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'''Crowns''' are items that can be placed on a card to have it deploy with the [[Leaders|Leader]] at the start of a battle. Between battles, Crowns may be freely removed and given to different cards; adding or removing Crowns in the middle of a battle will only affect future battles and not the current one.  

Crowns are mainly purchased from [[The Woolly Snail]]. They cost 75 [[Bling|Blings]], though only one is sold at each shop. Another Crown may be purchased for another 75 Blings if the player encounters the Woolly Snail again later in the run. If the [[Blingsnail Bell]] is active, Crowns cost 80 Blings each, and each time a Crown is purchased the next Crown will cost 10 more Blings. Additionally, a Crown will always be offered after defeating the first boss.

Cursed Crowns are special Crowns that appear while the [[Tyrant Bell]] is active, in which case they have a chance to replace regular Crowns whenever they are offered. Cursed Crowns ''cannot'' be removed from a card, and reduce the {{Stat|health}} and {{Stat|attack}} of the card by 1 each, if such stat changes are possible. Since they cannot be removed, Cursed Crowns are best applied to [[Items]] that are generically useful in any fight, rather than fight-specific counterpicks. It's also possible to leverage the attack loss beneficially, as some Items hit allied cards for a benefit (e.g. [[Peppereaper]] and [[Shellbo]]).

Crowns are exceptionally useful in guaranteeing a card is deployed (or used, if an Item). It also saves a turn that would be needed to play the card. With multiple Crowns, players can even add Crowns to Items to buff other cards before the first turn of the battle. This tactic is helpful in avoiding relying on drawing the cards in the right order and taking turns deploying and using them.

[[Krono]] has a special effect that grants 1 {{Stat|Frenzy}} to all allied cards that do ''not'' have Crowns.  

Crowns may be placed on any card, even cards that might not be playable on the first turn of battle (most commonly encountered with cards that have [[Stats#Keywords|Recycle]]). If this is the case, the player is forced to play all possible Crowned cards and hit the Redraw Bell to discard the unplayable cards before drawing a starting hand.

If a card is created by a card with a Crown (such as by a card with [[Stats#Keywords|Trash]]), that created card will ''not'' be playable as though it had a Crown. Attempting to play such a card displays a "Play Crowned cards first!" message. Additionally, any created cards will take up space in the player's starting hand, causing them to draw fewer cards; for instance, using the [[Bom Barrel]] and adding 4 [[Junk]] to the hand means that only 2 new cards will be drawn (as the hand size is 6).