New Features and Elements

• New skills added (2 types)

  
  【BASIC】
  
  
  
  • KickOut【Standard】
    When replacing a card in the attack zone with this card, return that card to its owner's hand.
    
  • If the card in the attack zone has the "Kick Out" skill, it is returned to the graveyard, not to the hand.
    ULT：The returned player takes 1 damage. If the returned card is UR, it becomes 2 damage.
    
  
  【Advanced】
  
  
  
  • Critical【Standard】
    Before attacking, roll the die, and if it rolls a 1, double the damage dealt.
    ULT：If the roll of 1 comes out, the damage is tripled. However, if the roll of 6 is rolled, the attack will fail.
    
  
  

• Additional languages supported (preview version)

  
  In addition to Japanese and English, you will be able to play games in the following 11 languages!
  
• We plan to make further improvements, but currently some of the translations are machine-translated, so please use them as an aid to understanding!
  
  
  
  • Chinese (Simplified)
    
  • Chinese (Traditional)
    
  • Korean
    
  • German
    
  • Hebrew
    
  • Spanish (Spain)
    
  • French
    
  • Italian
    
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
    
  • Russian
    
  • Thai
    
  
  

• Kick function for room members

  
  The host will be able to eject room members at the touch of a button. However, the ejected member can re-enter the room.
  
  

• Added time limit setting

  
  You can now set the time limit for one move from the Deck Limit Settings panel.
  If the time limit is exceeded, the cards to be played will be selected completely randomly.
  
  In addition, as an AFK measure, the time limit for a player who has not clicked once during a turn will start at 10 seconds next turn.
  
  

• Added "Maximum number of UR cards" to deck restrictions

  
  A limit can be placed on the number of URs that can be included in the deck.
  
  

• Added "same skill limit by rarity" to deck restrictions

  
  You can set how much of the same skill can be included for each rarity.
  Cards without skills are not eligible.
  

Game Balance Adjustment

Skill

【Basic】

• DoubleEdged

  
  New：During combat, each time the long hand moves in a favorable direction, it deals 1 damage to the opponent, and each time it moves in an unfavorable direction, the owner of this card takes 1 damage.
  New ULT：Means compatibility long hand movement +1
  

• Return

  
  New：When this card successfully attacks, return this card to your hand.
  However, it cannot be moved to the offense zone after defense, and is moved to the site.
  

【Sunrise】

• Meditation

  
  New：Return all cards in hand to the deck, shuffle, and draw three cards.
  

【Named】

• SkyHigh

  
  New：When you lose or draw during an attack, roll the dice. If the roll is +2 or more than the attack power of the opponent's card, return this card to the top of the deck.
  New ULT：The card is not activated by "attack power of the opponent's card + 2 or more," but by "attack power of the opponent's card + 1 or more."
  

【Horror】

• PetrifyingFear

  
  New：During combat, the long hand will not move to the defense side the first time.
  

Important Changes

• Adjusted target frame rate when quality is "low
  
• Changed so that backups are not erased by forced cache deletion after update (limited to backups from Ver. 0.18.0 or later)
  
• [FinishingBlow] changed from Basic Pack to Advanced Pack.
  
• Change backup storage location.
  New：C:\Users\【UserName】\AppData\LocalLow\GasaiGames\MonsterCards\Temporary\Backup
  Old：C:\Users\【UserName】\AppData\LocalLow\GasaiGames\MonsterCards\Temporary
  
• Changed the position of the Delete Cache button.
  
• Added a button to jump to the patch note page at the position of the delete cache button.
  
• The status of the room will now indicate that the deck is loading.
  
• Changed to return to blank when all erase is done on layer 3.
  
• Removed the skipping of a match when the short hand swings out during combat.
  
• When a card is changed by an effect such as "Choice" or "Wild Element" while "InTheDark" is in effect, the darkness is re-applied to the card after the change.
  
• Changed the specification so that if a player dies, such as from damage sustained while attempting to replace an offense zone, the replacement will not take place.
  

New Features and Elements

• Addition of new skills to the Advanced Pack (6 new skills)

  
  
  
  

  • Choice (Standard)

    
    When moving from the defense zone to the attack zone, choose the future.
    
  • If you choose a future, the attack power is enhanced by 1.
    ULT：The attack power of the future is further enhanced by 1, and the effect is activated depending on the future chosen.
    
    
    

    • The Future (Standard)

      
      Chosen Future
      
    • No effect
      ULT：Heal 1 to all players.
      

    • The Alternative Future (Standard)

      
      Chosen Another Future
      
    • No effect
      ULT：Damage 1 to all players.
      
    
    

  • Commander (Standard)

    
    Add two Soldiers to your hand.
    
  • Soldiers are rarity C, attack power 1.
    ULT：Soldiers will be Rarity R, Attack 2.
    
    
    

    • Soldier (Standard)

      
      For the Lord, we fight.
      
    • No effect
      
    
    

  • Trapper (Standard)

    
    When this card is placed on the field, trap cards [%ex%] are added to the deck and shuffled.
    ULT：The number of trap cards to be added will be two, and the trap cards in hand will be returned to the deck before shuffling.
    
    
    

    • Trap (Discard)

      
      When this card is sent to the cemetery from the deck due to damage received from another player, discard this card instead and deal 1 damage to the opponent.
      
    
    

  • Wild Element (Standard)

    
    When it enters the field, it changes to the attribute of your choice.
    ULT：Elemental compatibility long hand movement +1
    
    
    

    • Normal Element (Standard)

      
      It changed to normal element.
      
    • No effect
      ULT：Elemental compatibility long hand movement +1
      

    • Fire Element (Standard)

      
      It changed to fire element.
      
    • No effect
      ULT：Elemental compatibility long hand movement +1
      

    • Water Element (Standard)

      
      It changed to water element.
      
    • No effect
      ULT：Elemental compatibility long hand movement +1
      

    • Wood Element (Standard)

      
      It changed to wood element.
      
    • No effect
      ULT：Elemental compatibility long hand movement +1
      

    • Light Element (Standard)

      
      It changed to light element.
      
    • No effect
      ULT：Elemental compatibility long hand movement +1
      

    • Dark Element (Standard)

      
      It changed to dark element.
      
    • No effect
      ULT：Elemental compatibility long hand movement +1
      
    
    

  • Revival (Discard)

    
    Select a player and heal one.
    ULT：Can revive a dead player.The amount of recovery is increased by 1 for every 3 cards in the selected player's cemetery.
    

  • Causality Manipulation (GameChanger)

    
    When a player rolls a die, the value of 2 is treated as 1.
    ULT：Lock the GameChanger zone for the next three turns.
    
  
  

• Free release of DLC skill packs

  
  The DLC skill packs Sunrise, Named (formerly Anonymous), and Horror will be open for free until the end of Early Access, with six different skills per pack.
  

  Sunrise

  
  
  
  

  • Assassin (Discard)

    
    Discard a card from the selected player's hand at random to the Ruins.
    ULT：You will be able to choose one card by looking at your opponent's hand instead of randomly.
    

  • Bushido (Standard)

    
    When this card moves into the Offense Zone, it locks the Offense Zone for the next turn.
    ULT：Additional game changer zones and ruins will also be locked.
    

  • Divine Nullification (GameChanger)

    
    Any skill effects will not be activated.
    ULT：Lock the GameChanger zone for the next three turns.
    

  • Meditation (Discard)

    
    Return all the cards in hand to the deck, shuffle them, and start the turn over.
    ULT：Cards with a Rarity of Disturbed are not returned to the deck, but discarded to Ruins.
    

  • Mind's Eye (Standard)

    
    Negates the short-hand advantage/disadvantage effect of the card confronted.
    ULT：Double the short-hand advantage/disadvantage effect that this card receives.
    

  • Suppression (Standard)

    
    The game changer of this card's rarity or lower is dismissed.
    ULT：Activates regardless of rarity and is not affected by zone lock.
    
  
  

  Named

  
  
  
  

  • Cheer (Discard)

    
    While this card is on the top of Ruins, cards with the same owner on the field gain a short-hand advantage (+1).
    ULT：At the beginning of the match when this card is on the top of Ruins, the owner on the field recovers the same number of cards.
    

  • Revenger (Standard)

    
    If the owner of this card has more cards in his/her cemetery than his/her opponent, he/she gains a short-hand advantage (+1).
    If the cardholder has the highest number of cards in his/her cemetery among all players, he/she gains an additional (+1) advantage.
    ULT：If it's dying and in the attack zone, it locks the attack zone.
    

  • Sky High (Standard)

    
    This card becomes the weakest of all affinities when defending.
    If the attack fails or is directly replaced, it returns to the deck.
    ULT：When defending, only the attributes are not the weakest.
    

  • Bolt From The Blue (GameChanger)

    
    All compatibility is reversed when playing against each other.
    ULT：Lock the GameChanger zone for the next three turns.
    

  • Trick Or Treat (Standard)

    
    After winning the match, the attack will now randomly take away cards from your hand instead of damaging them.
    ULT：The effect is now triggered by attacks in all cases and deals damage for each card taken from the hand.
    

  • Ying Yang (Standard)

    
    A tie shall be considered a win for this card.
    ULT：No compatibility between element and means is considered an offensive advantage, and no compatibility between species and size is considered a defensive advantage.
    
  
  

  Horror

  
  
  
  

  • Chaser (Standard)

    
    At the end of the turn, the next player to take a turn is selected.
    ULT：Swap the turn order of the selected player so that it comes under the owner.
    

  • Severance (Standard)

    
    The attack damage dealt by this card moves the card from the deck to the Ruins.
    ULT：In addition, send the top five cards in the cemetery to the ruins.
    

  • Grudge (Standard)

    
    The player who beats this card is given a curse.
    ULT：The power of the curse becomes 4.
    
    
    

    • Curse (Discard)

      
      You take damage equivalent to the attack power of this card.
      
    
    

  • In The Dark (GameChanger)

    
    Once a card is on the field, no information is visible until it is played once or attacked.
    ULT：Lock the GameChanger zone for the next three turns.
    

  • Jumpscare (Discard)

    
    All players discard cards of rarity C in their hand to the cemetery.
    ULT：Cards with R rarity are also discarded to the cemetery.
    

  • Petrifying Fear (GameChanger)

    
    The long hand will no longer move to the defense side when playing against the opponent.
    ULT：Lock the GameChanger zone for the next three turns.
    
  
  
  

• UR cut-in function

  
  During a match, a cut-in production occurs when a UR rarity card comes to hand and when it is placed on the field!
  This production can be turned on or off in the game settings, and options can be set in the card settings panel (flavor text settings screen) to make layers 1 and 2 pop out and specify the focus position.
  
  

• Card selection tool settings and pseudo card binders

  
  It is now possible to switch the card selection tool from the game settings. The default setting is Explorer.
  
  The pseudo card binder is a card selection tool that displays a visualization of card files.
  By automatically generating an image file in the /Binder/Cards folder that serves as a lead-in to the card files in the /Cards folder, it is now possible to select cards by looking at the card images.
  
  

• Card image output function

  
  The created card image can be output in three different patterns from the Card Settings panel (Flavor Text Settings screen)!
  
  

• Team Functions

  
  Players will be able to choose the team they belong to in the room.
  Cards in the offense zone will no longer attack members of the same team.
  
  

• Four new matchmaking options

  
  
  
  
  • Random Skill
    All cards will change to a random skill at the start of the match. In very rare cases, they may change into EX skills such as poison or perfection...?
    
  • Auto Target
    Skills such as Snipe and Dark Summon will automatically select the player. However, if you are available for selection, you will be given priority.
    
  • Automatic team assignment
    All players' teams are automatically assigned at the start of the match. Players who have already manually selected their teams will be reassigned.
    
  • All Ultimate
    Apply ULT to all card skills.
    
  
  
  

• Addition of title BGM and BGM during card creation

  
  
  

• Added shortcuts to paint tools

  
  
  
  
  • P：brush
    
  • E：eraser
    
  • I：eye-dropper
    
  • B：bucket
    
  • Right-click and hold: eye-dropper
    
    
  • 1：Switch to Layer 1
    
  • 2：Switch to Layer 2
    
  • 3：Switch to Layer 3
    
  
  

• Emergency Notification Button

  
  A notification button will appear on the title screen when there is a message from the management, such as the discovery of a critical bug or a server maintenance notice.
  
  

• Additional types of awards

  
  

Game Balance Adjustment

Match-up

Species

Skills

Basic

• Double Edged

  
  New：When attacking, each time the long hand moves in a favorable direction, it deals 1 damage to the opponent, and each time it moves in a disadvantageous direction, the owner of this card takes 1 damage.
  

• Finishing Blow

  
  New：When this card is in the offense zone, it gains the following effects
  ・ Gain short-hand disadvantage (-4).
  ・ If the owner of this card has zero cards in his hand, he attacks with the strongest means.
  ・ If the attack is successful, the opponent is killed instantly.
  New ULT：・ Locks the offense zone.
  

• Friendship

  
  New ULT：It is activated regardless of rarity and zone lock.
  

• Heal

  
  New ULT：Healing amount to 2
  

Advanced

• Evolve

  
  Specification change：Changed the status of the complete body to increase in rarity by 1 level, increase in attack power by 2, and changeable type.
  New ULT：The attack power of the final form is further enhanced by 2.
  

• Final Form

  
  New ULT：No effect
  

• Oblivion

  
  Specification change：Changed so that it does not apply to players who have died
  

Important Changes

• Changed title screen illustration
  
• New EX Card setup method
  
• EX Cards are now saved as single card files
  
• Removed the limit on the number of EX Card type rerolls
  
• Import of card illustrations is now possible for both non-EX and EX cards
  
• New card frame visuals
  
• Changed card sizes
  
• Added markers to EX cards
  
• Changed the BGM icon on cards with BGM not to be displayed
  
• Removed restrictions on cards created during the open beta
  
• Supported localization of skill and type names
  
• Revised overall conditions for achievement of commendations
  
• Reduction of load during a match (medium and low quality)
  

New Features and Elements

• Addition of new skills (2 types) to the Advanced (formerly Extra) pack

  
  
  
  

  • Parry (Standard)

    
    If this card defends, the short hand is fixed in the center. However, only positions that would normally be considered a draw are considered a win; all other positions are considered a loss.
    ULT: 3 damage to the opponent if successfully defended.
    

  • Oblivion (Discard)

    
    All players, including yourself, discard the lowest cost card from your hand to the cemetery.
    ULT: Discard all cards.
    
  
  

• Additional sample cards and decks

  
  Three cards each of UR, SR, R, and C will be available immediately after the game is installed.
  Please check the SANPLE folder. (There are two versions, Japanese and English)
  
  

• Card Award Function

  
  Cards that perform well during the match will be awarded on the results screen. There will be more than 20 types of awards!
  We are also accepting requests for awards that you would like to see added in the future.
  
  

• Rework of match result prediction

  
  The compatibility of attributes, species, size, and means is now shown at a glance. Instead, WIN and LOSE are not displayed.
  Note that, as before, effects that change parameters before the match, such as ElementalTorrent, are not taken into account.
  
  

• Battle log display function

  
  The game flow will be transcribed and displayed. The display can be changed in the settings. (hidden by default).
  
  

• New " Skill Hide " matchmaking option

  
  During a match, the skill icons and skill information on the cards are hidden. This setting is for advanced players who are no longer satisfied with the normal way of playing, and the cost is also hidden to provide a hint for guessing.
  
  

• Add a bucket tool

  
  
  

• Completion preview added to the Paint screen

  
  
  

• Option to play or not to play card BGM during a match.

  
  
  

• Stage BGM changes when a match reaches its climax.

  
  
  

• Supports cloud saving

  
  Only player data is saved to the cloud, not card data.
  

Game Balance Adjustment

Costs

Rarity

Skill

Match up

Element

Species

Means

Skill

【BASIC】

• Dodge

  
  New: immediately ends the turn and avoids attacks of cards with attack strength of 2 or less
  NewULT: Avoids attacks of all cards, regardless of attack power
  
  

• Friendship (ULT)

  
  NewULT: Activated regardless of rarity.
  
  

• FinishingBlow

  
  New: An attack after the long hand has moved in the direction favorable to this card four times will kill the player immediately. If the owner of this card is dying, this card in the offense zone cannot be directly replaced.
  NewULT: If dying, attack by the strongest means.
  
  

• GiantKilling (ULT)

  
  NewULT: Must win if attack power is 2 or more than this card
  
  

• Pressure (ULT)

  
  NewULT: Damage the owner of the game changer as well, and if each card has 1 attack or less, send it in the ruins.
  
  

• Protection (Specification change・ULT)

  
  Specification change: The effect activation timing is changed from when the defense is defeated to before the battle as a defense.
  NewULT: Can now nullify any damage until end of turn, and also activates at the beginning of the turn when in the offense zone.
  
  

• Reverse (ULT)

  
  NewULT: All players get all stolen cards back from their hands.
  
  

• Ruin (ULT)

  
  NewULT: Attack damage and discard hand effects will now move cards from the deck to the ruins.
  
  

• Snipe (ULT)

  
  NewULT: Can select the target twice.
  
  

• Surge (ULT)

  
  New ULT: The effect is re-activated with each successful attack.
  
  

【ADVANCED】

• DarkSummon (ULT)

  
  New ULT: Add it to your hand instead of putting it in the defense zone.
  
  

• Fascinate

  
  NEW: When a card is played, the owner of the card in the offense zone rolls the dice, and if he rolls a 1, he takes a random hand card and puts it into his hand.
  NewULT: All other players also roll dice.
  
  

• Greed (ULT)

  
  NewULT: Draw two more cards.
  
  

• Poisoner (ULT)

  
  New ULT: Gives one if the attack fails.
  
  

• Poison

  
  New: Take 1 damage and draw 1 card. If the top card in the ruins is a poison card, the damage taken is 2.
  

Important Changes

• Improved image quality of downloaded cards
  
• Changed the name of Extra packs to Advanced packs
  
• Changed the number of rerolls to 12 when creating cards
  
• Changed so that there are no duplicates in rarity rerolls.
  
• Changed the probability of the attack power drawing when creating cards.
  
• Changed so that card file names can now use non-alphanumeric characters by default.
  
• Changed options for beginners.
  
• CPU enhancements
  
• Added reconnection attempt process
  
• Changed so that attacks do not occur after a player has been eliminated.
  
• Adjusted post-effects at quality "high" (high load)
  

New Features and Elements

• Evolve (Standard)

  
  This card gains a short-hand disadvantage (-1) in battle. However, it evolves into a complete [%ex%] when it is able to win the battle.
  
  
  

  • FinalForm (Standard)

    
    This card has overwhelming power.
    
  • Basic Attack Power +2
    
  
  

• DarkSummon (Discard)

  
  Select a player and put the top card in the cemetery into the defense zone.
  

• Poisoner (Standard)

  
  When this card successfully attacks, it gives 2 poison cards [%ex%] to the opponent.
  
  

  • Poison (Discard)

    
    Take 1 damage. If the top card in the ruins is a poisoned card, it takes 2 damage instead.
  
  

• Fascinate (Standard)

  
  When a card is played, the other players roll the dice and take a random hand from the player who rolls a 1 and add it to their hand.
  

• Greed (Discard)

  
  Draw two cards.
  

• LiveOnStage (GameChanger)

  
  Non-skilled cards have a compatibility advantage over elemental, species, means, and size compatibility draws when playing against cards with skills.
  
• The BGM of this card has priority over the BGM of other cards when it is in the GameChanger zone.
  

• C:/Users/[username]/AppData/LocalLow/GasaiGames/MonsterCards/Temporary
  

Game Balance Adjustment

Skill

• Friendship

  
  Added an activation condition because it was too good as a stable means of removing cards in the offense zone.
  New Effects：When this card is placed in the defense zone, if it matches the rarity of the card in the offense zone, move both cards to the ruins and start the turn over again.
  

• FinishingBlow

  
  Significantly strengthened because of its overly difficult-to-use performance.
  New Effects：This card always gains short-hand disadvantage (-2), but the player attacked by this card dies immediately.
  

• Snipe

  
  Reworked to a more practical effect, closer to the image associated with the skill name and icon.
  New Effects：Specify a player and deal 1 damage.
  

• DoubleEdged：諸刃

  
  Specification Change：Damage determination changed to take into account the amount of movement of long needles such as GiantKilling.
  

About Card Costs

Rarity

Attack Power

Skill

Important Changes

• Changed generic SE when button is pressed
  
• BGM name, file name and cost will be displayed when cards are enlarged
  
• Renamed Default pack to Basic pack
  
• Changed so that when the short hand swings over 6, the decision is made immediately.
  
• Remove the dominance of BGM in GameChanger
  
• Changed so that non-hosts can also check match options.
  
• Changed so that hidden layers can no longer be drawn
  
• Bug report button added to the settings screen
  
• Added rarity name notations on cards
  
• When another player has a card in his/her deck that he/she already has or has cached, if the last update time is different, the card will be downloaded again.
  
• Previously, downloaded cards were displayed in blue text, but now they are unified in white text
  
• Changed to not play animation of UR cards other than when zoomed in when Quality is not high.
  
• Changed recommended and beginner matchup options
  
• Change of BGM for horror (classroom) stage
  
• Correction of License Notation
  

Discord

New Features

• Ability to set flavor text (up to 300 characters)
  
• Display compatibility table, skill effects, and flavor text when cards are expanded
  
• Automatic organization of ruins
  
• Added direction to the player's panel when his/her card is on the field
  
• Avatar motion and panel direction added when player is dying
  
• Show confirmation dialog before discarding card edits
  
• New matchup options "random order" and "chaotic compatibility"
  

Game Balance Adjustments

Match-up