Degeneration card

Version 0.31: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

The card depicts a dragon whose scales are sloughing off, revealing a sheep underneath.

The degeneration card attempts to polymorph monsters into ones with lower HD. For targets of such valid holiness, it will also afflict them with Malmutate. Undead targets, which decompose rather than shift in form when inflicted with mutagenic energies, will be dazed.

The card can be found in the following decks over these two versions.

0.15	0.16 and beyond
Destruction War	Destruction

History

Prior to 0.31, polymorphing monsters caused them to heal (often to full health).
The Degeneration card was one of 23 cards to be kept when decks were simplified in 0.19.
Prior to 0.16, it did not malmutate or daze targets.
The Degeneration card was added in 0.15.

Decks	Nemelex's Cards
Deck of destruction	Degeneration • The Orb • Pain • The Storm • Vitriol • Wild Magic
Deck of escape	The Cloud • The Elixir • Exile • The Tomb • Velocity
Deck of summoning	The Dance • The Elements • The Illusion • The Swarm • The Pentagram • The Rangers
Deck of punishment	Swine • Torment • Wraith • Wrath

History

See also