The Cauldron: Promo Pack #1 (fan expansion for Sentinels of the Multiverse)
The Cauldron: Promo Pack #1 (fan expansion for Sentinels of the Multiverse) Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Ace of Sorrows Baccarat
- Ace of Swords Baccarat
- First Response
- Knights
- Lady of the Wood: Season of Change
- Shardmaster Malichae
- Warden of Chaos Necro
- The Uncanny Quicksilver
- Starlight Genesis
- Nightlore Council Starlight
- The Rune-Carved Stranger
- Tango One
- Ministry of Strategic Science Titan
- First Response: Vanish
- Anathema
- Tiamat
- Tiamat: Elemental Hydra (character card, front)
- Tiamat: Slain Hydra (character card, reverse)
- Tiamat: The Jaws of Winter (head 1, front, card 15)
- Tiamat: Winter, Decapitated (head 1, reverse)
- Tiamat: The Mouth of the Inferno (head 2, front, card 15)
- Tiamat: Inferno, Decapitated (head 2, reverse)
- Tiamat: The Eye of the Storm (head 3, front, card 15)
- Tiamat: Storm, Decapitated (head 3, reverse)
- Tiamat: The Maw of the Earth (head 4, front, card 15)
- Tiamat: Earth, Decapitated (head 4, reverse)
- Hydra Set Notes
Ace of Sorrows Baccarat
Baccarat: Ace of Sorrows (card 28)
Front. Power: Play any number of tricks from your hand, or put 2 tricks from your trash into your hand.
Back.
- One player may shuffle a card from their trash into their deck, then put all cards with the same name from their trash into their hand.
- Each target regains 1HP.
- Each hero character may deal themselves 3 toxic damage to play a card now.
Ace of Swords Baccarat
Baccarat: Ace of Swords (card 30)
Front. Power: Play X copies of Afterlife Euchre from your trash (up to 3). Discard the top 3-X cards of your deck.
Back.
- Select a card in a trash. Destroy a card in play with the same name.
- One target deals itself 1 energy damage.
- Each hero character may deal themselves 1 toxic damage to draw a card now.
First Response
First Response: Cricket (card 28)
Front. Power: Sonar Burst. Cricket deals 2 targets 1 sonic damage each. You may use a power now.
Back.
- One player may play a card now.
- Shuffle the environment trash into the environment deck.
- 1 hero target regains 2HP.
First Response: Cypher (card 23)
Front. Power: Fusion Cannon. Cypher deals 1 target X energy damage, where X is the number of augments in play.
Back.
- One player may draw a card now.
- Look at the bottom card of each deck and replace or discard each one.
- Increase the next damage dealt by a hero target by 1.
First Response: Doc Havoc (card 32)
Front. Power: Breach. Draw a card. Doc Havoc may deal 1 target 1 melee damage.
Back.
- Until the start of your next turn, reduce damage dealt to targets with fewer than 6HP by 1.
- One player may take a one-shot from their trash and put it on top of their deck.
- Destroy 2 environment targets.
Knights
The Berserker Knight (card 27)
Front. Power: Rage. Destroy an equipment target. The Knight deals 1 target X psychic damage, where X is the HP of the equipment before it was destroyed plus 1.
Back.
- One player may draw a card now.
- Increase all damage by 1 until the start of your next turn.
- One target deals itself 1 psychic damage.
The Fair Knight (card 25)
Front. Power: Resourceful. The Knight and all her targets regain 2HP.
Back.
- One player may play a card now.
- One player may draw a card now.
- Until the start of your next turn, reduce damage dealt by environment cards to hero targets by 2.
Lady of the Wood: Season of Change
Lady of the Wood: Season of Change (card 25)
Front. Power: Equinox. Discard a card. You may play a card.
Back.
- One target regains 1HP.
- One player may discard their hand and draw the same number of cards.
- All damage dealt is irreducible until the start of your next turn.
Shardmaster Malichae
Shardmaster Malichae (card 26)
Front. Power: Channel. Search your deck for a Djinn and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck.
Back.
- One player may reveal the top 2 cards of their deck, discard 1 and replace the other.
- Destroy 1 ongoing card.
- One player may draw a card now.
Warden of Chaos Necro
Necro: Warden of Chaos (card 25)
Front. Power: Reckless Summon. Put the top card of your deck into play.
Back.
- One hero may put a random card from their trash into play.
- Destroy 1 ongoing card.
- The next time a target is destroyed, 1 player may draw 2 cards.
The Uncanny Quicksilver
The Uncanny Quicksilver (card 26)
Front. Power: Razor's Edge. Quicksilver deals 1 target 2 melee damage.
Back.
- One player may draw until they have 4 cards in hand.
- One player may use a power now.
- One player may discard any number of cards to regain X HP, where X is the number of cards discarded.
Starlight Genesis
Starlight: Genesis (card 29)
Front. Power: Radiance. Starlight deals each hero target 1 energy damage. Search your deck for up to 2 constellation cards and play them. Shuffle your deck.
Back.
- One player may put an ongoing card from their trash into their hand.
- One player may use a power now.
- Look at the top card of a deck, and replace it or discard it.
Nightlore Council Starlight
This set is three Nightlore Council starlight characters, Starlight of Terra, Starlight of Asheron and Starlight of Cryos-4 (the subtitle as printed on the cards), which are played together under the Nightlore Council rules card below. Each starlight's card face is transcribed first, with its reverse. The reverse of each starlight carries only the printed label "Incapacitated". The Nightlore Council rules card reverse, also labelled "Incapacitated", is the only face in the set that prints Incapacitated effect text.
Nightlore Council: Starlight of Terra (card 13)
Front. Power: Starfarer. Discard a card. Search your deck for a copy of Exodus and put it in your hand. Shuffle your deck.
Back. Labelled "Incapacitated" (no further printed text on this face).
Nightlore Council: Starlight of Asheron (card 12)
Front. Power: Binary Burst. Play a constellation. One starlight deals 1 target 1 radiant damage.
Back. Labelled "Incapacitated" (no further printed text on this face).
Nightlore Council: Starlight of Cryos-4 (card 15)
Front. Power: Voidgaze. This starlight deals herself 2 irreducible cold damage. If she takes damage this way, play 2 constellations from your trash.
Back. Labelled "Incapacitated" (no further printed text on this face).
Nightlore Council: Rules card
Front (Setup and Game Play).
Setup. At the start of the game, put the character cards for the starlight of Terra, Asheron, and Cryos-4 into play, active side up. Shuffle the hero deck and draw 4 cards.
Game Play.
- If you have no hero targets in play, flip this card.
- When your cards refer to "starlight", choose 1 of your active starlights.
- When a copy of "Retreat into the Nebula" enters play, put it next to 1 of your active starlights. Only that starlight is affected by it.
- If Starlight of Terra has a constellation next to her at the start of your turn, each starlight regains 1HP.
- If Starlight of Asheron has a constellation next to her and deals damage to a non-hero target, increase that damage by 1.
- Whenever a constellation enters play next to Starlight of Cryos-4, draw a card.
Back (Incapacitated).
- One player may play a card now.
- One player may use a power now.
- The next time a hero target deals damage, choose the type of that damage.
The Rune-Carved Stranger
The Rune-Carved Stranger (card 28)
Front. Power: Purify. 1 hero target regains 2HP.
Back.
- One player may play a card now.
- Destroy 1 hero ongoing, 1 non-hero ongoing, and 1 environment card.
- Villain targets may not regain HP until the start of your next turn.
Tango One
Tango One: Ghost Ops (card 28)
Front. Power: Ghost Ops. Draw 2 cards, then put 2 cards from your hand on top of your deck.
Back.
- One player may play a card now.
- All damage is irreducible until the start of your next turn.
- The next time a hero uses a power which deals damage, increase that damage by 2.
Ministry of Strategic Science Titan
Ministry of Strategic Science: Titan (card 29)
Front. Power: Pyroclast. You may play an ongoing card. Draw a card.
Back.
- Each hero may deal themselves 1 psychic damage to draw a card.
- Destroy an environment card.
- Prevent the next damage that would be dealt to a hero target.
First Response: Vanish
First Response: Vanish (card 27)
Front. Power: Intercept. Reduce the next damage that would be dealt to a hero target by 2.
Back.
- One player may use a power now.
- Reveal the top card of 2 decks, then replace those cards.
- The next time a hero would be dealt damage, redirect that damage to a non-villain target.
Anathema
Anathema is a villain with two sets of character cards. The "Accelerated Evolution" side is the front of the character card and the rules card's front; the "Malformed Nightmare" side is the reverse of each. The circled-H symbol is printed as shown on the cards; its value is not defined on the card faces.
Anathema: Accelerated Evolution (character card, front, card 70)
Villain: Accelerated Evolution. No printed rules text on this face; the card is a villain character card and its rules are on the Anathema rules card below.
Anathema: Malformed Nightmare (character card, reverse, card 70)
Villain: Malformed Nightmare. No printed rules text on this face; the card is a villain character card and its rules are on the Anathema rules card below.
Anathema: Accelerated Evolution (rules card, front)
Setup. At the start of the game, put Anathema's villain character cards into play, "Accelerated Evolution" side up. Reveal cards from the top of the villain deck until 2 arms, 1 body and 1 head are revealed. Put those cards into play and shuffle the rest into the villain deck.
Game Play.
- Whenever Anathema destroys an arm or head card, put that card under Anathema's villain character card.
- At the end of the villain turn, reveal the top card of the villain deck. If an arm or head card is revealed, put it under Anathema's villain character card, otherwise discard it. Then, if there are (H) or more cards under Anathema, flip his villain character cards.
Advanced. At the end of the villain turn, Anathema regains (H)-2 HP.
Anathema: Malformed Nightmare (rules card, reverse)
Game Play.
- Arm and head cards are indestructible during the villain turn.
- When Anathema flips to this side, put all cards under him into play. Shuffle all copies of Explosive Transformation from the villain trash into the villain deck.
- When Explosive Transformation enters play, flip Anathema's villain character cards.
Advanced. At the end of the villain turn, Anathema regains 1HP for each villain target in play.
Tiamat
The Tiamat set is a villain character (the Elemental Hydra) with six head cards. The character card and its reverse print a name and a label only. Each head card's front carries its printed text; each head's reverse is labelled with its state (for example "Winter, Decapitated"). Where a face has no printed rules text, this is stated.
Tiamat: Elemental Hydra (character card, front)
Villain: Elemental Hydra. No printed rules text on this face.
Tiamat: Slain Hydra (character card, reverse)
Villain: Slain Hydra. No printed rules text on this face.
Tiamat: The Jaws of Winter (head 1, front, card 15)
Villain, Head: The Jaws of Winter. This card is immune to cold damage.
Tiamat: Winter, Decapitated (head 1, reverse)
Villain, Head: Winter, Decapitated. No printed rules text on this face.
Tiamat: The Mouth of the Inferno (head 2, front, card 15)
Villain, Head: The Mouth of the Inferno. This card is immune to fire damage.
Tiamat: Inferno, Decapitated (head 2, reverse)
Villain, Head: Inferno, Decapitated. No printed rules text on this face.
Tiamat: The Eye of the Storm (head 3, front, card 15)
Villain, Head: The Eye of the Storm. This card is immune to lightning damage.
Tiamat: Storm, Decapitated (head 3, reverse)
Villain, Head: Storm, Decapitated. No printed rules text on this face.
Tiamat: The Maw of the Earth (head 4, front, card 15)
Villain, Head: The Maw of the Earth.
- This card is immune to melee damage.
- Reduce damage dealt to other villain targets by 1.
Tiamat: Earth, Decapitated (head 4, reverse)
Villain, Head: Earth, Decapitated. No printed rules text on this face.
Tiamat: The Breath of Decay (head 5, front, card 15)
Villain, Head: The Breath of Decay.
- This card is immune to toxic damage.
- Increase damage dealt to hero targets by 1.
Tiamat: Decay, Decapitated (head 5, reverse)
Villain, Head: Decay, Decapitated. No printed rules text on this face.
Tiamat: The Voice of the Wind (head 6, front, card 15)
Villain, Head: The Voice of the Wind.
- This card is immune to projectile damage.
- At the end of the villain turn, each head regains 2HP.
Tiamat: Wind, Decapitated (head 6, reverse)
Villain, Head: Wind, Decapitated. No printed rules text on this face.
Hydra Set Notes
The Tiamat part of Promo Pack #1 is the character card, its reverse, and six head cards with their reverses, as listed above. No rules card for the Tiamat set is included in this document, and no face in the pack prints Setup or Game Play instructions for how the heads combine into the Elemental Hydra. None are given here.