walkthrough

Queen's Blood — best starter deck (early game)

The card list that carries you from Kalm to mid-game. Cactuar + Crystalline Crab + Chocobo & Moogle is the early Wombo combo.

“The Cactuar is great both for its coverage and its enhance effect that buffs the bottom lane by 3 — always place this in the top lane. The Crystalline Crab buffs the card above by 2. The Chocobo and Moogle from a Rare Card Lost early on is a fantastic first-turn play in the middle lane and keeps getting buffed throughout the match. Buy the Titan card from Thoren the Collector — 2 cost, places 2 pawns down instead of 1. Ifrit has a power similar to Chocobo and Moogle — increases for every enhanced ally — making this a Wombo combo. Riot Trooper and Ogre are strong 2-rank cards.”

Queen's Blood — best starter deck

Queen's Blood is the new card minigame. You'll be playing it for trophies, story gates, and unique rewards. The early-game card pool is slim, but a focused enhance-stack deck wins almost every match before Rank 8.

Step 1 — buy boosters in Kalm

First time you hit Kalm, the items vendor sells Queen's Blood booster packs. Buy them all. This is the cheapest deck-building you'll ever do.

The early Wombo combo

All four cards synergize through enhancement effects:

  1. Cactuar — coverage + buffs the bottom lane by 3. Always play in the top lane.
  2. Crystalline Crab — coverage + buffs the card directly above by 2. Middle or bottom lane.
  3. Chocobo & Moogle — comes from the rare-card-lost early-game side quest. First-turn play, middle lane. It keeps gaining power every time you enhance another card.
  4. Ifrit — buy from Thoren the Collector in Grasslands (post-summon-unlock). 3-cost, but power scales per enhanced ally — the deck's finisher.
  5. Titan — also from Thoren. 2-cost. Adjacent slots place 2 pawns instead of 1 — solves Ifrit's pawn cost.

Filler (good 2-cost cards)

  • Riot Trooper — solid coverage.
  • Ogre — solid coverage, 2-cost.
  • Security Officer — your starter card. Weak power, great coverage, perfect first-turn play before you have better tools.

Replace cards (mid-game add)

Once replace cards unlock, 3-4 of them in your deck is the rule. They reclaim pawns and trigger destruction effects.

If stuck: if Ifrit's never coming online, you're not enhancing enough. Cactuar + Crystalline Crab + Chocobo & Moogle in the same match enhance each other naturally — make sure all three are in your hand before committing Ifrit.