Cards are king in the 2021 roguelike Inscryption. They are the characters and the main mechanic; they develop the story in parallel with the meta. Each act of Inscryption is radically different from the others, opening up the story and changing the gameplay in equal parts. For Act 2, the changes in gameplay mean giving the player many more cards that in Act 1 and separating them into 4 different “schools,” each with unique mechanics, similar to the five colors in Magic: The Gathering.