Runic Pyramid

Runic Pyramid continues to sit in the top tier of Ancient relics from the previous game. Cards are no longer discarded at end of turn, letting you bank a hand and unload at the optimal moment. There's no extra Energy, but the strategic flexibility that hand management enables often outweighs the value of +1 Energy.

Key Strengths

• Flexibility to hold onto cards you need and play them on the ideal turn
• Ability to wait until combo pieces line up — shines in builds that chain 2+ cards together
• Draw cards rise in value. Bigger hands give more options and make it easier to pick each turn's optimal play
• Save unused defense cards for the next turn, making offense/defense balance much easier

Downsides to Watch

• Curse cards stay in hand. Curse-heavy decks suffer severely
• Burn or damage-on-hold cards don't leave the hand, potentially compounding damage
• A bloated hand becomes hard to manage, and play mistakes go up
• Watch Ethereal interactions. Runic Pyramid prevents Ethereal from triggering, so those cards stay in hand

Per-Character Rating

• In early turns prioritize Power cards, banking Attacks and Skills for later
• Carry surplus defense into the next turn so the attack turn can commit fully
• When the hand gets too full, strategically playing weak cards to reduce it is sometimes right
• Avoid Curse events at all costs. Runic Pyramid plus Curses is the worst pairing
• Adding more draw cards makes the hand balloon rapidly — stay aware