Silence

Silence

"-1 magic power to all enemy units."

Can be Cleansed

Remarkable Interactions

1. Silence stacks but can not reduce Magic attacks to 0.
2. Silence dies with the Unit wielding it.

Notable Modifiers

1. Fire and Regret: With ranged attack Units taking damage from landed attacks, players may lean more heavily on magic attacks. Silence their magic attacks as well!
2. Wands Out: Reducing your opponent's magic attacks within this magic-only Modifier may be the path to victory!

Notable Abilities

1. Void - Reduces magic attack damage by half, rounded up. When paired with Silence, Void may allow your Units to escape from harm!
2. Lookout - Particularly useful during the Target Practice/Super Sneak/Equal Opportunity Modifiers, Lookout protects adjacent Units from Sneak, Snipe, Opportunity, and Ambush. With Silence in play, attacks can be reduced to 0!
3. Headwinds - Combine Headwinds and Silence to reduce your opponent's ranged and magic attacks. Add a Unit with Demoralize to reduce melee attacks and a tank with Shield and Void to reduce the impact of all attack types!

Summoners that Reduce Magic

Nomos is an often-overlooked tactics Summoner from the Rebellion Set. With the choice between reducing Magic Attacks by 2 to two Units, or granting Dispel to two Units, Nomos is exceedingly useful in niche situations. Tusk the Wide is an excellent tank for Nomos with Void. If you play in Wild format, Caladumm is a magical Unit with Void. In the Wands Out Modifier, Nomos and Caladuum combined with Baron Fyatt (the Halving Promo Card) will leave your opponent flailing with impotent attacks as you decimate their lineup. 

When may players choose to decrease their own magic attacks? When Forcefield or Magic Reflect are in play. Reduction in attack in these cases may allow your Units to damage the opposing team more, and prevent excess return damage from Magic Reflect. Dispel is also quite useful as a counter to Gladiator Cards and the majority of positive Status Effects. 

Thaddius Brood subtracts 1 magic and 1 max health from your opponent's team. 

With a mana cost of 3, Bortus reduces the magic attack of your opponent's Units by 1. 

Units with Silence:

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• Mushroom Seer - Level 1
• Crystal Werewolf - Level 1
• Lord of Fire - Level 2
• Tinderlock - Level 4

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