• Type: Status
• Cost: Unplayable
• Keywords: None
• Effect: At the end of your turn, if this is in your hand, lose 6 HP.

Danger: A Rank

A high-damage Status that deals 6 damage at end of turn if it's in your hand. Compared to Burn (2) or Infection (3), the per-card hit is severe - one trigger alone can swing the flow of a fight. Multiple copies quickly push you to 12 or 18 damage a turn, which is lethal territory. It's also unplayable, so it clogs your hand. Worst of all, Beckon's damage is HP loss - Block doesn't mitigate it. Whether you have a Medical Kit can quite literally be life or death.

• Added to your deck by summoning- or enticement-themed monsters - the "beckoning" enemy archetype
• Because the damage is so high, the pool of enemies applying it is relatively small
• Status cards exist only during combat and are removed automatically after combat ends

• Medical Kit: play the Status to Exhaust it. The best way to stop the 6-damage hit. Medical Kit is essentially mandatory when Beckon is on the table
• Quick finish: end combat before multiple Beckons land. Prioritize killing the source
• Manage draw: emptying your hand the turn you draw Beckon is hard, but minimizing what remains helps
• Block doesn't help: Beckon's damage is direct HP loss, bypassing Block

• Medical Kit: play Beckon to Exhaust it. Immediately neutralizes the 6 damage
• Evolve (Ironclad): extra draw on Status draw. Replaces the clogged hand slot
• Fire Breathing (Ironclad): damage on Status draw, clawing back at least some of Beckon's big hit
• Feel No Pain (Ironclad): Block when Medical Kit Exhausts Beckon