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These are the Abilities from different Characters throughout the world of Duelyst.

List of Abilities

Ability	Description
Airdrop	Summon this minion anywhere on the battlefield.
Backstab	This minion deals additional (X) damage when attacking from behind.
Blast	If attacking forward, hits all enemies in its row.
Celerity	This minion may activate twice per turn.
Death Watch	Triggers an effect whenever ANY minion dies.
Dying Wish	Triggers an effect when this minion dies.
Ephemeral	Bound to this plane for only a short time (until end of owner's turn).
Flying	Move anywhere on the battlefield and ignore any terrain effects.
Forcefield	Prevents all damage to this minion until caster's next turn.
Frenzy	Simultaneously strike ALL enemies within attack range.
Gateway	This structure can NEVER move or attack.
Grow	Gain +X/+X at the start of your turn.
Opening Gambit	Triggers an effect when first summoned.
Provoke	Nearby enemies are rooted by this minion AND they must attack it first.
Ranged	Attack from anywhere on the battlefield.
Rebirth	When this minion dies, it leaves behind a 0/1 Egg that hatches the same minion at the end of owner's next turn.
Retribution	Bonus effect towards an enemy that has attacked this game.
Rush	Enables this minion to attack on the same turn that it is summoned.
Summon Dervish	At the start of your turn, summon a 2/2 Ephemeral Dervish with Rush into a random nearby space.
Zeal	Gains bonus effect when next to your General.

Faction Specific Abilities

Faction	Ability	Description
Lyonar	Zeal	This unit's ability activates when beside your General.
Lyonar	Retribution	This card's effect is boosted when used on an enemy unit who had damaged your army in the past.
Magmar	Grow	Gain +X/+X at the start of your turn.
Magmar	Rebirth	When this minion dies, it leaves behind a 0/1 Egg that hatches the same minion at the end of owner's next turn.
Songhai	Backstab	This unit does double damaging when attacking the enemy from behind.
Vetruvian	Gateway	This unit cannot move or attack.
Vetruvian	Blast	This unit's attacks deal damage to all enemies in the same row.
Abyssian	Death Watch	This card's effect activate whenever a unit is destroyed, regardless of who owns it.
Abyssian	Shadow Creep	A Tile Effect that, when placed, damages all enemies who stand on the tile, every turn. Every tile does one damage for each Shadow Creep in play. (E.g., if you have five Shadow Creep tiles on the board, any enemy unit standing on any of those five tiles takes 5 damage at the end of their turn.)
Abyssian	Wraithling	A token unit with 1 ATK and 1 HP.