Card Effect
Deal 7 damage. If you have 5 or more other cards in your Hand, hits an additional time.
Deal 9 damage. If you have 5 or more other cards in your Hand, hits an additional time.
Deal 7 damage. If you have 5 or more other cards in your Hand, hits an additional time.
Deal 9 damage. If you have 5 or more other cards in your Hand, hits an additional time.
Follow-Up
Basic Info
- Type: Attack
- Cost: 1
- Effect: Deal 7 damage. If you have 5 or more cards in your hand, attack an additional time.
Upgraded
- Cost: 1
- Effect: Deal 9 damage. If you have 5 or more cards in your hand, attack an additional time.
Rating
Cost 1 for 7 damage — or 14 damage (18 upgraded) when you hold 5+ cards. Silent has strong draw (Acrobatics, Expertise, Prepared...), so the 5-card threshold is reachable most turns in a draw-focused build.
The base 7 damage is below average, but the conditional 14 damage for a 1-cost card is exceptional. Upgraded pushes to 9/18, making the cost efficiency outstanding when the condition triggers.
How to Use
- Establish a draw engine first so 5+ cards in hand becomes the norm
- Play draw cards (Expertise, Prepared) earlier in the turn, then Follow-Up
- Agility (Power that adds 1 card to hand each turn) makes the condition permanent
- Works well when drawn multiple times in one turn — stack damage quickly
- In early turns without 5 cards, it still deals 7 — never dead
Good Synergies
- Agility: Power giving +1 hand size each turn — permanently enables the condition
- Expertise: Draw 2 cards at cost 1 — instantly provides cards to meet the threshold
- Acrobatics: Draw 3, discard 1 — cheap hand refill before playing Follow-Up
- Blade Dance: Fills hand with Shivs, meeting the 5-card condition naturally
- Prepared: 0-cost draw that easily boosts hand size
Pick Priority
- Act 1: Medium. Without draw cards the condition often fails, but worth building toward
- Act 2+: High. With a draw engine, 14 damage (18 upgraded) every turn is deadly
- Boss reward: Medium. In a draw-heavy Silent build this is top priority
Recommended Builds
Silent big-hand / draw builds make Follow-Up a reliable 14/18 damage double-hit each turn.
- Big Hand + Shiv Build: Shiv generation always enables 5+ cards → Follow-Up fires at full power every turn.
- Draw-Dense Silent Build: Expertise/Acrobatics/Agility maintain 5+ hand → 28 damage (upgraded) per cast.
- Universal Silent Pickup: Follow-Up's ceiling of 18×2=36 damage at cost 1 is exceptional value.