Astro Knights: Eternity – Mystery of Solarus Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Boss
  • Shade Sculptor
  • Shade Sculptor difficulty cards
• Boss Cards
  • The Mother
  • Minions
    • Obsidian Apotheosis
    • Shiver Singer
    • Phantom Pursuer
  • Strikes
    • Conceal the Path
    • Consume the Stars
    • Converge and Devour
    • Dance in Darkness
    • Feed My Essence
    • Siphon the Light
• Knights
  • Naoko
  • Sunshine
• Combo
  • Tagteam Thunder
• Supply Cards
  • Solarus Engine
  • Solarus Cell
  • Lithocule Bot
  • Solarus Barrier
  • Solarus Spear
  • Cosmic Boom Boom
  • Solarus Dual Blades
  • Solarus Fusion Core
  • Quantum Kama
  • Motherboard

Boss

Shade Sculptor

Difficulty: Normal difficulty, Level 1

Rules:

• The Mother is considered a Minion, and can be dealt damage by Weapons, cards, and abilities.
• The Mother can never have less than 1 health or more than 20 health.
• The Mother can never be defeated.
• At the beginning of the Boss main phase, resolve the ACTIVATE: effect of the Mother based on its current health.

When a player is exhausted: The Mother gains 2 health.

Shade Sculptor difficulty cards

Two difficulty cards are printed for Shade Sculptor. Each lists which Boss difficulty applies to each of its three levels, as printed.

MS-13

• Standard: Normal difficulty
• Advanced: Expert difficulty
• Legendary: Nightmare difficulty

MS-14

• Standard: Expert difficulty
• Advanced: Nightmare difficulty
• Legendary: Apocalypse difficulty

Boss Cards

The Mother

Card number: MS-28 Difficulty: Normal/Expert

Health	Effect
19-20	ACTIVATE: The players lose.
14-18	ACTIVATE: Any player discards 3 cards and suffers 1 damage.
9-13	ACTIVATE: The Homeworld suffers 3 damage. The Mother gains 1 health.
5-8	ACTIVATE: Any player suffers 2 damage. The Mother gains 1 health.
1-4	ACTIVATE: The Mother gains 2 health.

Minions

Minions enter play with health and stay in play until defeated.

Obsidian Apotheosis

Type: Minion Health: 5 Player count: ALL Card number: MS-19

ACTIVATE: The Mother gains 2 health. OR ACTIVATE: The Homeworld suffers 2 damage. If Shade Sculptor is level 3 or higher, do both.

Shiver Singer

Type: Minion Health: 4 Player count: 2+ Card number: MS-21

ACTIVATE: The Mother gains 1 health.

Phantom Pursuer

Type: Minion Health: 5 Player count: 4 Card number: MS-25

ACTIVATE: Any player discards a Weapon in hand and suffers 1 damage.

Strikes

Strikes are resolved immediately when they are drawn.

Conceal the Path

Type: Strike Player count: ALL Card number: MS-20

The Homeworld suffers 1 damage. The Mother gains 3 health.

Consume the Stars

Type: Strike Player count: 2+ Card number: MS-22

The Mother gains 3 health.

Converge and Devour

Type: Strike Player count: 3+ Card number: MS-24

Any player powers down and suffers 3 damage.

Dance in Darkness

Type: Strike Player count: 3+ Card number: MS-23

If the Mother has 16 or less life, activate the Mother. Otherwise, any player or the Homeworld suffers 2 damage.

Feed My Essence

Type: Strike Player count: 4 Card number: MS-26

If the Mother has 7 or less health, it gains 4 health. Otherwise, The Homeworld suffers 4 damage.

Siphon the Light

Type: Strike Player count: 4 Card number: MS-27

The Mother gains 4 health. OR Any player loses a slot and powers down.

Knights

The Naoko and Sunshine card faces (MS-16 and MS-15) show only the character name and art. Their rules text is on the matching character boards below.

Naoko

Activate during your main phase: Deal damage equal to twice the number of equipped Weapons you have.

Sunshine

Activate during your main phase: Choose two of the following options:

1. Destroy the top card of any number of supply decks.
2. Gain a slot.
3. The Homeworld gains 3 health.

Combo

Tagteam Thunder

Combo symbol: X Card number: MS-18

When player (X) gains a card that costs 7 energy or more, you may gain a card from the supply that costs 5 energy or less and place it into your hand.

The (X) is the card's printed Combo symbol.

Supply Cards

The Mystery of Solarus supply sheet is transcribed below in card-number order. Each card's type, cost and card number are as printed.

Solarus Engine

Type: Fuel Cost: 2 Card number: MS-01

Gain 2 energy. If you have your maximum number of slots, the Homeworld gains 1 health.

Solarus Cell

Type: Fuel Cost: 4 Card number: MS-02

AFTERBURN: Attack with any player's Weapon. (Place that Weapon in that player's discard pile.)

Gain 2 energy. You may destroy up to two cards from the top of one supply deck.

Lithocule Bot

Type: Tech Cost: 3 Card number: MS-03

Any ally may equip a Weapon from their discard pile, regardless of slots.

Solarus Barrier

Type: Tech Cost: 5 Card number: MS-04

Any player gains a slot and powers up. OR Any ally draws two cards, then destroys a card in hand.

Solarus Spear

Type: Weapon Cost: 4 Card number: MS-05

ATTACK: Deal 3 damage. You may place this card on top of your deck.

Cosmic Boom Boom

Type: Weapon Cost: 6 Card number: MS-06

ATTACK: Deal 4 damage. If this defeats a Minion, power up twice.

Solarus Dual Blades

Type: Weapon Cost: 6 Card number: MS-08

ATTACK: Deal 4 damage. Any player may discard a card. If they do, you may gain a card from the supply that costs 4 energy or less and place it into your hand.

Solarus Fusion Core

Type: Weapon Cost: 7 Card number: MS-09

ATTACK: All players reveal their hands. Deal 7 damage. Deal 3 additional damage for each card with Solarus in the name revealed this way.

Quantum Kama

Type: Weapon Cost: 8 Card number: MS-10

BUY: You may destroy any number of cards from your discard pile.

ATTACK: Deal 6 damage.

Motherboard

Type: Invention-Fuel Cost: 5 Card number: MS-17

Gain 2 energy. Overcharge the top card of the Tech supply deck.