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Regent: manage Stars and your Sovereign Blade

Quick answer

Stars carry between turns. Count both the Energy and Star costs before playing a sequence, and preserve defense while preparing your Blade.

How this guide was checked

Coverage: Early Access · Main 0.107.1 · optional Beta 0.111.0 · next beta planned November 12 · official sources checked November 4, 2026 UTC. Research checked 27 Sep 2026. Updated 25 Oct 2026

This guide uses the linked sources and any attributed demonstrations. Platform differences and limitations are noted with the advice they affect.

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  1. 1:56–2:06Summon Forth with Forge 8, then an 18-damage Sovereign BladeCreate, improve and retrieve the Blade · zpsKai

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1:56–2:06 · 10 sSummon Forth with Forge 8, then an 18-damage Sovereign Blade
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“Sovereign Blade, Summon Forth, Repeat | A10 Regent STS2” by zpsKai · Sep 17, 2026 · Uploaded Sept 17, 2026, after Main 0.107.1; build not readable on screen

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Before you start

  • Play a Silent run to unlock Regent.
  • Main 0.107.1 is the baseline; beta-only values are in the patch guide.
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Make the Star budget visible

Venerate generates Stars; Gather Light adds defense while generating them; Glow helps with Stars and card access. A card with both costs needs both resources. Saving unused Stars is valid.

Kingy example: start with 3 Stars, generate 2, then spend 4. You have 1 Star left, irrespective of the Energy calculation. Write both totals mentally before choosing the second card. An Energy discount alone does not promise to erase the Star cost.

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Create, improve and retrieve the Blade

The first Forge creates a Sovereign Blade and adds its Forge amount. Later Forge improves that existing card across combat piles. It does not keep producing new Blades. The unupgraded Blade costs 2 Energy, has 10 base damage before Forge and Retain; its upgrade lowers the cost to 1.

Bulwark combines Block with Forge. Summon Forth retrieves the Blade as well as forging it. Plan how to play it again after the first strike; extra setup cards are less valuable when the Blade stays buried in discard.

Checked on screen · Oct 25, 2026

1:56–2:06 · 10 sSummon Forth with Forge 8, then an 18-damage Sovereign Blade

Play Summon Forth to bring Sovereign Blade into your hand and Forge it by 8; the Blade then reads 18 damage and, with Retain, stays in your hand at the end of the turn.

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“Sovereign Blade, Summon Forth, Repeat | A10 Regent STS2” by zpsKai · Sep 17, 2026 · Uploaded Sept 17, 2026, after Main 0.107.1; build not readable on screen

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1:56–2:06Summon Forth with Forge 8, then an 18-damage Sovereign Blade
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Choose support for the problem in the hand

ProblemLook for
Too little immediate defenseGather Light or Glitterstream.
Blade setup leaves you exposedBulwark.
Star spending has no defensive payoffA supported Child of the Stars plan.
Enough setup, too few playable handsDraw, retention or a reliable retrieval effect.
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Sources · 3Walkthrough · checked 12 Sep 2026 · Research checked 27 Sep 2026
Regent guide ↗Card roles; older starter-relic name not used.Walkthrough ·
Stars mechanics ↗Carry-over and Energy/Star costs.Walkthrough ·
Sovereign Blade and Forge ↗Blade creation, growth and retrieval.Walkthrough ·

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