Cards & Tankards news & patch notes

Version 4.7 Release Notes

ADDED

• New Cards: Added 15 new Relics of the Lost Ages cards.

UPDATED

• Battle Rewards: Majority of battle rewards have been moved to quests. This is to help encourage short daily play sessions instead of long grinding sessions. Rewards are now 10 Gold per battle (win or loss) for all modes. Rewards are prorated (8.5% per minute) for games that end in under 12 minutes.
• Quest System Overhaul: Quests have been completely redesigned to feature non-gimmicky objectives easily completed through normal gameplay against real opponents.
• Quest Refreshing: You now receive exactly 3 daily quests and 1 weekly quest. New quests will only populate empty slots at server reset.
• Daily & Weekly Quest Rewards: Daily quests now award 60 Gold and 300 XP. Weekly quests now award 400 Gold and 2000 XP.
• Quest Progress UI: Daily and weekly quests now actively display pending progress tracking during battles (e.g., "0 -> 11 / 15").
• Quest Rerolls: Standard accounts receive 1 reroll per day, while Patrons receive 10. Weekly quests can also be rerolled. Rerolling is now point-and-click instead of grab.
• Aether Crafting System: The "Luck" and "Focus" systems have been fully replaced with the new Aether crafting system which is about twice as fast as Luck was to acquire cards. The collection book button has been renamed to "Conjure".
• Cosmetic Card Purchasing: Golden and Diamond variants of cards can now be purchased directly using Aether.
• Animated Packs Removed: To make animated cards more prestigious, the dedicated animated booster packs have been removed from the store. Faction-specific booster packs have also been removed.

• Draft Rewards: Draft battles no longer award random cards. Instead, players earn 3 Aether per draft battle (win or loss) in addition to normal battle rewards. The entry cost is still 100 Gold, with the premium draft costing 50 Gems instead of gold.
• Booster Pack Store: Gem-priced booster packs now display directly underneath gold-priced packs for easier access, removing the toggle button.
• Achievements: Replaced the "Luck" achievement with "Aether". Removed the old "Commitment" daily quest streak achievement (to be replaced by a login streak later).
• Tankards: Standard tankards on non-patron accounts now only cost 1 Gold to summon.
• Tutorial & Starter Quests: Reduced starter quests from 6 to 3.
• Dante Tutorial Guidance: Added a tutorial step where Dante will guide players to switch havens via the watch menu if the current tavern is completely full.

BALANCE CHANGES

• Arkanis, Sunken Necrotic: Ability changed to: "After a friendly relic is destroyed, Fetch 1. After you activate 4 different Shards of Yanesse in a turn, Banish them and summon The Coronet of Yanesse." (No longer an Aftermath ability).
• Animated Weaponry: Attack reduced from 5 to 4. Buff reduced from +3/+0 to +2/+0.
• Soul Essence: Ability changed to: "Give all friendly creatures +1/+1 until your next turn." (No longer distinguishes between Innate and non-Innate).

FIXED

• Jagir Copymage card text containing an extra quotation mark and missing its enhance cost.
• Players receiving the "Play a Draft Battle" daily quest even if they do not own a valid draft deck.

ADDED

• Summer Cosmetic: Added the Summer Sunflower Hat as a limited-time purchase.
• Elf Avatar: Added the Elf Player Avatar.

FIXED

• Return button on the Guide Book category page failing to respond to physical finger presses in VR.

ADDED

• Monthly Ranked Rewards: Added an automated monthly ranked reset system! At the end of each month, players will receive permanent cosmetic rewards based on their achieved rank, plus all rewards from the lower ranks. Top 10 Masters also receive an exclusive animated reward.
• Draft Matchmaking: You can now queue for Draft battles using the Casual queue runestone. This will exclusively match you against other draft players.
• Guide Book Search: Added a search bar to the Guide Book to easily find pages containing specific keywords or phrases.

UPDATED

• Ranked Requirements: You must now play at least 1 ranked match during the current campaign to receive end-of-month ranked rewards.
• Deck Stats UI: Overhauled the Deck Stats UI for a cleaner visual appearance.
• Guide Book UI: Improved the table of contents layout so chapters are much more easily recognizable as interactive buttons.
• Daily Booster Packs: All three cards pulled in a daily booster pack will now always roll as the exact same rarity.
• PC Streamer Drone Mode: Improved movement and rotation to feel much smoother to pilot.
• PC Streamer Drone Mode: Pressing the Escape key now opens the watch menu instead of immediately exiting drone mode.

FIXED

• Entering matchmaking queues with incomplete or invalid decks (players will now receive a "Not ready for battle" prompt).
• Deathblow and Last Word red visual rings being difficult to see on gold-plated baseplates.
• PC Streamer drone mode displaying the mouse cursor.
• Systematic Subjugation audio volume playing significantly louder than other sound effects.

ADDED

• Cat Ear Hat: Added a new Cat Ear Hat cosmetic.
• Point & Drag (VR): You can now point at a creature and hold the trigger to drag it around the table.
• Creature Activation (VR): You can now activate creatures by pointing at them and pressing the primary buttons (A/X).

UPDATED

• Starter Gems: New accounts no longer receive 250 starter gems automatically upon creation. Instead, players can now claim them using a new button located at the Town stage.
• AI Battles: Players can now play AI battles before unlocking all starter decks. Unlocking starter decks now progressively unlocks higher AI difficulties.
• 3D Buttons: Updated all 3D buttons to be more polished.
• Grabbing Improvements (VR): Improved grab detection when multiple objects are near your hand. Grabbed objects now retain their relative rotation to help prevent accidental flips (such as the hourglass), and creature bases are once again grabbable.
• Zone Detection (VR): Improved zone detection when moving, grabbing, pushing, or flinging creatures to make attacking and blocking more accurate and reduce misplays.
• Scrolling UI (VR): Thumbsticks can now be used to scroll through UI menus.
• Thumbstick Deadzones (VR): Added deadzone support for right thumbstick rotation.
• Card Components Blackboard: Improved the schoolhouse blackboard to properly display faction, attributes, and card pack icons.
• New Player Status: Players are no longer marked with the "New Player" tag after reaching account level 30.
• Players can no longer grab creatures when it is not their turn.

FIXED

• Creature activate abilities triggering if a player quickly released a card and accidentally bopped the creature.
• Players being able to bypass the 60-card deck limit.
• Players disconnecting during ranked matches could join the same private room instance.

ADDED

• New Avatar Model: Added the Cat Person player avatar model.
• Animated Outfits: Added animated versions of the 3 new expansion outfits (these will be available exclusively in the weekly rotating outfit shop).

UPDATED

• Account Creation & Sign-In: Streamlined the onboarding process. Removed the double-entry confirmation fields for emails and passwords. Consolidated the email login into a single, less confusing page with updated button labels ("Continue" instead of "Sign In", "Back" instead of "Cancel").
• Customizations UI: Reversed the outfit sorting order so the newest outfits are shown at the top and older ones at the bottom.
• Cry for Numbers: Removed the "Innate" keyword from the card text.

BALANCE CHANGES

• Heirloom Enchantment: Ability changed to "Give a friendly creature +2/+2. Enhance: Also 'Last Word: Add a base cantrip Heirloom Enchantment to your hand' for 2 Coins."
• Lavoraad Whelp: Self-damage reduced from 2 to 1.
• Pickpocket: Base effect now steals 2 cards. Enhance removed.
• Beneficial Agreement: Blocked life gain increased from 2 to 3.
• Mystic Envisioner: Ability now activates from any Activates.
• Big Game Poacher: Enhance removed. Health raised from 4 to 5.
• Pillaging Prince: Health raised from 2 to 3. Enhance cost/buff reduced from "+0/+2 for 2 Coins" to "+0/+1 for 1 Coin".
• Wanted Notice: Enhance cost reduced from 2 to 1.
• Talisman of Might: Sparks increased from 4 to 5.
• Sunlight Elemental: Buff changed from +1/+1 to +2/+0.
• Nullmage: Mana cost reduced from 6 to 5.
• Sunfire Evoker: Ability condition reduced from 5+ to 4+.
• Pact of Non-Aggression: Condition adjusted from 5 life to 4 life.
• Vengeful Empath: Enrage buff increased from +1/+0 to +2/+0.
• Dark Matter Devastator: Ability self-damage reduced from 3 to 2.
• Lunareal's Light: Enrage health gain raised from 2 to 3.
• Field Bureaucrat: Ability changed to "After you cast your second spell in a turn, draw a card."
• Elemental Reign: Ability changed to "When a friendly Elemental is targeted by an opponent, deal 1 direct damage."
• Barony Socialite: Enhance changed to "Gain Multiblocker for 2 Coins."
• Corrupted Current: Buff raised from +1/+0 to +1/+1.
• Corpse Retrieval: Second ability changed to "Otherwise, Shift an Undead creature from your Graveyard to the bottom of your Deck."
• Cursed Coffer: Given ability separated into "Deathblow: Gain +2/+0" and "After this deals direct damage, gain a Coin."

FIXED

• VR first boot locomotion settings defaulting snap turn to 15 and smooth turn to 30 (now correctly defaults to 45 snap and 90 smooth).
• Collection book filter for "7+" mana only showing 7 mana creatures instead of 7 and above.
• Private Room restrictions while in Ranked matches failing to show the visual indicator that a player cannot hear you.

ADDED

• Collection Book Search: Added the ability to search by card name, card type, description, or attributes. Search results apply based on currently selected faction and mana cost filters.

UPDATED

• Collection Book Filters: Faction and mana cost filters are now multi-select toggles. All filters are off by default, and respawning the collection book clears all active filters.
• Collection Book UI: Added the page count back to the interface and adjusted the colors for the sell, focus, and animate toggles.
• Deck Copying: Copying a deck now also copies the deck name by default, which can be edited afterwards.

ADDED

• Casual Matchmaking: Added a new "Queue Casual" runestone next to the Ranked queue. Matches are based on Account Level (capped at 1,000), starting at a +/- 50 level delta and expanding by +/- 100 levels per minute. After 5 minutes in queue, the system will match you against anyone. Casual matches do not affect rank and are open to new players.

UPDATED

• Haven Doors: Door routing now prioritizes joining a haven where a friend is present, followed by the haven with the most active players.
• Hidebearer Huntress: Text changed to "Mobilize X or less except Hidebearer Huntress, where X is the number of friendly Nomads."
• Tormerralian Turncoat: Text adjusted to remove unnecessary "summoned" phrasing.

BALANCE CHANGES

• Altaran's Armory: Mana cost reduced from 5 to 4.
• Gold Pilferer: Stats swapped from 1/2 to 2/1.
• Barbed Bladeflinger: Attack reduced from 4 to 3 and gained Quickstrike.
• Loyal Spellshaper: Now an Undead and Attack raised from 3 to 4.
• Bighorn Packbeast: Health reduced from 6 to 5.
• Boomstick Ranger: Attack raised from 4 to 5.
• Flaming Arrow: If the target is marked, it now also deals 1 damage to an adjacent target.
• Sneaky Saboteur: Gained Loophole.
• Nakoma: Attack raised from 2 to 3.
• Equilibrium: Mana cost reduced from 5 to 4.
• Global Promotions: Now has Reservable.
• Dungeon Instigator: Attack raised from 1 to 2.
• Primordial Catalyst: Stats granted buffed from +1/+1 to +2/+1.
• Traveling Medic: Can now target non-Innate creatures.
• Recursive Redeployment: Mana cost reduced from 7 to 6.
• Royal Filibuster: Removed Doomed.
• Herald of Yanesse: Mana cost reduced from 2 to 1, stats changed to 2/1. Ability changed to "Sacrificed: Add a random Shard of Yanesse to your hand, then it loses 1 spark."
• Systematic Subjugation: Mana cost raised from 1 to 2. Damage increased from 3 (Devotion 5) to 4 (Devotion 6).
• Thalassor: Entrance ability changed to "If you have 10+ different 8 Mana or less creatures in your Reserves, Mobilize 8 or less 8 times."

FIXED

• Barbed Bladeflinger displaying incorrect tooltips.
• Artifact Corroder playing its death animation too slowly.

ADDED

• New Expansion Set, Relics of the Lost Ages: Added 25 new cards across all factions, introducing the brand new "Relic" card type. New cards will be released every ~2 weeks.
• Season Pass: Launched the new Season Pass featuring 3 new pirate themed outfits, Cork Gun props, Relic Scepters, and the season exclusive Deck Box and Card Back.
• Ranked Season: Reset the Ranked Season and rewards have been added to your account.

BALANCE CHANGES

• Alkar and Cry for Numbers are now Doomed.
• Necromancy: Now fully resurrects targets at their full mana cost.
• King Alteran: Enhance cost increased to 2 coins.
• Truesight Tracker: Gained "Reserved: Mark a random friendly creature".

FIXED

• Improvised Laws debuff releasing immediately when flipping the hourglass instead of lasting until the next turn.
• Forsaken Existence playing its targeting animation even when the opponent controls no Enchantments.

ADDED

• New Ashes of Ur-Enku Cards: Trained Fangstalker, Tribal Waykeeper, Primordial Catalyst, Punitive Peacekeeper, and Recursive Redeployment.

UPDATED

• VR Tutorial: Added a ghost hand visual to demonstrate how to grab the tavern door handle during tutorials.

BALANCE CHANGES

• Grand Tutoring: Mana cost reduced by 1.
• Alkar: No longer causes life loss per spell cast.
• Dreadful Drain: Mana reduced from 2 to 1.
• Improvised Medic: Attack raised from 0 to 1, Life gained when Mobilized reduced from 2 to 1.
• Gelatinous Mass: Ability changed to: "Entrance: Give all creatures in your Reserves +1/+0. Mobilized: Give all creatures in your Reserves +0/+1."
• Righteous Bannerman: Health reduced from 3 to 2.
• Exit Strategist: Mana Cost raised from 2 to 3, Attack raised from 2 to 3.
• Loyal Spellshaper: Attack raised from 2 to 3.
• Veil of Shadows: Now marks 3 creatures instead of 2.
• Aetherial Rift: Ability changed to: "Shuffle 3 Surges into your Deck and gain 4 Mana. Devotion: Shuffle 5 instead."
• Surge (Boon): Ability changed to: "When drawn, gain a Mana Fragment. Draw another card."
• Devilish Larceny: Ability changed to: "Fetch (Innate non-Legendary) from the opponent’s Deck and steal it. Enhance: Costs 1 less Mana for 1 Coin."

FIXED

• Dante appearing above the card popup in VR.

ADDED

• Foil Cards Setting: Added a new gameplay setting to toggle foil card effects on or off (defaults to On).

UPDATED

• Mirror: Now displays the player's username and title (allowing Patrons to see their title colors).

FIXED

• Cards clipping into the book during Draft mode selection.
• VR: Foil effects rendering differently in the left vs right eye.

ADDED

• Full Art Update: Redesigned artwork and animations of all cards to be a Full Art Theme.
• Barbed Bladeflinger, a new 4-mana Plundering Guild creature from the Crusade of Sun and Stone set.
• Battle Phases: Added clearer audio cues and visuals for distinct phases.
• Summon Effects: Added 3 new variations (Default, Gold, and Diamond) based on the card animation rarity.
• Holstering: Added collision, haptics, and SFX for holstering Collection Books, Guide Books, and Props.
• Haven Previews: Added Haven Art to the Taverns UI to better preview themes. Added button colors and dividers to improve UI legibility.

UPDATED

• Legendary Focusing: Reduced Luck cost for Legendaries from 1800 to 1600.
• Starter Decks: Deck boxes now display featured cards related to their faction.

BALANCE CHANGES

• Poison Darts: You can now choose the target.
• Kularan War Paint: Now changes marked creatures to Nomads.
• Soul Extraction: Re-added "draw a card if any targets die."
• Lawbound Acolyte: Stats changed to 4 Mana 3/4 (previously 5 Mana 3/5).
• Mana Miser: Stats changed to 3/6 and has the ability to stack. Ability changed to "Aftermath: Convert 2 unspent Mana into a Mana Fragment."
• Rebellion Spark: Enrage buff increased to +2/+0.
• Shifty Inquisitor: Attack increased to 4 (previously 3).
• Perpetual Watchman: Swapped Multiblocker for Armored. Blocking ability and discard buff changed to +1/+0 and ability buff affects only Innates instead of just Loophole.
• Skill Siphoner: Now a 4/3 and gains +1/+1 for each attribute removed.

FIXED

• Draft Battles not counting towards quest progression.
• Fall of Piata-Oras sometimes skipping over banes in the opponent's deck.
• PCVR loading screen flickering.
• Luck placement on Season Pass boosters appearing lower than on other packs.
• Forceful Acquisition: Text updated to "and it becomes an Underling."

UPDATED

• Quest Progress: Quest and Achievement progress is now awarded at the end of the battle to ensure matches are legit.
• Summon Objectives: Summon quests and achievements now only track Innate creatures (Tokens no longer count).
• Modifier Battles: Standard quests and achievements no longer progress during Modifier Battles, unless the objective is specifically for Modifiers.
• Token Destruction: Tokens and Cantrips are now destroyed instead of banished (they visually fly towards the banish pile but are not added to it).
• Transmuting: Manual transmuting from the Collection Book is now disabled when the Luck Meter is full to prevent wasting cards.

FIXED

• "Mana Burn" being disabled in Modifier Battles still received rewards.

ADDED

• Achievements: Added a new Achievements system in the Town! Complete milestones to earn Gold and unlock exclusive Titles.
• Titles: Added new titles including "Tavern Founder" (for all Early Access accounts), "Champion" (Tournament Winners), "Adventurer of the Month", and "Patron of the Old Gods".
• Reverent Linebreaker, a new 6-mana Neutral creature from the Crusade of Sun and Stone set.

UPDATED

• Season Pass: Updated the poster end date to Mar 2026.

BALANCE CHANGES

• Global Promotions: Mana cost reduced from 5 to 4.
• Ragebeast: Mana cost reduced from 8 to 7.
• Field Bureaucrat: Health increased (+1 Health).
• Mystic Envisioner: Attack increased (0/4 -> 1/4).
• Unfulfilled Obligation: Changed ability to: "Condition: During the opponent’s turn, a friendly creature that was summoned on your last turn dies and goes to the Graveyard. Resummon it. End this Contract."
• Altering Fate: Changed ability to: "Look at the top 6 cards of your Deck then put them back in any order. Draw 2 cards."
• Totem of Drakth: Ability changed to: "When you summon a creature, draw a card. Aftermath: Banish this creature." (No longer gives Mana).
• Corrupted Current: Ability changed to: "Sacrificed: Give all Elementals in your Graveyard +1/+0 and shuffle them back into your Deck."
• Zarothrix, Arcanist Supreme: Ability changed to: "If you have 10+ life less than your starting life total, this has Mastery 1. If you lost life this turn, this gains Mastery 1 until your next turn."
• Golden Silence: Now draws 2 cards if a friendly creature is silenced.
• Spell Limit Legislator: Ability changed to: "If your opponent cast more spells than you last turn, draw a card."
• Soul Essence: Buff changed to: "Each friendly creature gains +1/+0 until your next turn. If it is Innate, +1/+1 instead."
• Sneaky Saboteur: Gained Restless.
• Priest of Kradam: Now has the Mercenary creature type.
• Goblin Token: Stats changed to 1/1. Now has "Entrance: Gain +1/+0 until end of turn."
• Cautious Hunting Party: Removed Quickstrike.
• Vexur, Death Evader: Removed Quickstrike.

FIXED

• Held books (Collection, Guide, Presets) jittering during smooth locomotion.

ADDED

• Lawbound Acolyte, a new 5-mana Augur Order creature from the Crusade of Sun and Stone set.
• New Cosmetics: Added the remaining animated outfit variants.
• Private Haven Kick: The creator of a private haven can now kick players, preventing them from rejoining that specific Private Haven.
• Deck Sharing: Added "Combo" as an archetype for shared decks.

UPDATED

• Luck System: Removed RNG from the Focus Card system. You now guarantee your Focused card on the very next pack open once the Luck Meter is 100% full.
• Luck System: The Luck Meter now only resets when the meter is full, rather than when a Focused card is pulled via random chance.
• Luck System: Adjusted the Luck values gained from opening packs and transmuting cards.
• Patron Haven Access: Non-Patrons can now join Patron-exclusive havens (like the Grove) as long as a Patron is present. The player limit scales based on the number of Patrons in the Haven.
• Reputation System: Reputation no longer changes automatically. It now passively improves while maintaining good standing and only decreases through moderation actions.
• Cordial Havens were combined with Neutral and now simply referred to as Public Havens.
• Improved the accuracy of the Luck Meter visual fill amount.
• Self-reputation labels are now hidden for non-Exalted reputation.
• 18+ players will now default to "Exalted" reputation and join Exalted havens by default. Exalted havens now have strict social conduct expectations.

BALANCE CHANGES

• Defensive Acumen: Condition changed to "3 or more friendly creatures have more health than attack." Friendly creatures are treated as having Acumen.
• Covert Contractor: Text updated to use the new Acumen keyword.

FIXED

• Patron title colors not persisting in havens.
• Vengeful Empath incorrectly trying to summon cards even when the board is full.
• Duplicity Specialist displaying incorrect stat buffs (+2/+0 instead of +3/+0).

ADDED

• Global Deck Sharing: Visit the Town Schoolhouse to browse, filter, and copy decks shared by other players. Filter by Faction or Archetype, and sort by win rates or play count.
• Share Deck Button: You can now share your own decks to the global list directly from the deck editor.
• Patron Customization: "Patron of the Old Gods" titles can now be color-customized and feature a new text animation.
• Deck Sharing Restriction: Added a new moderation restriction to remove a player's shared decks and prevent future sharing.

UPDATED

• Updated the credits.
• Loot the Body: Minor text adjustment to improve readability.

FIXED

• Missing tooltips for Innate and Shift on Sneaky Saboteur.

UPDATED

• Hair is now rendered and visible when wearing the Bard, Christmas, or Mage hats.

BALANCE CHANGES

• Boneface Berserker: -1 Health (6/4 -> 6/3).
• Mercenary Mayhem: +1 Mana, -1 Coin (1 Mana / Enhance 2 -> 2 Mana / Enhance 1).
• Wyvern Whisperer: -1 Attack (2/1 -> 1/1).
• Fanglor: Lost Restless and -1 Health (6/6 -> 6/5).
• Animated Weaponry: -1 Attack (6/8 -> 5/8).
• Sunfire Evoker: Stat swap (2/3 -> 3/2).
• Suppressor of Magic: -1 Mana (8 -> 7).
• Sludge Defender: +1 Attack and Health (3/5 -> 4/6).
• Systemic Subjugation: Devotion now deals 5 damage instead of 6.
• Sporecaster: Mobilized now draws 2 cards instead of 3.
• Adept Gunsmith: Entrance ability changed to give another friendly non-Ranged creature Ranged (Removed Mark and Suppression mechanics).
• Sneaky Saboteur: Stats changed to 2/3 (removed Pacifist). Discarded ability now shifts the opponent's top Innate card to the bottom of their deck.
• Elemental Reign: Friendly Elementals get +1/+1. Deals 1 direct damage when a friendly Elemental is targeted by a spell.

FIXED

• Hands appearing inverted on PCVR.
• Christmas hats clipping into usernames.
• Players being prevented from copying decks if their non-Patron slots were full, even if they had Patron slots available.
• Blue VR holster deck box incorrectly appearing when opening a deck on flatscreen.
• Softlock occurring on flatscreen when copying a deck during the tutorial or with a full deck list.

ADDED

• Limited Time Cosmetic: Added a festive Christmas Hat to the Town Clothing Store.
• Corrupted Zealot, a new 2-mana Dungeon Master creature from the Crusade of Sun and Stone set.
• Deck Copying: You can now copy any public deck currently in edit mode! You can also copy your own decks to easily make variations.
• Hide Deck UI: Added a new privacy setting to hide your deck information from other players while editing.
• Deck Building: You can now add more than 40 cards to a deck while editing to help with theory-crafting.
• Save Invalid Decks: You can now save decks that are incomplete or invalid (e.g., less than 40 cards) to finish later.

UPDATED

• Adjusted the alternative price option for Booster Packs to be -200 Gold / +100 Gems.
• Cards you do not own will now appear red in the deck list when editing or copying.
• The Luck meter now only shimmers and shakes when it is completely full.

ADDED

• Primal Percussionist, a new 4-mana Wild Horde creature from the Crusade of Sun and Stone set. This is the first of 10 new cards we'll be releasing, at a pace of one per week.
• Daily Quests with rotating objectives shared by all players. Quests reset daily, unfinished ones expire at reset.
• Streak Rewards that lets you earn Diamond Animated Cards by completing Daily Quests. Includes a "Weekly Grace" that lets you miss one day per week without breaking your streak.
• Focus Card System that lets you pick a card to earn Luck towards guaranteeing that card in future pack openings.
• Streamer Camera in PC Mode is now supported. Press Escape to exit.

UPDATED

• Faction Packs provide 2x Luck Bonus towards Focused cards.
• Animated Packs provide 2x Luck Bonus towards Focused cards.
• Adjusted booster pack rarity drop rates to balance the Focused Cards.
• Replaced the Daily Card Shop with the new Focus Card system.
• "Show All Cards" in the Collection Book now groups cosmetic variants under the base card to reduce clutter.
• Renamed "Auto Sell" to "Auto Transmute" to better reflect the new Luck system.
• Updated the Guidebook tutorial step to show Account & Controls settings.

FIXED

• An out of memory crash on Quest that occurred in busy havens after extended play sessions.
• Rare Card Pity Protection was not functioning (you are now guaranteed a Rare if you haven't received one in your last 4 packs).
• Unlocking a Starter Decks would give extra copies of cards you already owned.
• D10 dice having no collision when dropped.
• Visual issues with the Community Manager Armor.

UPDATED

• Removed the First Daily Win video from the Guidebook.
• Steam Limited User Accounts are now avatar and ranked restricted instead of prevented from playing altogether.

FIXED

• Players spawning too close to the podium on the login screen.
• Changing outfits while inside another player's personal space causing invisibility.
• Visual occlusion issue in the Town Library.
• Target selector color being incorrect for Missionary Vanguard and Loot the Body.

ADDED

• Premium outfit shop now includes three total color variations.
• Daily Battle Booster Packs have been added as a new reward that lets you pick one card from three choices.
• Pending Rewards System which will respawn unclaimed rewards like the new Daily Battle Booster Packs if left unclaimed upon switching havens or next login.
• Support for Korean, Turkish, Ukrainian, Japanese, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Swedish, and Finnish has been added.
• Continuous Turn Speed and Snap Turn Angle options have been added to both first time setup and the Watch Menu settings.
• Target selection VFX significantly improved to show whether an ability will buff or harm the target.
• Teleport Anchors snaps you into the correct position when teleporting to tables and interfaces.
• A general "follow me" voice line for moments when Dante needs to guide you.

UPDATES

• Animated outfit color variants now have a reduced price if you already own one color for that outfit type.
• First Daily win replaced with first 3 battles, win or lose, rewarding new Daily Battle Booster Packs.
• Tutorial waypoints and teleport markers have been aligned for clearer visual guidance.
• Waypoint beam distances have been updated so long range beams no longer appear in the Tavern.
• VR creature state changes now provide better visual and haptic feedback when switching between idle, attack, and block.
• The Guidebook no longer references Draft Havens.
• All languages have been refreshed with improved translations generated from the updated localization system.

FIXES

• Other players being invisible when joining the Town for the first time as a new player.
• Changing outfits in the clothing shop no longer updates the Premium Outfit displays.
• The navigation arrow now appears only on the watch in VR instead of floating above the player.
• Meta Quest stability issues have been resolved.
• Dante no longer spawns far away during PCVR tutorials.
• Dante now uses the correct "follow me" line when guiding players to Daily Cards.
• Teleporting too close to objects is now prevented to avoid players landing inside geometry.
• Gravekeeper abilities no longer attempt to banish the same card multiple times.
• Spell Breaker now correctly prioritizes spells when both spells and creatures are in the graveyard.
• Tutorial popups no longer clip into nearby objects.
• The Novice AI no longer uses Poisoned Gift on its own creatures when enemy creatures are available.
• Doors can now be fully opened even when standing close to them.
• Teleporting to rugs, stairs, bridges, and grove grass areas now works correctly.
• Some dynamic tutorial labels have been adjusted to prevent visual clipping.
• Tutorial progression no longer breaks when starting battles at unexpected tables.
• Dynamic tutorial reminders no longer repeat too frequently.
• Season Pass reward labels have been adjusted to prevent visual clipping.

ADDED

• New Player Experience: We've completely overhauled the tutorial and new player introduction! Players now begin their journey at the Town Docks and the entire tutorial can be completed in public Havens.
• A new compass and waypoint system has been added to help guide new players to tutorial objectives.
• A "Press to Continue" button has been added to many tutorial steps, allowing players to learn at their own pace.
• The "New Player" icon now tracks and displays your tutorial progress, which is also visible in the watch menu.
• "New Player" Title: Accounts under two weeks old or that have not completed the starter quests will now display the "New Player" title.
• Avatar Customization: You can now customize your avatar in the Town Clothing Store, which features a new mirror.
• Review Button: Added a new button to the Town Stage that lets players leave a review and triggers a Golden Buzzer effect for performances.

UPDATED

• The tutorial now guides players to public havens (like the Tavern) instead of the Private Room to encourage social play.
• The avatar customization step has been moved to the beginning of the tutorial.
• Improved the volume and spatial audio for Dante and Maeve's voice lines.
• Dante's voice lines will now "duck" (lower) other game audio to be heard more clearly during tutorial battles.
• Performance improvements.
• Updated the username font to be consistent with other in-game text.

BALANCE CHANGES

• Reduced the difficulty of Unlock Faction Battles, Beginner, and Intermediate AI to provide an easier first experience.
• Wandering Executioner: Ability now only targets enemy creatures.
• AO Starter Deck: Swapped "Improvised Laws" for "Unlawful Trespass".

FIXED

• Fixed a bug where Snaremaster's ability was not being correctly suppressed.
• Fixed an issue allowing Fanglor to be duplicated by a Gorging Jelly.

Version 3.1.0 Release Notes

BALANCE CHANGES

• Zarothrix, Arcanist Supreme no longer starts with Mastery 1.

• Aaisha, Embalmed Savant now lets you choose the 2 Banished spells, and the Cadaver's health is equal to the higher mana cost of the 2.

• Overwhelming Magi base Attack reduced from 3 to 2.

• Frenzied Fervor now gives permanent +1/+0 buff.

• Gelatinize buff reduced from +2/+2 to +1/+1.

• Gurm, Former Task Master Mana increased from 5 to 6.

• Poisoned Gift Mana reduced from 2 to 1.

• Great Revitalization Mana reduced from 5 to 4.

• Forsaken Existence only targets Innate friendlies and no longer targets Rituals.

• Cry for Numbers is Reservable and gives +1/+1 to the 3 creatures it Shifts.

• Poisoned Darts is Reservable + only poisons a random non-Poisoned enemy creature

• Sporecaster’s Aftermath is now a Prepare

• Dying Breath now gives Doomed to the creatures it summons

• Graverobber is now doomed, and no longer dooms cards it steals

• Runecast Larcenist no longer targets Rituals

• Archival Collapse now kills left & right most creatures with 1 or more attack rather than just Innate

• Illusion Weaver now has Pacifist and Ranged

• Lowly Lieutenant no longer has Ranged and instead has gained Doomed

• Decoy Tokens now only grant a Mana Fragment if you don’t have any

• Decoy Disarray’s discard now only targets Enchantments

• Reiterate no longer copies Doomed spells

• Retaliation can no longer be triggered by Cantrips.

• Dread Weaver reworked: "When an enemy creature uses an Activate ability, it becomes and remains Stunned while you control a friendly Dread Weaver."

• Gunhaunt reworked: "Activate: Banish 2 creatures from your Graveyard then summon a Desperado with attack equal to half their total mana cost."

• Elemental Reign reworked: "Friendly Elementals have +0/+1. When a friendly Elemental is targeted by an opponent's spell, deal 1 direct damage."

• Heartshade Protector reworked: "When a friendly creature is Marked, it gains +0/+2. Last Word: Destroy an enemy enchantment."

• Totem of Drakth reworked: “When you summon a creature, draw a card. If it was an Innate Wild Horde creature, gain 1 Mana. Aftermath: Banish this creature.”

• Life Pact reworked: “Condition: Your life total is more than half your starting Life Total. When you lose life, give a randomly friendly creature +1/+0. Underlings gain +2/+0 instead.”

• Lunareal’s Light reworked: “Friendly creatures have +0/+1. Enrage (Pacifist): Give a random friendly creature +0/+2”

• Sneaky Saboteur is now a 3 mana 2/5 reworked: “Entrance: Until the beginning of your next turn, all other Entrances do not trigger.”

• Shifty Inquisitor reworked: “Entrance: Double all active enemy Ritual turn timers.” (To a max of 99)

ADDED

• A huge new social hub, the Town!

• Tons of Easter Eggs to the Private Room, Tavern, Lair, and Town!

• Boardgames like Chess & Checkers which are playable in the Town!

• Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert modes for AI battles with increased rewards!

• The Adventurer's Bundle which offers 2k Gems, 1k Gold, and 3 exclusive cosmetics for only $4.99!

• Patron of the Old Gods Subscribers now get 1 Free Daily Premium Draft!

• Sprinting movement with adjustable sliders for walk and sprint speeds in Watch Menu Gameplay Settings!

• Private Room button at the top of the Havens list for quickly teleporting from any location!

• Many abilities can now trigger at the same time, speeding up battles significantly!

• Fan Art in the tavern has been refreshed with new art from our great community!

• Recently Met Players List in the Social Menu for either finding lost friends or reporting elusive troublemakers.

• Moderation Restriction System which offers more tailored restrictions for different violations and reduces the need for bans.

• Social Restriction Icons by usernames showing if players cannot hear or see you or your props.

UPDATES

• Private Room & Tavern layouts have been improved!

• Lowered Normal Draft Price from 300 to 100 Gold and Premium Draft Price from 100 Gems to 50 Gold + 25 Gems!

• Normal Draft no longer guarantees animated, but each card won has a chance to upgrade to a Golden or Diamond animated variant!

• Premium Draft now guarantees golden animated rewards but now has a chance to upgrade to a Diamond animated variant!

• Carrion Decomposer’s Mobilize and Entrance animations are now roughly 2x faster!

• You can now play Draft in all Public Havens! (Removed mode-based Havens)

• Armored must take 1 or more damage for it to be triggered.

• Boons to Bones now has misplay to protect you from losing the game.

• Wealth Pummel now has misplay protection if you cannot gain a coin AND cannot target a creature.

• Devilish Larceny's misplay text updated to be clearer.

• Daily Cards Layout improved to align by Factions.

• Devotion description updated to make it easier to understand.

• Sound Effects on several interactable props are now less generic.

FIXES

• Abilities can no longer target invalid targets like Suppressed Abilities or already 0 stats.

• Passive board-side abilities no longer remain active on a creatures that changes ownership.

• Devilish Larceny's misplay protection now works properly and can no longer steal Cantrips from the opponent.

• Arcane Experiment only tracks spells played after it entered the Graveyard.

• Failed attacks from creatures (Example: Becomes a pacifist before attacking or a last-second push) reset properly.

• Visual artifacts lingering in Flatscreen’s Battle Camera if a creature’s owner changes during battle.

• Copyright Infringement no longer incorrectly copies Attributes/Statuses.

• Heirloom Enchantment + Corpse Retrieval no longer soft lock battles if both are active.

• Trigger from Life Loss now correctly update if you lose life for ANY reason (not just direct damage).

• Equilibrium correctly makes you a permanent owner of a temporarily controlled enemy creature you shift into your Reserves.

• Creatures with “Heirloom Enchantment” incorrectly goes to it’s owners deck, rather than it’s controllers.

• Light wand’s visual light was incorrectly showing for other players.

• Paladin of Orallus no longer takes Armored (Or Restless) from creatures that had the Attribute innately.

• Sporecaster properly returns to opponent after being Mind Corrupted.

• Fixed not being able to resubscribe to Patron of the Old Gods on Steam.

• Spymaster of the Guild + Stormborne Zapling wording adjusted to fit other card standards.

• Detoxis Shaman dying no longer disables other Detoxis Shaman.

• Blocked player’s usernames are now hidden by personal space bubble.

• Carrion Decomposer and Parchment Barrage now correctly reset their counts.

Version 3.0 - Ashes of Ur-Enku

NEW SEASON BEGINS

• 50 brand-new cards (12 per faction) now available in Ashes of Ur-Enku booster packs
• Previous level is saved (not yet viewable)

BALANCE CHANGES

• Gunhaunt: Desperados now summoned with ATK = ½ mana cost
• Mastercraft Flesh Golem: Prepare → Aftermath
• Molten Martyr: Separated abilities - Activate: Sacrifice this creature. Sacrificed: Deal 4 damage to all players.
• Echoes of Verenthil: Now creates base cantrip copies
• Dutiful Servant: +0/+2 → +0/+1
• Bone Brute: 2/3 → 2/2
• Corpse Retrieval: 2 mana - Fetch 1 (Undead). Otherwise: Give enemy creature "Last Word: Shift to opponent’s Graveyard"
• Aaisha, Embalmed Servant: Banish 2 random spells from Graveyard. Summon cadaver with HP = ½ total cost + 1
• Worshiper of Verenthil: Now kills highest attack, not highest health
• Unshackle: Mobilize a creature from Reserves for mana cost
• Trapjaw Stump and Wyrmling Token: 1/1 → 1/2
• Wings of Fury renamed to Chained No More, no longer restricted to only flight creatures
• Bighorn Packbeast and Sludge Defender: Gained Unyielding
• Overwhelming Magi: 7/7 → 3/10; No extra mana gained on Reserve. Mobilized: +2/+0, Last Word moved to Entrance
• Nocturnal Nemesis: 7/4 → 4/7; Entrance can now mark any creature; Last Word no longer random
• Gurm, Former Taskmaster: 3/5 - Mobilized: Deal X damage (X = ATK). Activate: Give another +2/-2
• Gelatinize: Now also gives +2/+2 to Mobilized creature
• Serrated Stalker: 4/5 → 4/4; Last Word no longer requires Outnumbered
• Energized Elemental: Amped returns, 4/2 → 3/2; Mobilized: +1/+0. Last Word: Deal 1 damage
• Lavoraad Whelp: 3/3 → 4/3; ability can now target anything
• Vengeful Empath: 1/2 → 1/3; Enraged → Enraged (Innate)
• Avian Murder: 2/3 → 1/3; After dealing direct damage: Add Doomed copy to hand. Devotion: Unexhaust on summon
• Jagir Copymage: Can't copy other Jagir Copymages
• Meager Misdeed and Forbidden Lotus: Now only shift Innate cards
• Mercenary Mayhem: Enhance cost 1 → 2
• Poison Bomb: Already Poisoned creatures lose 2 HP. Others become Poisoned. Enhance (3): Affects enemies only
• Fireball: Deal X to target, 1/3 to adjacent. Enhance (1): Deal half instead
• Covert Contractor: Loophole removed; now DMG = Health. Devotion: Enrage (Innate): +0/+2
• Retaliation: No longer Doomed
• Improvised Laws: -2/-2 instead of -3/-3 and only until next turn
• Copyright Infringement: 4 mana - Summon a copy of friendly non-Legendary ≤ cost. Discarded: Shuffle all decks
• Violent Repossession: 6 mana - now draws a card if target < mana spent
• Kira, Heroine of Garsang: Gains Loophole
• Parchment Barrage: Condition: Opponent drew more than 2 cards this turn. Draw 3, end contract
• Power of Garsang: Condition: You don’t outnumber opponent. Aftermath: Allies gain +0/+1
• Wounded Guardian: After losing Life: Give random friendly +0/+1
• Perpetual Watchman: Gains Multiblocker and Restless - Blocking: Loophole allies gain +0/+1
• Dark Omen Spy-Hawk: 0/6 → 0/5
• Forceful Acquisition: Target becomes Underling
• Systemic Subjugation: 3 damage split between 2. Devotion = 6 damage
• Suppressor of Magic: Activate: Suppress a creature. Discarded: Suppress lowest ATK enemy
• Missionary Vanguard: 1/3 → 3/3
• Sunburnt Monk: Attacking: Gain +2/+0
• Avatar of Peace: Now Pacifies only one creature (any, not just enemy)
• Council Man Lazar: Entrance: Crusaders not in play gain +1/+0. Last Word: Crusaders not in play gain +0/+1

NEW ADDITIONS & FEATURES

• Updated Game Logo
• Maeve is behind the bar in the Tavern
• Can now return to Private Room directly from Lair and Grove
• All cards now have flavor text
• Some cards have new dynamic variables (Ex: Consequence of Chaos & Golden Gambit)
• New Diamond Animated Cards with drop chance from Packs, Daily Rewards, and Season Pass
• Golden and Diamond Animated creature bases updated
• Discord account linking now live - unlock exclusive tankard
• New Orc and Devil player races
• 3 new Outfits with Premium Variants entering rotating shop

UPDATES

• Original Axes have been removed from store (If you already own, you can still use them)
• Simplified card text using new keywords (Poison, Stun, Wounded, etc.)
• Increased Ranked Gold payouts (retroactively applies to ending season)
• Updated Game Credits
• Updated Tavern Prefixes
• Updated Fan Art in Tavern
• Updated Documentation and Guidebook

FIXES

• Equilibrium not changing creature ownership when moving to Reserves
• Adept Gunsmith unable to mark Suppressed creatures
• Skill Siphoner copying lost traits
• Misplay protection missing for Altering Fate, Garenan, and Meager Misdeed
• Referral system bug blocking referrals
• Referral card back animation fixed for all platforms
• Suppressed creatures losing status visuals
• Switching out and back into game unmutes blocked players
• Further networking improvements