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Sapphire -Puts extra ink into your inkwell (also known as "ramping") -Peeks at the top cards of your deck (aka "scrying") -Gains advantages with items Ruby -High strength (attack) -Allows characters to challenge immediately -Steals Lore from the opponent (aka "burn") Amber -High toughness (defense) -Sings songs at a discount -Healing damage from characters Amethyst -Draws extra cards -Gains Lore without questing -Controls opposing characters Emerald -High Lore values -Returns characters to hand -Discards cards from opponent's hand Steel -Protects your characters -Deals direct damage -Destroys items and locations Certain characters are associated with each color

It draws up to ten cards when it comes into play (though the average is usually 4-6), and is the perfect role-player in a control deck or at the head of it

Ideally, you will take advantage of Pluto, Friendly Pooch to play even more cards or play more powerful cards early

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