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KeyForge: Dark Tidings – Archon Deck

Explore the Crucible's oceans, wield tide effects, and face the control-focused Unfathomable in a unique deck game for 2–4 players.

90
minutes

2 - 4
player(s)

Medium

KeyForge: Dark Tidings – Archon Deck board game cover

About this expansion

KeyForge: Dark Tidings – Archon Deck is a unique deck game for 2–4 players, with games lasting around 90 minutes. Released in 2021, it is the fifth set of Archon Decks for KeyForge, the world’s only Unique Deck Game.

Dark Tidings takes players beneath the waves of the Crucible’s oceans and introduces a brand-new House: the Unfathomable. Replacing Dis in the current cardpool, this House specializes in controlling opponents by exhausting enemy creatures.

The set also introduces the tides of the Crucible as a new element affecting every House. Players can call upon the tides to gain advantages from high tide, while avoiding the punishments associated with low tide.

  • A new Unfathomable House focused on exhausting enemy creatures
  • Tide effects available to every House
  • High-tide advantages and low-tide punishments
  • Possible “evil twin” decks with alternate card versions

Dark Tidings adds another layer of variety to the KeyForge experience through the possibility of evil twin decks. These decks can exist with many cards exchanged for their “evil twin” versions, which feature alternative abilities, graphic design, and art.

With its underwater setting, new House, tide system, and alternate card versions, KeyForge: Dark Tidings – Archon Deck expands the Crucible with fresh ways to control the battlefield and interact with its changing tides.