Simulated Sea cards are the buffs you buy while you run Monument Isle's roguelite mode. Isolation stays open to any kit. Tidal Striker and Blade Rifter push melee or swords so hard they start charging a tax.
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Isolation
Isolation is the general deck. It boosts melee, weapon, crit, cooldown, health, fragments, or total damage with no weapon lock. There is no Isolation stack card, so you pick the stats you need instead of filling the pack for a prize. Rest rooms sell and upgrade these at the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise the price.
Close Exile
A small Isolation melee bump. Easy early pick if your run is still leaning on unarmed hits.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- +10% Melee DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Scavenger's Solitude
A small fragment-farm card. Take it when you need more shop currency later in the run.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- +10% Fragments Gain
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Focused Solitude
A modest crit-rate bump that works on any Isolation draft. Useful before you chase bigger crit-damage cards.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- +10% Crit Chance
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Ashen Blade
A small sword bump inside the general deck. Fine if you are mixed, but Blade Rifter still specializes harder.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- +10% Weapon DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Stagnant Time
A light cooldown cut. Helps skills come back a little faster without locking you into melee or sword.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- -5% Cooldown
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Silent Impact
A mid Isolation crit-damage card. Pairs well if you already have some crit chance.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- +20% Crit DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Self-Reliance
A flat total-damage bump. Safe on any Isolation line because it does not care about melee or weapon type.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- +10% Total DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Lone Rhythm
Speeds up basic attacks. Handy when your run is still leaning on auto hits between skills.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- +12.5% Basic Attack Speed
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Hollow Shell
A small Isolation health card. Use it to stay upright through later rooms without changing your damage plan.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- +12.5% HP
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Recluse Wrath
A skill-damage bump in the general deck. Stronger when your kit is already skill-heavy.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- +20% Skill DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Isolation Sanctuary
A larger Isolation health card. Better than Hollow Shell when elite or boss rooms are starting to sting.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- +30% HP
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Forbidden Mastery
Boosts mastery damage. Pick it when your mastery skills are carrying the room clears.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- +25% Mastery DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Abyss Force
A stronger total-damage Isolation card than Self-Reliance. Still weapon-agnostic.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- +15% Total DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Temporal Distortion
A bigger cooldown cut than Stagnant Time. Helps any Isolation draft that lives on skills.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- -10% Cooldown
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Void Collector
A larger fragment-gain card. Better late-run shopping fuel than Scavenger's Solitude.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- +25% Fragments Gain
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Phantom Motion
The bigger Isolation attack-speed card. Stacks the same idea as Lone Rhythm at a higher value.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- +22.5% Basic Attack Speed
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Calamity of Solitude
A large Isolation crit-damage card. Worth more if you already stacked crit chance.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- +65% Crit DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Singularity Aura
The biggest Isolation fragment card. Use it when you still need shop money for later rooms.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- +50% Fragments Gain
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Sovereign Void
The largest Isolation total-damage card. A general finisher that helps any build in the deck.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- +75% Total DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Desolate Eye
The largest Isolation crit-chance card. Isolation has no deck-stack card, so this is a raw stat closer.
- Deck
- Isolation
- Buff
- +40% Crit Chance
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
| Image | Name | Description | Deck | Buff | How to get |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close Exile | A small Isolation melee bump. Easy early pick if your run is still leaning on unarmed hits. | Isolation | +10% Melee DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Scavenger's Solitude | A small fragment-farm card. Take it when you need more shop currency later in the run. | Isolation | +10% Fragments Gain | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Focused Solitude | A modest crit-rate bump that works on any Isolation draft. Useful before you chase bigger crit-damage cards. | Isolation | +10% Crit Chance | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Ashen Blade | A small sword bump inside the general deck. Fine if you are mixed, but Blade Rifter still specializes harder. | Isolation | +10% Weapon DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Stagnant Time | A light cooldown cut. Helps skills come back a little faster without locking you into melee or sword. | Isolation | -5% Cooldown | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Silent Impact | A mid Isolation crit-damage card. Pairs well if you already have some crit chance. | Isolation | +20% Crit DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Self-Reliance | A flat total-damage bump. Safe on any Isolation line because it does not care about melee or weapon type. | Isolation | +10% Total DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Lone Rhythm | Speeds up basic attacks. Handy when your run is still leaning on auto hits between skills. | Isolation | +12.5% Basic Attack Speed | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Hollow Shell | A small Isolation health card. Use it to stay upright through later rooms without changing your damage plan. | Isolation | +12.5% HP | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Recluse Wrath | A skill-damage bump in the general deck. Stronger when your kit is already skill-heavy. | Isolation | +20% Skill DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Isolation Sanctuary | A larger Isolation health card. Better than Hollow Shell when elite or boss rooms are starting to sting. | Isolation | +30% HP | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Forbidden Mastery | Boosts mastery damage. Pick it when your mastery skills are carrying the room clears. | Isolation | +25% Mastery DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Abyss Force | A stronger total-damage Isolation card than Self-Reliance. Still weapon-agnostic. | Isolation | +15% Total DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Temporal Distortion | A bigger cooldown cut than Stagnant Time. Helps any Isolation draft that lives on skills. | Isolation | -10% Cooldown | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Void Collector | A larger fragment-gain card. Better late-run shopping fuel than Scavenger's Solitude. | Isolation | +25% Fragments Gain | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Phantom Motion | The bigger Isolation attack-speed card. Stacks the same idea as Lone Rhythm at a higher value. | Isolation | +22.5% Basic Attack Speed | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Calamity of Solitude | A large Isolation crit-damage card. Worth more if you already stacked crit chance. | Isolation | +65% Crit DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Singularity Aura | The biggest Isolation fragment card. Use it when you still need shop money for later rooms. | Isolation | +50% Fragments Gain | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Sovereign Void | The largest Isolation total-damage card. A general finisher that helps any build in the deck. | Isolation | +75% Total DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Desolate Eye | The largest Isolation crit-chance card. Isolation has no deck-stack card, so this is a raw stat closer. | Isolation | +40% Crit Chance | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. |
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Tidal Striker
Tidal Striker is the melee package. Early cards add melee, skill speed, or cooldown without a tax. Later ones trade health, weapon damage, or damage reduction for bigger punches. Oceanic Resonance adds +10% Melee DMG for every Tidal Striker card you keep, so Isolation filler does not grow that stack.
Fluid Flow
A small Tidal Striker skill-speed opener. Starts the melee deck without a health or weapon trade.
- Deck
- Tidal Striker
- Buff
- +10% Skill Speed
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Tidal Impact
A clean early melee-damage card. No downside, so it is a simple Tidal Striker pickup.
- Deck
- Tidal Striker
- Buff
- +15% Melee DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Ebb and Flow
Mostly a cooldown card with a small melee kicker. Good when Tidal skills need to cycle faster.
- Deck
- Tidal Striker
- Buff
- -20% Cooldown and +5% Melee DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Whirlpool Vortex
A Tidal mix of crit damage and skill damage. Stronger if your melee kit is already using skills often.
- Deck
- Tidal Striker
- Buff
- +15% Crit DMG and +25% Skill DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Tsunami Drive
A large melee spike that cuts a lot of HP. Only take it if you can survive the health trade.
- Deck
- Tidal Striker
- Buff
- +35% Melee DMG and -30% HP
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Unarmed Torrent
Melee-only commitment. It hurts sword damage, so skip it if you still want weapon hits.
- Deck
- Tidal Striker
- Buff
- +25% Melee DMG and -25% Weapon DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Poseidon's Domain
The largest raw Tidal melee card. You lose damage reduction, so you hit harder and take more.
- Deck
- Tidal Striker
- Buff
- +75% Melee DMG and -25% DMG Reduction
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Abalath's Punch
A chance-based melee multiplier. It can spike hits, but it is not a guaranteed damage increase.
- Deck
- Tidal Striker
- Buff
- 35% chance to deal x1.5 Melee DMG during each attack
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Oceanic Resonance
The Tidal Striker stack card. It gets better the more Tidal cards you keep in the run.
- Deck
- Tidal Striker
- Buff
- +10% Melee DMG for every Tidal Striker card you have
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
| Image | Name | Description | Deck | Buff | How to get |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluid Flow | A small Tidal Striker skill-speed opener. Starts the melee deck without a health or weapon trade. | Tidal Striker | +10% Skill Speed | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Tidal Impact | A clean early melee-damage card. No downside, so it is a simple Tidal Striker pickup. | Tidal Striker | +15% Melee DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Ebb and Flow | Mostly a cooldown card with a small melee kicker. Good when Tidal skills need to cycle faster. | Tidal Striker | -20% Cooldown and +5% Melee DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Whirlpool Vortex | A Tidal mix of crit damage and skill damage. Stronger if your melee kit is already using skills often. | Tidal Striker | +15% Crit DMG and +25% Skill DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Tsunami Drive | A large melee spike that cuts a lot of HP. Only take it if you can survive the health trade. | Tidal Striker | +35% Melee DMG and -30% HP | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Unarmed Torrent | Melee-only commitment. It hurts sword damage, so skip it if you still want weapon hits. | Tidal Striker | +25% Melee DMG and -25% Weapon DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Poseidon's Domain | The largest raw Tidal melee card. You lose damage reduction, so you hit harder and take more. | Tidal Striker | +75% Melee DMG and -25% DMG Reduction | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Abalath's Punch | A chance-based melee multiplier. It can spike hits, but it is not a guaranteed damage increase. | Tidal Striker | 35% chance to deal x1.5 Melee DMG during each attack | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Oceanic Resonance | The Tidal Striker stack card. It gets better the more Tidal cards you keep in the run. | Tidal Striker | +10% Melee DMG for every Tidal Striker card you have | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. |
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Blade Rifter
Blade Rifter is the sword package. It leans on weapon damage, with a few skill, crit, and cooldown cards mixed in. Blade Nexus adds +10% Weapon DMG for every Blade Rifter card you keep. Distanced Tear and Heavy Distortion only make sense if you are done punching.
Flashing Void
A small Blade Rifter opener with weapon damage and a little crit chance.
- Deck
- Blade Rifter
- Buff
- +10% Weapon DMG and +5% Crit Chance
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Spatial Edge
A clean weapon-damage bump. No tradeoff, so it is an easy sword-deck pickup.
- Deck
- Blade Rifter
- Buff
- +15% Weapon DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Rift Slasher
A skill-damage card inside the sword deck. Useful when your weapon kit still leans on skills.
- Deck
- Blade Rifter
- Buff
- +10% Skill DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Heavy Distortion
A large weapon spike that also lengthens cooldown. Take it for sword damage, not for skill cycling.
- Deck
- Blade Rifter
- Buff
- +10% Cooldown and +35% Weapon DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Distanced Tear
A sword-only trade. It cuts melee damage, so skip it if you still want unarmed hits.
- Deck
- Blade Rifter
- Buff
- -25% Melee DMG and +25% Weapon DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Flowing Void
Weapon damage plus a small cooldown cut. A cleaner Blade Rifter pickup than Heavy Distortion.
- Deck
- Blade Rifter
- Buff
- -5% Cooldown and +20% Weapon DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Dimensional Reset
A chance to refresh skills after mastery. Strong if your sword kit is built around mastery casts.
- Deck
- Blade Rifter
- Buff
- After you use Mastery Skills, 20% chance to reset all skill cooldowns
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Overflowing Horizon
Turns overflow crit rate into crit damage. Only matters once your crit chance is already over 100%.
- Deck
- Blade Rifter
- Buff
- Every 1% Crit Rate above 100% converts to 2% Crit DMG
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
Blade Nexus
The Blade Rifter stack card. Weapon damage grows with each Blade Rifter card in the run.
- Deck
- Blade Rifter
- Buff
- +10% Weapon DMG for every Blade Rifter card you have
- How to get
- Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices.
| Image | Name | Description | Deck | Buff | How to get |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flashing Void | A small Blade Rifter opener with weapon damage and a little crit chance. | Blade Rifter | +10% Weapon DMG and +5% Crit Chance | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Spatial Edge | A clean weapon-damage bump. No tradeoff, so it is an easy sword-deck pickup. | Blade Rifter | +15% Weapon DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Rift Slasher | A skill-damage card inside the sword deck. Useful when your weapon kit still leans on skills. | Blade Rifter | +10% Skill DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Heavy Distortion | A large weapon spike that also lengthens cooldown. Take it for sword damage, not for skill cycling. | Blade Rifter | +10% Cooldown and +35% Weapon DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Distanced Tear | A sword-only trade. It cuts melee damage, so skip it if you still want unarmed hits. | Blade Rifter | -25% Melee DMG and +25% Weapon DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Flowing Void | Weapon damage plus a small cooldown cut. A cleaner Blade Rifter pickup than Heavy Distortion. | Blade Rifter | -5% Cooldown and +20% Weapon DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Dimensional Reset | A chance to refresh skills after mastery. Strong if your sword kit is built around mastery casts. | Blade Rifter | After you use Mastery Skills, 20% chance to reset all skill cooldowns | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Overflowing Horizon | Turns overflow crit rate into crit damage. Only matters once your crit chance is already over 100%. | Blade Rifter | Every 1% Crit Rate above 100% converts to 2% Crit DMG | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. | |
| Blade Nexus | The Blade Rifter stack card. Weapon damage grows with each Blade Rifter card in the run. | Blade Rifter | +10% Weapon DMG for every Blade Rifter card you have | Buy or upgrade it during a Simulated Sea run. Start the mode from Monument Isle. Rest rooms have the Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs, and higher seas raise card and upgrade prices. |
Pick the deck that matches your hits
Isolation is the flexible draft when your kit still mixes punches, swords, and skills. Tidal Striker is the melee commit. Blade Rifter is the sword commit. The specialist decks each have a stack card that only counts cards from that same deck.
| If you fight with | Draft |
|---|---|
| Punches and kicks | Tidal Striker |
| Swords | Blade Rifter |
| Mixed hits, crit, or shop money | Isolation |
Do not split a Tidal or Blade run with Isolation just because Isolation looks safer. The stack card is picky. It only counts its own deck.
Read the downside first
Some later Tidal and Blade cards pay a big melee or weapon bump, then take HP, weapon damage, damage reduction, melee, or cooldown. Those are fine when you already live on that damage type. They are a wipe if you still need the stat they tax.
Chance cards only help when they proc. Overflowing Horizon does nothing until your crit rate is already over 100%. Fragment-gain cards only matter if you still need shop money for later rooms.
Common mistakes
- Mixing decks and expecting the stack card to count everything
- Buying a melee tax card while you still swing a sword
- Buying a sword tax card while you still punch
- Taking a huge HP or defense cut before later seas can punish it
- Spending early fragments on shop-money cards when you already have enough
FAQ
How do you get Simulated Sea cards in Lineage Piece?
Start Simulated Sea from Monument Isle, then buy or upgrade cards in Rest rooms. The Card Shop sells the next card. The Card Upgrade NPC strengthens one you already have. Higher seas raise both prices.
Where do you start Simulated Sea?
Monument Isle. Talk to the Simulated Sea NPC there to enter the mode, then shop in Rest rooms as you move through Sea 1 to Sea 5.
Which Simulated Sea deck should you pick?
Isolation if your kit is mixed or you need crit, cooldown, health, or fragments. Tidal Striker if you live on melee. Blade Rifter if you live on swords. Stay in one specialist deck if you want that deck's stack card.
Does Isolation have a stack card?
No. Isolation has no card that grows with every Isolation card. Tidal Striker has Oceanic Resonance. Blade Rifter has Blade Nexus.
What does Oceanic Resonance do?
It adds +10% Melee DMG for every Tidal Striker card you have. Isolation and Blade Rifter cards do not count toward that bonus.
What does Blade Nexus do?
It adds +10% Weapon DMG for every Blade Rifter card you have. Isolation and Tidal Striker cards do not count toward that bonus.
What are fragments used for?
Fragments are the shop money inside a Simulated Sea run. You spend them at the Rest-room Card Shop and Card Upgrade NPCs. Isolation cards like Scavenger's Solitude, Void Collector, and Singularity Aura raise how many you earn.
What is the best Simulated Sea card?
There is no single best card. Sovereign Void is the biggest Isolation total-damage bump. Poseidon's Domain is the biggest Tidal melee bump, but it cuts damage reduction. Blade Nexus is the Blade Rifter stack. Pick the card that matches how you already hit.
Why do some cards lower your HP or damage?
Those are trade cards. Tsunami Drive and Poseidon's Domain buy melee with HP or damage reduction. Unarmed Torrent cuts weapon damage. Distanced Tear cuts melee. Heavy Distortion lengthens cooldown. Take them only if you can live with the tax.
Can you upgrade Simulated Sea cards?
Yes. Rest rooms have a Card Upgrade NPC. Higher seas make those upgrades cost more, so save fragments if a later sea is the plan.
