9 Kings Patch #29 Reworks the Blood Deck and Adds New Cards

Sad Socket and the 9 Kings team have published Patch #29 — version 0.9.5 — framing it as the result of twelve months of player data and a stated goal of ensuring every card and decree is worth using. A full 1.0 release is noted as forthcoming, but the developers say meaningful updates will continue until then.

What changed

Blood Deck card reworks and additions:

• Oblation (new card): A tome thrown into the pit that grants all troops +1 unit on use; its effect grows by +1 for each subsequent card thrown into the pit.
• Mangler: Now summons meat trolls — living meat balls that inherit summon buffs and serve as fodder for Cemeteries, Demon Altars, and similar builds. The passive mechanic is unchanged.
• Pagoda: Ghost count now scales dynamically — 9 ghosts per level plus one for every unit destroyed during a run — replacing what the developers describe as a previously arbitrary fixed number. This is intended to enable full builds around Pagoda and adds new interactions with cards like Sacrifice.
• Cemetery: Skeletons now spawn directly from the Cemetery plot rather than elsewhere, improving army distribution and placement options. It also now officially summons Skeletons (noted as an aesthetic change). As a second change, destroying a troop plot adjacent to a Cemetery spawns a unique Skeleton plot in its place, extending Cemetery's effect into a passive role.
• Bomber: The source text is cut off before details are provided.

The patch also includes new quality-of-life features, balance tweaks, and bug fixes, though specifics beyond the card changes were not included in the available source text.

For players who found certain Blood Deck strategies opaque or undertuned, these reworks add clarity and new build paths — particularly around Pagoda and Cemetery synergies.