Krampus

A wicked controller: Coal chokes enemy CP, Rejects deliver extra effects – he wins through your empty pockets.

• Coal: at 4 tokens the next CP gain costs all 4 AND 1 CP
• Bad Tidings: 2 collateral per Coal on the target – scales with the soot
• Rotter: 8 damage + Coal + a bonus die from just 4 symbols
• Spoils: 9 damage + 2 Coal + Gift + Reject

• Deviled Eggs prevents NOTHING – only retaliation and restock

• Swat

  Standard route

  Reliable damage route for turns without special setup.

  Take it as soon as 3× 🌿 Switch is mostly on the table after roll 1 (98% across all three rolls): safe damage beats rerolling working dice for a harder route.

  3× 🌿 Switch · 5 damage

• Scavenge

  Setup

  Setup attack: places effects that later turns rely on.

  Play it early while turns remain for the effect to pay off – as the last action of a close game Scavenge deals no damage.

  3× 🎁 Present

• Bad Tidings

  Control

  Control route: damage plus an effect against the opponent's next turn.

  Worth it when the opponent is hunting their strong route next turn (54% across all three rolls): the effect beats a few extra damage points there.

  1× 🌿 Switch + 1× 🔔 Jingle + 1× 🎁 Present + 1× 😈 Horns · about 6 damage · coal, All opponents

• Rotter

  Control

  Control route: damage plus an effect against the opponent's next turn.

  Worth it when the opponent is hunting their strong route next turn (49% across all three rolls): the effect beats a few extra damage points there.

  2× 🌿 Switch + 2× 🔔 Jingle · 8 damage · coal

• Misbehaving

  Burst

  High single-turn damage that locks several dice.

  Only go for it when at most one symbol of Small straight (4 in a row) is missing after roll 1 (59% across all three rolls); otherwise you give up an already safe route.

  Small straight (4 in a row) · 7 damage

• Spoils

  Control

  Control route: damage plus an effect against the opponent's next turn.

  Worth it when the opponent is hunting their strong route next turn (10% across all three rolls): the effect beats a few extra damage points there.

  4× 😈 Horns · 9 damage · coal

• Rejection

  Burst

  High single-turn damage that locks several dice.

  Only go for it when at most one symbol of Large straight (5 in a row) is missing after roll 1 (25% across all three rolls); otherwise you give up an already safe route.

  Large straight (5 in a row) · 9 damage

• Discomfort and Pain!

  Finisher

  Ultimate: the board's highest damage value with the hardest requirement.

  Do not force 5× 😈 Horns (1% across all three rolls): only when the requirement is reachable after roll 1 is giving up the safe route worth it.

  5× 😈 Horns · 10 damage

• Coal: Max 4 on opponents: whoever would gain CP with 4 Coal first removes all 4 and gains 1 less CP. Also fuel for Bad Tidings (2 collateral per Coal). Bad Tidings spreads 3, Rotter +1(+1), Spoils +2, a Deviled Eggs switch pair. Nothing to spend – stack it: 3–4 Coal on the target turn Bad Tidings into a 6–8 AND paralyze their CP economy.
• Gifts / Rejects: Gift (max 3): trade for a Reject card in the main phase. Rejects (max 3 in play): companion cards activatable once per turn with bonus effects. Scavenge +3 (+2 CP + card), Misbehaving, Spoils, Rejection, ultimate. Convert Gifts into Rejects promptly – they only create value in play, and Deviled Eggs counters 1 per Reject out.
• Coal max 4 on one opponent; Gift max 3; Rejects max 3 in play and activatable once per turn.
• At 4 Coal the target's next CP gain is taxed as documented; do not overstate this timing as a permanent lock.
• 4 Coal on the target is the relevant CP-tax threshold; 3 Gifts/Rejects are the engine caps.
• 5 horns = ultimate threshold.
• Coal: Bad Tidings spreads 3, Rotter +1(+1), Spoils +2, a Deviled Eggs switch pair.
• Coal: Nothing to spend – stack it: 3–4 Coal on the target turn Bad Tidings into a 6–8 AND paralyze their CP economy.
• Gifts / Rejects: Scavenge +3 (+2 CP + card), Misbehaving, Spoils, Rejection, ultimate.
• Gifts / Rejects: Convert Gifts into Rejects promptly – they only create value in play, and Deviled Eggs counters 1 per Reject out.

• Seraph

  Seraph adds the healing that Krampus lacks.

• Wolverine

  Wolverine adds the healing that Krampus lacks.

• Cursed Pirate

  Cursed Pirate adds the attack denial that Krampus lacks.

• Cursed Pirate

  Cursed Pirate lands ~5 damage per turn off Cursed Doubloons without a long ramp – and Krampus has little to absorb it.

• Gunslinger

  Gunslinger lands spikes up to 10 damage once Reload is up – and Krampus has little to absorb it.

• Pyromancer

  Pyromancer lands ~6 damage per turn once Fire Mastery is up – and Krampus has little to absorb it.

• Druid

  Druid pushes damage through that Krampus barely stops with Deviled Eggs.

• Storm

  Storm pushes damage through that Krampus barely stops with Deviled Eggs.

• Forgemaster

  Forgemaster keeps Krampus tied up with attack denial, and Krampus already needs tight rolls.