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Steam News5 August 20267d ago

New Companions & VFX

Version 4.9 Release Notes ADDED Tavern Helper Role: Added a new community role for players who will welcome newcomers in the New Player Havens.

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Full Cards & Tankards update

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What changed

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  • Gameplay
  • Store
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
  • Balance
addedADDEDTavern Helper Role: Added a new community role for players who will welcome newcomers in the New Player Havens.
addedADDEDNew Companions: Added a massive new lineup of Table and Flying Companions to the shop, including Skittering Sandworm , Artifact Corroder , Distracted Hound , Blighted Pearl , Toxic Dartshooter , Thallasor , Weaponized Paradox , Stellar Shard , Nimble Waveskimmer , Educated Elemental , Spark Spitter , Kira, Heroine of Garsang , and Leviathan Maw .
addedADDEDVFX: Added VFX for a variety of cards, including Cascading Tidehunter , Mutiny , Abandoned Cargo , Guarded Gate , Enigmatic Mirror , Blighted Pearl , and Soulbound Compass .
changedUPDATEDDiamond Cards: Increased the Diamond card transmute multiplier from 4x to 6x base Aether value.
changedUPDATEDMulti-Pack Timer: 50-pack openings will now reset the auto-close timer whenever you change pages, giving you plenty of time to review your new cards.
changedUPDATEDFlatscreen Pack UI: Reversed the order of the +1 and +10 quantity buttons in the shop for better usability.

Cards & Tankards changes

addedTavern Helper Role: Added a new community role for players who will welcome newcomers in the New Player Havens.
addedNew Companions: Added a massive new lineup of Table and Flying Companions to the shop, including Skittering Sandworm , Artifact Corroder , Distracted Hound , Blighted Pearl , Toxic Dartshooter , Thallasor , Weaponized Paradox , Stellar Shard , Nimble Waveskimmer , Educated Elemental , Spark Spitter , Kira, Heroine of Garsang , and Leviathan Maw .
addedVFX: Added VFX for a variety of cards, including Cascading Tidehunter , Mutiny , Abandoned Cargo , Guarded Gate , Enigmatic Mirror , Blighted Pearl , and Soulbound Compass .
changedDiamond Cards: Increased the Diamond card transmute multiplier from 4x to 6x base Aether value.
changedMulti-Pack Timer: 50-pack openings will now reset the auto-close timer whenever you change pages, giving you plenty of time to review your new cards.

Version 4.9 Release Notes

ADDED

  • Tavern Helper RoleAdded a new community role for players who will welcome newcomers in the New Player Havens.
  • New CompanionsAdded a massive new lineup of Table and Flying Companions to the shop, including Skittering Sandworm , Artifact Corroder , Distracted Hound , Blighted Pearl , Toxic Dartshooter , Thallasor , Weaponized Paradox , Stellar Shard , Nimble Waveskimmer , Educated Elemental , Spark Spitter , Kira, Heroine of Garsang , and Leviathan Maw .
  • VFXAdded VFX for a variety of cards, including Cascading Tidehunter , Mutiny , Abandoned Cargo , Guarded Gate , Enigmatic Mirror , Blighted Pearl , and Soulbound Compass .

UPDATED

  • Companions:"Pets" have been officially renamed to Companions.

  • Diamond CardsIncreased the Diamond card transmute multiplier from 4x to 6x base Aether value.
  • Multi-Pack Opening: The reveal animation has been significantly sped up and smoothed out when opening multiple booster packs at once.

  • Multi-Pack Timer50-pack openings will now reset the auto-close timer whenever you change pages, giving you plenty of time to review your new cards.
  • Flatscreen Pack UI: Reversed the order of the +1 and +10 quantity buttons in the shop for better usability.

  • Pack UI: Using the back button during a multi-pack reveal skips the reveal animation.

  • CreditsAdded WonkySlipshod to the Card Designer credits.

FIXED

  • Power of Garsang: Contract condition tooltip was displaying twice.

  • Totem of Drakth: The ability would incorrectly trigger when playing Relics instead of only Innate Creatures.

  • Abandoned Cargo: Bypassing the 10-creature limit, it will now correctly remain on your side of the board if the opponent's board is full.

  • Patrolling Guard: Ability was incorrectly triggering on Relics instead of just Creatures.

  • Leviathan Maw & Fanglor: Deathblow attribute trails were visibly clipping through the creature models.

  • Mulligan: Not playing its damage animation when losing life.

  • 3d Buttons: Buttons could be pulled too far away from their bases.

  • UI/Menus: Putting the book away while in the deck box, companion, or card back selection screen not closing the UI when reopening.

  • VR Interactions: Pulling gem-purchased booster packs apart too quickly would cause your virtual hands to jitter and drop the pack, cancelling the purchase.

  • Multi-Pack Opening: Spam-clicking the Next button before the reveal animation finished would display a tiny version of the upcoming card.

  • Multi-Pack Opening: Reveal animations would randomly stop during prolonged pack openings.

  • Pack Polish: A white square border that appeared on the backside of booster packs before they were opened.

Source

Steam News / 5 August 2026

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