Palace Duel

Empty your palace first.

A fast 1v1 card battle of bluff, timing, and survival. Outplay your rival, command the pile, and clear your cards first to claim the throne.

Coming to iPhone · iOS

Royal playbook

Simple rules. Ruthless duels.

You'll learn it in five minutes — and spend the whole climb perfecting it. Suits mean nothing at this table. Only rank, nerve, and the three cards you've hidden face-down.

01

The deal

Every match starts with 3 cards face-down in front of you — unseen, even by you — and 6 in your hand. Before the clock runs out, pick 3 of those to sit face-up on top of your hidden cards. Whoever locks in first takes the first turn.

02

Play equal or higher

Beat or match the rank on top of the center pile, and play several of the same rank in one go. While the deck lasts, you draw back up to 3 after every play.

03

Stuck? Take the pile

No legal play — the whole pile joins your hand, and your turn keeps going on a fresh table. Sharks take it on purpose: block a four-of-a-kind burn, stockpile ammo, starve your rival of high cards.

04

The power cards

Three ranks break the rules — and if four consecutive cards of one rank hit the pile, even split across both players, it burns automatically and whoever landed the fourth keeps their turn.

The 2Reset to zero

Drops on anything, resets the pile — then you go again, and any rank is legal.

The 7Higher or lower

Command your rival: 8-and-up or 6-and-down on their next play. A 2 can't bail them out.

The 10Burn it all

Plays on anything. The entire pile burns out of the game, and you go again on a clean table.

05

The blind finale

Deck gone, hand empty — your face-up cards come down and play as your hand. Then the face-downs flip blind, one at a time. If a reveal can't beat the pile, you take the whole thing, that card included.

Clear all three rows before your rival, and the throne is yours.


The armory

Card backs worth dueling for.

Unlock hand-painted deck designs that showcase the deck you bring to the table.

Doom Rider card backDoom Rider
Frostfang card backFrostfang
Moonlit Stag card backMoonlit Stag
Midnight Augur card backMidnight Augur
Bushido card backBushido
Shogun Mask card backShogun Mask
Emerald Prowl card backEmerald Prowl
Lotus Tide card backLotus Tide
Sylvan Volley card backSylvan Volley
Chains of Temptation card backChains of Temptation
Lapis Scarab card backLapis Scarab
Gold rank card back
Gold, earnedRank card backs unlock at your peak XP.
Diamond rank card back
Diamond, earnedSlip a tier later — the card back stays yours.
Grandmaster rank card back
Grandmaster, earnedProof you reached the top of the ladder.

Ranks & XP

Climb the ladder.

Every duel pays XP. Seven tiers stand between you and Grandmaster — the lower five climb through four sub-ranks each, and the elite two have no subdivisions at all. You hold the tier, or you don't.

Bronze rank shield
Bronze
Where every duelist starts
Bronze Silver Gold Platinum Diamond Master Grandmaster

Same shield, more steel

Inside a tier, your emblem gains detail as you climb its four sub-ranks.

Bronze 1 Bronze 2 Bronze 3 Bronze 4
Bronze 1

Every duel pays

The end-of-match tally, exactly as you'll see it.

Match played+10 XP
Victory+25 XP
3-win streak+10 XP
Total+0 XP

Living portraits

Sit down as someone worth fearing.

Painted portraits that move. Your avatar breathes at the table through every duel — pick a face your rivals will remember.

Orc Chieftain animated avatar
Orc Chieftain
Horned Warlord animated avatar
Horned Warlord
Surfside Princess animated avatar
Surfside Princess
Lion Sigil animated avatar
Lion Sigil
Blood Berserker animated avatar
Blood Berserker
Shieldmaiden animated avatar
Shieldmaiden

Private table

Duel a stranger, or exactly the friend you meant to.

Live matchmaking finds you a rival in seconds. Or host a private room, hand one friend the 4-character code, and settle it properly.

Private room

Create or join a room

Share this code with one rival and ready up when both players arrive.

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Friends

Your friends, one tap from a duel

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4-charRoom codes
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