The KARDS D-Day commemoration event 2020 is completed and resulted in a major success!




The KARDS community has successfully completed all objectives of this event, including the third wave and the final challenge on Sunday. What a fantastic success! Well done! As a result of this community effort, everyone who was logged in at some point during this third wave and Sunday has received the reward of 1 draft ticket + 2 gold and one Seaborne Invasion elite card or its equivalent in resources (you need to recycle it to get the resources).

The rewards have been added to all eligible players on June 15th at 10:00 UTC. Eligible is everyone who was logged in to KARDS at any point between Thursday and Saturday (midnight to midnight UTC) for the Draft ticket and Sunday for Seaborne invasion.

Now, that this event is over, please use our feedback form and let us know what you think about this event.

D-Day was the most massive seaborne invasion in history and started with the Normandy landings on Tuesday, June 6th, 1944. D-Day began the liberation of France (and later western Europe) and laid the foundation for the Allied victory on the Western Front.

We commemorate this historical event in KARDS with our first series of community-wide challenges.

During this period, the community received a new objective every day. The daily goal was the same for everyone, this was a community event after all, and tied into the actual events of D-Day.

The D-Day challenges went over ten days which were grouped into three waves and a final day:

• First wave: Friday - Sunday (June 5th - 7th) - COMPLETED 🎖️
  
• Second wave: Monday - Wednesday (June 8th - 10th) - COMPLETED 🎖️
  
• Third wave: Thursday - Saturday (June 11th - June 13th) - COMPLETED 🎖️
  
• Final day: Sunday (June 14th) - COMPLETED 🎖️

These community challenges span ten days and introduced exciting fun while connecting you to the historical events of D-Day.

While the focus of this event was on the historical connection and commemoration of D-Day, rewards were nonetheless good to have.

The community received rewards for completing the objectives of each wave. Since each wave lasts for three days, the community was able to complete up to three daily goals per wave. The rewards were paid out only if all three challenges per wave have been completed.


Rewards will be automatically delivered to your account for the next (work) day.

• Reward payouts for the first wave: Monday, June 8th - DELIVERED 🎖️
  
• Reward payouts for the second wave: Thursday, June 11th - DELIVERED 🎖️
  
• Reward payouts for the third way and the final day: Monday, June 15th - DELIVERED 🎖️

Important! 👉 Only if you have been logged in to play KARDS during a wave will you receive the rewards from this wave. Same goes for the final day.

Use our feedback form and let us know what you think about this event.


We hope that you enjoyed this first community-wide D-Day challenge, we are looking forward to your feedback and the next events!

Hello KARDS Community!

Welcome to the second edition of the Deck of the Week, a weekly article where we look at a player submitted deck and break it down into details. The point of the series is to bring to the surface all kinds of fun, effective and in-meta decks so players looking for direction can know what to strive for.



As always, this wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support and passion from you guys in the community, and if you want to submit your own deck for the chance to be featured in the coming weeks, please fill out the Deck of the Week suggestion form.

Now, without further ado, let’s check out the Deck of the Week, this time submitted by Private Paul.

We have a USA and German mid range deck, this one requires a bigger card collection than our first deck but can be extremely effective and fun to play!

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FearSomeFew
Major power: USA
Ally: Germany
HQ: CHERBOURG

USA:
2x (1K) 10th ENGINEERS BATTALION
1x (1K) 593rd JASCO
2x (1K) 109th COMBAT ENGINEERS
1x (1K) PATTON
2x (2K) IN THE NAVY
2x (2K) 99th INFANTRY BATTALION
1x (3K) M24 CHAFFEE
3x (3K) M16 HALF-TRACK
3x (3K) 1st MARINES
4x (4K) M4 SHERMAN
2x (4K) M4A1
2x (5K) WE CAN DO IT!
1x (5K) 101st AIRBORNE
1x (6K) STRATEGIC BOMBING

Germany:
3x (2K) PANZER 35(t)
3x (3K) NEBELWERFER 42
3x (5K) HUMMEL
3x (6K) PANZER IV F2

IMPORT CODE:
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According to Private Paul, here are the most important things to know about the deck.

Midrange - It has some crucial early units that get the game to turn 3 or 4 and then you can take over with the units that force the opponent to retreat.


This deck is all about the retreat mechanism and the key cards are every single one of the 11(!) units that make an enemy retreat as well as the M4 Sherman and We Can Do It! For card draw and buffing your units.


First and foremost this deck is very unit heavy, meaning you are very unlikely to find yourself without a play to make on every turn.

The second strength is getting and keeping board control with all the units that force the enemy to retreat or can effectively trade on the board. This is particularly good against order heavy decks that rely on very few big units to stall out the game, as you are able to force it back into their hands over and over. So once you get control over the board it is really hard to take it away from you.

Private Paul notes that even though this deck is fairly expensive to build, the 11 units that make you retreat are the true core here and they only cost 400 resources to build and can be great fun in multiple types of decks.


The biggest weaknesses of the deck is against area of effect orders that pin or deal damage like Carpet Bombing or Naval Operation and decks that are faster than you at getting the frontline, as this will limit the effectiveness of the retreat mechanism.


You want to find your cheap infantry and Panzer 35(t) units as early as possible and wrestle control of the frontline from the opponent, this will allow you to draw the cards and get the kredits needed to secure board control and start your offense.

After that you can start playing your retreat units like the 99th Infantry Battalion and the M16 Half-Track and build up your board and pressure.

Now you want to look for any opportunity to get the 2 for 1 trade (kill 2 enemy cards with a single card) and when you can’t effectively trade you force the unit to retreat and keep your unit and Kredit advantage going.

There are no major key cards in the deck, they all play into the same strategy. So in general you just want to play your cheaper units first for board pressure and look for opportunities to get your bigger units out where they can’t be immediately traded and you can use them to continue your pressure on the board.

Pro tip from Private Paul: Don’t hoard cards in your hand, you don’t need more than 2 cards for the same job in your hand so it’s fine to use your retreat units, don’t be shy!


You want to find your cheap infantry units like Jasco and Combat Engineers and a Panzer 35(t) in the mulligan if at all possible. This is probably the fastest way to secure the frontline and will get you to turn 4 or 5 where you can start playing units that force the opponent to retreat.

In general in the mulligan you want to get rid of everything that costs more than 3 Kredits. Even though those Shermans might seem tempting, resist!


First off, this is quite an expensive deck and this exact version of the deck will be hard to build for a large portion of the playerbase. But a lot the cards in the deck aren’t essential to the type of deck, as Private Paul himself mentions above the core 11 cards just cost 400 resources to craft.

Cards that can easily be replaced without impacting the forced retreat strategy include for example, M24 Chaffe, Patton, 101st Airborne, 10th Engineers, and In The Navy. So look for lower rarity cards with similar stats and deployment cost to build this deck for cheaper.

Then we get to the second comment, this deck can struggle taking and maintaining frontline control against decks that take the frontline faster. So adding in units like the 5th Infantry Regiment, other cheaper cards like Naval Bombardment can help with securing and keeping the frontline, especially for decks that need to replace some of the more expensive Special and Elite cards.

And there we have it, a fun and creative deck centered around the retreat mechanic for you to experiment around with! What do you think about this deck? Let us know in the comments along with what you would change or what deck you are currently running!



And there we have it, a fun and creative deck centered around the retreat mechanic for you to experiment around with! What do you think about this deck? Let us know in the comments along with what you would change or what deck you are currently running!

You can also take part in conversations around deck building and ask for assistance in our Community Discord.

The KARDS D-Day commemoration event 2020 is in full swing with the second wave (which was Monday - Wednesday) completed!

The third wave of our D-Day event is live right now. Take part!




Continued success! The KARDS community has successfully completed all objectives of the second wave after already completing the first wave a few days ago. This event turns out to become a major success. Well done! As a result of this community effort, everyone who was logged in at some point during this second wave has received the reward of 1 card pack (Allegiance set) and 2 gold.

The rewards have been added to all eligible players on June 11th at 10:00 UTC. Eligible is everyone who was logged in to KARDS at any point between Monday and Wednesday (midnight to midnight UTC).

Now, another tough challenges awaits with Wave 3. Keep up the excellent work, and enjoy this community event! Please also use our feedback form and let us know what you think about this event.

D-Day was the most massive seaborne invasion in history and started with the Normandy landings on Tuesday, June 6th, 1944. D-Day began the liberation of France (and later western Europe) and laid the foundation for the Allied victory on the Western Front.

We commemorate this historical event in KARDS with our first series of community-wide challenges.

During this period, the community receives a new objective every day. The daily goal is the same for everyone, this is a community event after all, and ties into the actual events of D-Day.

The progression bar, which you can see in the community event window, shows the whole community's total progress towards the daily objective - it does not reveal your individual progression (there was some confusion about this).

You participate in the event by doing what the objective states each day. Just play KARDS and keep the daily objective in mind.

The D-Day challenges go over ten days which are grouped into three waves and a final day:

• First wave: Friday - Sunday (June 5th - 7th) - COMPLETED 🎖️
  
• Second wave: Monday - Wednesday (June 8th - 10th) - COMPLETED 🎖️
  
• Third wave: Thursday - Saturday (June 11th - June 13th) - Ongoing
  
• Final day: Sunday (June 14th) - Upcoming

Important! 👉 Each day starts at 00:01 UTC and ends at 23:59 UTC.
Important! 👉 To get the rewards from a wave, you have to be logged in at least once during that wave.

These community challenges span ten days and introduce exciting fun while connecting you to the historical events of D-Day.

While the focus of this event is on the historical connection and commemoration of D-Day, rewards are nonetheless good to have.

The community will receive rewards for completing the objectives of each wave. Since each wave lasts for three days, the community can complete up to three daily goals per wave. The rewards will be paid out only if all three challenges per wave have been completed.

Rewards for completing the first two waves have been delivered to your account already (if you have been logged on at some point during Wave 1 and/or Wave 2).

Rewards will be automatically delivered to your account for the next (work) day.

• Reward payouts for the first wave: Monday, June 8th - DELIVERED 🎖️
  
• Reward payouts for the second wave: Thursday, June 11th - DELIVERED 🎖️
  
• Reward payouts for the third way and the final day: Monday, June 15th

Important! 👉 Only if you have been logged in to play KARDS during a wave will you receive the rewards from this wave.

Please also use our feedback form and let us know what you think about this event.

Have fun with this event, and good luck with the D-Day challenges!

Hello Kards community!

It is time for our second collaboration with Kards community creators with the next installment of the Coach a Dev series.



We kicked things off last week when Spooz coached Olikrummi on how to build a deck and find success on a brand new account without buying a lot of packs, if you’d like to watch the VOD from that session you can find it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTuaYIED-mU

The next Coach a Dev session will take place on Wednesday the 10th of June at 16:00 UTC featuring a very special guest and arguably one of the most experienced Kards players in the world, Blue_Blast! In this session we will be focusing on learning how to draft and really make that game mode help you build your collection in a fun way.

If you don’t know who Blue_Blast is we highly recommend you check out his stream and social media channels for high quality Kards content!

Twitter: @ThomasHerkenhof

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/Blue_Blast_


During the stream, Blue_Blast will coach Ólafur “Olikrummi” Steinarsson on the ins and outs of the draft mode, from selecting main and ally nations, building your deck and how to get those 7 wins and maximum prizes! This broadcast should be full of information for players wanting to get the most out of their draft experience and build their collection fast and effectively.

To put your newly gained knowledge about mastering Draft to good use, Olikrummi will have a giveaway during the live stream. Join the live stream; you might get one of the free draft tickets to be handed out during the stream.

Tune in to the live broadcast on Wednesday the 10th of June, from 16:00-19:00 GMT on the official KARDS Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/kardsccg, https://www.facebook.com/KARDSccg/ and on our Steam store page. You can also check out Blue_Blasts POV on his stream at https://www.twitch.tv/Blue_Blast_.

The KARDS D-Day commemoration event 2020 is in full swing with the first wave (which was Friday - Sunday) already completed! The second wave of our D-Day event is live right now. Take part!




Great success! The KARDS community has successfully completed all objectives of the first wave. Well done! As a result of this community effort, everyone who was logged in at some point during this first wave has received the reward of 1 card pack (Base set) and 2 gold.

The rewards have been added to all eligible players on June 8th at 9:00 UTC. Eligible is everyone who was logged in to KARDS at any point between Friday and Sunday (midnight to midnight UTC).

Now, the next challenges already await with Wave 2. Keep up the excellent work, and enjoy this community event! Please also use our feedback form and let us know what you think about this event.

D-Day was the most massive seaborne invasion in history and started with the Normandy landings on Tuesday, June 6th, 1944. D-Day began the liberation of France (and later western Europe) and laid the foundation for the Allied victory on the Western Front.

We commemorate this historical event in KARDS with our first series of community-wide challenges.

During this period, the community receives a new objective every day. The daily goal is the same for everyone, this is a community event after all, and ties into the actual events of D-Day.

The progression bar, which you can see in the community event window, shows the whole community's total progress towards the daily objective - it does not reveal your individual progression (there was some confusion about this).

You participate in the event by doing what the objective states each day. Just play KARDS and keep the daily objective in mind.

The D-Day challenges go over ten days which are grouped into three waves and a final day:

• First wave: Friday - Sunday (June 5th - 7th) - COMPLETED 🎖️
  
• Second wave: Monday - Wednesday (June 8th - 10th) - Ongoing
  
• Third wave: Thursday - Saturday (June 11th - June 13th) - Upcoming
  
• Final day: Sunday (June 14th) - Upcoming

Important! 👉 Each day starts at 00:01 UTC and ends at 23:59 UTC.
Important! 👉 To get the rewards from a wave, you have to be logged in at least once during that wave.

These community challenges span ten days and introduce exciting fun while connecting you to the historical events of D-Day.

While the focus of this event is on the historical connection and commemoration of D-Day, rewards are nonetheless good to have.

The community will receive rewards for completing the objectives of each wave. Since each wave lasts for three days, the community can complete up to three daily goals per wave. The rewards will be paid out only if all three challenges per wave have been completed.

Rewards for completing the first wave have been delivered to your account already (if you have been logged on at some point during Wave 1).

Rewards will be automatically delivered to your account for the next (work) day.

• Reward payouts for the first wave: Monday, June 8th - DELIVERED 🎖️
  
• Reward payouts for the second wave: Thursday, June 11th
  
• Reward payouts for the third way and the final day: Monday, June 15th

Important! 👉 Only if you have been logged in to play KARDS during a wave will you receive the rewards from this wave.

Please also use our feedback form and let us know what you think about this event.

Have fun with this event, and good luck with the D-Day challenges!

Hello KARDS Community!

Welcome to the first edition of the Deck of the Week, a weekly article where we look at a player submitted deck and break it down into details. The point of the series is to bring to the surface all kinds of fun, effective and in-meta decks so players looking for direction can know what to strive for.



As always, this wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support and passion from you guys in the community, and if you want to submit your own deck for the chance to be featured in the coming weeks, please fill out the following Deck of the Week suggestion form.

Now, without further ado, let’s check out the Deck of the Week, this time submitted by Opiate_Dream_Tyrant we have a Japanese and German burn deck, one of the all-time Kards classics that is fairly cheap to build but extremely fun and effective!

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Deck of the Week
Major power: Japan
Ally: Germany
HQ: HSINKING

Japan:
4x (1K) 34th INFANTRY REGIMENT
3x (1K) 15th CAVALRY REGIMENT
3x (1K) TYPE 93
4x (1K) RISING SUN
4x (2K) AKITA REGIMENT
1x (3K) 2nd RAIDING BRIGADE
2x (3K) AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT
4x (3K) MITO REGIMENT
2x (4K) Ki-43 HAYABUSA

Germany:
3x (2K) PANZER 35(t)
2x (2K) ENCIRCLEMENT
2x (2K) 22. INFANTRY REGIMENT
2x (3K) BLITZKRIEG
3x (4K) AIR BLITZ

IMPORT CODE:
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According to Opiate_Dream_Tyrant, here are the most important things to know about the deck.

Full on aggressive - It takes the frontline and hits face and then finishes with direct damage.


It brings a fast start to the game and then has direct damage that allows it to ignore the enemy board after the initial rush if you end up losing board control.


It is really dependent on getting the frontline early. If you don’t, you are in big trouble. It can also run into problems against decks with a lot of heal that can outheal the burn.


The best part about playing this deck is that it is fairly cheap, so anyone should be able to build it and play it within a few days of getting the game! To lower the cost even further, you can substitute Encirclement (a special order) with smaller units with blitz to help you maintain control of the frontline and put on the pressure, and you can replace the 2nd Raiding Brigade with another infantry unit or a third Amphibious Assault for the additional removal.

Additionally, since your games are generally over pretty fast so you can get a lot of games in a short amount of time. When playing, you always want to think about how you can secure the frontline and deal damage to the enemy HQ at the start of the game and then look for your direct damage cards to finish the enemy off.


The key cards are 34th Infantry Regiment, Mito Regiment, Panzer 35(t), and Air Blitz.

You’ll want to utilize your 34th Infantry Regiment right at the first turn, so look for it in the mulligan. And then the Mito Regmient and Panzer 35(t) should be played as soon as possible and in a way they deal the maximum amount of damage to the enemy HQ.


Again, this deck is all about that 34th Infantry Regiment. With the 1 kredit cost to deploy and 0 operating cost, this is the card that will get you control over the frontline early and ultimately make it possible for you to win the game!

So when you mulligan, get rid of anything that isn’t the 34th Infantry Regiment or the 15th Cavalry Regiment. If you have either or both of these cards, let everything else go and look for Panzer 35(t), Rising Sun, and Encirclement as complimentary starting cards with the 34th or 15th Regiments.


Overall this is a fairly strong deck that doesn’t cost a lot. There are obvious opportunities to improve on the deck with Special and Elite cards as your collection, grows but this should be a good target deck for players wanting to get a flying start.

The deck does sacrifice a little early speed for late-game reach only including the 34th Infantry Regiment and the 15th Cavalry Regiment infantry units that can trigger a 0 operating cost Panzer 35(t) on the second turn, something that can really snowball a game. Instead it relies on orders and units like Air Blitz, Mito Regiment, and Hayabusa to deal the final HQ damage without having to reach the HQ directly with your units.

Alternatively, you can play units like 33rd Recon and 41st Bicycle Regiment for a deck that plays faster early but doesn’t have as good a backup plan if the initial burn doesn’t work out.

And there we have it, a super effective, cheap, and fast deck directly from Opiate_Dream_Tyrant.


What do you think about this deck? Let us know in the comments along with what you would change or what deck you are currently running! You can also take part in conversations around deck building and ask for assistance in our Community Discord.

D-Day was the largest seaborne invasion in history and started with the Normandy landings on Tuesday, June 6th, 1944. D-Day began the liberation of France (and later western Europe) and laid the foundation for the Allied victory on the Western Front.



Commemorate this historic event with the first series of community challenges in KARDS.

Participate in daily community wide challenges between June 5th and June 14th and work together with the whole KARDS community to achieve the daily goal!

During this period, you will receive a new objective every day at your first login. The daily goal is the same for everyone, this is a community event after all, and ties into the actual events of D-Day.

To spice things up, we also have a stretch goal that allows for increased rewards on the last day of the event. For each wave the community completes, all players that have logged in during that wave will receive prizes, so make sure to log in and get in that daily game to stay eligible for the prizes!. Some objectives will be easier to achieve than others. To reach some of the daily goals, you need to stretch yourself. Bring some friends to help you!

Playing any type of game will work towards the objective, including friend challenges or AI matches.


You participate in the event by doing what the objective states each day. Just play KARDS and keep the daily objective in mind.

Assume that your daily goal is to deploy US bombers. Deploying US bombers in any type of game (PVP, challenges, Draft, AI matches) will count towards reaching the global goal then. The more bombers you deploy, the more you contribute. If you want to be serious about the daily challenges, you should adapt and specifically play with US bomber decks.

You can check the community progress towards the daily goal in the game client during the D-Day challenge period.

The D-Day challenges go over ten days which are grouped into three waves and a final day:

• First wave: Friday - Sunday (June 5th - 7th)
  
• Second wave: Monday - Wednesday (June 8th - 10th)
  
• Third wave: Thursday - Saturday (June 11th - June 13th)
  
• Final day: Sunday (June 14th)

Important! 👉 Each day starts at 00:01 UTC and ends at 23:59 UTC.
Important! 👉 To get the rewards from a wave, you have to be logged in at least once during that wave.

Each of the waves has its daily objectives and rewards.

These community challenges span ten days and introduce exciting fun while connecting you to the historical events of D-Day.

Rewards for the challenges are, of course, important. As mentioned above, the challenges are grouped into three waves; each of them covers 3 days.

The community will receive rewards for completing the objectives of each wave. Since each wave lasts for three days, the community can complete up to three daily goals per wave. The rewards will be paid out only if all three challenges per wave have been completed.

Rewards will be automatically delivered to your account for the next (work) day.

• Reward payouts for the first wave: Monday, June 8th
  
• Reward payouts for the second wave: Thursday, June 11th
  
• Reward payouts for the third way and the final day: Monday, June 15th

Important! 👉 Only if you have been logged in to play KARDS during a wave will you receive the rewards from this wave.



The D-Day Challenge is our first community event. We want to provide a fun event and also look forward to your feedback, comments, and improvement ideas.

Please help us and participate in this quick D-Day event survey.

You are also welcome to use the comments below for feedback or if you have questions.


Have fun with this event, and good luck with the D-Day challenges!

This release delivers several valuable quality-of-life improvements to KARDS and especially the new deck-import feature, as well as, balance changes, bug fixes and localization improvements. The release was published on June 3rd.

• The long-awaited Deck import is available now! You can import decks with just one click. Read more about this exciting addition in the blog New feature ahead - Import all the decks.
  
• Improved collection view. You now have some statistics about how much of the total cards you own.
  
• Players that are already qualified for the next stage of the KARDS World Championship are marked with a cup on the officer club leaderboard. The top ten players that are not already qualified will be marked with a yellow text.
  
• It is now possible to hide the “choose one”-cards from SPOILS OF WAR and PANZER III-H to see the board so that you can make the right choice.
  
• When targeting units with orders that deal damage, the damage incoming will show similarly to when targeting units before attacking them.
  
• SENDAI will now show which card it has removed when hovered over it.

This release contains a sizable amount of balance changes based on our statistics and player feedback. The full details are in the blog In the line of fire.

• BLOCKADE: All cards in the enemy’s hand cost one more now instead of only one random hand card being twice as expensive.
  
• 141. GEBIRGSJÄGER: Defense changed from 3 to 2.
  
• KATYUSHA: Defense changed from 1 to 2. Operation cost changed from 0 to 1.
  
• MEN OF STEEL: The effect that adds +1 Heavy Armor to your units will now persist, previously it lasted only one turn.
  
• ZHUKOV: The cost reduction of the random Soviet Infantry you draw lasts only one turn and is no longer permanent.
  
• OVERWHELMING FORCE: This order now also removes the destruction effect from the selected unit.
  
• B-25 MITCHELL: The random damage will go only to an enemy unit and no longer includes the enemy HQ.
  
• 34th INFANTRY REGIMENT: Reduced defense from 3 to 2.
  
• EMPIRE OF THE SUN: Increased cost from 9 to 10.
  
• KAMIKAZE: Increased cost from 0 to 1.
  
• CHAR B1 bis: Reduced deployment cost from 7 to 6.
  
• EASTERN FRONT BOUND: Reduced deployment cost from 4 to 3. Also changed: You will draw a unit with Alpine from your deck instead of adding a copy of a targeted friendly Alpine unit to your hand. The +1+1 bonus applies to all friendly Alpine units now, not only to a selected one.
  
• KAGOSHIMA REGIMENT: Increased defense from 2 to 3.

• The historical picture for the 13th RIFLE REGIMENT is missing. Fixed.
  
• Sometimes ARMORED TRAIN spawns a LIGHT INFANTRY on its left side instead of the right, causing the guarded effect to be visually incorrect. Fixed.
  
• When the RAAF LIGHTNING deployment effect is used on 37mm ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN, the operation cost of the RAAF is permanently increased by 2. Fixed.
  
• The GREYHOUND is not buffing units spawning in its support line if spawned on enemies turn. Fixed.
  
• The passive icon on the FRENCH 75 is missing. Fixed.
  
• When a guarded unit gained guard, the guarded icon wasn’t removed. Fixed.
  
• The translation of various cards are either incorrect or not precise enough. Fixed. If you notice further incorrect translation, please let us know!
  
• Scrolling in the library sometimes got blocked after opening the settings window. Fixed.
  
• When attacking with tanks and artillery sometimes distorted smoke from the attack visuals occurred. Fixed.
  
• There is visual stuttering in movements of attacking units when its front was changed at the same time it was attacking. Fixed.

As always, your feedback is most welcome! Please use our KARDS Discord or the comments below.

Hello Kards community!

We are super excited to announce our first collaboration on content with one of our awesome community streamers. The “Coach a Dev” stream will premiere on Wednesday the 3rd of June where our new Director of Esports, Ólafur “Olikrummi” Steinarsson, will play while being coached by Kards megastreamer Spooz!

If you don’t know who Spooz is you can find him and his content on the following channels:

Twitter: @Spoozgaming

Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/spooz_twitch

Youtube: http://ttps:/www.youtube.com/channel/UCn54WxsJZZ36dZ2fvVRF0zw


Our coachee Olikrummi had this to say about the upcoming stream:

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I have been a lifelong gamer and a competitive one since I was 7. I have never really enjoyed a game unless I could compete in it and do well. I have however never gone deep in any CCG before so I am beyond excited to get to learn from some of the best minds in KARDS and really take my game to the next level

During the stream, Olikrummi will start with a brand new account and the welcome offer. Then, together with Spooz, they will build a deck from scratch and try and get as high up on the ladder in a single nation as possible.

This stream should be full of information for new players wanting to get a running start, so if you are fresh into KARDS, you really shouldn’t miss this one.

Tune in to the live broadcast on Wednesday the 3rd of June from 16:00-18:00 UTC on the official KARDS Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/kardsccg, https://www.facebook.com/KARDSccg/ and on our Steam store page. You can also check out Spooz’s POV on his stream at https://www.twitch.tv/spooz_twitch.

Hello friends!

Welcome to the latest installment of the Kards balance blog, known to cause PMS (Premature Metashift Shakes) in even the most disciplined souls. This time around we have a number of subtle changes that we foresee will cause drastic changes in the near future, as we are taking aim at many of the most cherished cards and decks out there.



Some of the changes also have the upcoming Campaign mode in mind, as the new cards found there are bound to have a significant impact on many decks. But more on that later, right now we’re going to take a look at how all your decks are about to be ruined. Enjoy!

We’re going to look at cards in the usual order of suspects - Britain, Germany, Soviet, USA, Japan, France and Italy.

But first, a few cards are seeing slight template change - Air Blitz, Bismarck and The Commonwealth now are phrased so that they require you to target an HQ. Apart from the extremely rare case of you wanting to target your own HQ, this results in the cards being played the same almost always.

So why the change? Because it makes Interception more relevant, as it can now stop these three cards from resolving when targeting your HQ. It will be interesting to see if Interception will be run more frequently now.



The current version of Blockade is powerful, but frustrating to play because you don’t know which card was affected. The new version avoids that, and will generally result in a stronger, more powerful effect. Coupled with other resource affecting cards the Brits have, like Black Watch and Shelling, Blockade might find a nice home in a British control deck aiming to stifle the enemy’s development.



The Mountain Boys have it all - good stats, low cost, solid abilities, making them the go-to guys for aggressive and slow decks alike. We are bringing them down from their mountain lair, thus reducing their defensive cover (read: 1 less defense), pushing them closer to the realm of mere mortals.



Well, it was fun while it lasted, but Stalin’s Organ has played its last note in its current incarnation. The popularity of Katyusha has reached the point that you are more surprised when it’s NOT on one or both sides in any given battle, which is a clear sign that things need to change. We still want to keep Katyusha a strong unit due to its iconic status, just tone it down a notch into similar territory as, for instance, the Nebelwerfer.



The Heavy Armor shenanigans of the current Men of Steel are too soft, so we want to toughen it up a bit. It will be interesting to see what brews we will see with this new version - will people go wide, such as in tokens? Or a more novel approach like US Bombers, as bumping a unit from Heavy Armor 1 to Heavy Armor 2 is usually more powerful than getting Heavy Armor 1. Note that the max Heavy Armor a unit can have is 3, so take that into account.



Zhukov is going back to its original version, as now that we have more options for Soviet infantry (and more coming soon), the current version is simply a little too powerful. While turn 1 4th Kuban Cossacks is still possible, there is always the chance of getting something like 6th Airborne and losing out on the cost reduction. Zhukov is still a powerful card, but at least playing it early is a bit more risky now.



In the long run, our goal is to make sure there are answers for anything the opponent might be up to. We are not quite there yet, but adding the ability to deny a Destruction effect is a powerful addition to the tool box of answers. And adding this ability to a card that is overwhelming in name only is a win-win for all involved.



Random damage is a tricky subject and something we want to keep under strict control. The problem with the B-25 Mitchell, and the main reason for keeping it out of the big leagues, is the unpredictability of its effect, seemingly taunting you again and again with its lousy targeting. Restricting the effect to units only may seem like a nerf, but actually focuses the ability more, thus giving players a bit more control over when and what to hit.



The 34th Infantry Regiment has been the premium milkshake bringing the boys to the yard since the Allegiance expansion. Recently we have seen the milkshake starting to wander outside the yard, popping up in all kinds of decks as an ally. And you know when the milkshake has left the yard that things are getting serious. I have no idea where this metaphor is going, but the 34th now has a defense of 2, so there’s that.



Empire of the Sun is the removal order for when you need that little bit extra, for when you need to take things to 11 and really blast it. But we’re only amping it to 10. Should be loud enough.



Sacrifices shouldn’t come cheap. At 0 kredits, it is a little bit too easy to string together a kill in a single all out turn after having stalled the game for a long time. At 1 kredit, it now requires a bit more setup to get maximum value out of Last Rites.



The Char B1 bis has been the saddest of Pandas sitting at 7 kredits, sad because no one wants to play with it. Let’s see if more playmates are found at 6 kredits.



Being sent to the Eastern Front has been all doom and gloom so far, so we’re changing the card up a bit to see if heading east becomes a more jolly experience this time around. Note that the Alpine unit draw is random.



That’s it for now, these changes are set to hit tomorrow, June 3rd, along with a whole host of other fixes and improvements. Look out for the full patch notes for all the juicy details. Many more things are also in the pipeline, stay tuned for more info on the Campaign mode soon for instance.

See you on the battlefield!