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can be used sequentially if the player has more than one in their deck. If the player dies, the game restarts but the player will then earn rewards in the form of new cards and abilities that will make it easier to succeed in further efforts. There are a total of 51 cards to earn throughout the game that can enable specialized directions in combat and also various secrets and surprises to find while discovering the world. There are around 45 different types of enemies that the player will meet, these do often act in different ways. Some can, to mention a few actions, steal cards from the player and some can instead give the player benefits, more time with a shield and the ability to use more arrows from your hand in a single turn, for example. The player can also use magic in different ways as well as cards involving elemental effects, fire and lighting, for instance.
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Iris and the Giant twists the roguelike cardgame genre by linking each type of attack card to a specific enemy demon; defeating that demon with a "steal" card allows the player to acquire more of that card, e.g. stealing from a skeleton with a shield will yield a "shield" card. Powerful cards not
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