Sandstorm

SandstormEdit
Sandstorm Sandstorm 140 12 Spell Blessed Desert Sand
Sandstorm Sandstorm 140 12 Spell Tainted Desert Sand
Card Upgrade	Not available on mobile.
Applied Charges	Not available on mobile.
Statistics
Card type	Spell
Class	Spell
Faction	Bandit
Affinities	Frost, Shadow
Power Cost	140
Orbs	Shadow, Fire, Neutral
Charges	6 / 8 / 10 / 12
Edition	Renegade
Rarity	Rare
Booster Content	General, Mini, Bandit
Card ID (Frost)	1328
Card ID (Shadow)	1339

Sandstorm is a Tier 3 () Spell of the Bandit faction. This rare card was released with the Renegade Edition and has 2 affinity variants, Frost and Shadow, but not a promo version.

This card has been changed already, compared to its original appearance in BattleForge.

Lore

This card has no associated lore.

Card Info

• Sandstorm (Frost)
• Sandstorm (Shadow)

Requires the selection of source and target location.

Blessed Desert Sand

Affinity Dependency: Frost

Godspell: Creates a gritty tornado that moves along a defined path, hurling several boulders, each dealing 90 / 95 / 100 / 110 damage to enemies in a 12m radius, up to 270 / 285 / 300 / 330 in total per second. Deals half damage against structures. Knocks back small, medium and large units. Lasts for 15 seconds. May cover a maximum distance of 30m. Reusable every 30 seconds.

Requires the selection of source and target location.

Tainted Desert Sand

Affinity Dependency: Shadow

Godspell: Creates a gritty tornado that moves along a defined path, hurling several boulders, each dealing 90 / 95 / 100 / 110 damage to enemies in a 12m radius, up to 270 / 285 / 300 / 330 in total per second. Deals half damage against structures. Knocks back small and medium units. Additionally it corrupts the area in a 15m radius around the tornado in such a way as to make playing out cards backlash: in addition to its normal effect every card played out will also deal 3 times their power cost times their orb count as area damage to hostile and friendly units, up to 3000 in total. May cover a maximum distance of 30m. Reusable every 30 seconds.

Card Upgrades & Drop Locations

Displayed below are the card's upgrades and where to obtain them.

• Frost
• Shadow

Sandstorm (Frost)	Upgrade I	Upgrade II	Upgrade III
Upgrade Card	Sandstorm Sandstorm Blessed Desert Sand +5 damage per target, 15 in total Blessed Desert Sand +5 damage per target, 15 in total	Sandstorm Sandstorm Blessed Desert Sand +5 damage per target, 15 in total Blessed Desert Sand +5 damage per target, 15 in total	Sandstorm Sandstorm Blessed Desert Sand +10 damage per target, 30 in total Blessed Desert Sand +10 damage per target, 30 in total
Drop Location	Defending Hope	Defending Hope	Defending Hope
Scenario Difficulty	Standard	Advanced	Expert

Sandstorm (Shadow)	Upgrade I	Upgrade II	Upgrade III
Upgrade Card	Sandstorm Sandstorm Tainted Desert Sand +5 damage per target, 15 in total Tainted Desert Sand +5 damage per target, 15 in total	Sandstorm Sandstorm Tainted Desert Sand +5 damage per target, 15 in total Tainted Desert Sand +5 damage per target, 15 in total	Sandstorm Sandstorm Tainted Desert Sand +10 damage per target, 30 in total Tainted Desert Sand +10 damage per target, 30 in total
Drop Location	Defending Hope	Defending Hope	Defending Hope
Scenario Difficulty	Standard	Advanced	Expert

Gallery

• Card Artwork

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Patch History

Patch #400042

• Increased the card's charges from 4 / 6 / 7 / 8 to 6 / 8 / 10 / 12.
• Adjusted the card's upgrade drop locations:

Card Name	Former Scenario Drop Locations			New Scenario Drop Locations
	Upgrade 1	Upgrade 2	Upgrade 3	Upgrade 1	Upgrade 2	Upgrade 3
Sandstorm (Frost)	Blight	Blight	Blight	Defending Hope	Defending Hope	Defending Hope
Sandstorm (Shadow)	Slave Master	Slave Master	Slave Master	Defending Hope	Defending Hope	Defending Hope

Patch #400035

• Decreased the card's power cost from 160 to 140 power.
•  Blessed Desert Sand /  Tainted Desert Sand:
  • Increased the damage effect radius from 10m to 12m.

Patch #400031 - Mid-Patch Update (06 January 2022)

•  Blessed Desert Sand:
  • The description now mentions that the storm only deals half of its damage against structures.
•  Tainted Desert Sand:
  • The description now mentions that the storm only deals half of its damage against structures and knocks back small and medium units.

Patch #400031

• Decreased the card's power cost from 230 to 160 power.
• Decreased the void refund after card playout from 100% to the usual 90%.
• Changed one of the card's affinity from Fire to Frost.
•  Blessed Desert Sand:
  • Removed the 15m minimum travel distance of the storm.
  • Added knockback against L-sized units.
  • Now only deals half damage against structures.
  • Removed the old fire affinity effect:
    • Additionally it devastates the area in a 15m radius around the tornado in such a way as to make it impossible to play out cards in it. Lasts for 15 seconds.
•  Tainted Desert Sand:
  • Removed the 15m minimum travel distance of the storm.
  • Now only deals half damage against structures.
  • Corruption effect now only targets units.

Patch #400030

• Added missing period in tooltip's general description.
• Infused Desert Sand:
  • Adjusted description and upgrade cards to be consistent.
•  Tainted Desert Sand:
  • Decreased the corruption effect's radius from 20m to 15m.
  • Each corruptive aura is now active for the full duration and no longer only 1 second per 6 seconds.
  • Replaced the word "era" with "orb count".
  • Adjusted description and upgrade cards to be consistent.

See also

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