Cartilage Crush
Guardian Action - Attack
Cartilage Crush has 3 versions — pitch 1, 2, 3. Each one's card text, stats and printings are below.

Pitch 1 · cost 3
- Pitch 1
- Cost 3
- Power 7
- Defense 3
Crush - When this deals 4 or more damage to a hero, their first action during their next turn costs an additional resource to play or activate.
Keywords
- Crush
Printed in: 1HP, BVO, MPG, SBR, WTR

Pitch 2 · cost 3
- Pitch 2
- Cost 3
- Power 6
- Defense 3
Crush - When this deals 4 or more damage to a hero, their first action during their next turn costs an additional resource to play or activate.
Keywords
- Crush
Printed in: 1HP, MPG, WTR

Pitch 3 · cost 3
- Pitch 3
- Cost 3
- Power 5
- Defense 3
Crush - When this deals 4 or more damage to a hero, their first action during their next turn costs an additional resource to play or activate.
Keywords
- Crush
Printed in: 1HP, BVO, MPG, WTR
Format legality
| Classic Constructed | Legal — up to 3 |
|---|---|
| Living Legend | Legal — up to 3 |
| Blitz | Legal — up to 1 |
| Silver Age | Legal — up to 2 |
| Commoner | Legal — up to 3 |
| Ultimate Pit Fight | Legal — up to 1 |
Heroes that can play Cartilage Crush
25 of the 154 heroes Fabdex tracks can legally include Cartilage Crush in a deck. A percentage is how often the card actually turns up in that hero's tracked Classic Constructed decks — the heroes with one are listed first.
- Oldhim, Grandfather of Eternity
- Victor Goldmane, High and Mighty
- Jarl Vetreiði
- Pleiades, Superstar
- Bravo, Showstopper
- Betsy, Skin in the Game
- Valda, Seismic Impact
- Lyath Goldmane, Vile Savant
- Betsy
- Bolfar, Bear Hands
- Bravo
- Bravo, Flattering Showman
- Bravo, Star of the Show
- Brevant, Civic Protector
- Fightmaster Kox
- Groundbreaker Crix
- Lyath Goldmane
- Oldhim
- Pleiades
- Reya, the Unyielding
- Terra
- Valda Brightaxe
- Victor Goldmane
- Victor Goldmane, Match Fixer
- Yoji, Royal Protector
Synergises with Cartilage Crush
Fabdex's synergy engine ranks these as the strongest partners for Cartilage Crush, combining card text, shared mechanics and how the pair performs in tracked decks. This is the engine's reading of the card pool rather than a count of tournament decks.