0.8.1-EarlyAccess! Build Change Notes - January 6th, 2025

NEWS

BALANCE CHANGES

• Old -> 5 Mana 1/1 - Move a Character from your opponent's side here to your side.
• New -> 4 Mana 1/1 - Move a Character from your opponent's side here to your side and give it +1 Attack Power. Surprisingly to us, Rapunzel has been one of the lowest playrates in Grimm. We do think there needed to be an advantage based on her ability and adding 1 Attack Power as well as reducing her mana cost seems promising from internal playtesting. We're going to keep an eye on her for the future.

• Old -> 4 Mana 2/5 - At the end of each turn, give +1 Attack Power to your other Characters here.
• New -> 3 Mana 2/4 Marli Swabian is inherently a very good card just from the sheer amount of stats she gives. Reducing her mana cost gives her the ability to have one more end of turn proc and fits her into a solid 3-drop spot.

• Old -> 2 Mana 1/1 - Channel: Your other Characters here get +1 Health.
• New -> 2 Mana 1/1 Afflicted Priest is a card most players unlock in their first 20 CCL levels. We needed to make him feel worth it in the 2-drop slot and buffing his attack makes him seem more worth it. We're going to evaluate him in the future as well.

• Old -> 4 Mana 1/4 - On Play: If you played Hansel this game, both this and Hansel gain +3 Attack Power.
• New -> 4 Mana 1/2 - On Play: If you played Hansel this game, both this and Hansel gain +3 Attack Power. Hansel and Gretel have always been an overly strong duo. Removing some of Gretel's initial Attack Power should balance them a bit more, giving Gretel 8 total points of power down from 10.

• Old -> 3 Mana 1/4 - On Play: Add the bottom Card of your deck here.
• New -> 3 Mana 1/1 - On Play: Add the bottom Character of your deck here. There has been some super crazy combos with Widow Fisher and he's just overall a totally solid card. Bluebeard decks have really been hoping for the Invoke Destruction pull when Widow Fisher is played to discard your entire hand and throw it on the board. Changing his ability to just be a Character will slightly nerf most discard decks but will end up being beneficial when you hook a 6-drop.

• Old -> 2 Mana 1/2 - On Play: If this is played at the left Realm, discard your hand and draw 3 Cards.
• New -> 2 Mana 1/2 - On Play: If this is played at the left Realm, discard 2 Cards and draw 3 Cards. Little Match Girl has been the #1 most played card in Bluebeard and Bearskin discard decks. Reducing the amount of cards she can discard should make her feel better in the 2-drop slot. We did not want to increase her mana cost as that would have probably had her not seen any play. We hope that this change makes it more fair when you're against a discard deck.

• Good Son - Original Art
  
• Army Ant - Original Art
  
• Charred Mother - Original Art
  

• The tutorial has been extended! Now new players will play 2 matches with helper text and information.

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• Fixed an issue where Mind Meld swap was not appearing.
• Fixed an issue where upgrading cards would modify your CCL backwards.