Shades

Shades, sometimes called summons, are cards created by other cards' abilities. They are generally similar to Companion cards, with some key differences.

Information and Strategy

Shades are unique in that they are not deployed from the hand to the field. Instead, a card or ability creates them on the field. To distinguish them from normal Companion cards, they have black cards that are hexagonal instead of rectangular. Mechanically, what sets Shades apart from Companions is the Summoned ability, which has two unique effects:

• A Summoned card cannot be recalled, as though it were Hogheaded (because Shades are not actually cards in the deck).
• A Summoned card loses 1 health at the end of the turn if it triggered that turn.

This loss of health makes Shades' presence on the field inherently limited, but since they lose current health and not maximum health, they can be healed to improve their longevity.

Shade Interactions

A Shade only ever loses 1 health per turn if it triggers, regardless of how many times it triggers within that turn. This means that a Shade with Frenzy (like Dregg) still only loses 1 health per turn when triggering. Shades that have no Counter, such as Tigris, will never trigger and thus cannot lose health in this way.

The Summoned ability can be negated by Ink, which allows the player to recall the Shade like a normal Companion or Clunker.

Because Shades are summoned by other cards, any buffs or Charms applied to summoning cards will not apply to Shades summoned by those cards. A Shade is a separate card from the card or effect that summons it. The lone exception is the Faith ability granted by the Lamb Charm, which is an ability applied to a summoning card that makes its summon stronger. Since Shades are separate from their summoning cards, they also will never become injured due to the Bell of Death.

Multiple copies of the same Shade can exist simultaneously, though some summoning cards are Consumed when used.

Summoned Cards

All Shades have the Summoned keyword, preventing them from being recalled and causing them to lose 1 health when they trigger.

Image	Card Name	Health	Attack	Counter	Other	Description	Summon conditions
	Beepop	1				When destroyed, apply 4 Overburn to the attacker	Using Beepop Mask
	Chikagoru	10	10	3			Sacrificing Chikashi
	Chikani	4	4	3		When Sacrificed, summon Chikasan	Sacrificing Chikichi
	Chikasan	6	6	3		When Sacrificed, summon Chikashi	Sacrificing Chikani
	Chikashi	8	8	3		When Sacrificed, summon Chikagoru	Sacrificing Chikasan
	Dregg	4	5	5	x3 Frenzy		Egg is destroyed
	Fallow	6	2	4		Barrage	Using Fallow Mask
	Junjun	3	2	3		Aimless	Using Junjun Mask
	Leech	5	2	3		Take 3 Health from all allies	Using Leech Mask
	Pom	7				While active, add Barrage to all enemies	Using Pom Mask
	Sheepopper	4				When destroyed, deal 8 damage to all allies	Using Sheepopper Mask
	Snuffer	4				When Sacrificed, add +1 Attack to all allies and resummon	Using Snuffer Mask or by Sacrificing Snuffer
	Tigris	5			2 Teeth	Gain 1 Teeth when hit, or an ally is hit	Using Tigris Mask