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Ability Name	When Playable	Description
Alibi	Showdown	Heal for 50% of a pot you lose at showdown. Redirect that damage to the nearest minion to you clockwise.
Arcane Plunder	Preflop or River Ability Phase	Steal any sheltering buffs, whatever duration is left add an additional 2 hands and double the healing bonus.
Backstab	Triggered	All opponents losing showdown to you take an addition 20% of the pot in damage. If Hide was played the previous hand, that damage is 50%.
Charisma	Triggered Phase	Make a raise, all players are prevented from raising the rest of the hand.
Coercion	Heads Up and Raise	Heads up, when raised, reraise pot and force opponent to call. End all betting for the remainder of the hand.
Cutpurse	Preflop and UTG	Call the big blind, force all players to call. Steal 50% of the pot.
Evade Traps	Ability Phase	Remove all debuffs from yourself.
Eye Poke	Flop Ability Phase	Reveal a random hole card of yours to the table for the next 6 hands. If you win the hand, receive an extra 60% of the pot in health.
Fools Gold	Triggered	Call a non all in bet without losing health.
Gaffle	River Ability Phase	When heads up with a non Dragon minion, steal the pot.
Gamble	Flop Ability Phase	Pay 25% of the current pot into the pot, discard your hole cards and draw two new cards.
Guild Dues	Triggered	Call any raise when not heads up. Health cost is divided and paid by opponents at 20% each. All folded players get their cards back.
Hide	Triggered	When folding, all health you have put into the pot is removed from the hand and entered into the starting pot for next hand.
Larceny	Flop Ability Phase	Steal a random equipment from target opponent you don’t already own.
Pilfer	Showdown Loss	If you lose showdown heads up, steal 25% of the pot.
Poisoned Blade	Triggered	Target opponent that folded to your raise gains the poisoned debuff for a cycle.
Quick Escape	Folding	When folding, take your last bet back from the pot.
Reflexes	Triggered	Prevent any damage caused by an opponent's ability.
Skip the Line	Activated	Take possession of the button at the start of the next hand. It remains in your possession until you lose a hand.
Sleight of Hand	Flop Ability Phase	Target opponent takes 20% of their health pool in damage, You gain an equal amount.
Street Cred	Triggered	Raise the 2x the big blind for the price of a call. Cannot be used if someone is all in.
This things stuck	Preflop and Button Ability Phase	Keep possession of the button for the next cycle, 3 hands if at the final table.
Threaten	River Ability Phase	Target opponent takes 100% of their total bets this hand back from the pot and then folds. Also gains the Bleed debuff for 6 hands.
Thuggery	Showdown	When losing a showdown heads up with a non Dragon minion, steal the pot.
Toxic Bait	UTG	When UTG, any player calling your bet this street receives the poisoned debuff for a cycle.
Venom Spray	Flop and River Ability Phase	Opponent’s gain the poisoned debuff for 6 hands.