GamePatchNote Digest
Cards & Tankards Patch Notes — January 12, 2026
Aggregated from Steam, cross-tracked with Battle.net coverage on GamePatchNote.
ADDED
- Achievements: Added a new Achievements system in the Town! Complete milestones to earn Gold and unlock exclusive Titles.
- Titles: Added new titles including "Tavern Founder" (for all Early Access accounts), "Champion" (Tournament Winners), "Adventurer of the Month", and "Patron of the Old Gods".
- Reverent Linebreaker, a new 6-mana Neutral creature from the Crusade of Sun and Stone set.
UPDATED
- Season Pass: Updated the poster end date to Mar 2026.
BALANCE CHANGES
- Global Promotions: Mana cost reduced from 5 to 4.
- Ragebeast: Mana cost reduced from 8 to 7.
- Field Bureaucrat: Health increased (+1 Health).
- Mystic Envisioner: Attack increased (0/4 -> 1/4).
- Unfulfilled Obligation: Changed ability to: "Condition: During the opponent’s turn, a friendly creature that was summoned on your last turn dies and goes to the Graveyard. Resummon it. End this Contract."
- Altering Fate: Changed ability to: "Look at the top 6 cards of your Deck then put them back in any order. Draw 2 cards."
- Totem of Drakth: Ability changed to: "When you summon a creature, draw a card. Aftermath: Banish this creature." (No longer gives Mana).
- Corrupted Current: Ability changed to: "Sacrificed: Give all Elementals in your Graveyard +1/+0 and shuffle them back into your Deck."
- Zarothrix, Arcanist Supreme: Ability changed to: "If you have 10+ life less than your starting life total, this has Mastery 1. If you lost life this turn, this gains Mastery 1 until your next turn."
- Golden Silence: Now draws 2 cards if a friendly creature is silenced.
- Spell Limit Legislator: Ability changed to: "If your opponent cast more spells than you last turn, draw a card."
- Soul Essence: Buff changed to: "Each friendly creature gains +1/+0 until your next turn. If it is Innate, +1/+1 instead."
- Sneaky Saboteur: Gained Restless.
- Priest of Kradam: Now has the Mercenary creature type.
- Goblin Token: Stats changed to 1/1. Now has "Entrance: Gain +1/+0 until end of turn."
- Cautious Hunting Party: Removed Quickstrike.
- Vexur, Death Evader: Removed Quickstrike.
FIXED
- Held books (Collection, Guide, Presets) jittering during smooth locomotion.