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New Faction – Umbral Nexus
Join Shayle, as you explore the rift of Umbral Nexus!
We have a new Faction to delve, as well as lots of new troops, including the Umbral Portal!
To celebrate the release of this new Faction, we will be running a Faction event over the weekend for Umbral Nexus.
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New Heroic Gem: Umbral Star
Umbral Nexus introduces a new Heroic Gem – the Umbral Star.
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This Gem can be matched with Yellow or Purple , and will give 1 Mana for ALL of those Colors. It will then destroy Gems in the row and column from where it is matched.
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