2nd Edition
This is the second published ruleset of Keeper of the Cards.
Changes compared to 1st Edition are:
- Introduced mechanisms for revising and redacting (banning) card texts.
- Introduced a "caveat" system for reducing the resource costs of creatures.
- Resources are now placed into the Resource Zone unexhausted instead of exhausted.
- Each player now starts with 60 hitpoints instead of 100.
- Deck size is now 40-60 cards instead of strictly 50.
- Removed the cap on the amount of relief activation costs were allowed to provide.
- Introduced a padlock silhouette icon for cards that have play restrictions.
- Added several new ability components.
- Revised the activation costs based on exhausting your cards to only permit exhausting creatures.
- Redacted the creature damage effect.
- Redacted the player damage effect.
- Several clarifications and corrections for the rulebook and the card building guide.
- Added 8 new example cards, collected into set 5.
- Added an official card backing.
- Added "tip cards" for helping out new players.
- Changed the following example cards: "American Robin", "Bloodborne Transmission", "City Rampage", "Consolation", "Dark Necromancer", "Intimidation", "Lynx", "Magma Spawn", "Mammon the Dark Angel", "Mating Ritual", "Reckless Assault", "Sneak Attack", "Thunderstrike", "Tornado", "Vow of Vengeance".