Ascension: Theme Pack – Samael Claus

About this expansion

Ascension: Theme Pack – Samael Claus is a twelve-card pack for 1–6 players, with a play time of about 30 minutes. Released in 2012, it builds on mechanisms found in Ascension: Storm of Souls and Ascension: Immortal Heroes.

The pack contains two Samael Claus cards and ten Samael’s Little Helper cards. Together, they introduce effects centered on honor, power, card choices, and interaction with other players.

• Samael Claus: Gain 5 honor, then reveal cards from the center deck equal to the number of players. Choose one revealed card for each player, allowing every player to acquire or defeat their chosen card without paying its cost.
• Samael’s Little Helper: Gain 1 honor and choose a player to receive this card in their discard pile.

While a Samael’s Little Helper is in a player’s deck, it is a Hero with an additional ability: gain 1 power for each Samael’s Little Helper played or already played during the current turn, including the card itself. This creates a direct connection between the Helpers played in a turn and the power they generate.

Samael Claus also has an ongoing trophy effect: gain 2 power when you play Samael’s Little Helper. Its reward and trophy ability complement the Helpers’ honor and power effects, while its reveal-and-choose ability gives each player a card to acquire or defeat for free.

Designed as a focused addition to the Ascension card pool, Ascension: Theme Pack – Samael Claus offers a compact set of themed cards for games with one to six players.