• Type: Attack
• Cost: 2
• Effect: Deal 18 damage. Add a 0-Energy copy of this card to your discard pile.

Upgraded

• Cost: 2
• Effect: Deal 24 damage. Add a 0-Energy copy of this card to your discard pile.

A-tier

A self-replicating attack that hits hard for 18 damage at cost 2 and puts a 0-Energy copy into the discard pile every time you play it. Each play seeds future plays, so pairing it with All for One lets you cash in a flood of 0-cost attacks later.

The 0-cost copies piling up in the discard have excellent synergy with All for One and Scrape. Eighteen single-target damage is respectable in a Claw deck or specific matchups, but the real edge is the compounding growth of the 0-cost pool. The more the deck cycles, the more 0-cost copies you build.

• With All for One in the deck, intentionally stack 0-cost copies in the discard and sweep them into hand
• Scrape gives extra ways to pull the 0-cost copies back to hand
• Cost 2 is heavy early, but the long-term value from 0-cost copies pays back
• Each play grows the 0-cost pile, setting up a massive All for One turn later

• All for One: Returns every 0-cost card in the discard to hand and strikes at once. Reclaims every Adaptive Strike copy
• Scrape: Draws multiple cards from the discard. 0-cost copies qualify, giving you free draws plus attacks
• Echo Form: The first card each turn is played twice. Adaptive Strike becomes 36 damage and two copies added

• Obtained from Defect card rewards during a run
• Available for purchase in shops
• May appear as a rare event reward