アイアンクラッド

• Type: Skill
• Cost: 1
• Effect: Add a random Attack to your hand. It costs 0 this turn. Exude.

Upgraded

• Cost: 0
• Effect: Add a random Attack to your hand. It costs 0 this turn. Exude.

A Cost 1 (0 upgraded) skill that adds a random Attack to your hand, lets you play it at Cost 0 this turn, and Exudes itself. Since it Exudes, it's single-use per combat, but effectively adds a free random Attack to your hand. Results vary with RNG, but when it rolls a heavy hitter like Skull Bash or Whirlwind, it's enormously powerful. Upgraded Cost 0 adds an Attack without spending Energy. It also triggers Exude synergies (Evil Eye, Ash Strike, Searing Contract), which adds significant secondary value.

Use it actively in decks packed with Exude-triggered cards. While leveraging the Exude to trigger Block (Evil Eye) or damage (Ash Strike), you also gain extra Attack damage. Upgraded Cost 0 means you can play it unconditionally whenever it appears. The value scales with the Attack pool's quality — builds running many hitters like Skull Bash, Reaper, or Whirlwind see the highest expected value. Since the card doesn't return to the draw pile after Exude, it also thins the deck.

• Evil Eye: Skill granting bonus 8-11 Block if you've Exuded this turn. Cruel Blade's Exude triggers the condition.
• Ash Strike: Attack dealing 3-4 damage per Exude. Cruel Blade builds the Exude count for the finisher.
• Feel No Pain: Power that grants 3-4 Block on Exude. Each Cruel Blade also builds Block.
• Dark Embrace: Power that draws a card on Exude. Cruel Blade starts a draw chain and refills hand.
• Searing Contract: Skill that Exudes a card to draw 2-3. Pairs with Cruel Blade to amplify Exude synergies.