gateway. That unit returns to its previous space.
Subdue		Can occupy an enemy unit's space. While there, both units becomes occupied unless this unit is killed or moves. Neither can equip items.
Swift		Can maneuver multiple times in a turn.
Tantrum		Deal 2 automatic damage to select unit upon defeat when leaving the battlefield to the boneyard.
Toxic		When dealt damage in melee combat, equal damage is dealt to the attacker on top of any normal melee damage dealt by (card name).
Upgrade		Adjacent friendly units gain +1 attack range.
Uplift		All 1/1/1/1 friendly units become 2/2/2/2 while this unit is in play.
Wielder		Permanently equipped with a relic weapon.