Wounded Waters Bleeding

Spirit Overview — Framing

Wiki-printed playstyle note:

Starts off wounded, losing a Presence or a Power Card every turn. Heals over the course of the game, finding a new nature - while some choices may be a touch better or worse due to Adversary, Power Card picks, teammates, etc., most combinations are viable in most games. Benefits from careful Presence placement, both due to losing Presence and because some if its Unique Powers must target from lands with Blight.

Strategic framing [VERIFY: enhance with play experience].

Starting Setup

On your starting board, put 2 Presence in a land with Blight, then put 2 Presence and 1 Blight (from the box) in the highest-numbered land with a Town Setup Symbol. You start with your 4 Unique Power Cards and 4 Energy.
Set your 4 Healing Cards nearby.

Growth Options (one)

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: blank, blank, blank, blank, energy3, energy4fireorplant, energy5any
• Card-play track: energy0card1, wateroranimal, gatherblight, energy1card2

Core Mechanics & Special Rules

Special Rule

SEEKING A PATH TOWARDS HEALING
After playing cards each Spirit Phase: * Claim a Healing Marker (Element Marker) matching whichever of Water or Simpleanimal you have more of. (You break ties.) * You may then Claim a Healing Card if you meet its requirements. (You can claim your first Healing Card on Turn 3.) * Then Destroy 1 Presence or Forget a Power Card (unless a Healing Card just removed this rule).

Innate: SWIRL AND SPILL

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

Level	Thresholds	Effect
1	2 Water	Push up to 2 Explorer /Dahan/Blight.
2	3 Water + 1 Animal	1 Fear . Push up to 2 Town /Presence/Beasts.
3	5 Water + 2 Plant + 2 Animal	In one land pushed into, Downgrade all Town and all City.

Innate: SANGUINARY TAINT

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

Level	Thresholds	Effect
1	2 Animal	1 Fear . 1 Damage. Push 1 Dahan .
2	1 Water + 3 Animal	1 Damage. Add 1 Beasts.
3	2 Fire + 2 Water + 5 Animal	1 Fear . 4 Damage. Add 1 Disease.

Unique Cards (all, Wiki-verified)

Card Priority Ratings

Uniques

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Top 10 Minor Draft Picks (from full pool)

#	Card	Cost	Speed	Elements	Effect (truncated)	Why this pick
1	Weep for What is Lost	0	Slow	Fire, Water, Animal	1 Fear per type of Invader present. Push up to 1 Explorer /Town per Blight.	elements animal+fire+water → 13.2
2	Call to Tend	1	Slow	Water, Plant, Animal	Remove 1 Blight . OR Push up to 3 Dahan .	elements animal+plant+water → 13.2
3	Call of the Dahan Ways	1	Slow	Moon, Water, Animal	Replace 1 Explorer with 1 Dahan .	elements animal+water → 12.6
4	Blood Draws Predators	1	Fast	Sun, Fire, Water, Animal	After the next time Invaders are Destroyed in target land: Add 1 Beasts, then 1 Damage pe…	elements animal+fire+water → 13.2
5	Fleshrot Fever	1	Slow	Fire, Air, Water, Animal	1 Fear . Add 1 Disease.	elements animal+fire+water → 13.2
6	Infested Aquifers	1	Slow	Moon, Water, Earth, Animal	If target land has any Disease, 1 Damage to each Invader. OR If target land is a Moun…	elements animal+water → 12.6
7	Mesmerized Tranquility	0	Fast	Water, Earth, Animal	Isolate target land. Each Invader does -1 Damage.	elements animal+water → 12.6
8	Teeming Rivers	1	Slow	Sun, Water, Plant, Animal	If target land has no Blight, add 1 Beasts. If target land has exactly 1 Blight , Remove i…	elements animal+plant+water → 13.2
9	Rain of Blood	0	Slow	Air, Water, Animal	2 Fear . If target land has at least 2 Towns /Cities, 1 Fear .	elements animal+water → 12.6
10	Sap the Strength of Multitudes	0	Fast	Water, Animal	Defend 5.	elements animal+water → 12.6

Top 5 Major Draft Picks (from full pool)

#	Card	Cost	Speed	Elements	Effect (truncated)	Why this pick
1	Ravaged Undergrowth Slithers Back to Life	3	Slow	Water, Plant, Animal	Replace 1 Blight with 1 Wilds. 1 Fear . 3 Damage. Push that Wilds.	elements animal+plant+water → 13.2
2	Flocking Red-Talons	3	Fast	Air, Water, Plant, Animal	Add 1 Beasts. Move up to 2 Beasts within 3 Range to target land. For each Beasts present,…	elements animal+plant+water → 13.2
3	Dissolve the Bonds of Kinship	4	Slow	Fire, Water, Animal	Replace 1 City with 2 Explorers . Replace 1 Town with 1 Explorer . Replace 1 Dahan with 1 E…	elements animal+fire+water → 13.2
4	Inspire the Release of Stolen Lands	4	Slow	Sun, Water, Plant, Animal	Gather up to 3 Dahan . Remove up to 3 Health worth of Invaders per Dahan.	elements animal+plant+water → 13.2
5	Plague Ships Sail to Distant Ports	4	Fast	Fire, Air, Water, Animal	1 Fear . Add 4 Disease among Coastal lands (on any boards) other than target land.	elements animal+fire+water → 13.2

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: On your starting board, put 2 Presence in a land with Blight, then put 2 Presence and 1 Blight (from the box) in the highest-numbered land with a Town Setup Symbol. You start with your 4 Unique Power Cards and 4 Energy.
  Set your 4 Healing Cards nearby.
• Starting income (from presence_energy_track[0] = blank, presence_cardplay_track[0] = energy0card1): 3 Energy · 0 Card Play
• Hand at start: 4 Unique Power Cards (listed below)
• Growth type: one — pick one growth option per turn

Growth options

• G1: reclaim (Reclaim all discarded+played Power Cards); gain1p (Gain 1 Power Card (Minor unless otherwise noted)); energy1 ((track slot showing 1 Energy))
• G2: gain1p (Gain 1 Power Card (Minor unless otherwise noted)); addpresence2 (Place 1 Presence from a track (Range 2))
• G3: addpresence3 (Place 1 Presence from a track (Range 3)); energy3 ((+3 Energy this turn — growth effect, not track reveal)); adddestroyedpresence1 ((spirit-specific: adddestroyedpresence1 — consult spirit panel))

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

blank · blank · blank · blank · energy3 · energy4fireorplant · energy5any — income as slots reveal: blank → blank → blank → blank → 3 → 4 → 5

Card-play track

energy0card1 · wateroranimal · gatherblight · energy1card2 — CP as slots reveal: energy0card1 → wateroranimal → gatherblight → energy1card2

Innate Powers

• SWIRL AND SPILL (Speed: Slow · Range: 1 · Target: any)
  • L1 — 2 Water: Push up to 2 Explorer /Dahan/Blight.
  • L2 — 3 Water + 1 Animal: 1 Fear . Push up to 2 Town /Presence/Beasts.
  • L3 — 5 Water + 2 Plant + 2 Animal: In one land pushed into, Downgrade all Town and all City.
• SANGUINARY TAINT (Speed: Slow · Range: 1 · Target: any)
  • L1 — 2 Animal: 1 Fear . 1 Damage. Push 1 Dahan .
  • L2 — 1 Water + 3 Animal: 1 Damage. Add 1 Beasts.
  • L3 — 2 Fire + 2 Water + 5 Animal: 1 Fear . 4 Damage. Add 1 Disease.

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)

Unique Power Cards

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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.

Strategy Cliffs — per-adversary-level shifts that change Wounded Waters Bleeding’s math

England L5 — Buildings +1 HP

What changes: Towns become 3-HP (was 2), Cities become 4-HP (was 3). Damage-only Powers dealing 2 or 3 may no longer kill a Town/City in one go.

Mitigation for Wounded Waters Bleeding: Stack damage from multiple plays or use downgrade Powers (Crops Wither, Tangled Trees) to soften before finishing.

England L3 — Coastal Lands build faster

What changes: England’s L3 escalation adds an extra Build in coastal lands. Ocean-adjacent spirits see compounded pressure on their home terrain.

Mitigation for Wounded Waters Bleeding: Front-load coastal defense or disruption before T3’s first Ravage.

France (Plantation) — Dahan capture threatens your Dahan engine

What changes: France’s plantation rules convert Dahan to colonists, and Invaders occupy lands with Dahan. Spirits whose innate/card math counts on Dahan density (Shadows-of-the-Dahan, Favors, Thunderspeaker) are downgraded.

Mitigation for Wounded Waters Bleeding: Play Defend Powers on Dahan lands; accept loss of range-extension budget.

Brandenburg-Prussia — Cities drive Fear-per-kill (favorable swing)

What changes: BP’s escalation puts Cities on the board early, and each destroyed City dumps Fear into the pool. Damage-dealing spirits benefit from an inflated Fear curve; weaker spirits may struggle against pre-City pressure.

Mitigation for Wounded Waters Bleeding: Aim at City-dense lands with your highest-damage plays for outsized Fear returns.

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.