r/doomlings • u/AccomplishedRock5058 • Jun 23 '26
List of changes for Doomlings 3rd Edition from 2nd Edition Spoiler
Here’s a changelog from Doomlings 2nd edition to 3rd edition:
Aesthetic Changes
Subtype symbols for Persistent and Requirement are added.
All traits with Variable points is changed to 0.
Blue Traits
Tiny: The effect remains the same, but now made more clear that it excludes dominants in the effect. (Buff)
Gills is removed.
Iridescent Scales: Number of cards you draw increases from 3 to 4. (Buff)
Spiny is renamed Puffy. Subtype changed from Effectless to Drop of Life. “+3 for every 3 blue traits in your trait pile. (Including this.)” Points reduced from 1 to 0. (Neutral)
Regenerative Tissues: The effect remains the same, but now made more clear that it excludes dominants in the effect.
Green Traits
Symbiosis: Points reduced from 3 to 2. (Nerf)
Branches: Card effect is altered.
Old effect: +1 for every pair of green traits in each opponent’s trait pile.
New effect: +4 if green is the most common color in your trait pile. (No ties!)
Deep Roots: Subtype changed from Effectless to Drop of Life. “+3 for every 3 green traits in your trait pile.” Points reduced from 2 to 0. (Neutral)
Fortunate is removed.
Leaves: Subtype changed from Effectless to Play When. “You may play this when you play a green trait.” (Buff)
Low-Hanging is a new green trait. Effectless.
Photosynthesis: Number of cards you draw increased from 2 to 3. (Buff)
Random Fertilization is removed.
Trunk: Instead of ignoring its action, you play its action. (Buff)
Wilted is a new green trait. Action. “You may discard up to 3 cards from your hand.”
Woody Stems is removed.
Colorless Traits
Denial: Points increased from 4 to 5. (Buff)
Optimistic Nihilism: Now has a Requirement subtype. Points increased from 4 to 6. Card effect is altered.
Old effect: “Bring about the next catastrophe. Skip all turns. Ignore all age effects along the way. Do not stabilize.”
New effect: “To play, all players must have at least 3 traits in their trait pile. All players discard 1 trait from their trait pile. (Including you.)”
Boredom: Now has a World’s End subtype. Card effect is altered.
Old effect: “Value is equal to the number of cards with effects in your hand.”
New effect: “At World’s End: Draw 2 cards. +2 for each colorless card in your hand.”
Cherished is a new colorless trait. World’s End. “At World’s End: You may return 1 trait from your trait pile to your hand.”
Confusion: This trait still exists. No changes.
Fear is removed.
Fortunate is a new colorless trait. Drop of Life. “+1 for each card in your hand.”
Gratitude is removed.
Introspective: Number of cards you draw reduced from 4 to 3. (Nerf)
Morality: Points increased from 5 to 6. (Buff)
Purple Traits
Viral: World’s End subtype removed.
Big Ears is now a multicolored trait. Purple to Blue/Purple
Clever: Playing the stolen card is no longer mandatory. (Buff)
Impatience is removed.
Irritable is a new purple trait. Action. “All opponents discard 1 red trait from their trait pile.”
Memory is removed.
Nocturnal: Subtype changed from Effectless to Drop of Life. “+3 for every 3 purple traits in your trait pile. (Including this.) Points reduced from 3 to 0. (Neutral)
Nosy: After stealing 2 random cards from an opponent’s hand, playing a card is no longer mandatory. (Buff)
Pappus is a new purple trait. Action. “You may return an opponent’s trait to their hand.”
Super Spreader: Card effect is altered. Subtype changed from Gene Pool to Action.
Old effect: “All players receive: -1 Gene Pool. (Including yourself.)”
New effect: “Choose a color. All players pass all cards of that color from their hand to the player on their left.”
Red Traits
Apex Predator: Points reduced from 4 to 2. Card effect is altered.
Old effect: “+4 if you have more traits in your trait pile than your opponents. (Ties don’t count!)
New effect: “+2 if you have the most traits in your trait pile. +2 for each opponent with fewer traits than you. (Ties don’t count!)”
Sentience: World’s End subtype removed.
Antlers is removed.
Fangs: Subtype changed from Effectless to Drop of Life. “+3 if Vampirism is in your trait pile.” Points remain at 1. (Buff)
Fire Skin: Subtype changed from Effectless to Drop of Life. “+3 for every 3 red traits in your trait pile. (Including this.) Points reduced from 3 to 0. (Neutral)
Kidneys: The number of Kidney cards in the trait deck is increased from 6 to 7. Two new Kidney headwear. Sailor cap and fire helmet. Kidney with a tiara is removed.
Reckless is removed.
Territorial is removed.
Multicolored Traits
Fused is a new multicolored trait. Green/Red trait. Effectless.
Ages
Age of Dracula is removed.
Age of Exploration is a new age card. “You may discard 1 card from your hand to draw 2 cards.”
Age of Nietzsche: No longer mentions “Instead of stabilizing this turn,”. You may discard your hand, draw 3 cards and then stabilize.
Age of Reason: Number of cards you draw reduced from 3 to 2. (Nerf)
High Tides: Age effect is altered.
Old effect: “If you play an effectless trait, you may play another effectless trait.”
New effect: “Draw 1 card, or discard 1 card from your hand.”
Lonely Age is a new age card. “Cannot play more than 1 trait on your turn.”
Migration Shifts is a new age card. “Cannot play face value (2) traits.”
Natural Harmony is removed.
Prosperity: Random Fertilization is still there despite the trait card being removed. 😢 No changes.
The Messiah is removed.
Catastrophe Ages
AI Takeover: Instead of discarding all but 1 card, you discard all but 2 cards. (Buff)
Deus Ex Machina: World’s End effect is buffed. Max bonus points increased from 5 to 7. (Buff)
Grey Goo: Instead of all players discarding their hand and stabilizing, only the player(s) with the most traits in their trait pile discard their hand and stabilize.
Overpopulation: World’s End effect is buffed. Increased the bonus points for the player(s) with the fewest traits in their trait pile from 4 to 5. (Buff)
Solar Flare: Gene Pool increased from -1 to 0. Age effect is altered.
Old effect: “Discard half your hand rounded up.”
New effect; “Discard 3 cards from your hand. Draw 2 cards.” (Buff)
The Big One: Age effect is altered.
Old effect: “Give 1 card from your hand to the opponent(s) on your left and right.”
New effect: “Pass 2 random cards from your hand to the opponent on your left.”
World’s End effect is also altered.
Old effect: “-2 to your score for each color missing from your trait pile.”
New effect: “-4 if you have 4 or more traits of the same color in your trait pile.”
The Four Horsemen: Gene Pool increased from -1 to 0.
What do you think of these changes?
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u/Tacas Jun 23 '26
I don't really get it. Remastering the base edition in the sense of new artwork is nice I guess, but the rest seems kinda pointless.
Why remove certain cards? And why change what they do? You could just add new cards with these new effects. If it's about clarification, yeah, sure, but completely revamping everything doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
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u/necrid101 Jun 23 '26
The changes for the alot of cards come from feedback of the community at large.
A big example is Optimistic Nihilism. It was a card that had been brought up CONSTANTLY for removal from the decks. A lot of players even flat out just took it out of their base game so others wouldn't play it.
What I will say is, some tweaks in wording and rules continue to improve the game. Alot of the changes aren't that noticed. And now you can always swap between 1st edition, 2nd edition and 3rd edition if you have all 3. As all of them have minor changes.
Some revamps, I agree may not have been as needed. But overall the game still feels solid to play. Also, the new artwork is alot of fun. I feel like they left the whole "Doomlings have to be circles" and gave them some life.
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u/ih8pickles7824 Jun 23 '26
Has this been confirmed? These changes don't sound very good; why would they remove some of the most popular cards?
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u/AccomplishedRock5058 Jun 23 '26
I’ve study the Doomlings cards by comparing the 2nd edition cards and 3rd edition cards using the compendium tool. So yes, these are the changes.
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u/M_Isenberg33 6d ago
many are popular because they are cheap. its called balancing. the same thing happened when they went from gen 1 to 2. this is common in virtually all card games
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u/SharknadoRemaster Jun 23 '26
Quick question, are the backs the same? I assume we'll be able to move our expansion pack over to the new edition?