Exhaust Build

Points

• The build needs many key power cards — actively pick up essential pieces whenever they appear.
• Exhausting cards shortens your deck each cycle, making long fights unsustainable. Prepare a finisher such as Body Slam, Ashen Strike, or Pact's End to close out quickly.
• Because cards are exhausted, keep acquiring cards to maintain deck size — a slightly larger deck is acceptable and expected with this archetype.

Details

Corruption lets you play all Skills for 0 energy but exhausts them immediately. Feel No Pain generates Block on each exhaust. Dark Embrace draws a card on each exhaust. Charon's Ashes deals 3 AoE on each exhaust. Stack these together and a single Corruption turn can clear the enemy board while generating massive Block. With the removal of Dead Branch this deck has shifted to a faster playstyle — rely on Ashen Strike, Body Slam, and Pact's End as finishers. True Grit is a solid early Block card that can also remove unwanted Strikes. Evil Eye often acts as a 1-energy 16 Block card. Forgotten Ritual provides free Energy as long as you have the draw to back it up.

Cards

Relics

Charon's Ashes Whenever you Exhaust a card, deal 3 damage to ALL enemies.

Burning Sticks The first time each combat you Exhaust a Skill, add a copy of it into your Hand.

Joss Paper Every 5 times you Exhaust a card, draw 1 card.

Permafrost The first time you play a Power each combat, gain 6 Block.