Good synergies with Card Generation, plus a decent card in its own right. It's nice to trim chaff or bad Curses/Statuses out of your deck in longer fights.
Think of this like a 1-cost attack that exhausts something in your hand. Minion Strike is colorless and can activate synergies related to colorless cards.
Deal 14 damage to ALL enemies.
Deal 5 damage. Forge 5. Forges an additional 5 for every other time you've hit the enemy this turn.
Choose a card in your Hand to Transform into Minion Strike.
Draw 1 card. Gain . Gain . Forge 5. Exhaust.
Whenever you spend or gain , deal 3 damage to ALL enemies.
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