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A 1v1 creature card game · Made by its players

The players make the cards.

Draw a creature. Give it a Trait. Write its attacks in plain sentences — or in code. Then vote it into the meta and beat your friends with it. Plays in your browser, nothing to install.

Play now → Open the Forge
No payments, everNo adsNo trackingPhone or desktop
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Community · Seasons · Top Competition

The meta is
a democracy.

Nobody upstairs decides what's legal in ranked play. You do. Every four-week season, players nominate the cards they love, then vote the whole pool up or down. The top lines become the legal set for the next season of Top Competition.

21 days · Nominate7 days · Vote
  • 2
    Two nominations eachOne creature (its whole Wrinkle line comes with it) and one Tactic.
  • ▲▼
    10 up, 10 downA small budget, so every vote is a choice. One direction per line.
  • ?
    Tallies stay secretWhile voting is open you see standings and heat — never the counts. No bandwagons. The reveal is a show.
  • +2
    Returners get a head startLast season's legal cards come back with +2. Keep them, or vote them out.
  • ⚙
    You vote the rules, tooBench spots, draw, deck size and knockouts to win are on the ballot every season.
Try it · an example ballot
▲ 10 ▼ 10 Counts hidden
until results
Vote a line over the cut and watch it climb. (Demo — standings are made up.)
02
Create · Card Forge · Sets

Draw it.
Code it.
Ship it.

Every card starts as somebody's doodle. The Forge walks you from a sketch to a finished, printed-looking card: upload your art, pick one or two elements, set HP and Speed, write attacks. Make it a Base creature or have it Wrinkle from another card — yours or anyone's.

  • A
    Effects read like sentencesTap the chips to change them. No rules lawyer degree needed.
  • B
    Or flip it to codeCardScript lets you write anything the dropdowns can't — and anyone can open your card and read how it works.
  • C
    Test before you publishEvery effect runs on a practice board with the real game engine.
  • D
    Drop whole sets on a dateKeep a set private, tease it, and have it go live on the hour — like a studio pushing an update.
Example · a set teaser
?
Set · 24 cards · by you
YOUR SET NAME HERE
2D14H09M33S
Try it · drag the slider
fire cat?? 🔥 70hp does like 40 dmg + burn if heads?
Ember Rush · effect
Deal damage to
Tap a chip — the card updates live.
03
Competitive · Season rankings

Skill,
not hours.

Only have a few evenings a week? You can still finish the season at #1. Your rank measures how well you play, not how many hours you put in. Every rated game sharpens the game's read on you, and after 10 placement games you're on the board. Playing 400 games at a coin-flip win rate won't put you above someone who wins most of their 40.

How your number settles LISTED AFTER 10 GAMES RATING SHOWN RATING UNCERTAINTY
Try it · same six players, two ladders
Example · Top 6
10
Placement gamesYou're on the board once the game has seen enough of you.
3/24h
No farming your friendOnly three rated games per opponent per day count toward rating.
↘
Step away, drift downUncertainty grows while you're idle, so a resting #1 can't sit on the crown.
1500
Fresh every seasonFinal standings are frozen, then everyone starts level again.
04
House rules · Custom lobbies

Change the game,
not just the cards.

Host a match and you own the table. Pick exactly which cards are allowed — then go further: how big the decks are, how many cards you draw, how many Bench spots you get, how many knockouts win it. Open it to the public or hand a friend a six-letter code.

Try it · rule mixer
Your side of the table
Deck
ACTIVE
Bench
Draw / turn
Your card poolAllow every card, one designer's set, or hand-pick twelve. Owned-cards-only if you like.
Public or privatePublic lobbies run many matches at once. Private ones take a code or an invite link.
Practice against the PCAny rules, any deck, Easy or Normal — no timer, no pressure.
05
Respect · Your eyes · Your time

Animations?
Your call.

Attacks wind up, slam in, crack the HP plate and shake the screen. It's great the first hundred times. After that, switch to Fast, or turn them Off. Turn on Instant moves and your own plays land the moment you make them — it's an account setting, so it follows you to every device.

Built dark

Gray everywhere.
Color where it counts.

The whole interface is black, white and gray, so the only color on screen is card art and the nine elements. Easy on the eyes at 2 a.m., and every card pops.

Try it · animation speed
−40
Animations
That move took
0.00s
Instant moves skips your own small plays. Attacks always play out, at whatever speed you picked.
$0
Free · No payments, ever · Not pay-to-win

Free to play.
Free to win.

Make an account and you're in — every mode, every tool, from the first minute. There are no payments in this game at all. No shop, no packs, no premium currency, so the only edge anyone can get is being a better player or a better designer.

Every season opens with a Season Draft: pick 1 of 3, again and again, from the cards the community voted legal. Every card you've ever earned stays yours, and if you own few of this season's cards, your draft runs longer — so newcomers and returning players catch up in one sitting.

CUSTOM CARD GAME
THE SHOP THAT ISN'T · EVERY SEASON
SEASON DRAFT · 15–30 CARDS$0.00
RATED WIN · PICK 1 OF 3$0.00
3 LOSSES · PICK 1 OF 3$0.00
FREE PICK · EVERY 5TH PICK$0.00
KEEP EVERY CARD, FOREVER$0.00
FORGE YOUR OWN CARDS$0.00
TOTAL$0.00
PAYMENT METHODS ACCEPTED: NONE
THANK YOU FOR NOT SHOPPING
Nothing
to pay
Try it · Season Draft
Example draft Pick 1 of 30
Tap a card back to open your pick.
42 Your collection 42 kept from earlier seasons · 0 drafted this season
This season's legal cards you already own0
Own fewer, draft more.Your draft: 30 picks
CardsBought EarnedFrom the Season Draft and from playing rated matches. Never from a wallet.
VotesBought EqualEvery player gets the same 10 ▲ and 10 ▼ to shape the season.
RatingBought PlayedOnly rated games move it, and only skill moves it up.
Your designsSold YoursYou own the cards you forge. We just get to put them in the game.

Your card
goes here.

Make an account, forge your first creature, and have it in a match tonight.

Play now → Create an account
No paymentsNo adsNo trackingNo third-party scriptsYou own your cards