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Before the release of the Sylvan faction, I mentioned the upcoming arrival of a new ranged Inferno hero: Jezebeth.
Let’s consider how the meta might shift with this hero's release. I know she will wield two elements: Fire and Dark. Regarding her abilities, I’d like to highlight four new ones: Fire Affinity, Gating, Retribution, Temptress.

Fire Affinity: Whenever you cast a Fire spell, your Hero gains +1 Attack for this round.

Gating: Whenever you play a Dark spell, summon a random 1-cost Demon.

Retribution: Your Hero has +2 Attack while you have the Initiative.

Temptress: Whenever you cast a Dark spell on a creature, stun it.

This is a continuation of the previous post.

21. sylvan_unit mother_treant

22. sylvan_unit mulchmancer

23. sylvan_unit mystic_hunter

24. sylvan_unit oak_dryad

25. sylvan_unit pristine_unicorn

26. sylvan_unit ranger_tutor

27. sylvan_unit silver_unicorn

28. sylvan_unit sinithala

29. sylvan_unit sleeping_bear

30. sylvan_unit springing_lynx

31. sylvan_unit swift_blade

32. sylvan_unit sylrael

33. sylvan_unit warden_apprentice

34. sylvan_unit white_tiger

35. sylvan_unit ylthin

36. Since everyone is waiting for new heroes (remember how many there were in the amazing MMDoC project), I'll also post art of the Inferno hero Jezebeth.

Even though the cards below aren't finished yet (I have some pre-test information about them, but I don't think the final design of the cards has been finalized yet), let's discuss what these cards can do?

1. earth_spell stone_spike
2. earth_spell wasp_swarm
3. earth_spell woolfs_call
4. neutral_unit moon_phoenix
5. artifact bracelet_of_the_druid
6. artifact bythigga_amber
7. artifact unicorn_horn_bow
8. sylvan_building embassy
9. sylvan_building horse_stable
10. sylvan_building mystic_pond
11. sylvan_building sylvan_ballista
12. sylvan_unit ancient_treant
13. sylvan_unit druid_elder
14. sylvan_unit druid_tamer
15. sylvan_unit elven_noble
16. sylvan_unit emerald_dragon
17. sylvan_unit forest_bear
18. sylvan_unit forest_wyvern
19. sylvan_unit green dragon
20. sylvan_unit high_druid

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the rest in the next post

So, I hope everyone is aware that the new Sylvan Faction will be released soon. I talked about it on the game's official Discord channel immediately after the Stronghold faction's release, until I got banned.

A few days ago, I showed off the new cards for this faction on my Twitch stream (cards that will most likely be awarded as NFTs with the announced key). I also previously showed off artwork for future cards on my channel, which are still in development and will be released a little later.

I have information about all the cards in development in a table, but many of them have their descriptions changed by the time they're released (you can see this table on my stream). I'll also be posting fully completed cards here a few weeks before their release.

Since not everyone has seen the new cards and doesn't know what to expect from the new faction, let's discuss them here.

I'll leave a link to my channel where I'll be sharing all the latest information about this game: https://www.twitch.tv/epam_grade/videos

So, many know me as one of the most active members of the Fates community (before the June incident), having been involved with this project since the first beta test. I also started posting information about new maps even before the game's February release. A few days before the Stronghold faction's release, I posted all the faction's maps in the official Discord channel. They were removed by moderators a day later, but community members managed to receive them and discuss them.

So, when I went to Reddit, I saw there wasn't much information to discuss, so I decided to add it :)

Currently, four cards will be released that were supposed to be released in March but were delayed due to poor card design (Throne of Akhribban, Soul Spire, Town Portal, and Dhamiria). Of these four cards, I remember the developers releasing a Soul Spire card with the description "build a necropolis for 8 mana, which can be activated for 5 mana to summon a token creature whose stats depend on the number of cards in your graveyard." This card was derided by the entire community for being unplayable, as it doesn't fit the game's intended style (in fact, this is the game's biggest problem—the desire for quick games, which is why more than half the cards will always be unplayable, but that's a separate discussion).

However, all four of these cards have now been reprinted, and players will soon see them in the game client in this form (unless the developers decide to change everything at the last minute, which I highly doubt):

I know that new heroes will be released, in addition to the Necropolis hero that the developers showed, there will be heroes like Jezebeth of the Inferno faction and Ossir of the Sylvan faction.

To be honest, I was very surprised that the next faction wouldn't be Sanctuary, according to the faction list for Might and Magic Duel of Champions, where almost all the game's cards (art and names) were taken from. I was a top-ranked open-format player in that wonderful Ubisoft game for a long time and know everything about it, which is why I got into the Fates project. Perhaps the developers were tired of the hate and decided to show that they could not only reuse old game material but also create their own, even using AI to draw the art. In the Discord channel, as I recall, many newcomers wanted the Sylvan faction.

So, I'll be posting some information about the development of these cards. Unfortunately, I don't have any art designs for these cards yet, only information in the form of a table of descriptions and parametersI'll only present the card names and descriptions without any parameters (of course, everything could change during development, but I don't think it will be significant). This way, players will be able to understand what awaits them in the future and begin theoretical deckbuilding.

Type	CardName	Description
unit	Elven_Warrior	Protector
unit	Blade_Dancer
unit	Ancient_Treant	Protector<br>Deploy: Gain +1/+4 if surrounded by characters.
unit	Blade_Master	Luck: Deal 1 damage to all enemies.
unit	Axolotl	Deploy: Restore 1 Health to target creature. If the target is at full health, give it +1/+1 instead.
unit	High_Druid	Ranged<br>Spellpower +1
unit	Ranger_Tutor	Ranged<br>Deploy: Target creature gains Ranged until end of turn.
unit	Sharpshooter	Ranged, Immune to Spell<br>Luck: Destroy target creature.
unit	Emerald_Dragon	Strike: Destroy a random enemy artifact.
unit	Warden_Apprentice	At the end of the turn, gains +2/+2. (Only once)
unit	Springing_Lynx	No Enemy Retaliation<br>Deploy: Gain the initiative.
unit	Wind_Dancer	Immune to Retaliation<br>Strike: Gain Holy Shield.
unit	Pristine_Unicorn	Whenever you cast a Spell on a friendly creature, cast it onto this creature too.
unit	Mother_Treant	At the end of the round, restores 8 Health to your Hero.
unit	Beastmaster	Deploy: Summon a random Beast from your deck that cost 3 or less. Gives it Immune to Retaliation, Protector or +3 ATK until end of round.
unit	Pixie	Fly<br>No Enemy Retaliation
unit	Moon_Doe	Immune to Retaliation<br>Luck: At the end of the round, Shelve 1.
unit	Druid_Elder	At the start of the combat phase, if this creature is at full health, add a random 1-cost spell to your hand.
unit	Oak_Dryad	Whenever you cast an Elemental and this is in your graveyard, comes back into play.
unit	Master_Hunter	Ranged<br>Double Attack
unit	Sprite	Fly<br>No Enemy Retaliation<br>Cleave
unit	Sun_Deer	Immune to Retaliation<br>Luck: At the end of the round, Shelve 1.
unit	Arcane_Hunter	Ranged<br>Deploy: Return target enemy creature to their owner's hand.
unit	Crystal_Dragon	Fly, Holy Shield<br>Luck: Deal 3 damage to all enemies.
unit	Sleeping_Bear
unit	Kraken	Protector, Immune to Spells<br>After this creature is damaged, destroys a random enemy creature, artifact or building.
unit	Silver_Unicorn	Luck: Stuns target.
unit	Bramble_Druid	Ranged<br>Whenever an enemy character attacks, deal 1 damage to it.
unit	Sea_Elf_Pirate	Immune to Retaliation, Double Attack
unit	Druid	Ranged
unit	Elven_Noble
unit	Wyngaal	Ranged<br>All characters you control have 'Luck: Deal double damage.'.
unit	Trap_Master	Flanking: Attacks the other flank too.
unit	White_Tiger	Double Attack
unit	Dryad	Deploy: Restores 5 Health to target friendly Elemental.
unit	Ylthin	Deploy: Enemy creatures can't attack this round.
unit	Treant	Target enemy creature can't attack this turn.
unit	Hunter	Ranged
unit	Green_Dragon	Restores 4 Health to itself at the end of the round.
unit	Unicorn	Immune to Retaliation, Immune to Spells<br>Adjacent characters have Immune to Spells.
unit	Talanar	At the end of the round, summon 2 1/1 with Immune to Retaliation.<br>If your board is full, gives +3/+3 to all other creatures instead.
unit	Twigleaf	Protector, Spell Resist<br>Cost -1 Gold per card you played this game.
unit	Sea_Monster	Immune to Spells<br>On Kill: Gain +X/+X, with X being the creature's base Health.
unit	Sylvan_Ballista	Ranged<br>Strike: If the target has Protector, deal 3 extra damages.
unit	Mulchmancer	Death: Gives +X/+X to a random friendly creature, with X being this creature's Attack.
unit	Mermaid	Deploy: Banish target opponent creature that cost 3 or less. Summon a copy of it.

Type	CardName	Description
spell	Visions	Discard your hand, draw as many cards.
spell	Call_of_the_Pack	Summon 2 Dire Wolf, give them Immune to Retaliation until end of round.
spell	Wasp_Swarm	Deal 1 damage to target enemy creature and 2 random creatures. They can't attack until end of round and are dispelled.
spell	Relocation	Return target friendly creature into your hand. Shelve 1 card.
spell	Entangle	Deal 4 damage to target creature. It can't attack until end of round.
spell	Magic_Arrow	Deal 1 damage to target entity.
spell	Word_of_Light	Deal 2 damage to target creature. Deal 2 damage again if the target is a Demon or an Undead.
spell	Sanctuary	Give Holy Shield, Immune to Spells and Immune to Retaliation to target friendly creature.
spell	Heal	Restore 6 Health to target friendly character.
spell	Twilight	Reduce the cost of your Light and Dark spells by 1.
spell	Petrification	Give Holy Shield to target creature and stun it.
spell	Lucky_Strike	Target creature gains 'Luck: Deal 3 extra damages.' until end of round.<br>Draw 1 card.

Type	CardName	Description
building	Dream_Forest	Activate: All creatures are dispelled.
building	Horse_Stable	At the start of the round, gain the Initiative.
building	Embassy	Activate: Shelve 1 copy of a random creature card from your opponent's board.
building	Mystic_Pond	Deploy: Give +1/+1 to a random friendly creature.<br>Activate: Give +1/+1 to a random friendly creature.<br>At the end of the round, give +1/+1 to a random friendly creature.

Type	CardName	Description
artifact	Ring_of_Swiftness	Gain the Initiative. Creatures you control have Immune to Retaliation.
artifact	Unicorn_Horn_Bow	Your Hero has Ranged, Double Attack and +1 Attack.
artifact	Ranger's_Cape	At the start of the fight, give Immune to Spells to your Hero and a random friendly creature until the end of round.
artifact	Sextant_of_the_Sea_Elves	At the end of the round, Shelve 2. You may only play 2 cards per round while this is in play.
artifact	Brythigga_Amber	Reduce the cost of Earth spells by 1.<br>Shelve 1 Earth spell.
artifact	Arcane_Bracelet	At the end of the round, add 3 'Implosion' to your deck.
artifact	Amulet_of_Health	At the start of the fight, give +1 Health to a random friendly creature.
artifact	Bracelet_of_the_Druid	Reduce the cost of your Beast and Elemental by 2. Increases the cost of other creatures by 1.

Good luck to everyone and have an interesting discussion.