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Permanent Strength buff that improves every attack for the rest of the fight — the cheapest scaling Ironclad has.

Permanent Block scaling that makes every defensive card stronger for the rest of the fight — Silent’s Inflame equivalent.

Big flat single-target hit that scales cleanly with Strength, but 3 cost makes it clunky without energy support.

Compounding Strength every turn snowballs out of control in long fights, though the 3-cost turn it lands is a tempo hit.

A single-turn nuke that scales with a full hand — the classic finisher for Strength-plus-Exhaust decks.

Big single-target damage for one energy; the HP cost feeds Rupture and is cheap in a defensive deck.

Offense and defense on one cheap card — never exciting, but a solid filler that’s never dead.

Ironclad wins by turning HP and cards into permanent combat advantage: Strength makes attacks matter, Exhaust trims the deck, and Barricade-style block engines buy enough time for boss fights.

Stack Strength, then convert it into one or two turns of overwhelming attack damage.

Cheap AoE that also sets up Vulnerable — a fine early answer to swarms that scales with Strength.

Two hits benefit doubly from Strength — a cheap common that gets better as your Strength climbs.

Dumps all energy into multi-target damage — indispensable for multi-enemy rooms.