TL;DR — What changes for players?
This playtest update changes card stats and abilities, including Mulan and Queen of Hearts. It also tackles match failures, boss progression and crashes from transformations.
Origins Tavern’s recap and explanations, based on Koin Games’ announcement.
The changes in detail
New features
- Random-card effects draw from the full playtest collection. Cards outside the ten playtest decks are excluded from random generation and the deckbuilder.
Card balance
| Card | Change in this build |
|---|---|
| Mulan | 4 mana · 2/4 |
| Queen of Hearts | 5 mana · 3/5 → 4 mana · 3/3 |
| Van Helsing’s Tools | 1 → 0 mana |
| Silver Bullet | Damage 3 → 1 |
| Ellen Trechend | 9 mana · 6/6 → 8 mana · 3/3 |
| Banshee | 2 mana · 1/1 |
| Piglet | 2 mana · 2/1 |
| Wicked Witch of the West | 3 mana · 1/4 → 1/5 |
| Three Not So Little Pigs | 7 mana · 4/4 → 3/3 |
| Bandersnatch | 8 mana · 9/9 → 8/8 |
| Basilisk | 4 mana · 2/4 → 2 mana · 1/2 |
| Brides of Dracula | 3 mana · 2/2 → 2 mana · 2/2 |
| Card Soldier | 2 mana · 2/1 → 3/1 |
| Flying Monkey | 4 mana · 2/3 → 3 mana · 4/1 |
| Guy of Gisborne | 7 mana · 3/5 → 6 mana · 3/3 |
| Humpty | 3 mana · 3/1 → 4/1 |
| Huntsman | 6 mana · 6/6 → 4 mana · 4/4 |
| Imhotep | 4 mana · 2/3 → 2/2 |
| Kanga | 4 mana · 3/4 → 3 mana · 2/3 |
| Little Lamb | 2 mana · 1/1 → 1 mana · 1/1 |
| Marian | 4 mana · 3/4 → 3/3 |
| Pegasus | 4 mana · 2/4 → 3 mana · 2/4 |
| Stroke of Midnight | 2 → 1 mana |
Abilities and interactions
- Mulan gains Double Attack while continuing to repeat allied On Reveal effects. Queen of Hearts gains First Strike while continuing to repeat allied On Death effects.
- Ellen Trechend’s On Reveal bonus becomes +3/+3 per enemy card at that location, up from +2/+2.
- Banshee’s On Death and Piglet’s On Reveal now grant Power only, no Health.
- Wicked Witch of the West’s Flying Monkeys change from 2/3 to 4/1. The units summoned by Three Not So Little Pigs become 3/3.
Fixes and improvements
- Deck validation is corrected to reduce matches failing to start. The empty, dimmed screen after some matches is fixed.
- Completed bosses stay completed and no longer leave the next mission locked. A loss no longer displays a VP gain.
- Grandmaster shows the correct rank, VP total and division. Shared-machine Steam sign-in is corrected.
- Cards transforming in hand no longer crash the game. Room battles no longer award ranked Victory Points.
Known issues at publication
- The +10/−10 VP change indicator is missing in parts of the results display, including Grandmaster. Points still update correctly and the progress bar works.
