Starlight Seeks Its Form

Spirit Overview — Framing

Wiki-printed playstyle note:

A build-your-own-Spirit, capable of going in many different directions based on Elements picked, Growth choices selected, and Power Cards kept. Has a very high personal/visual complexity and a huge number of early-game options, but doesn’t alter play much for other players at the table. As it commits to choices, it loses versatility - not all paths will be good (or even possible) at all things. It especially wants a measure of adaptation to early Power Cards, rather than trying to pre-select a strategy.

Strategic framing [VERIFY: enhance with play experience].

Starting Setup

Put 1 Presence on your starting board, in a land with Blight.

Growth Options (three)

Growth token reference (Wiki shorthand):

• reclaim — Reclaim all discarded Power Cards.
• gain1p / gain2p — Gain 1 or 2 Power Cards (Minor).
• addpresence1 / addpresence2 / addpresence3 — Add 1 Presence from track, Range N.
• energy1 / energy2 / energy3 — +1/+2/+3 Energy.
• card1 / card2 — +1/+2 Card Plays this turn.
• (Other tokens documented on Wiki Spirit template reference pages.)

Presence Tracks

As Presence leaves each track, these values are revealed:

• Energy track: empty, growthreclaimhalf, growthdivider, growthgainpowercard, growthmovepresence1
• Card-play track: empty, growth3energy, growthdivider, growthplusonecardplay, growthmovepresence2

Core Mechanics & Special Rules

Special Rule

GROWTH BEGETS GROWTH You have 6 Presence tracks. (As usual, you may add Presence from any track.) 4 of the Presence tracks are next to rows of Growth choices: these choices start unavailable. Upon emptying a Growth track, pick one of its two Growth choices to be immediately available. The other stays unavailable for the rest of the game (cover with a spare piece). After you add Presence from a space marked {{energyplus1}}, gain 1 Energy. SLOWLY COALESCING NATURE After revealing an {{gainelement}}, place 1 Element Marker of your choice on it. That element is permanent and is constantly available (As if pre-printed on the Presence track.)

Innate: AIR MOVES, EARTH ENDURES

• Speed: fast · Range: 1 · Target: any

Level	Thresholds	Effect
1	3 Air	Push up to 2 Explorer or 1 Town .
2	3 Earth	Defend 5.

Innate: FIRE BURNS, WATER SOOTHES

• Speed: slow · Range: 1 (optionally from a sacred site) · Target: any

Level	Thresholds	Effect
1	3 Fire	1 Fear . 2 Damage.
2	3 Water	Remove 1 Blight .

Innate: WOOD SEEKS GROWTH, HUMANS SEEK FREEDOM

• Speed: slow · Range: 2 · Target: any

Level	Thresholds	Effect
1	3 Plant	Choose a Spirit with Presence in target land. They gain a Power Card.
2	3 Animal	1 Damage per Dahan OR Push up to 3 Dahan .

Innate: SIDEREAL GUIDANCE

• Speed: slow · Range: 1 · Target: any

Level	Thresholds	Effect
1	2 Moon	Gather up to 1 Explorer /Dahan.
2	3 Moon	Instead, Gather up to 3 Explorer .

Innate: STARS BLAZE IN THE DAYTIME SKY

• Speed: slow · Range: None · Target: yourself

Level	Thresholds	Effect
1	4 Sun	3 Fear . Gain 1 Energy. Reclaim up to 1 Power Card from play or your discard pile.

Unique Cards (all, Wiki-verified)

Card Priority Ratings

Uniques

No Unique cards listed.

Top 10 Minor Draft Picks (from full pool)

#	Card	Cost	Speed	Elements	Effect (truncated)	Why this pick
1	Lure of the Unknown	0	Fast	Moon, Fire, Air, Plant	Gather 1 Explorer /Town.	elements air+fire+moon+plant → 11.7
2	Twilight Fog Brings Madness	0	Slow	Sun, Moon, Air, Water	Add 1 Strife. Push 1 Dahan . Each remaining Dahan takes 1 Damage.	elements air+moon+sun+water → 11.7
3	Roiling Bog and Snagging Thorn	0	Fast	Moon, Fire, Water, Plant	1 Fear . Isolate. Defend 2. 1 Dahan does not participate in Ravage. (Check when ra…	elements fire+moon+plant+water → 10.8
4	Purifying Flame	1	Slow	Sun, Fire, Air, Plant	1 Damage per Blight. If target land is a Mountain or Sands, you may instead Remove 1 Blig…	elements air+fire+plant+sun → 11.7
5	Sunset’s Fire Flows Across the Land	1	Slow	Sun, Moon, Fire, Water	1 Fear . 1 Damage. You may pay 1 Energy to deal 1 Damage in an adjacent land.	elements fire+moon+sun+water → 11.7
6	Hazards Spread Across the Island	0	Fast	Fire, Air, Earth, Plant	Choose a type of token from Badlands/Beasts/Disease/Strife/Wilds that exists in an adjace…	elements air+earth+fire+plant → 9.9
7	Portents of Disaster	0	Fast	Sun, Moon, Air	2 Fear . The next time an Invader is Destroyed in target land this turn, 1 Fear .	elements air+moon+sun → 9.9
8	Guardian Serpents	1	Fast	Sun, Moon, Earth, Animal	Add 1 Beasts in one of target Spirit’s lands. If target Spirit has a Sacred Site in that …	elements animal+earth+moon+sun → 10.8
9	Gift of Power	0	Slow	Moon, Water, Earth, Plant	Target Spirit gains a Minor Power Card.	elements earth+moon+plant+water → 9.9
10	Inflame the Fires of Life	1	Slow	Moon, Fire, Plant, Animal	Add 1 Disease. OR 1 Fear . Add 1 Strife.	elements animal+fire+moon+plant → 10.8

Top 5 Major Draft Picks (from full pool)

#	Card	Cost	Speed	Elements	Effect (truncated)	Why this pick
1	Unlock the Gates of Deepest Power	4	Fast	Sun, Moon, Fire, Air, Water, Earth, Plant, Animal	Target Spirit gains a Major Power by drawing 2 and keeping 1, without having to Forget an…	elements air+animal+earth+fire+moon+plant+sun+water → 20.7
2	Weave Together the Fabric of Place	4	Fast	Sun, Moon, Air, Water, Earth	Target land and a land adjacent to it become a single land for this turn. (It has the ter…	elements air+earth+moon+sun+water → 13.5
3	Twisted Flowers Murmur Ultimatums	5	Slow	Sun, Moon, Air, Earth, Plant	4 Fear . Add 1 Strife. If the Terror Level is 2 or higher, Remove 2 Invaders.	elements air+earth+moon+plant+sun → 14.4
4	Pent-Up Calamity	3	Fast	Moon, Fire, Earth, Plant, Animal	Add 1 Disease and 1 Strife. OR Remove any number of Beasts/Disease/Strife/Wilds. For …	elements animal+earth+fire+moon+plant → 12.6
5	Unleash a Torrent of the Self’s Own Essence	2	Fast	Sun, Moon, Fire, Water	Gain 4 Energy. You may forget a Power card to gain 4 more Energy. OR Pay X Energy (mi…	elements fire+moon+sun+water → 11.7

HoSI Beginner Deck Bundle — for reference only

No HoSI beginner-deck bundle for this spirit.

Cards to Avoid (anti-synergy flagged)

Key Strategic Principles

[VERIFY and enhance] — strategic principles should be derived from Wiki-verified mechanics above.

1. Use the Special Rule to its fullest (see above for exact text).
2. Element thresholds drive innate firing — see the innate tables above.
3. Suggested draft cards are Wiki-recommended; pattern-match to your matchup.

Opener Mechanics — starter reference

Starting state

• Setup: Put 1 Presence on your starting board, in a land with Blight.
• Starting income (from presence_energy_track[0] = empty, presence_cardplay_track[0] = empty): 0 Energy · 0 Card Play
• Hand at start: 4 Unique Power Cards (listed below)
• Growth type: three — (see spirit panel)

Growth options

• G1: reclaim1 (Reclaim 1 Power Card (of your choice))
• G2: addpresence0 (Place 1 Presence from a track (Range 0))
• G3: energy1 ((track slot showing 1 Energy))
• G4: movepresence3 (Move 1 Presence (Range 3))

Presence-track reveal rules: placing Presence (via a growth option with addpresence*) reveals one track slot — either the next Energy slot or the next Card-Play slot, not both. The choice determines your permanent-income trajectory from that turn onward.

Energy track

empty · growthreclaimhalf · growthdivider · growthgainpowercard · growthmovepresence1 — income as slots reveal: empty → growthreclaimhalf → growthdivider → growthgainpowercard → growthmovepresence1

Card-play track

empty · growth3energy · growthdivider · growthplusonecardplay · growthmovepresence2 — CP as slots reveal: empty → growth3energy → growthdivider → growthplusonecardplay → growthmovepresence2

Innate Powers

• AIR MOVES, EARTH ENDURES (Speed: Fast · Range: 1 · Target: any)
  • L1 — 3 Air: Push up to 2 Explorer or 1 Town .
  • L2 — 3 Earth: Defend 5.
• FIRE BURNS, WATER SOOTHES (Speed: Slow · Range: 1 · Target: any)
  • L1 — 3 Fire: 1 Fear . 2 Damage.
  • L2 — 3 Water: Remove 1 Blight .
• WOOD SEEKS GROWTH, HUMANS SEEK FREEDOM (Speed: Slow · Range: 2 · Target: any)
  • L1 — 3 Plant: Choose a Spirit with Presence in target land. They gain a Power Card.
  • L2 — 3 Animal: 1 Damage per Dahan OR Push up to 3 Dahan .
• SIDEREAL GUIDANCE (Speed: Slow · Range: 1 · Target: any)
  • L1 — 2 Moon: Gather up to 1 Explorer /Dahan.
  • L2 — 3 Moon: Instead, Gather up to 3 Explorer .
• STARS BLAZE IN THE DAYTIME SKY (Speed: Slow · Range: ? · Target: yourself)
  • L1 — 4 Sun: 3 Fear . Gain 1 Energy. Reclaim up to 1 Power Card from play or your discard pile.

Fast-phase element ceiling from Uniques

Fast innates resolve in Fast phase and can only see elements from Fast cards played before the innate. Slow-card elements arrive too late to feed a Fast innate. This is the element ceiling Fast plays from your Uniques alone can contribute each turn:

• Fast-phase Unique elements: (no Fast Uniques — all innate firings require drafted Fast cards)
• Fast-phase L1 ceiling from Uniques alone is insufficient — need 3 Air, Uniques give 0. L1 only fires T1 with a drafted Fast Minor providing the shortfall element(s).

Unique Power Cards

No Unique cards parsed.

Invader phase by turn (base deck)

Adversary escalation can shift this — check the adversary JSON for deviations (Sweden front-loads a Build; some Habsburg levels add early Builds).

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Adversary Matchup Matrix

[VERIFY all grades] — template only; fill in per-adversary notes after play.

Board / Map Configuration

[VERIFY via play] — base boards A–D, Jagged Earth E–H, and thematic ratings pending per-spirit play experience.

Game-Phase Strategy

[VERIFY: needs play data].

Synergy Partners (Multiplayer)

[VERIFY: needs multi-spirit play data] — archetype-based hints from Archetype Index are the starting point.

Common Mistakes

[VERIFY: collect from play].

Tempo Profile

[VERIFY: per-round targets need playtest].

Expansion Sensitivity

• Base only: core Uniques + Innate + Special Rule functional if expansion = Base.
• + Branch & Claw: events + blight deck introduce variance.
• + Jagged Earth: Major/Minor pool deepens.
• + Nature Incarnate: additional aspects may unlock; check the aspect column above.

Per-expansion specifics [VERIFY].

Stat Snapshot

Source Notes

Chapter draft generated from Wiki data 2026-04-19. Strategic prose needs enhancement from play experience. See templates/SPIRIT_TEMPLATE.md for the full Rei-format spine.