Expunger

skill

Conjure Blade

X

D+

Shuffle an Expunger into your draw pile.
Exhaust.
(Expunger costs 1, deals 9 damage X times.)

skill

Wreath of Flame

1

C-

Your next Attack deals 5 additional damage.

Chemical X

shop

The effects of your cost X cards are increased by 2.

B+

B+

B+

C

Smiling Mask

uncommon

The merchant's card removal service now always costs 50 Gold.

C-

C+

C-

C-

Peace Pipe

rare

You can now remove cards from your deck at Rest Sites.

C

C+

C+

C+

Conjure Blade is a slow but powerful win condition. Play it with as much energy as you can afford then repeatedly use it to deal huge damage for 1 energy. Chemical X helps make it even stronger and in some cases playable with 0 energy.

Wreath of Flame is a no-brainer on Expunger.

Keep your deck small with Smiling Mask or Peace Pipe to draw it often.

power

Master Reality

1

B-

Whenever a card is created during combat, Upgrade it.

skill

Evaluate

1

B-

Gain 6 Block.
Shuffle an Insight into your draw pile.

skill

Deus Ex Machina

B-

Unplayable.
When you draw this card, add 2 Miracles to your hand and Exhaust.

skill

Deceive Reality

1

B

Gain 4 Block.
Add a Safety to your hand.

skill

Wish

3

B-

Choose one: Gain 6 Plated Armor, 3 Strength, or 25 Gold.
Exhaust.

power

Fasting

2

B

Gain 3 Strength.
Gain 3 Dexterity.
Gain 1 less at the start of each turn.

skill

Crescendo

1

B-

Retain.
Enter Wrath.
Exhaust.

skill

Blasphemy

1

S

Enter Divinity.
Die next turn.
Exhaust

attack

Talk to the Hand

1

A-

Deal 5 damage.
Whenever you attack this enemy, gain 2 Block.
Exhaust.

Pen Nib

common

Every 10th Attack you play deals double damage.

A

A-

B

A

The upgrade potential from Master Reality is huge on Conjure Blade, taking Expunger from 9 damage to 15. It's not a necessary part of the combo but is a cheap way to increase your damage potential, if drawn before Conjure Blade. It has nice complimenting cards too - Deus Ex Machina for more energy and bigger Expungers, Evaluate to help you draw it repeatedly (or even draw the blade on the turn you create it, which is sometimes needed), and Deceive Reality to beef up your defences.

Wish and Fasting can be alternate sources of strength if you can find them and afford them.

Wrath obviously has its uses - Crescendo can be useful so you can access it when you need it. For the same reason, Blasphemy+ is very strong at ending single-target combats.

Talk to the Hand can provide big block on Expunge turns, but is less reliable than other sources of block. It is most useful against the Heart who cannot be one-shot and has huge heavy hitting attacks.