BEAST GAMBIT

The field guide to a pocket card battle of lanes, fangs & mana.

What is Beast Gambit?

Beast Gambit is a single-player, lane-based trading-card battler. You build a 20-card deck of pixel-art creatures and spells, then duel AI captains across three lanes of battlefield. The twist: combat is automatic - every ready creature attacks straight down its own lane when you end your turn. You never pick attack targets, only where things stand. Placement, curve and timing are the entire game.

Every match, two of the three lanes roll a random identity - Veiling Mist, Ley Line, High Ground, Healing Spring and more - so no two boards play the same. Reduce the enemy hero from 30 Health (bosses: 38) to zero and the lane is yours.

The Climb (Run)

A roguelite campaign. Pick a Patron, climb a branching map of fights, elites, events and shops to a boss - all on a single health bar. Draft a card after every win. New map every time.

Gauntlet

The classic ladder: five escalating AI captains ending at The Nightmare Below. Wins pay gold and booster packs.

Collection

Open boosters, melt duplicates into gold, and build decks of exactly 20 cards (max two copies) from your growing collection.

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Bestiary

Every creature and spell in the set. Filter by tribe, rarity, cost, keyword or type - or just search.

Factions & Foes

The seven tribes you build around, the Patrons who back you, and the captains who stand in your way.

The Seven Tribes

Creatures belong to a tribe. Most archetypes are built around one tribe's payoff.

Patrons hero powers

Before a Run you choose a Patron. Their power costs 2 mana and fires once per turn.

The Gauntlet 5 captains

The classic ladder of escalating AI opponents.

Run Mode Adversaries

Elites and bosses encountered on the climb - tribal synergy decks with their own Patrons.

Mechanics & Keywords

The rules engine: how a turn flows, how combat resolves, and every keyword, lane identity and status effect.

Turn Structure & Win Condition

Keywords

Printed abilities a creature can carry (at most one per card).

Lane Identities

Two of three lanes roll a random modifier each match, revealed on turn 1.

Status Effects & States

Temporary and permanent states the engine applies to creatures and heroes.

Economy & Progression

Strategy

How to actually win - from placement fundamentals to surviving a full Run.