Cold Snap

Cold Snap is a common Defect attack that deals 6 damage and channels 1 Frost Orb for 1 Energy. It provides both offensive value and defensive setup in a single card, as the Frost Orb passively generates Block each turn and grants a larger Block burst on Evoke. This dual-purpose nature makes Cold Snap one of the Defect's most consistently useful common cards.

Cold Snap synergizes strongly with Glacier, which channels additional Frost for massive defensive layering, and with Defragment, which increases Focus to boost the Block generated by each Frost Orb. Coolheaded provides similar Frost generation with card draw, and Loop triggers your rightmost Frost passively for extra Block each turn.

Pick Cold Snap when you need both damage and defense in your Defect deck. It is excellent against bosses that deal sustained damage over many turns, like Kin Priest and The Insatiable, where steady Frost Block generation outpaces incoming hits. In fights against Lagavulin Matriarch where defense matters, stacking Frost Orbs through Cold Snap and Glacier can make you nearly untouchable.