Cards

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Cards are consumables that can activate a wide variety of effects, ranging from spawning pickups, to stat increases, and much more.

As of Wave 4, Epiphany adds 11 different cards to the game, 10 of which are unlocked via defeating Ultra Greedier.png.Ultra Greedier as a specific Tarnished Character, while 1 of them is unlocked via beating a specific challenge.

House Suit Cards

House Suit Cards are the reverse version of the Playing/Suit Cards.

While on the ground these look like Card back blue.png.

Queen of Hearts? R Queen of hearts.png Time heals everything Defeat Ultra Greedier as Tarnished maggy small.png Tarnished Magdalene Spawns a large amount of Broken Heart pickups, each one giving the character a +0.49 Damage boost. This damage up stacks, allowing for a large increase in damage in exchange for reduced max health. At the start of each floor, 1 Broken Heart is removed until Isaac no longer has any of the Broken Hearts that he gained from the card, taking away the damage that was originally granted with it. Recharge 6.webp
Two of Spades? Two of spades.png Key divider Defeat Ultra Greedier as Tarnished judas small.png Tarnished Judas Halves the player's keys and increases the player's coins, bombs, and red hearts (not giving additional heart containers) by a third of the original number of keys. Recharge 4.webp
Two of Clubs? Two of clubs.png Bomb divider Defeat Ultra Greedier as Tarnished judas small.png Tarnished Judas Halves the player's bombs and increases the player's coins, keys, and red hearts (not giving additional heart containers) by a third of the original number of bombs. Recharge 4.webp
Two of Diamonds? Two of diamonds.png Coin divider Defeat Ultra Greedier as Tarnished judas small.png Tarnished Judas Halves the player's coins and increases the player's keys, bombs, and red hearts (not giving additional heart containers) by a third of the original number of coins. Recharge 4.webp
Two of Hearts? Two of hearts.png Heart divider Defeat Ultra Greedier as Tarnished judas small.png Tarnished Judas Halves the player's red hearts and increases the player's coins, keys, and bombs by a third of the original number of red hearts. Recharge 6.webp

Unus Cards

While on the ground these look like WildCardBack.webp

+1 Card

Plus one card.png Again at half Defeat Ultra Greedier as Tarnished eden small.png Tarnished Eden Removes the 2 most recent items in the player's inventory and spawns a new item that is one quality level higher than the average quality between the items removed, rounded down. Caps at quality 4. Recharge 4.webp
Reverse Card

Reverse card.png No you Defeat Ultra Greedier as Tarnished samson small.png Tarnished Samson Temporarily prevents damage and deals it back to the enemies. Recharge 4.webp

Mono Cards

Mono cards are the reverse equivalent of the Unus Cards.

While on the ground these look like ReverseUnoCardBack.png.

-1 Card

Minus one card.png At half again Defeat Ultra Greedier as Tarnished eden small.png Tarnished Eden Removes the most recent item collected and adds half that item's quality to the next 2 items encountered. If the removed item's quality was odd, it adds the bigger half to the first item encountered. (If a quality 3 item was removed, it gives +2 and then +1.) Recharge 12.webp
Drawn Card

Drawn card.png What was it again? Complete the challenge NullPointerException Uses 3 random Cards, Pills, or Active items depending on what the player used last. Recharge 12.webp
Inverse Card

Inverse card.png No me Defeat Ultra Greedier as Tarnished samson small.png Tarnished Samson Temporarily converts damage taken into health recovery and health recovery into damage taken. Recharge 12.webp

Chance Cards

While on the ground these look like Reversechanceback.png.

Go to Jail

Go to jail card.png Bountiful binding Defeat Ultra Greedier as Tarnished cain small.png Tarnished Cain Chains the enemies around the player, similarly to Anima sola.pngAnima Sola's effect. Recharge 4.webp

Debit Card

While on the ground this looks like DebitCardBack.png.

Debit Card

Debit card.png Life's a shopping spree Defeat Ultra Greedier as Tarnished keeper small.png Tarnished Keeper Rerolls the items in the room into items one quality level higher, but puts them for sale at the price of 15 coins. Caps at quality 4. Recharge 6.webp

Punctuation Cards

While on the ground these look like Card back blue.png.

! Card

! card.png Removes passives Defeat Ultra Greedier as Tarnished isaac small.png Tarnished Isaac Removes the player's quality 0 and 1 items and gives two random stat boosts for each removed item. Recharge 12.webp

Offering Card

While on the ground, this card looks like Card back offering.png.

Offering Card

Offering card.png Absolution for a price Defeat Ultra Greedier as Tarnished lost small.png Tarnished Lost Spawns a Tithe Box. Interacting with a Tithe Box consumes 10 coins and increases the chance of encountering an Angel Deal. Recharge 4.webp

Other

Pain in a Box

Pain ina box.png Portable pain Take damage 50 times as Samson.png Samson, Tainted samson.webp Tainted Samson, or Tarnished samson small.png Tarnished Samson. Deals fake damage to the player and gulps their currently held Trinket. Recharge 6.webp

Final wishes small.pngNotes

  • Debit Card cannot reroll items for sale in a Devil Deal.
  • Due to not technically being a card, Pain in a Box cannot be mimicked by items such as Blank card.pngBlank Card.

Story cube small.pngTrivia

  • The voice lines of the House cards are intended to resemble the narrator of The Legend of Bum-bo.
  • The Queen of Hearts? card seems to depict Mom.
  • Debit Card's description, Life's a shopping spree, is a reference to the song Eternal Shopping Mall, by the American band Nuclear Bubble Wrap.
  • A handful of cards in Epiphany are based off of other existing card games.
    • Go to Jail is based off the 'Go Directly to Jail' card from Monopoly, similarly to Get Out Of Jail Free from the base game.
      • ! Card is also technically based off of the ? Card from Monopoly, as is the ? Card from the base game. However, it has the back of the House cards instead of the Chance cards.
    • The Drawn Card, +1 Card, and -1 Card are based off of cards from Uno, similarly to Wild Card.
      • The +1 Card is based off the card of the same name from Uno Flip!, a spin-off of Uno. -1 Card, however, does not exist in any Uno game, and was an original creation for Epiphany.
Pickups
Red heart.png Hearts Coin.webp Coins Key.webp Keys Cardback.png Cards Essence of Isaac.png Essences Capsule d6.png Dice Capsules Dusty Chest.png Chests