Lifespan

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						#
Name
Vile Doombot	1 Colorless	Unit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 0	2 2					1 1	0	0	0	3 3
Barrier	3	Unit	1 1	0	1 1	0	0	20	0 0	1 1						0	0	0	1 1
Thermite Core	4	Unit	1 1	0	0	1 1	0	4	1 1	1 1						0	0	0	8 8
Doomed Drone	1 Colorless	Unit	2 2	1 1	0	0	0	10	1 1	1 1						0	0	0	4 4
Nivo Charge	3	Unit	2 2	0	1 1	0	0	10	1 1	1 1						0	0	0	1 1
Plexo Cell	3	Unit	2 2	0	2 2	0	0	10	0 0	4 4						0	0	0	1 1
Oxide Mixer	4	Unit	3 3	0	0	1 1	0	4	1 1	2 2						0	0	0	4 4
Fission Turret	3	Unit	4 4	0	1 1	0	0	10	1 1	1 1					1 1	0	0	0	5 5
Grimbotch	5	Unit	4 4	0	0	0	1 1	10	1 1	2 2					1 1	0	0	0	4 4
Innervi Field	3	Unit	4 4	0	2 2	0	0	10	0 0	3 3						0	0	0	3 3
Doomsplitter	4	Unit	5 5	0	0	1 1	0	10	1 1	3 3					1 1	0	0	0	5 5
Frost Brooder	5	Unit	5 5	0	0	0	2 2	4	1 1	2 2						0	0	0	6 6
Kinetic Driver	3	Unit	5 5	0	1 1	0	0	4	1 1	1 1					1 1	0	0	0	6 6
Doomed Wall	4	Unit	7 7	0	0	1 1	0	10	0 0	4 4						0	0	0	3 3
Chieftain	6	Unit	8 8	0	2 2	1 1	0	10	1 1	7 7					2 2	0	0	0	3 3
Doomed Mech	4	Unit	9 9	0	0	2 2	0	10	1 1	5 5					2 2	0	0	0	5 5
Aurb Magnifier	1 Colorless	Unit	12 12	0	0	0	0	1	6 6	9 9						0	0	0	6 6
Gauss Fabricator	3	Unit	12 12	0	4 4	0	0	1	1 1	10 10						0	0	0	8 8
Thunderhead	6	Unit	15 15	0	5 5	1 1	0	1	1 1	11 11					4 4	0	0	0	3 3
Defense Grid	4	Unit	16 16	0	0	3 3	0	1	1 1	7 7						0	0	0	7 7

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