Warped

Parasitic bargains. Living stone and light. Monsters that remember when they were human.

Warped emblem

Faction Identity

Warped win through resource corruption and inevitability: attach parasites for custom engines, stack Unstable Counters for brutal spikes, and lock lanes with living terrain.

Play this faction if…

  • You enjoy **toolboxing** with attachments, counters, and nasty little combos.
  • You like **attrition**: grind value, corrupt the board, and win long games.
  • You don’t mind paying life or risking instability for **explosive spikes**.

Overview

**Symbionts** turn Characters into engines. **Twisted Kin** hold ground as living bulwarks. **Apex** crush lanes with raw mass. **Protowarped** flex between roles and detonate turns with Unstable Counters.

Weaknesses: fast combo that ignores lanes; hard counter removal for attachments; mirror matches that manage counters better than you.

Main Mechanics

  • Symbiosis / Attach
    Parasites and symbiotes latch onto Characters to grant power… for a price.
  • Unstable Counters
    Stack volatile counters to supercharge turns; mismanage them and things explode.
  • Living Terrain
    Twisted Kin—trees, stone, and light—become guardians, walls, and engines.
  • Proto-Forms
    Half-warped ‘still human’ pieces flex between roles; adapt your plan mid-match.
  • Predation
    Apex monsters trade raw stats and pressure for inevitability in long lanes.

Clans of the Warped

Apex clan art

Apex

Top of the food chain—brutal bodies that dominate lanes.

Mawgnasher, Brutespine, Tentaclaw—names whispered like warnings. Apex units anchor wars of attrition with oversized stats and punishing trades.

Signature Mechanics
  • Lane dominance and attrition wins
  • Predatory strike lines that snowball
  • Pairs well with Symbiont buffs
Sample Cards
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Symbiont clan art

Symbiont

They attach, feed, and twist hosts into something ‘better’.

Vitaworms, Nerveleeches, Heartmaggots: attachments as a sub-economy. Tutors and recursion let you assemble bespoke, parasitic engines.

Signature Mechanics
  • Attachments that grant power with hidden costs
  • Tutors & recursion for Parasite/Symbiote packages
  • Counter play: grow now, pay later
Sample Cards
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Twisted Kin clan art

Twisted Kin

Nature, bent and waking—trees, stone, and light as warriors.

Ivyra, Argentia, Quercus, Lumini, Granith—living bulwarks and radiant blades. They hold lines, reshape lanes, and punish greedy routes.

Signature Mechanics
  • Defender walls & lane control
  • Value engines tied to locations
  • Stabilize then methodically crush
Sample Cards
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Protowarped clan art

Protowarped

Almost human—unstable brilliance, masks, and morphs.

Shapeshifters and failed fusions: masks, mimicry, and unstable tech. Proto pieces flex between roles and spike with Unstable Counters.

Signature Mechanics
  • Flexible roles; mid-game pivots
  • Unstable Counter bursts
  • Synergy with Symbiont attachments
Sample Cards
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Story Spotlight — “Gifts of the Falseborn”

Arog the Many uncoiled along the barricade, shedding masks like skins. Each face spoke a different tactic; each voice promised victory. Below, an Apex shape—Mawgnasher—hunted the lane with the patience of drought.

Pathospawn raised a hand. Parasites answered—Vitaworms and Nerveleeches skittered from shattered crates to greet their hosts. “A lifeline,” it murmured, “if you can afford the pulse.” The first host screamed, then smiled, suddenly stronger.

In the heat shimmer, Braega the Molten stood unmoving, a red sun with a heartbeat. The sand around her glassed over; a line of Twisted Kin rooted, stone and light hardening into a wall.

Dr Vexil flipped a switch. Unstable counters bloomed like sparks along the ridge. “Just a little more,” he said to no one, voice shaking with triumph or terror. The Falseborn wore someone else’s smile and stepped forward to collect what the counters were owed.

Embrace the change.

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