Definitely needs a big overhaul of the combat system lol. Some card effects are literally worthless, other times it doesn't actually apply things properly. Like the defense spell that inflicts a damage debuff on the enemy if they hit you. It only applies the buff on yourself for 1 turn, and automatically ends it when you end your turn meaning enemies hit you but don't get the debuff. Or the spell that hits all enemies for 8 damage but burns 1 card in hand doesn't always burn a card. Alternatively the card that makes you take damage but lowers cost of all spells that turn and pulls another card A: doesn't always pull a card and B: triggers debuffs that cause damage making you take way more damage than the card intends which is 2 lol. Just had a really good run ended because I suddenly took 10 damage when I should have taken 2 from the card and I hadn't saved so that went down the drain... and honestly all these "extra mana/damage/whatever" at the start of a fight are so poorly done just because of existing limitations like... Awesome, I started with 5 or 6 mana, to bad I only have like 3 cards that cost 1 each, oh but I can draw A SINGLE CARD for 2 mana! Or gods forbid I try for a vulnerable build but can't do it because all the debuffs you can apply other than burn/poison don't last nearly long enough to work due to mana costs and heart of the cards jank. Speaking of poison/fire, sometimes they don't even work or get weirdly blocked by the enemy buffs that make them get a shield for half the damage which nulls the whole damage regardless of how many stacks you apply. And so many cards play off the burn debuff but you can only apply it with 1 card that you may not even get during a run. So many things can apply wet, but the few things that capitalize on wet are out shined by literally anything else. Seriously, 3 damage but +2 damage if wet? That's the same damage as a basic attack but requires way more luck to set up. Meanwhile hardly any enemies apply wet, but we got 2 different self heal/defense options *if we are wet* lmao. They waste space otherwise.
I'm sorry this was long winded, but seriously... the whole combat system needs a full overhaul. I'd honestly love to give input, but unless you are open to it I won't demand so and so gets changed to such and such. I just wrote this to bring attention to just a handful of flaws with how things currently are. There is honestly a lot more lol