New Keywords in Lost Lands: Shroud and Transform

[Veles]

Hi all!

We are adding few new abilities in this last batch of Lost Lands set and I wanted to take an opportunity to summarize what they are all about.

Shroud

Shroud is a new passive ability with keyword. Definition of shroud is: When hero or ally with shroud is targeted by an opposing ability, that ability has no effect and that hero or ally loses shroud.

Example of an ally with shroud is Aldreides the Aged:



Shroud is meant to work as in built temporary protection against abilities. You can kill the ally in combat like any other ally. Players can play around shroud without having specific tech by using cheaper abilities to remove shroud before using their actual ally removal. For example, you can use ping from Death Mage Thaddeus, both on summon and his active while he is in play. It will, however, stop the first use of stuff like hero ability, Fireball, Crippling Blow, on summon targeted abilities like Layarian Seductress and Crusher of the Weak and so on. Multitarget abilities like Zaladar's hero ability or Lighting Strike are canceled in their entirety. That goes for Banebow as well because shroud doesn't cancel damage from Banebow's ability, but ability itself. It won’t protect the ally nor be removed by untargeted abilities like Supernova or Forgotten Horror's on summon ability. Unless it is specified otherwise on the card, once shroud is removed, it is gone for good.

You can watch Aldreides reveal video where we talk more about shroud and Aldreides himself: