Offering

Offering
Class	Ironclad
Type	Skill
Rarity	Rare
Cost	0
Effect	Lose 6 HP. Gain .Draw 3 cards.Exhaust.
Offering+
Cost+	0
Effect+	Lose 6 HP. Gain .Draw 5 cards.Exhaust.

Offering is a Skill card for the Ironclad. It grants 2 Energy and 3 card draws, in return for 6 HP. As a Rare card, it can be obtained after defeating a Boss.

Upgrading Offering increases the number of cards drawn from 3 to 5.

Strategy

• Offering causes HP loss, not damage, and is not reduced by Block. The life loss downside is mitigated by the Ironclad's Burning Blood.

• The life-loss effect will trigger Runic Cube, adding an additional draw.

• Offering is exceptionally strong in decks loaded with one- and zero-cost Attacks. In particular, Anger loads your deck with free Attacks, and Bite recovers the HP loss. Adding a Panache stacks up lots of bonus area-of-effect damage.

• Combining Offering with Unceasing Top massively increases both cards' strength. The Top provides extra cards to spend surplus Energy from Offering, prolonging the chain of free draws. With a few Angers shuffled into the deck, a few Seeing Red, and a few points of Strength, turns with hundreds of damage can be executed pretty reliably.

• Offering also provides the Energy needed to execute expensive combos like Impervious + 2 Entrenches + Body Slam.

• While the life loss is a relevant cost, the player should consider that enemies attack most turns. Unless the deck is extremely defensive, ending the combat a turn or two earlier could easily prevent five or more damage.

• Many enemies, particularly bosses, use weak attacks and Debuffs for a few turns before executing an overwhelmingly strong finishing move. Offering enables the player to beat the clock and slay the foe before it can perform the coup de grace.