The Elder Hand

Replace your spell slots with cards. These cards are imbued with your spells and function the same as they do.

Deck Configuration

At this point in your journey you have discerned how to dictate how your card align themselves to your reality and existence. You may choose either Hand Caster, 21 Card Caster, or Wild Caster. This choice will dictate how your cards behave and how your turns will be played. Gain proficiency in Sleight of Hand as you've learned to manipulate cards with grace and ease.

21 Card Caster

You have split your deck into a full Enchanted fan that you may pick and choose from. However each choice will cost a card and it cannot be regained until you take a long rest. Taking this configuration requires the ability to hide your intentions, gain proficiency in deception.

Hand Caster

As a Hand Caster you've configured your Deck to challenge your luck and make your casting more exciting. Starting out you only have enough magical energy to draw power into 2 cards at any given time, this however will grow with your level at a consistent rate. Your level will dictate how many cards you may have in your hand at any given time. Using your deck and hand you may take several actions with it to alter to utilize your hand. Taking this feat requires the ability to remember what cards are in and out of your play, gain proficiency in History

Discard - As a bonus action you may Discard one card from your hand

Re-Deal - As an action you may discard your entire hand and draw a new one

Draw - Spend a Bonus action to draw a new card from your deck

Cast - Spend an action to Play one of your cards as a spell, sending it to your discard Pile

Shuffle - Spend two turns to Discard your hand and shuffle your deck, draw a new hand

Wild Cast

This is a Chaotic configuration for casters that wish to skip studies and get straight into the action and adrenaline. This Configuration is simple, draw from the deck without looking ahead of time. Once the deck is expended you must spend a turn to shuffle the magic back into the cards before they can be used again. Most Casters that use this configuration are completely feral and will usually resort to violent and wild dagger attacks once their deck has been depleted. Gain proficiency with Daggers and advantage in intimidation.

Stacking The Deck

You can use this class feature equal to your proficiency bonus

Hand caster gets to attempt to stack deck (10 + Spell attack mod / Sleight of hand)

Wild Caster 

 

Lucky Block

Spend your reaction to raise your ac at the cost of discarding one of your cards. This may be done after knowing the results of the attack.

Waste Not Want Not

Use one of the cards in your discard to deal 6d6 explosive damage via ranged attack. This attack has a range of 100ft and a radius of 10ft