Thank you so much for writing this!
Items: what did you think of the target changing items? I'm surprised you don't like book of the true cell, i take that pretty often. Also pickaxe is extremely powerful : )
Madame: yes, that unit is actually more rare because it's so powerful. I will probably add a visual indication of this rarity at some point. Madame + other units is extremely powerful, and if you use poison on madame during the buy phase you can make a bunch of things permanent that aren't usually. This is something I really hope to be central to the game and plan to create more ways for that kind of strategy to occur.
Pig: I think madame/pig combo is pretty good. you can generate essence in battle that carries over to next buy phase.
Miner: This is great feedback. Miner is actually the other currently rare unit because it's so powerful. Essentially, miner triggers cell effects in a way that makes them permanent (where usually they are temporary). This is the same for the pickaxe item. I think I will probably just add to the descriptions something to tell players explicitly that it makes the cell effect permanent.
Fish: what do you mean by "trying to infinitely get gold abusing the item sell ability feature"?
Caregiver: Yes it's permanent. Overall, I really hope to better teach that anything in the preparation phase is permanent, so that people realize how powerful it is to trigger other abilities during the preparation phase.
Summoning: I think it's quite interesting how much you tend towards the summoning!In my playthroughs I actually tend to go for Brawler and Dog centered builds! I do think it's true that maybe the hermit can be nerfed a bit.
As always, I want to thank you so much for this feedback - it is incredibly valuable. I'd love to put you in the playtesting and feedback section of the credits if you'd like - I can use your username or whatever name you'd prefer. Just give me a confirmation in a reply if that sounds ok : )