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About Smoke Screen

Smoke Screen, Spell, designed by Kudos Productions first released in Mar, 2026 in the set Origins.

**Smoke Screen** fits best in tempo or control decks that want to disrupt combat math at instant speed, protect key units, or swing trades unexpectedly—especially midrange-control builds that value flexibility and reactive tools. Because it can be played as a **Reaction** before spells and abilities resolve, it’s particularly strong against pump spells, combat tricks, or all-in attacks, letting you blunt aggression or force inefficient exchanges. Decks that stall early and win later, or that rely on keeping a few high-value units alive, benefit most. However, its floor of reducing a unit only to **1 :rb_might:** limits its ceiling against small units, and purely aggressive decks may prefer proactive damage or removal instead. If the card pool includes efficient hard removal or unconditional debuffs at a similar cost (for example, a 2-cost spell that outright defeats or fully neutralizes a unit), those would generally be stronger in most matchups. That said, the instant-speed Reaction c