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Hand screenshot

A typical hand. The green highlighted cards can be played, while the yellow highlighted card has a special effect enabled by the current state of the game.

The hand is where each player keeps the cards currently available to them. The player can see their hand face-up at the bottom of the screen, while the opponent's hand is shown face-down at the top of the screen.

Notes[]

  • To see the number of cards currently held in your hand, hover your cursor over your deck.
  • To see the number of cards in the opponent's hand, hover your cursor over the opponent's deck.

Mechanics[]

The player can only play cards that are currently in their hand. Players place cards into their hand through drawing cards from their deck. A few other methods such as return effects and generate effects can also add cards to the player's hand.

Players can have a maximum of 10 cards in their hand at any time, unless Descent of DragonsValdris Felgorge was played. Attempting to add a card to the hand when it is already full will cause that card to be destroyed, sometimes referred to as overdraw. Cards destroyed in this way are revealed to both players.

Playing a card removes it from the player's hand, and puts it into play. This is the main way for players to empty their hand. The only other way is through discard effects, which force the player to discard cards from their hand without playing them. Like overdraw, discard effects reveal the discarded cards to both players.

Hand size has some synergy with specific cards, such as LegacyMountain Giant, Whispers of the Old GodsMidnight Drake and LegacyTwilight Drake. It can also have strategic impact on the use of discard effects, and card draw mechanics such as LegacyNorthshire Cleric.

Strategy[]

Hand tracking is a strategy used to track and predict what cards are in the opponent's hand. This can also be done during the mulligan phase to see how many cards the opponent kept in their opening hand.

For tips related to drawing cards and the size of your hand, see Card draw.

How to track the opponent's hand (part 1 of 2).


How to track the opponent's hand (part 2 of 2).

Related cards[]

For Wild format listings, see Hand/Wild format

Certain cards have effects specifically related to the size or contents of the player's hand; these are listed below.

For cards with effect that activate while in the player's hand, see In-hand effect.


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REV 507
TTN 903t
TSC 934t2
TSC 927
TSC 023
MAW 027
TSC 632
RLK 814
REV 338
TTN 922
TSC 215
TSC 908
TSC 927t
RLK 110
REV 332
ETC 087
ETC 536
REV 511
RLK 712
TSC 957
ETC 113t
TSC 948
TTN 955
TTN 955B
REV 246
TTN 852
ETC 350
ETC 338
CORE BRM 013
RLK 826
TTN 803
TSC 643
ETC 105
TSC 039t
RLK 711
TSC 614
TSC 217
RLK 915
TID 074
TSC 826
RLK 731
ETC 427t
RLK 545
REV 959
CORE DMF 709
RLK 820
TSC 212
ETC 427
RLK 822
TID 706
TID 085
TID 002
TID 717
REV 253
REV 509
ETC 085t4
REV 022
TSC 947
ETC 113
RLK 710
NX2 035
ETC 121
TSC 055
REV 374
TSC 060
CORE BOT 103
TTN 718
REV 011
TTN 485
REV 240
TTN 865t
TSC 017
TID 744
TSC 087
RLK 916
CORE CFM 605
RLK 215
NX2 022
TID 718
MAW 022
RLK 713
RLK 831
MAW 014
MAW 008
RLK 600
CORE EX1 043
TSC 071
RLK 537
REV 961
ETC 329
TSC 943
TID 709t
CS3 025
TSC 641
TSC 959
TSC 020
TSC 609
NX2 026
TSC 652
RLK 828
REV 238
TTN 862
TSC 658
RLK 071
TSC 064
TSC 630
TTN 330
TSC 656
TSC 934
TTN 441
TSC 209
CS3 034
RLK 590
ETC 395
TTN 903
RLK 911
NX2 033
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