The gameplay of Artifact: The Dota Card Game takes place on a variety of cards.
There are a variety of card types,
Colours
- Black
- Black cards are assassins. They focus on slaying enemy heroes and capitalizing on the gold gain to snowball their early lead.
- Red
- Red cards are comprised of aggressive, well stated units that aim to crush the opponent in the early game. However, their spells cards are weaker then other colors as a drawback.
- Green
- Green is the support set of cards, summoning creatures and buffing them to overwhelm the opponent.
- Blue
- Blue is the control color. With weak heroes that become stronger later, they make up for it with big and flashy spells that wipe boards clean.
Rarity
There are four different rarities of cards in Artifact - three of which are collectible,
- Basic
- Basic Cards form all noncollectable cards in Artifact, and are required to play the game. They are granted on purchase.
- Common
- Uncommon
- Rare
- You are guaranteed at least one Rare per Booster Pack.
Known Card List
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Speculative Card List
The list of cards below is based on video footage, screenshots, and official press material.
According to Geoff Keighley[1], the initial release of Artifact will contain 280 cards and 44 heroes. If the heroes are counted as part of the 280 cards is unclear.
Name | Card Type | Color | Attack | Armor | Health | Text | Ability | Gold Cost | Mana Cost |
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Axe | Hero | Red | 7 | 2 | 11 | ||||
Bristleback | Hero | Red | 8 | 12 | Reactive ability: Barroom Brawler
Modify Bristleback with +2 armour after a hero blocking it dies. |
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Crystal Maiden | Hero | Blue | 2 | 5 | Arcane Aura:
Return 2 mana for every spell cast. |
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Legion Commander | Hero | Red | 6 | 1 | 8 | Continuous effect: Moment of Courage
Retaliate 2. |
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Ogre Magi | Hero | Blue | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Luna | Hero | Blue | 3 | 8 | Reactive ability: Lucent Beam
Before the action phase, deal 1 piercing damage to a random enemy and add a charge to each Eclipse card in your hand or deck. |
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Lycan | Hero | Green | 4 | 10 | Continuous effect: Feral Impulse
Lycan’s allied neighbours have +2 attack. |
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Phantom Assassin | Hero | Black | 6 | 8 | Continuous effect: Efficient Killer
Phantom Assassin deals +4 damage when attacking a hero. |
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Rix | Hero | Green | 3 | 7 | Continuous effect: Relentless Rebel
Rapid deployment. |
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Sorla Khan | Hero | Black | 8 | 6 | Continuous effect: Warmonger
Sorla Khan deals +4 damage when attacking a tower. |
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Sven | Hero | Red | 5 | 11 | ? | ||||
Zeus | Hero | Blue | 3 | 7 | Reactive ability: Static Field
Deal 1 piercing damage to Zeus’s enemy neighbors after you play a blue spell. |
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Drow Ranger | Hero | Green | ? | ? | ? | Continuous effect: (name unknown)
Give every friendly unit across all boards +1 attack. |
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Venomancer | Hero | Blue | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Earthshaker | Hero | Blue | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Abbadon | Hero | Green | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Unknown Hero (Undying?) | Hero | Blue | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Unknown Hero | Hero | Black | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Pugna | Hero | Red | 6 | 9 | Active ability : Nether Blast
Condemn a random enemy improvement. |
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Beastmaster | Hero | Red | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Centaur Warrunner | Hero | Red | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Tidehunter | Hero | Red | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Timbersaw | Hero | Red | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Ursa | Hero | Red | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Earthshaker | Hero | Blue | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Meepo | Hero | Blue | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Kanna | Hero | Blue | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Skywrath Mage | Hero | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Storm Spirit | Hero | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Tinker | Hero | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Chen | Hero | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Dark Seer | Hero | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Lich | Hero | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Omniknight | Hero | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Outworld Devourer | Hero | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Treant Protector | Hero | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Winter Wyvern | Hero | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Bloodseeker | Hero | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Bounty Hunter | Hero | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Enchantress | Hero | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Lion | Hero | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Magnus | Hero | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Viper | Hero | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Mazzie | Hero | Red | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Melee Dire Creep | Creep | 2 | 4 | ||||||
Melee Radiant Creep | Creep | 2 | 4 | ||||||
Untested Grunt | Creep | 4 | 2 | ||||||
Savage Wolf | Reactive ability | Blue | Modify Savage Wolf with +1 attack and +1 health after the combat phase. | ||||||
Apotheosis Blade | Item | Equipped hero has +8 Attack and +4 Siege. Condemn units equipped hero deals battle damage to. | Condemn each item equipped by the unit blocking equipped hero. Condemn enemy improvements.
Cooldown: 1 |
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Assassin's Veil | Item | ||||||||
Vesture of the Tyrant | Item | ||||||||
Blade of the Vigil | Item | Equipped hero has +2 Attack and +2 Cleave. | ? | ||||||
Blink Dagger | Item | Equipped hero has +2 Attack. | Move equipped hero to another lane.
Cooldown: 2 |
7 | |||||
Fountain Flask | Item | Fully heal a unit. | 4 | ||||||
Golden Ticket | Item | Get a random item from the Secret Shop. | 7 | ||||||
Healing Salve | Item | Heal a unit 6. | 3 | ||||||
Hero's Cape | Item | Equipped hero has +16 Health. | 15 | ||||||
Horn of the Alpha | Item | Equipped hero has +4 Health. | Summon a 14/0/14 Thunderhide Pack.
Cooldown: ? |
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Keenfolk Musket | Item | Equipped hero has +2 Attack. | Musket Shot - ?
Cooldown: 2 |
7 | |||||
Keenfolk Plate | Item | Equipped hero has +1 Armor. Equipped hero has +1 Armor for each of its attackers. | 8 | ||||||
Leather Armor | Item | Equipped hero has +1 Armor. | 3 | ||||||
Phase Boots | Item | Equipped hero has +4 Health. | Phase: Swap equipped hero with another ally.
Cooldown: 2 |
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Potion of Knowledge | Item | Draw a card. | 5 | ||||||
Red Mist Maul | Item | Equipped hero has +2 Attack and +5 Siege. | 10 | ||||||
Ristul Emblem | Item | Equipped Hero has +4 Health and -2 Armor. The unit blocking equipped hero has -2 Armor. | ? | ||||||
Rumusque Vestment | Item | ? | ? | ||||||
Shield of Basilius | Item | Equipped hero has +2 Armor. Equipped hero's allied neighbors have +1 Armor. | 8 | ||||||
Shiva's Guard | Item | Equipped hero has +2 armor | Modify a unit and its allied neighbours with -2 attack. Cooldown: 2 | 16 | |||||
Shop Deed | Item | Each item in your Secret Shop costs X less gold, where X is equal to its base cost. | 22 | ||||||
Short Sword | Item | Equipped hero has +2 Attack. | 3 | ||||||
Stonehall Cloak | Item | Equipped hero has +4 Health. Modify Stonehall Cloak with "Equipped hero has +2 Health" after the combat phase. | 5 | ||||||
Stonehall Pike | Item | Equipped hero has +2 Attack. Modify Stonehall Pike with "Equipped hero has +1 Attack" after the combat phase. | 6 | ||||||
Town Portal Scroll | Item | Return an allied hero to the Fountain. | 3 | ||||||
Traveler's Cloak | Item | Equipped hero has +4 Health. | 3 | ||||||
Vesure of the Tyrant | Item | Equipped hero has +3 Armor and Rapid Deployment. Your tower has +3 Armor.
Rapid Deployment: If killed, return this hero to play at the start of the next round. |
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Mist of Avernus | Spell | Green | 3 | ||||||
Act of Defiance | Spell | Green | Modify allied creeps with +2 Attack and +1 Armor. | 4 | |||||
Truth to Power | Spell | Green | Silence a unit this round. | 5 | |||||
Cunning Plan | Spell | Blue | Swap a unit with one of its allied neighbors. Draw a card. | 2 | |||||
Frostbite | Spell | Blue | Deal 2 damage to a unit and disarm it this round. | 3 | |||||
Dimensional Portal | Spell | Blue | Summon three Melee Creeps. | 4 | |||||
Firestorm | Spell | Blue | Deal 2 damage to each enemy before the action phase. | 5 | |||||
Take Aim | Spell | Red | Give a red hero +4 Attack this round. | 1 | |||||
Combat Training | Spell | Red | Modify a hero with +2 Attack. | 3 | |||||
Viscous Nasal Goo | Spell | Red | Modify a unit with -2 Armor. | 4 | |||||
Grazing Shot | Spell | Black | Deal 2 damage to a unit in any lane. | 1 | |||||
Trebuchets | Spell | Black | Reactive Ability: Deal 2 piercing damage to the enemy tower before the action phase. | 1 | |||||
Day at the Track | Spell | Black | Double your Gold. | 3 | |||||
Assault Ladders | Spell | Black | Continuous effect: Allies deal +2 damage when attacking a tower. | 3 | |||||
Enrage | |||||||||
Chain Frost | |||||||||
Crippling Blow | |||||||||
Dark Seer | |||||||||
Hound of War | |||||||||
Keenfolk Turret | |||||||||
Cheat Death | Spell | [Modifies the lane so that anytime a (friendly?) hero or creep dies, there is a 50% chance it will instead stay alive with 1 health] | |||||||
Annihilation | Spell | Blue | [Kills all (friendly and hostile) units on a single board, regardless of their stats] | 6 | |||||
Aphotic Shield | Spell | Green | 2 | ||||||
Suckerpunch | |||||||||
Clear the Deck | |||||||||
Divine Purpose | Spell | Green | 7 | ||||||
Duel | 2 | ||||||||
Berserker's Call | Spell | Red | Choose an allied red hero. It battles its enemy neighbours. | 6 | |||||
New Orders | Spell | Red | Choose an ally. Choose a combat target for it. | 1 |