Hello Scrawlers,

Our latest update, EA 7, is here—and it’s focused on making your time in the Chaos Tower smoother, clearer, and a bit more fair.

Here’s what’s new:

Quick Rules Page Added
We’ve introduced a Quick Rules page for players who want a fast and accessible way to learn the core mechanics without committing to the full tutorial. You can access it anytime via the new HELP button on the game board. First-time players will now see the Quick Rules instead of being prompted for the full tutorial.

Ability Feedback Improvements

The ability bar now flashes when a champion ability is ready to use during the summon or action phase depending on when your Champion Ability is useable.

The current game mode is now displayed during runs under the floors/turns display.

Kozikth's ability now shows an icon over the first selected target for better clarity.

Cat Kaiser now targets a single allied Creature of your choice rather than all.

Cat Kaiser Stat Adjustment: +10 starting HP and 10 less maximum AP.

UI/UX Enhancements

Glyphs (controller prompts) are now properly displayed in the settings menu when cycling through windows with keyboard/controller.

The Settings Menu "Board View Type" description has been updated to clarify that bumpers toggle between info panels in Simple mode.

The Player's and Opponent's Creature and Enchantment Hands now fade out when they’re not usable—still hoverable, just clearer. This should greatly reduce bloat and make the UI much more clear for new players.

As always, thank you for your support and feedback! Every bit of it helps us improve the game and make CardScrawl the best it can be.

See you in the arena—and don’t forget to try the new Quick Rules if you're showing the game to a friend!

— The Mire Studios Team

Hey everyone!
We’re back with EA 6, a gameplay-focused update centered around reworking and refining Champion Abilities—some abilities have been completely redesigned, others improved for clarity or balance. This update also includes several quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes, especially for players using controllers.

⚔️ Major Champion Ability Changes:
Dungeonmaster: Buffed! You can now play new creatures over existing ones (enemy or ally). The replaced creature returns to the owner's deck (with enchantments intact), and the deck is shuffled.

Ratburg: Ability renamed to “Mob Up” and reworked — now only affects creatures with 0 or 1 Mana Cost, but doubles their Power permanently. Affected creatures now preview with the ability icon when hovering over it.

Valeena: Reworked — all friendly enchantments ignore their cooldown and activate immediately on the turn her ability is used.

Ghoul: Reworked and renamed to “Hour of Ghoul” — sets all currently enchanted enemy creatures' cooldowns to 4 turns.

Dracarath: Reworked — sacrifice a target friendly creature, heal for its base Power, and give +1 permanent Power to all other friendly creatures.

Battle Knight Wonder: Reworked for clarity — target creature gains (if allied) or loses (if enemy) Power equal to your number of creatures on the board.

Weeping Maiden: Reworked — her ability now adds your max Ability Power to your health until the end of the turn, giving her a clear defensive identity.

Stonewarden: Exploit fix — it’s no longer possible to repeatedly cancel golem summoning to fish for the strongest one.

Bulwark, Nocturne, and others: Fixed an issue where their Champion Abilities didn’t allow target selection when using a controller or keyboard.

🎮 Visual & Clarity Updates:
“Ability Active” text added when a Champion ability is used.

“Ability Active” will show in red, and “Ability Ready” now shows in green.

Improvements made to controller/keyboard support for Champion Abilities.

🏆 Achievement Fixes:
Graveborn Army and Feywild Pact achievements now increment and track correctly for Champion unlocks.

🛠️ Known Issue:
We've seen reports of a rare crash mentioned on the forums and are currently investigating. We haven't been able to reproduce it internally yet, but it's on our radar and we'll keep digging. If you're experiencing this issue, please keep the reports coming — every bit of detail helps.

Thanks again for all your feedback, bug reports, and support!
We’ll keep refining the game and improving features as we go. If you’ve got thoughts, the forums are a great place to drop feedback.

🌀 See you in the Chaos Tower.