Adventures in the Forgotten Realms: Effect-o-pedia

Effect-o-pedia

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms

Limited formats will generally involve the same common gameplay effects which show up again and again. Use this guide to find out what common effects are in - and not in! - this format.

Board Wipes Bounce Counterspells Discard Disenchant Falter Fog Haste Life Gain Mana Fixing Mana Ramp Mass Pump Ping Mill Mind Control Threaten

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Mechanics/Themes

Mechanic: d20 Dice Mechanic: Dungeon Theme: Dragons Theme: Equipment Theme: Lifegain Theme: Treasures

Board Wipes

Effects that can kill all creatures on the battlefield.

Sphere of Annihilation

Meteor Swarm

Orcus, Prince of Undeath

There are two very conditional and unusual board wipes.

Meteor Swarm is included here because it often acts like a one-sided wrath.

Bounce

Effects that return cards to their owners hand.

Only a couple instances of bounce, but Air-Cult Elemental is a top common.

Counterspells

Effects that can counter your spells.

Bar the Gate

You Find the Villains' Lair

Almost no counterspells, but Bar the Gate is the only instant-speed Venture available.

Discard

Effects that can force you discard cards from your hand.

Check for Traps

Demogorgon's Clutches

Devour Intellect

Only a few discard spells.

Disenchant

Effects that destroy artifacts or enchantments.

Dawnbringer Cleric

Baleful Beholder

Plundering Barbarian

You Find Some Prisoners

You Find a Cursed Idol

Many maindeckable spells have added disenchant due to their modal nature.

Falter

Effects that make it so multiple creatures temporarily cannot block.

You Come to the Gnoll Camp

Only one conditional falter.

Fog

Effects that prevent combat damage for multiple or all creatures.

No cards in this format have this effect!

Haste

Effects that can grant haste to creatures, or creatures that have haste.

Inferno of the Star Mounts

Jaded Sell-Sword

Kick in the Door

Price of Loyalty

Zariel, Archduke of Avernus

Minsc, Beloved Ranger

Orcus, Prince of Undeath

A lot of haste... leave a blocker back.

Life Gain

Gaining life!

Dawnbringer Cleric

Potion of Healing

Priest of Ancient Lore

Hill Giant Herdgorger

Krydle of Baldur's Gate

Treasure Chest

A lifegain theme exists primarily in White-Green, and payoffs are supported.

Mana Fixing

Effects that fix for colors.

Treasures are a central theme of AFR, so mana fixing is very prevalent in that form, but almost no other mana fixing exists, even in Green.

Mana Ramp

Effects that ramp mana.

Again due to treasures, temporary ramp is prevalant.

Mass Pump

Effects that pump all of a player's creatures.

Devoted Paladin

Nadaar, Selfless Paladin

Paladin Class

You Hear Something on Watch

You See a Pair of Goblins

You Meet in a Tavern

Several anthems, but no significant Overrun.

Ping

Effects that can kill creatures with 1 toughness.

Ray of Enfeeblement

Shambling Ghast

Magic Missile

Zariel, Archduke of Avernus

Spare Dagger

While only a couple ping effects exist, Shambling Ghast can be nasty, and Magic Missile can be considered a ping effect with upside.

Mill

Effects that can mill your opponent's deck.

Tasha's Hideous Laughter

Demogorgon's Clutches

Krydle of Baldur's Gate

Rogue Class

Mill is completely unsupported.

Mind Control

Effects that steal your permanents, permanently.

Mind Flayer

Power of Persuasion

One d20-dependent temporary Mind Control, but watch out for Mind Flayer.

Threaten

Effects that steal your creatures temporarily and grant them haste.

Price of Loyalty

A single threaten effect.

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Mechanics/Themes

Mechanic: d20 Dice

A central mechanic of AFR is rolling a d20 dice, and receiving a payoff. Usually the payoffs increase in power level the higher you roll.

A few cards trigger when a d20 is rolled, or can even alter the result.

Mechanic: Dungeon

Dungeon

Dungeon of the Mad Mage

Loast Mine of Phandelver

Tomb of Annihilation

Venture

Cloister Gargoyle

Delver's Torch

Nadaar, Selfless Paladin

Acererak the Archlich

Zalto, Fire Giant Duke

Ellywick Tumblestrum

Find the Path

Intrepid Outlander

Varis, Silverymoon Ranger

Wandering Troubadour

You Find a Cursed Idol

Barrowin of Clan Undurr

Triumphant Adventurer

Completed/Extra

Nadaar, Selfless Paladin

Eccentric Apprentice

Acererak the Archlich

Dungeon Crawler

Precipitous Drop

Ellywick Tumblestrum

Varis, Silverymoon Ranger

Barrowin of Clan Undurr

Hama Pashar, Ruin Seeker

Three dungeons exist, each time you Venture you can proceed to the next room.

Each Venture is worth approximately one-half of an average card's worth of value. The final room of each dungeon is worth more. Some payoffs for "completing" a dungeon exist.

Theme: Dragons