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Chemical X

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The effects of your cost X cards are increased by 2.
Main branchLast updated 2026-11-02
Chemical X (relic)/images/relics/chemical_x.webpThe effects of your cost X cards are increased by 2.

Decisions and interactions

X-cost cards: resources, Chemical X and repeated playsChemical X increases the effects of X-cost cards by two.
Chemical X

Chemical X adds effects without adding spendable Energy

Base Whirlwind, exactly 2 Energy at manual play, Chemical X equipped, no Replay, Strength, Weak, Vulnerable or enemy damage modifiers.

  1. 1Available EnergyWhirlwindX = 2Manual payment spends the two available Energy.
  2. 2Chemical XChemical X2 + 2 = 4 hitsThe relic increases the X effect by two. It does not leave two extra Energy to spend.
  3. 3Base damage per target4 × 5 = 20Whirlwind applies each hit to every enemy. Modified damage and defenses must be calculated separately.
Energy after paymentThe relic improves the effect, not the Energy reserve.0
Upgrading Whirlwind changes damage per hit to eight. Under these same assumptions, four hits would deal 32 before defenses.
Sources

Last updated 2026-11-02.

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