Distraction with unplayable skills

[DaviddesJ]

Distraction is virtually unusable when it can give you "Tactician" or "Reflex" that can't even be played. It's supposed to be a cheap card you can always play, but instead it's generating cards I can't play and completely gumming up my deck. Is this really how Distraction is supposed to work? I can't see taking it ever.

[Daemon]

Yes it's working as intended. It shouldn't be that much of a problem since the Silent's base deck has an activator for it in the form of survivor so they're not completely useless.

[Eagle_of_Fire]

The upgraded form cost 0 so it is a good way to get cards you would otherwise not be able to have access to. But if your question is more to the point of if it's normal that the mechanic of that card resolve more about gambling than anything else... Then yes, of course and it is working as intended.

Like Neowth says at the start: "Risk... Reward..."

[DaviddesJ]

It was the worst when I had Spinning Top. But it still seems to me to make Distraction worthless. That's ok, I don't need to use every card, I am just surprised because I can't see why anyone would ever take the card.

[King Joshington]

Originally posted by DaviddesJ:

It was the worst when I had Spinning Top. But it still seems to me to make Distraction worthless. That's ok, I don't need to use every card, I am just surprised because I can't see why anyone would ever take the card.

This can't have happened frequently. Are you maybe just frustrated at some RNG?
Distraction is one of my favorite cards and I've never drawn one of the unplayable cards. I just like the 0-cost cards to add some spice to the deck. A quick gamble every combat.

[DaviddesJ]

Originally posted by King Joshington:

Distraction is one of my favorite cards and I've never drawn one of the unplayable cards.

I would like it too, if I didn't draw so many unplayable cards. Looks like 2 out of about 30 skill cards are unplayable. It seemed like it was happening more often than that, it definitely happened several times in just one game. I don't know how you could play many games with multiple Distraction cards and not have it happen even once. But even a 7% chance of not being able to use Spinning Top, not being able to play Masterful Stab, etc., is pretty painful.

[StupidJones]

Distraction is great once its upgraded. But rng is rng. :)