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''Deck items have been removed. For info regarding 'decks' still in the game, see [[Cards]].
{{flavour|A deck of powerful magical cards painted in the ichor of demons. They may have any number of helpful or dangerous effects when drawn.}}

==Overview==
Decks are magical devices granted by [[Nemelex Xobeh]] which are used by e'''V'''oking them, similar to [[wand]]s. This draws a random [[Cards|card]] from the deck to produce a certain effect. Each deck comes with 4-13 cards. Their power is governed by [[Invocations]] skill and piety, not [[Evocations]].

===Power level===
Decks can be either plain, ornate or legendary. Ornate and legendary decks get bonuses to card power.

{| class="prettytable" style="border:none; margin:auto; padding:0; text-align: center"
! Plain || Ornate || Legendary
|-
| [[File:Deck.png]] || [[File:Deck 2.png]] || [[File:Deck 3.png]]
|}

===Composition of decks===
Decks of destruction, summoning and escape are composed of 6 different types of card which are randomly placed throughout the deck. The player will only draw from the deck of punishment if they try to deal four on a deck with less than four cards remaining, or when suffering from Nemelex's wrath.

{| class="prettytable"
!rowspan=1|Deck
!colspan=1|[[Deck of destruction|Destruction]]
!colspan=1|[[Deck of escape|Escape]]
!colspan=1|[[Deck of summoning|Summoning]]
!colspan=1|[[Deck of punishment|Punishment]]
|----
!Cards
!style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-weight:normal"|
[[Degeneration card|Degeneration]]
 [[Orb card|the Orb]]
 [[Pain card|Pain]]
 [[Storm card|the Storm]]
 [[Vitriol card|Vitriol]]
 [[Wild Magic card|Wild Magic]]
!style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-weight:normal"|
[[Cloud card|the Cloud]]
 [[Elixir card|the Elixir]]
 [[Exile card|Exile]]
 [[Shaft card|the Shaft]]
 [[Tomb card|the Tomb]]
 [[Velocity card|Velocity]]
!style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-weight:normal"|
[[Dance card|the Dance]]
 [[Elements card|the Elements]]
 [[Foxfire card|Foxfire]]
 [[Illusion card|the Illusion]]
 [[Pentagram card|the Pentagram]]
 [[Rangers card|the Rangers]]
!style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-weight:normal"|
[[Famine card|Famine]]
 [[Swine card|the Swine]]
 [[Torment card|Torment]]
 [[Wraith card|the Wraith]]
 [[Wrath card|Wrath]]
|}

==History==
*Prior to [[0.23]], decks existed as items instead of being available via [[Nemelex Xobeh]]'s [[ability|abilities]].
*In [[0.19]], decks were greatly simplified. Prior to this version:
** Decks could randomly be found on the floor, instead of being Nemelex only.
** A [[scroll of identify]] could be used to reveal both the deck type and the current top card.
** Many decks were removed.
*** '''Archetype Decks''' were a list of cards that weren't used by the player, but were used to compose physical decks. They included the deck of [[deck of battle|Battle]], [[deck of destruction|Destruction]], [[deck of emergency|Emergency]], [[deck of oddities|Oddities]], [[deck of punishment|Punishment]], [[deck of summoning|Summoning]], [[deck of transport|Transport]], and [[deck of wonders|Wonders]]. All concept of archetype decks were removed (the 4 post-0.19 decks all had archetypes, but they also had a corresponding physical deck too).
*** '''Physical Decks''' were the decks you actually got. They used either one archetype deck ("pure" decks), or a mix of archetypes. Removed physical decks include the deck of [[deck of changes|Changes]], [[deck of defence|Defence]], [[deck of oddities|Oddities]], [[deck of war|War]], and [[deck of wonders|Wonders]].
**There were also many more cards that existed. The full list of removed cards can be found on the [[Cards]] page.
*Prior to [[0.16]], players had to '''w'''ield the deck that they wished to draw from.

==See also==
*[[Cards]]
{{Cards}}
[[Category:Deck]]
[[Category:Items]]

Decks - Revision history

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