Some units have a limited lifespan, shown by a skull icon . At the start of the owner's turn, the unit's lifespan is reduced by one, and it's destroyed when it reaches zero.
Blockers with lifespan are vulnerable to chill, since freezing a blocker that's about to die anyway is equivalent to dealing damage. Similarly, absorb denial units like Bloodrager and flexible attackers like Scorchilla can reduce a lifespan unit's value as a blocker. For these reasons, it's sometimes better to attack with a lifespan blocker on its last turn even if the defensive value would be greater.
Units with limited lifespans[ | ]
Unit table[ | ]
Name | Type | U/S | # | ||||||||||||||||
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Vile Doombot | Colorless | Unit | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Barrier | Unit | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Thermite Core | Unit | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||
Nivo Charge | Unit | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Plexo Cell | Unit | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Oxide Mixer | Unit | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Fission Turret | Unit | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
Grimbotch | Unit | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
Innervi Field | Unit | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Doomsplitter | Unit | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
Frost Brooder | Unit | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
Kinetic Driver | Unit | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
Doomed Wall | Unit | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Chieftain | Unit | 8 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
Doomed Mech | Unit | 9 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
Aurb Magnifier | Colorless | Unit | 12 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||||
Gauss Fabricator | Unit | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | ||||||||||||
Thunderhead | Unit | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
Defense Grid | Unit | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 |