Welcome to the first KARDS update of 2025!

We're excited to bring you a substantial set of updates in this update, including card balance changes, in-game tournament improvements, bug fixes, and preparations for the upcoming Lunar New Year celebrations.

Read on to discover everything included in the KARDS January 2025 update.

The update is available on PC and all mobile platforms and was deployed on January 23, 2025. However, please note that it may take up to 24 hours for the update to appear worldwide on iOS and Google Play Store.

CARD BALANCE CHANGES

Overall, the cards meta is fairly healthy, with many different decks and strategies viable and the best decks only being slightly better than the rest. That being said, there is always room for some slight adjustments.

This time around, we will update a total of 11 cards. Four cards will receive some nerfs while the other seven cards will be buffed.

Nerfed cards

• SEA EMBARGO
• CALLIOPE
• COMPROMISE
• HAMMER HOME

Buffed cards

• 57th RIFLES
• TURNING POINT
• 845th RIFLES
• 1st CAVALRY TROOP
• 5th REGIMENT
• 49th INFANTRY REGIMENT
• FIAT G.55

Check out the dev blog for all the juicy details!

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/544810/view/525333037201752250

IN-GAME TOURNAMENT IMPROVEMENTS

We’ve enhanced the rewards for the Blitz and Iron tournaments, making your efforts more rewarding than ever! These changes are part of our ongoing commitment to ensure tournaments remain fun, competitive, and packed with valuable prizes.

Blitz Tournaments

The entry fee has been reduced to 100 Gold or 12 Diamonds (previously 150 Gold or 20 Diamonds). The gold payout has been adjusted accordingly, but the pack reward remains the same—effectively increasing the value of each win while reducing the sting of going winless.

Rewards have been adjusted as follows:

• 5th-8th place now awards 50 Gold, down from 75 Gold, still maintaining half the entry fee.
• 3rd-4th place continues to reward 1 pack, with the gold reward now at 75 Gold instead of 100 Gold, effectively increasing the payout from 66% to 75% of the entry fee.
• 2nd place still grants 1 card pack, now with 100 Gold (previously 150 Gold, the full entry fee in Gold).
• 1st place remains at 1 Officer pack with 100 Gold instead of 150 Gold. The victory still counts for 1 Trophy.

Iron Tournaments

While the entry fee remains unchanged, the rewards have been significantly boosted—now offering Diamonds for the first time!

• 3rd-4th place now awards 200 Gold (unchanged) with a new additional reward of 1 card pack.
• 2nd place still grants 300 Gold plus 1 Officer pack, with a new additional reward of 10 Diamonds (replacing the previous Gold Special card).
• 1st place remains at 450 Gold plus 2 Officer packs, now with an extra 20 Diamonds (replacing the previous 2 Gold Special cards). The victory still counts for 3 Trophies.

The Boot Camp tournament remains unchanged for now.

We’re also preparing a special Lunar New Year tournament with virtually no entry fees and exciting rewards. Stay tuned for more details on the Lunar New Year celebrations in the coming days!

BUG FIXES

AI

• The displayed cost of the B-24D unit was incorrect. Fixed.
• ECHELON incorrectly triggered a bonus when the HQ was attacked. Fixed.
• KORSUN did not correctly reduce cost when revealing covert units. Fixed.
• Various improvements to the behavior of SUPPORT COLUMN.

Battle

• The GREIF buff was not applied to a British unit after playing the KANGAROO TRANSPORT order. Fixed.
• MATILDA Mk IV did not receive the +2 attack buff from ROYAL WEST KENTS after becoming veteran. Fixed.
• The "Text not found" error message appeared when using the AIR CORPS FERRYING order on empty space. Fixed.

UI

• The "RGD-33 GRENADE" item overlapped the last unit on the enemy's support line in fullscreen mode. Fixed.
• The Battle Ready decks' top panel displayed incorrectly after closing the settings menu. Fixed.
• HQ deck cards for Baguio, Kursk, Alam El Halfa, Villers-Bocage, and Arracourt were missing from the deck builder. Fixed.
• Some cards with the Shock keyword did not appear when searching "Shock" in the search field of the deck builder. Fixed.
• Dividing lines between abilities were missing when hovering over cards. Fixed.
• The Encyclopedia was missing text stating that "Fighters cannot gain Smokescreen." Fixed.
• In some instances, the crate image blocked text in the crate button. Fixed.
• Hints in the tutorial sometimes overlapped. Fixed.
• Explanatory pop-ups were incorrectly shifted in the tutorials. Fixed.
• The Skull icon in Draft displayed sometimes an incorrect number of losses. Fixed.

Other

• Several issues in the localized versions were fixed.
• Improvements to the server backend including optimized matchmaking.