Exhaust Build
Thin your deck, remove garbage, and create powerful burst turns through controlled Exhaust synergies.
Overview
Exhaust is one of Ironclad’s strongest and most flexible mechanics. By removing cards during combat, you can control your deck, eliminate useless cards, and enable powerful synergies. Unlike other builds, Exhaust doesn’t rely on raw stats — it relies on efficiency. The fewer bad cards you draw, the more consistent and explosive your turns become.
Pro Tips
Upgrade True Grit early — control over Exhaust targets is crucial.
Use Exhaust to remove Strikes and Defends mid-combat for better draws.
Dark Embrace turns Exhaust into a draw engine — extremely strong.
Feel No Pain converts every Exhaust into free Block.
Don’t over-exhaust key cards — you still need a win condition.
Key Synergies
Recommended Relics
Recommended Cards
Adding attack card with 0 cost, and multiply it by 1, exploit it with exhaust mechanic.
Controlled Exhaust + card draw.
Makes Skills free and enables massive Exhaust turns.
Draw engine that triggers on every Exhaust.
Turns Exhaust into Block generation.
Massive burst damage by exhausting entire hand.
Energy + draw to fuel combo turns.
Converts Skills into Block while exhausting them.
Core Exhaust tool — upgraded version gives full control.