Disease

“Disease” is a label given to certain cards which represent harmful diseases. Most cards labeled “disease” decrease the abilities of their target (similar to cards labeled “poison”), but some disease cards have other special abilities.y that is similar to a poison in that it weakens or restrains a character over a number of turns. A disease is identified by the word disease in the card title, the special ability, or the identifier. Examples of diseases are Boils, Lacking Sleep, Palsy, Leprosy, Hailstones, and Eaten by Worms.

All healing cards implicitly target disease cards. See Healing Enhacements for more information. The following Redemption® cards explicitly refer to diseases:

•      Brass Serpent (Promo), Face of Death, Glad Tidings, Lacking Sleep, Miracle of Healing, Miraculous Handkerchiefs, Peter's Mother-In-Law, Peter's Shadow, Rebellious,  Seeds of Rebellion, Steadfastness of Peter, Wings, and Without Food

The following Redemption® cards are considered diseases:

•      Boils, Eaten by Worms, Hailstones, Infectious Disease, Lacking Sleep, Leper, Leper Colony, Leprosy, Plagued with Diseases, Rebellious, Seeds of Rebellion, Sowing the Seed, Wasting Disease, and Without Food

Other diseases have other types of special abilities (i.e., non-decreasing ability). The following Redemption® cards are considered diseases and fit this situation:

•      Palsy and Wasting Disease

For a list of poisons and sins, see also Poison and Sin.