Dedushka the Hearthkeeper
Vigil: the first Spirit you Reborn each turn costs 1 less Ember.
Invocation (3): return all Spirits from your Nav to your hand.
He has kept this fire since before your grandmother's grandmother.
How to read a card
| Omen | Fires once, when the card is revealed. |
| Vigil | An ongoing effect, on while the card is in play. |
| Reborn | The Spirit's second life: pay its Reborn cost to summon it back from Nav and fire this band. |
| Clash X | On reveal, send one enemy Spirit here with Power X or less to Nav. |
| Ward | Cannot be targeted or sent to Nav by the enemy. |
| Step | After reveal, may move to a neighboring Site. |
| Rooted | Cannot move, by you or the enemy. |
| Invocation | A Warden-only ability: pay the listed Embers to fire it, once per game. |
The Four Wardens (4)
Your Warden sits face-up all game and defines your school of play. Each carries a Vigil that is always on and an Invocation you can pay Embers for at the right moment.
Matushka Zima (Mother Winter)
Vigil: at Dusk, if you control the center Site, gain +1 Slava.
Invocation (4): your Spirits cannot be defeated this turn.
She decides which seeds live to see the spring.
The Deep King (Vodyanoy Elder)
Vigil: your Clash effects get +1 (Clash X becomes Clash X+1).
Invocation (3): send every enemy Spirit with Power 3 or less at one Site to their Nav.
Everything that drowns, drowns into his kingdom.
Yaga of the Bone-House
Vigil: whenever an enemy Spirit is defeated at a Site you hold a Spirit at, gain 1 Ember next turn.
Invocation (4): Step any of your Spirits to any Sites, then Clash 3 at each.
Her house walks. Her fence remembers every name.
The Six Sites (6)
Every duel is fought over three Sites drawn from these six. Each bends the rules of the ground it stands on: learn them and you know the map before the first card falls.
The Old Oak
The player controlling this Site gains +1 extra Slava at Dusk.
Older than the village. Older than the gods, some say.
The Sunken Church
Spirits defeated here cost 1 less to Reborn.
The bell still tolls, muffled, from under the water.
Crossroads at Midnight
The first card each player commits here is revealed last (a bluffing Site).
Bury nothing here you want to stay buried.
The Bathhouse
Spirits have Ward on the turn they arrive here.
Knock three times. Never look behind you.
The Frozen Mire
Spirits here cannot Step away; all Clash here gets +1.
The bog freezes not to keep you out, but to keep them in.
Chernobog's Barrow
At Dusk, the player with fewer Spirits here gains 1 Slava (catch-up).
The dead are patient. They can afford to be.
The Hearth Court (20)
The spirits of home, field and fire. Hearth plays the long game: protection, Slava at Dusk, and Spirits that come back from Nav stronger than they fell.
Domovoi Hearth-Ward
Vigil: your other Spirits here have +1 Power. Reborn: +1 Power, permanently.
He minds the fire so you may sleep.
Kikimora Spindle
Omen: draw a card. Reborn: draw a card.
The spindle turns whether you watch or not.
Ovinnik Kilnkeeper
Reborn: gain 1 Slava.
Fire loves the barn best in winter.
Polevik Field-Warden
Omen: another friendly Spirit here gets +2 Power.
Noon belongs to him. Mind the sun.
Bannik Steamveil
Ward. Reborn: give a friendly Spirit here Ward.
Knock thrice, or do not enter.
Zorya the Morning
Omen: give a friendly Spirit Ward until your next turn.
She unlocks the day and looses the sun-hounds.
Zorya the Evening
Vigil: enemy Clash at this Site gets -1.
She locks the dark back in its kennel.
Chur Boundary-Stone
Rooted. Vigil: you win Power ties at this Site.
This far, and not one furrow more.
Bereginya Riverguard
No ability. Sheer presence: the river holds because she holds it.
She guards the bank against the drowned.
Rozhanitsa Fate-Spinner
Omen: look at the top 3 of your deck, take 1, bottom the rest. Reborn: gain 2 Slava.
Your thread is measured at your first cry.
Volkhv Elder
Omen: return a friendly Spirit from Nav to your hand.
The old priest reads bones like letters.
Semik Grove-Elder
Omen: your Spirits at this Site cannot be defeated this turn.
The green man remembers every felled tree.
Svarog's Ember
Vigil: your Reborn cost 1 less. Reborn: returns with +3 Power.
The sky-smith strikes; a soul is forged anew.
Dola Fate-Bringer
Vigil: at Dusk, if you control this Site, gain +1 Slava.
Good Dola sleeps. Wake her gently.
Rod the Ancestor
Omen: gain 1 Slava for each friendly Spirit in your Nav (max 4).
All the fathers stand behind one name.
Bread & Salt
A friendly Spirit gains +3 Power (until end of turn).
No guest is turned from the table.
Hearthfire Rekindled
Reborn a Spirit from your Nav to a Site for free.
Bank the coals; the house survives the night.
Rushnyk Ward-Cloth
Give a friendly Spirit Ward and Rooted this turn.
Embroidered against the evil eye.
The Long Vigil
Gain 1 Slava for each Site you control this turn.
Keep watch. Dawn is a promise, not a gift.
Kolyada's Blessing
Your Spirits at one Site get +2 Power this turn; you take initiative next turn.
Sing at the door and the year turns kind.
The Wild Court (20)
The drowned, the cursed and the hungry dark. Wild trades safety for violence: Clash, removal, and Embers clawed back from the grave.
Nav-Shade
Reborn: gain 2 Embers this turn.
A smudge of someone who was.
Karzelek Mine-Sprite
Omen: gain 1 Ember next turn.
Tap the wall. If it taps back, run.
Rusalka Drowned-Maiden
Omen: Clash 3. Reborn: Clash 2.
Her laugh is the last thing swimmers hear.
Bolotnik Swamp-Lurker
Reborn: Clash 3.
The bog keeps what it takes.
Vila Wind-Dancer
Step. Omen: if you moved her, she gets +2 Power.
Do not join the dance uninvited.
Chort Trickster
Omen: the enemy gains 1 Slava; you draw 2 and gain 2 Embers.
Every bargain has fine print in soot.
Likho One-Eyed
Omen: an enemy Spirit here has Power 1 until end of turn.
Misfortune found. Now it will not leave.
Poludnitsa Noonwraith
Omen: on Turn 4+, Clash 5.
She asks riddles at noon. Answer, or wither.
Zmora Nightmare
Omen: send an enemy Spirit here with Power 3 or less to their Nav.
She sits on the chest of the sleeping.
Vedma Witch
Omen: return an enemy Spirit at this Site to their hand.
She sold the storm its thunder, once.
Vodyanoy Deepmaw
Omen: move an enemy Spirit here to an adjacent Site.
The river-lord collects the drowned as servants.
Vukodlak Moon-Cursed
Reborn: returns with +4 Power and Clash 3.
Bury him at a crossroads. It rarely helps.
Volh the Shapeshifter
Omen: copy the Omen of any Spirit in either Nav.
Wolf, then falcon, then a whisper of a man.
Morana Death-Bringer
Omen: send the highest-Power enemy Spirit here to their Nav.
Winter is not a season. She is a person.
Vodni Bull
Omen: Clash 4.
It rises from the lake to claim the herd.
Drowning Pull
Send an enemy Spirit here with Power 3 or less to their Nav.
Down, down, where the light forgets to go.
Ill Wind
An enemy Spirit has Power 0 until end of turn.
It carries fevers and worse intentions.
Witch's Bargain
Draw 2 cards; the enemy gains 1 Slava.
Cheap. That should worry you.
Forest Swallows the Path
You control a target Site this turn regardless of Power.
The trees close ranks behind you.
Night of Nav
Reborn up to 2 friendly Spirits from Nav to one Site.
On this night the door swings both ways.
The Neutral Ones (12)
Gods, firebirds and the deathless. The Neutral cards join either court and carry the loudest legends in the box.
Wandering Domovoi
Reborn: +1 Power, permanently.
Every house he leaves grows cold.
Sirin, Bird of Joy
Omen: gain 1 Slava and draw a card.
Her song is bliss. It is also a trap.
Alkonost, Bird of Sorrow
Omen: the enemy gains no Slava at this Site this turn.
She weeps the storm onto the water.
Veles the Cattle-God
Vigil: your Reborn Spirits enter with +2 Power.
God of beasts, of the dead, of the sworn oath.
Chernobog the Black
Omen: each player sends their highest-Power Spirit here to Nav; you gain 2 Slava.
The Black God takes his tithe from both.
Zhar-Ptitsa the Firebird
Omen: gain 2 Slava. Reborn: gain 2 Slava.
One feather lights a hall, and dooms a tsar.
Koschei the Deathless
Vigil: the first time this would be defeated each game, instead send it to Nav; it returns at your next Dawn for free.
His death is in a needle, in an egg, in a duck...
Zmey Gorynych
Omen: only if you control no Sites, Clash 4 at all three Sites. Reborn: Clash 3 here.
Three heads, three hungers, one long shadow.
The Turning Wheel
Swap a friendly Spirit at a Site with one from your Nav (trigger its Reborn).
Round it goes; where it stops, the year begins.
Rite of Kupala
Gain 2 Slava; if you control 2+ Sites, gain 3 instead.
Leap the fire. Fate leaps with you.
Dziady (Ancestors' Feast)
Return all friendly Spirits from Nav to your hand; gain 1 Ember per returned (max 3).
Set a place for the dead. They are hungry.
Perun's Bolt
Defeat an enemy Spirit with Power 6 or less at any Site.
The thunder-god does not miss twice.