The Vale of Eternity: Artifacts

About this expansion

The Vale of Eternity: Artifacts is an expansion for 2–4 players that adds new creature effects and artifact drafting to the game, with play time listed at 60 minutes.

This expansion introduces 28 creature cards with new effects, giving the deck additional possibilities. It also adds artifacts that players draft during the hunting phase at the start of each round.

At the beginning of a round, reveal twice as many creatures as there are players, following the usual procedure. Then, starting with the first player, everyone drafts an artifact by placing their marker on one without their marker already on it. This means you cannot draft the same artifact you had during the previous round.

• Instant effects: Use these immediately after drafting.
• Permanent round effects: These remain active for the entire round.
• Once-per-turn actions: These provide an action you can use once on a turn.

After all players have drafted artifacts, creature cards are drafted in the usual way. The order of artifact drafting begins with the first player, adding another decision before the familiar creature-drafting step.

With artifacts in play, the victory threshold changes from 60 points to 80 points. However, the game still ends after ten rounds regardless of the score, giving The Vale of Eternity: Artifacts a defined limit while incorporating its expanded scoring target.