The previously previewed Seal of Devotion is an example of such support, and you’ll find that there is a little higher than usual number of high influence mono-faction cards in Dark Frontier.Īs mentioned above, Dark Frontier features eleven power cards, and the remaining five are a common cycle of mono-faction Onslaught power cards. Mono-faction strategies have been among the least supported and most requested strategies in the Eternal’s history. Rather, Dark Frontier seeks to expand the range of supported strategies and types of strategies, and some of that includes support for mono-faction strategies. While Dark Frontier has some support for five of the two-faction combinations, it’s not filled with two-faction cards (and in fact, the five Insignias are five of just ten multi-faction cards in the set). There is asymmetry between which types of cards work well together, which unit types are most supported, and what power cards are available. Some factions are especially vulnerable to relics, others to spells. Some factions have better big units, some better removal. There is always going to be some asymmetry between factions and combinations of factions. We knew early on that we needed to follow Defiance with a set going in a very different direction. We wanted to explore the possibilities at a pace that makes the sets focused on three-factions feel special. Some of you have speculated that Dark Frontier would be another three-faction set. We wanted to provide new tools for those other five alliances that were not as heavily supported in Defiance, pushing things in the other direction. Eternal‘s previous major release, Defiance, was loudly built around five three-faction combinations, and part of supporting these combinations involved extra support for the five overlapping two-faction alliances. We believe that change is a crucial component to making Eternal fun and re-playable. Five of Dark Frontier‘s eleven power cards are part of a cycle of Insignias, providing fast and reliable influence-fixing, as long as you are devoted to one, and only one, of the two-faction alliances.