Depths Of Despair (3)

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Name	Depths Of Despair (3)
Type	action
Description	When this defends, banish it when the combat chain closes. Blood Debt(While this is in your banished zone, at the beginning of your end phase, lose 1LIFE.)
Set	Compendium of Rathe #PEN197
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About Depths Of Despair (3)

Depths Of Despair (3), action, designed by None first released in Feb, 2026 in the set Compendium of Rathe. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of C$ 0.24.

**Depths of Despair (3)** is mainly suited for Shadow heroes like **Chane (Runeblade)** or **Levia (Shadow Brute)** that actively utilize the banished zone, since its **Blood Debt** drawback can be offset by decks that regularly play or clear cards from banish; in Chane, for example, it can serve as a blue pitch that incidentally fuels banish synergy, while in Levia it can help maintain a critical mass of Shadow cards. That said, it is generally considered a low-power filler card because it provides no proactive effect beyond blocking and pitching, and the Blood Debt liability makes it worse than comparable blue 3-block options without downside (such as generic blues that don’t punish you in the end phase). Most optimized Shadow lists prefer higher-impact blues or Shadow cards with strong on-play or on-attack effects (like **Shadow Puppetry**, **Seeds of Agony**, or efficient blue attacks with relevant text), making Depths of Despair largely a budget or limited-format inclusion rather