Patch Notes: August 19, 2025

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FEATURES

Spotlight Variants and Series 3 cards added to the Cards Shop.

• Since the removal of the Spotlight Cache feature, we’ve been trying to find a home for Spotlight variants. Going forward, you will find Spotlight Variants in rotation in the Daily Cards section of Cards Shop alongside Ultimate Variants.

• Additionally, we’ve added individual Series 3 cards alongside Series 4 and Series 5 to the Daily Cards section.

Two new Featured Sets in the Cards Shop are releasing later this season:

• X-Men cards

• Destroy cards

New Conditional Bundles

Season Infinite Bundle

• Only available for players once they hit Infinite in a season.

• Will include 3 Rainbow Fire Card Borders OR 3 Gold Fire Borders. (Random)

• Borders are launching exclusive to this bundle

• Price: $14.99 USD (will vary based on your region)

• Purchasable once per season

Season Pass Complete Bundles

• Only available for players once they complete Level 50 of the Season Pass.

• Will include a Mystery Variant and Gold at a value price.

• Purchasable once per season & Pricing will vary.

New Card Exclusive Variant

• A featured Variant for the newest Series 5 card of the week

• Only available for players who have acquired the new card within 7 days of its launch

• Price: $9.99 to $19.99 (Higher priced bundles will include an additional Boosters, and the $19.99 sku will also include 1 Premium Mystery Border)

• The exclusive Variant will become widely available in the future. That timeframe has not been determined yet.

Top 5000

• Only available for players who reach Top 5000 in post-infinite, ranked play during a season.

• Will include 4 White Fire Card Borders (Borders are launching exclusive to this bundle)

• Purchasable once per season

• Price: $19.99 USD (will vary based on your region)

Snap Pack Bundles

• These bundles will be available for new or low Collection Level players. They’ll become available for players at the following CL levels: 214 (End of Series 1), 486 (End of Series 2), or Collection Level 1000.

• The bundles are not retroactive for players who are already beyond those milestones.

• Pricing will vary.

Bug Fixes

Gameplay Fixes in 44.x

• Select cards that aren’t "End of Turn" should no longer gain power from Fantasticar's ability

• Silver Surfer First Step's ability should no longer repeat twice when played after Wong

Card and Location Art Fixes in 44.x

• When a Herald merges, the VFX should now be center aligned

• Border rarities should now appear correctly in Artist view (no longer just showing pink fallback borders)

• VFX should no longer appear under the retreat button after Frankie Raye is revealed

• Herald card VFX should no longer persist when destroyed by Arnim Zola

• Alex Maleev Khonshu variant reference tokens' artwork should now appear correctly

• Merlin's Polymorph skill card should no longer cause overlap issues when in hand

• Jim Hammond Human Torch VFX should no longer play at the start of each turn even when player has no bonus Energy

• Added card should no longer cut off momentarily when RedShift is played on Kamar-Taj

• Location art should no longer change to Ruins temporarily when 'The Seventh Cosmos' is triggered

• Sakaar Grand Prix VFX should no longer extend outside of the screen when triggered on location 1 or 3

• The game should no longer crash when the end turn button is pressed before Jeff's VFX finishes

• Nightmare should now create ghost versions of the card whose ability is being copied on the in-hand cards

• Thanos VFX should now appear correctly after playing all infinity stones

• SFX should no longer play after VFX deactivates if Fantasticar is returned to hand quickly

• The Herald Reference card should now be added in the detailed card view

Cards Shop Fixes in 44.x

• Daily Cards info popup has been updated to display more appropriate information

• Free Series 3 module should no longer appear after purchasing the final Series 3 card in your collection

• Free Card module should no longer appear for Series 3 Complete players

Other Fixes in 44.x

• Bundle card art assets in the Offers shop should no longer disappear

• Ping ring VFX should no longer overlap with the navigation bar while in the shop

• Bundle and variant names should no longer overlap each other in the carousel

• Awkward visuals issues should no longer appear when tapping items in the Cosmetics Shop

• Issues when equipping newly unlocked reactions for the first time should be resolved

• Event Timers should now update appropriately when Game Mode Events end with extended Shop Time remaining

• Download progress bar should now clear appropriately on login screen for players in Japan

• Momentary visual issues should no longer occur after claiming season pass rewards

PC Fixes in 44.x

• Main menu should no longer be intractable when the new season pop up is observed

• Loading Bar should no longer extend off screen

• Event badge buttons SFX should play appropriately

Localization Fixes in 44.x

• Tooltips in the top left corner of the Cards Shop no longer cut off in various languages