On a Heist (Guide)/Cards

Card overview

The following table gives an overview of the requirements to play cards safely, depending on your Heist difficulty.

Cards available on different difficulties. Table assumes no escape routes.

Heist Difficulty	Always playable	Has additional requirements	Safe option requires	No safe option	List of additional requirements
Shuttered	8	2	3	1	10/Lyre Duchess 20
Triple-Bolted	6	2	4	2	10/Lyre Duchess 20 100
Well-Guarded	4	4	4	2	10/Lyre Duchess 20 200
Perilous	3	6	4	1	10/Lyre Duchess 20 200 12 12

Cards sorted by

The difficulty of the Heist is represented by the quality. While some cards appear on any Heist, most cards only appear on certain difficulties. For the most part, a "basic" card from lower difficulties is replaced by an "advanced" card on higher difficulties. While there is no mechanical connection, many of the replacements are thematically connected. The table below shows how the composition of your deck will change with the difficulty.

Cells labeled "No Risk" correspond to a card being available that always has an option available which does not lower . Other cells represent options, challenges, or resources needed to avoid losing Cat-Like Tread. Cells labeled with do not have any way to avoid possible loss, and should be avoided.

1 represents a progress of 1 . Percentages represent luck rolls that grant that much progress upon success.

	Basic Card	Best Basic Option	Best Advanced Option	Advanced Card
Always Present		No Risk 1 or 70% 2
		(or ) 1
		2
		1
		or The Duchess 1
With Escape route		1
Replaced at Triple-Bolted		No Risk 1	60% 1
		No Risk 1	No Risk 50% 1
		No Risk 1	2
		2	2
Replaced at Well-Guarded		No Risk Gain CLT	Gain CLT
		No Risk 1	1
		No Risk 1	No Risk 1
Replaced at Perilous		No Risk 30-60% 2	2
		70% 1	or 1

Cards grouped by

Shuttered	Triple-Bolted	Well-Guarded	Perilous