Welcome to Cards and Castles 2!
Basic Card Patch
We have deployed one more update focusing on the improvement of basic cards and mechanics. Check out the full patch notes on our community discord!
Minor Balance Hotfix
Sensei: Stats changed to 2/1.
Salahar Voyager: Cost increased to (5).
Dwarf Paladin: HP increased to 4.
Andvor Cleric: Attack increased to 2.
Faithful Drake: HP increased to 3.
Season of Growth: Redesigned. Now costs (5) and summons 3 Sunflowers.
War Party: Redesigned. (3) Summon 3 random 3-Cost units, but they instantly attack ANY random target.
Salahar Voyager: Cost increased to (5).
Dwarf Paladin: HP increased to 4.
Andvor Cleric: Attack increased to 2.
Faithful Drake: HP increased to 3.
Season of Growth: Redesigned. Now costs (5) and summons 3 Sunflowers.
War Party: Redesigned. (3) Summon 3 random 3-Cost units, but they instantly attack ANY random target.
Single Card Update
Corpse Explosion: Now instantly detonates 3 tombs, but the damage cannot hit tombs. Cost increased to (5).
Dev Note: Having this card effectively detonate all the player’s tombs at once was overshadowing other tomb uses. By limiting the number of tombs it can destroy, we leave more room for other tomb cards to be useful.
Dev Note: Having this card effectively detonate all the player’s tombs at once was overshadowing other tomb uses. By limiting the number of tombs it can destroy, we leave more room for other tomb cards to be useful.
Card Update
Document Forgery: Design Updated. Now costs (8), and activates the Last Will of all friendly units that have died this game. The previous design of this card activated all last will units currently on the battlefield, which rewards the player for creating a static game state and accumulating units. This new design rewards the player for making aggressive use of their units and playing the game actively.
Free Shiny Packs!
Early Access will be coming to a close soon, and we’re going to have more stuff to announce in the coming weeks! As appreciation for all our Early Access players bearing with us as we improve the game, we are launching an extremely special, limited time code SHINY. Use this gift code in the shop to get 3 SHINY PACKS! This code will only be available for a few days, so use it fast before it’s gone!
We have another small gameplay improvement and balance patch that we think players will appreciate. Enjoy the shiny packs and the update!
PATCH NOTES
Mystic Panda: Trap benefit changes to 'Draw a card and it costs (2) less.' This was largely a thematic change, as we felt that summoning random units doesn’t fit the mystical vibe of the panda.
Dwarven Greed: Item discarding bonus changed to 'Draw a card' instead of more treasure.
Dev Note: We’ve noticed in testing of future releases that allowing so much treasure gain on a neutral card could enable extremely broken early game interactions. Changing the bonus to draw preserves its strong value incentive for discarding an Item.
Power Sink: Cost increased to (2), and it no longer draws as a backup function.
Dev Note: Power Sink was performing too well for a grief card, and we think it was undercosted for its power.
Dancing Swords: HP increased to 2.
Curse of Death: Cost reduced to (2).
Rakanoth: Attack increased to 7.
Burnout: Cost reduced to (2).
Tunnel Collapse: Item count reduced to 2.
Hypothermia: Effect increased to -2/-2.
We have another small gameplay improvement and balance patch that we think players will appreciate. Enjoy the shiny packs and the update!
PATCH NOTES
Mystic Panda: Trap benefit changes to 'Draw a card and it costs (2) less.' This was largely a thematic change, as we felt that summoning random units doesn’t fit the mystical vibe of the panda.
Dwarven Greed: Item discarding bonus changed to 'Draw a card' instead of more treasure.
Dev Note: We’ve noticed in testing of future releases that allowing so much treasure gain on a neutral card could enable extremely broken early game interactions. Changing the bonus to draw preserves its strong value incentive for discarding an Item.
Power Sink: Cost increased to (2), and it no longer draws as a backup function.
Dev Note: Power Sink was performing too well for a grief card, and we think it was undercosted for its power.
Dancing Swords: HP increased to 2.
Curse of Death: Cost reduced to (2).
Rakanoth: Attack increased to 7.
Burnout: Cost reduced to (2).
Tunnel Collapse: Item count reduced to 2.
Hypothermia: Effect increased to -2/-2.
Minor Balance Hotfix
Mystic Panda: Drawn cards now have their costs reduced by (1) instead of (2). This card is pretty dang broken and will continue to be very worthwhile at the reduced value!
Level Display Update
Hello everyone, we've updated the game UI to display the player's lifetime level earned instead of their current battle pass level. We have been tracking this in our database since launch, so for long time players this change will result in an immediate large increase in your displayed level. We think players will better enjoy seeing a total level accumulate over time that never resets or goes down.
Minor Balance Patch
We're tweaking the price and power level of some cards to improve meta balance, but are not doing any redesigns. These small shifts should greatly improve the overall health of the game.
Parrot: Cost increased to (5).
Document Forgery: Cost increased to (9).
Daggerstorm: Cost increased to (3).
Man the Cannons: Cost increased to (5).
Blaze: Cost increased to (4).
Yaarhym Lightning: Cost increased to (4).
Earth Knight: Heal reduced to 2.
Frog Prince: HP reduced to 4.
Triceratops: Attack bonus reduced to 1.
Magmasaur: HP reduced to 3.
Brontosaurus: Attack reduced to 4.
Lava Giant: Stats reduced to 1/5.
Command Crab: Bonus changed to CHARGE instead of BERSERK.
Parrot: Cost increased to (5).
Document Forgery: Cost increased to (9).
Daggerstorm: Cost increased to (3).
Man the Cannons: Cost increased to (5).
Blaze: Cost increased to (4).
Yaarhym Lightning: Cost increased to (4).
Earth Knight: Heal reduced to 2.
Frog Prince: HP reduced to 4.
Triceratops: Attack bonus reduced to 1.
Magmasaur: HP reduced to 3.
Brontosaurus: Attack reduced to 4.
Lava Giant: Stats reduced to 1/5.
Command Crab: Bonus changed to CHARGE instead of BERSERK.
New Battle Pass!
This season's battle pass has an exclusive newly released card, the War Cow! In order to time things with the upcoming mobile launch, the duration of this battle pass is also slightly reduced from normal.
Minor Balance Hotfix - Document Forgery
Document Forgery: Now limits the number of Last Will activations to 3 (was unlimited).
Owlbear: HP reduced to 4 (was 5).
Merchant’s Favor: Cost increased to 2 (was 1).
Owlbear: HP reduced to 4 (was 5).
Merchant’s Favor: Cost increased to 2 (was 1).