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 CONTENTS WITCHMARKED CIRCE
™ stack. Each of the Nemesis cards in this expansion THE SPECTRE ™
• 6 Oversized DC Character Cards have a Reward ability. When you defeat a Nemesis
• 10 Super Hero Nemesis Cards with a Reward, resolve the Reward ability, and then
• 8 Main Deck Cards place it into your score pile instead of your discard
• 3 Transformed Cards pile. Cards in your score pile count toward your VPs
• 20 Cursed Weakness Cards at the end of the game.
HERO
• 4 Lepsid Esruc Cards
LEVEL 4
First Appearance — Attack: Each player destroys a card
with cost 5 or greater in their hand and discard pile.

• 8 Reward Cards Reminder: The terms Nemesis, Super Hero, and Each player that avoids this Attack gains a Weakness
into their hand.

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Each time you Seal a Super Power, +1 Power.

Once per turn: Seal a card from the Line-Up with cost less
than the cost of a Hero or Villain you played this turn.
sized cards. Abilities that affect Super-Villains also
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apply to Super Heroes.
OVERVIEW
Circe has gained the full powers of Hecate’s Witchmark and conscripted MAIN DECK AND TRANSFORMED CARDS BLACKBRIAR THORN,, ELEMENTAL
ELEMENTAL

fearsome magical beings to her side to defeat the Justice League The new main deck cards from this set can be
Dark! This DC Deck-Building Game expansion features new oversized shuffled into any base set’s main deck. Note that
Characters, main deck cards, Nemesis cards, and game variants. It is cards with the “Transformed” subtype should not be
tailored to integrate seamlessly with DC Deck-Building Game: Justice shuffled into the main deck. At the start of the game,
League Dark but can add variety to any base set. Rose Psychic and Blackbriar Thorn, Elemental
VILLAIN TRANSFORMED
should be set off to the side. These cards can only +3 Power
You may put a card from your discard pile on top of
OVERSIZED CHARACTERS be gained by specific new main deck cards with your deck.

ROSE PSYCHIC ™
When setting up the game, you can either have each player use one of the the Transform keyword. These main deck cards will 1
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new Injustice League Dark Super-Villain Characters or you can mix them have a condition that allows you to Transform them
with the Characters from the base set you are playing. into another card. If you meet the condition on a
Transform card when you play it, Seal the Transform
SUPER HERO NEMESIS CARDS card (adding it to your score pile) and gain its set-
These new Nemesis cards can be used to create their own Nemesis stack or aside Transformed version directly into your hand. HERO TRANSFORMED
Reveal and draw the top 3 cards of your deck.
mixed with the Nemesis cards from the base set you are playing. Follow the The Revert keyword can cause a card to Seal itself. Revert: If you drew cards with a combined cost of 8 or more
this way, Seal this card and gain Doctor Occult from your
score pile.

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blue-backed Nemesis card should only be used as the final Nemesis in the your score pile and put it into your discard pile.
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 CURSED WEAKNESS CARDS AND LEPSID ESRUC NEMESIS REWARD CARDS
Cursed Weakness cards offer an alternative WITCHMARKED
These cards allow you to integrate Nemesis NEMESIS REWARD
Weakness stack. When setting up the game, you cards from other DC Deck-Building Game sets 8 Reward: Seal an Equipment from
the Line-Up.

can choose to replace the base game’s entire more seamlessly into your Justice League Dark
Weakness stack with the Cursed Weakness games. At the start of the game, shuffle the 9 Reward: Gain an Equipment from the

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Line-Up and you may put it on top of
your deck.

stack. Since Cursed Weakness cards have a Nemesis Reward cards face down and place
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variety of abilities, be sure to shuffle the stack the stack next to the Nemesis stack. When you 12
from the Line-Up and put it into
your hand.

at the start of the game. When you have a WEAKNESS reveal a Nemesis that does not have a Reward,
Play this card before non-Weakness cards. Put on Reward: Gain all Equipment from the

Cursed Weakness in your hand, you must play

the bottom of its stack when destroyed.
Defense: Discard this card to avoid an Attack. also turn over the top card of the Nemesis 13 + Line-Up. At end of turn, you may put an
Equipment from your discard pile into
your hand.

it before other cards. Many of these cards have 2 0

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an additional negative penalty when played, you also resolve the Reward text on the Nemesis
such as discarding other cards from your hand. Reward card. You may only choose a Reward
Some of them, however, have a benefit, such as drawing you a card. These that has a cost equal to or less than the cost of the Nemesis you defeated.
beneficial Cursed Weakness cards come with an additional VP penalty, so Then, place the Nemesis Reward card into a face-up Nemesis Reward
you’ll have to weigh whether it is better to keep them around or destroy discard pile. If the Nemesis Reward stack ever runs out of cards, shuffle
them before the game ends. Also note that when a Cursed Weakness is the discarded cards together to make a new deck.
destroyed it goes to the bottom of the Cursed Weakness stack, not the
destroyed pile. TEAM VARIANT
This gameplay variant allows a team of 2 Super Heroes to face-off
LEPSID ESRUC
These additional obstacles come with a silver against a team of 2 Super-Villains. Players on the same team should
lining of a new card for your Starter deck. If you sit next to each other and teams alternate taking turns. If Swamp Thing
set up the game with Cursed Weakness cards, takes the first turn, Circe could take the second turn, Wonder Woman
each player should also swap out 1 Punch from the third turn, and Klarion the fourth turn. Turn order stays the same
their starting deck with a Lepsid Ersuc card. This throughout the game.
new Starter allows you to dispel Curses back to STARTER
+1 Power
their stack. Note that even if you have Lepsid You may put a Weakness you control or from your
discard pile on the bottom of its stack. Instead of setting up 1 Nemesis stack, you will set up 2 stacks. One stack
Ersuc in your hand, you still must play a Weakness will have 4 Super-Villain Nemesis cards and the other will have 4 Super
(Replaces a Punch when playing with Curses.)

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card in your hand (and suffer its abilities) before Hero Nemesis cards. It is recommended to have 1 card of each Level in
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you can return it to the stack with this card. each stack, but you can alter the makeup of the stacks for a longer or
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 shorter game. The Super-Villain team can only defeat Super Hero Nemesis CREDITS
cards and the Super Hero team can only defeat Super-Villain Nemesis Game Design Nathaniel Yamaguchi
cards. When you defeat a Nemesis, only the players on your team are Game Development Mataio Wilson
affected by the First Appearance — Attack of the next Nemesis. Attack Graphic Design Larry Renac
cards only hit the players on the other team. You may use Defense cards Editor Shahriar Fouladi
to protect a teammate. Playtesters Caddy Aguirre-Stanton, Eric Chae, Edgar Cheung,
Shanka De Silva, Robert Gasio, Rezwan Kabir, Jose Mendoza, Luis Mendoza,
Additionally, if you are a Super Hero, you immediately Seal any Villains Randy Ramirez, Heather Ramirez, Joshua Tompkins, Jason Wong,
that you gain from the Line-Up. Likewise, if you are a Super-Villain, you and many others
immediately Seal any Heroes you gain from the Line-Up. The game ends
when either Nemesis stack (or the main deck) runs out of cards. The team CRYPTOZOIC ENTERTAINMENT
with the highest combined VP total wins. CEO & Founder John Nee
CCO & Founder Cory Jones
Founder John Sepenuk
SPECIFIC CARD CLARIFICATIONS Vice President, Product Development & Marketing Shahriar Fouladi
Doctor Occult: If you do not correctly guess SOLOMON GRUNDY ™ Director, Operations Ming Wan
the top card of your deck, you will resolve the Cryptozoic Special Thanks Mataio Wilson, Javier Casillas, Rumi Asai,
“Otherwise” text and get +2 Power. Marycarmen Wilber, Colin Robinson, Tim Korklewski, Rachel Del Rio,
Carl Braun, Krystyl Campbell, Katie Pelaez, Andy Sopher, Dani Cabrera,
Floronic Man (Character): You may Seal the Kat Baxter
Location you control from this Character’s
Attack. If you do, that Location still returns
to its previous owner’s control at the end of
your turn.
Discard a card: Put a Hero or Villain with cost 5 or less
from your discard pile on the bottom of your deck.

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use this Character’s ability any number of

times but only during your turn.

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