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|itemtype=Miscellaneous item
|name=deck of destruction
|cost=500
|weight=5
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{{flavour|A deck of magical cards, most of which hurl death and destruction at one's foes (or, if unlucky, at oneself).}}

The '''deck of destruction''' focuses on damaging and debilitating enemies. It is one of [[Nemelex Xobeh]]'s decks. Under Nemelex, you can hold up to 26 cards of this deck at once.

It contains the following cards:<ref>{{source ref|0.30.1|decks.cc|80}}</ref>
*[[Degeneration card|Degeneration]] (10.7%)
*[[Orb card|the Orb]] (17.86%)
*[[Pain card|Pain]] (17.86%)
*[[Storm card|the Storm]] (17.86%)
*[[Wild Magic card|Wild Magic]] (17.86%)
*[[Vitriol card|Vitriol]] (17.86%)
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==Strategy==
The deck of destruction's cards can be simplified into three main categories:
*2 (oft-)targetable, elemental attacks - may be piercing, losing 1 range per monster hit.
*3 [[LOS]] attacks - which blow enemies away, mutate them, or deal raw damage.
*1 [[Orb of Destruction]] - See the page for more details.

Therefore, the deck tends to be most useful when there's a line of monsters, or when there's a ton of monsters at once. Of its cards, only [[Degeneration card|Degeneration]] is likely to be harmful; it polymorphs (which heals monsters), but tends to make easier monsters while inflicting the [[malmutate]] status. Thus, destruction gets few benefits from Triple Draw, though Nemelex's other two abilities work anywhere from decent to well (depending on what you actually get).

==See also==
*[[Cards]]
*[[Decks]]

==History==
*Prior to [[0.23]], decks were physical items.
*Prior to the deck simplification in [[0.19]], the deck of destruction was an archetype deck, with physical decks of destruction only pulling from the archetype. It was one of 4 decks to be kept in this version.

The possible cards across versions in this deck are shown in the table below.

{| class="prettytable"
!pre-[[0.14]]
![[0.14]]
![[0.15]]
![[0.16]] - [[0.18]]
![[0.19]] onwards
|----
!style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-weight:normal"|
[[Flame card|Flame]]
 [[Frost card|Frost]]
 [[Hammer card|the Hammer]]
 [[Orb card|the Orb]]
 [[Pain card|Pain]]
 [[Spark card|the Spark]]
 [[Venom card|Venom]]
 [[Vitriol card|Vitriol]]
!style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-weight:normal"|
[[Flame card|Flame]]
 [[Frost card|Frost]]
 [[Hammer card|the Hammer]]
 [[Orb card|the Orb]]
 [[Pain card|Pain]]
 [[Spark card|the Spark]]
 [[Venom card|Venom]]
 [[Vitriol card|Vitriol]]
!style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-weight:normal"|
[[Cloud card|the Cloud]]
 [[Degeneration card|Degeneration]]
 [[Fortitude card|Fortitude]]
 [[Hammer card|the Hammer]]
 [[Orb card|the Orb]]
 [[Pain card|Pain]]
 [[Storm card|the Storm]]
 [[Venom card|Venom]]
 [[Vitriol card|Vitriol]]
!style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-weight:normal"|
[[Degeneration card|Degeneration]]
 [[Hammer card|the Hammer]]
 [[Orb card|the Orb]]
 [[Pain card|Pain]]
 [[Storm card|the Storm]]
 [[Venom card|Venom]]
 [[Vitriol card|Vitriol]]
!style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-weight:normal"|
[[Degeneration card|Degeneration]]
 [[Orb card|the Orb]]
 [[Pain card|Pain]]
 [[Storm card|the Storm]]
 [[Wild Magic card|Wild Magic]]
 [[Vitriol card|Vitriol]]
|----
|}

==References==
<references />

{{Cards}}

[[Category:Deck]]

Deck of destruction - Revision history

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