Powers

power

Creative AI

3

B

At the start of each turn, add a random Power card to your hand.

power

Storm

1

E

Whenever you play a Power, Channel 1 Lightning.

skill

Force Field

4

D

Costs 1 less for each Power card played this combat.
Gain 12 Block.

skill

Amplify

1

D-

This turn, your next Power is played twice.

power

Heatsinks

1

E+

Whenever you play a Power card, draw 1 card.

skill

White Noise

1

D+

Add a random Power to your hand.
It costs 0 this turn.
Exhaust.

Mummified Hand

uncommon

Whenever you play a Power, a random card in your hand costs 0 for the turn.

B-

B-

A-

B-

Bird-Faced Urn

rare

Whenever you play a Power, heal 2 HP.

B-

B+

A-

B+

The Defect has a whole suite of cards that synergise around creating and playing powers. Creative AI is the linchpin than allows you to trigger these synergies over and over again. It's expensive and slow so may be unreliable in hallway fights but it renders most boss fights a walk in the park even on its own.

The synergies provided by the other cards in this archetype tend to work faster, quickly pulling you through your deck, scaling you up and outputting damage at the same time. Storm and Heatsinks are great at speeding up fights but need Creative AI to keep the juice flowing in longer combats.

Amplify can be unreliable but has huge upsides when it works. Creative AI tends to not need to be doubled, since Creative AI can actually generate itself eventually, and it's also difficult to have the energy to play 7 cards per turn; most other powers work well as targets, and you should double whatever best suits the situation.

Mummified Hand accelerates this deck massively, and with Bird-Faced Urn you can theoretically heal to full every fight if you're patient and brave enough.

skill

TURBO

0

B+

Gain .
Add a Void into your discard pile.

skill

Aggregate

1

D+

Gain for every 4 cards in your draw pile.

skill

Equilibrium

2

B-

Gain 13 Block.
Retain your hand this turn.

skill

Skim

1

C+

Draw 3 cards.

skill

Overclock

0

C+

Draw 2 cards.
Add a Burn into your discard pile.

skill

Hologram

1

B+

Gain 3 Block.
Return a card from your discard pile to your hand.
Exhaust.

skill

Seek

0

S

Put 1 card from your draw pile into your hand.
Exhaust.

skill

Coolheaded

1

A-

Channel 1 Frost.
Draw 1 card.

skill

Glacier

2

B+

Gain 7 Block.
Channel 2 Frost.

skill

Recycle

1

C

Exhaust a card.
Gain equal to its cost.

power

Echo Form

3

A+

The first card you play each turn is played twice.
Ethereal.

skill

Charge Battery

1

B-

Gain 7 Block.
Next turn gain 1 .

Since your powers can do a lot of work offensively (mostly through lightning orb effects), the supporting cards for this deck are simply draw, block and energy gain.

Heatsinks solves your draw, but since it isn't Innate you'll want some draw to reliably find it.

Equilibrium can help you get more value out of your turns, holding key powers until other powers have been played, and increasing the chance that Amplify hits the power you want. Seek and Hologram help with this too.

Recycle is good for getting rid of useless generated cards, and you'll tend to have very big hands with this deck. TURBO is great with Heatsinks, and Aggregate can benefit from Creative AI and Hello World's constant card creation.

Don't be afraid to weave in some Frost for some powerful defence, especially once your powers have kicked in. The power deck only generates lightning orbs, but Frost will save your bacon against heavy damage.

Echo Form is always a powerful card, and lets you play your powers twice for double the effect and double the synergies. It's not a necessary addition, and can slow your deck down even further, but is a great pull from Creative AI.