• Type: Status
• Cost: Unplayable
• Keywords: None
• Effect: Each turn, draw 1 fewer card.

Danger: A Rank

A crippling Status that reduces your turn draw by 1 just by existing in your deck. What was 5 cards becomes 4, and this sticks for the entire fight. A perpetually smaller hand means fewer play options and wasted energy. Stack multiple copies and you're drawing 3 or even 2, making the fight essentially unwinnable. It's unplayable and not Ethereal, so it also clogs your hand while cutting draw - a double layer of harassment. Together with Void (-1 energy), it sits in the top tier of Statuses.

• Added to your deck by mind- or psychic-themed enemies - monsters that manipulate the brain or psyche
• Often bundled into debuff-heavy attack patterns, arriving alongside other Statuses
• Status cards exist only during combat and are removed automatically after combat ends

• Medical Kit: the best answer. Play the Status to Exhaust it and restore draw. Top removal priority
• Extra draw: draw cards help, but since Mind Rot itself stays in hand, they don't fully solve the issue
• Quick finish: longer fights magnify the cumulative draw loss. Focus on lethal
• Power cards: once played, Powers persist, making them relatively resilient to a smaller hand

• Medical Kit: play Mind Rot to Exhaust it. Restores draw to normal
• Evolve (Ironclad): extra draw on Status draw. Compensates for Mind Rot's reduction
• Fire Breathing (Ironclad): damage on Status draw
• Feel No Pain (Ironclad): Block when Medical Kit Exhausts Mind Rot