Jul 24, 2026 · 60 turns
Spell mechanics as of July 2026
These are the in-game card values, read straight off the spell cards. Mechanics can change between patches. This is a snapshot of patch 2026.07, not a lookup for any one match.
- mana cost
- casts per match
- restriction
- cost drops per cast
- drawback
- delayed
- random
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Slip
1 mana ×5 casts per matchMove a piece 1 square diagonally. Steal 1 mana.
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Juke
2 mana ×4 casts per matchMove a piece up to 2 squares vertically. It can pass through pieces. Steal 1 mana.
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Shift
2 mana ×6 casts per matchMove a piece horizontally in any distance. It can move past pieces.
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Bis-Hop2.0
3 mana ×6 casts per matchMake a Bishop leap over one piece. It can capture.
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Pengu Dive
3 mana ×6 casts per matchTeleport a piece to an empty square within a 5x5 area.
Restriction Cannot target a Pawn.
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Parkour Mech
3 mana ×2 casts per matchTransform a piece into a Knight.
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Shot in The Dark
3 mana ×3 casts per matchMake a piece invisible for 1 turn. You may move it or leave it in place.
Restriction Cannot target a Queen.
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Imposter
4 mana ×3 casts per matchSwap one of your pieces with an enemy piece of the same type.
Restriction Cannot target a Pawn or King.
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House Recruit
4 mana ×2 casts per matchCreate a Pawn on an empty square between ranks 3 and 6.
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Pounce And Purr
4 mana ×2 casts per matchLeap to an adjacent empty square and stun a nearby piece for 1 turn.
Restriction Cannot stun a King.
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Transcendence
5 mana ×2 casts per matchSelect a piece. It can wrap across the left and right edges once, and can capture.
Restriction Cannot target a King.
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Pengu Blast
5 mana ×2 casts per match Delayed effectPlace up to 3 connected bombs on ranks 2 to 7. They detonate after 3 turns and destroy everything in range.
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Chaos Summon
6 mana ×2 casts per match Random outcomeSummon a piece between ranks 3 and 6. Knight, Bishop or Rook at 30% each, Pawn at 10%.
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Queen Time
7 mana ×1 cast per matchMove a Knight, Bishop or Rook as a Queen once. It can capture.
Restriction Cannot target a King.
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Plasma Beam
8 mana ×1 cast per match Drawback: You skip your next turn.A Rook fires a beam, including diagonally, destroying everything up to 4 squares.
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Power Infusion
8 mana to start ×5 casts per matchPromote a piece by one tier, up to Rook.
Scaling Each cast reduces this spell's cost by 1, so the listed cost is the starting cost only.
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Tactical Necessity
0 mana ×4 casts per matchSacrifice a piece to destroy an enemy piece of lower value. Gain 4 mana.
Condition The target must be lower value than the piece sacrificed.
King Walks the Edge
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The full story
White built a broad center while Black prepared a kingside fianchetto and used Pounce And Purr to advance a pawn and stun a developed knight.
After castling, White gave up a knight but kept central space and active pieces. Black used Power Infusion to create an infused knight, while White answered with Slip activity and a Transcendence capture of the queen.
White's queen reached the back rank as Black's king walked toward the edge. Black recruited a pawn and shifted the king along the corner, but the queen stayed close.
Black resigned with White's queen adjacent to the king and rook support still on the board. The verified result is a White win by resignation.
Full coaching breakdown
White's Seat
White turned active pieces and held movement spells into pressure against an exposed king.
- goodSlip keeps the rook active
Moving the rook to e4 used a cheap spell while Black had just spent a large resource, so the rook stayed central without leaving a loose piece on d5.
- goodTranscendence wins the queen
The bishop's wrap to b8 used a held spell against a queen that had entered the wrap path, converting a resource edge into material.
- goodRecruit supports the attack
Creating the pawn on f6 gave the queen and g-pawn a stable shelter near Black's king.
- goodQueen creates rank pressure
Capturing on f7 removes the pawn and creates a rank attack on the king through g7; the queen is not adjacent to the king.
Use spells when they convert an existing line into a concrete target; the queen pressure mattered because the spell moves changed board geometry.
Black's Seat
Black generated real pressure with Pounce And Purr and an infused knight, but the queen placement and king path became too costly.
- goodPounce hits a defender
Moving the pawn to g4 and stunning f3 created a concrete attack on a key king defender.
- riskyInfusion drains resources
Power Infusion created a useful knight, but it drained the resource pool while White still had mobile heavy pieces and castable spells.
- mistakeQueen enters the wrap path
The queen entered b8, a square the e3 bishop could reach with Transcendence while White had enough resources to cast it.
- goodRecruit blocks the file
House Recruit on f5 blocked the rook's file and attacked g4, giving the king a practical shield.
- mistakeKing stays on the edge
Moving the king to h8 left g7 as an accessible queen square with direct contact on the king.
Before placing a queen or king on an edge square, check the opponent's held movement spells and adjacent queen routes.
The Verdict
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White wins by resignation after the queen and rook kept Black's king boxed on the edge.
Putting the queen on b8 placed it inside the e3 bishop's Transcendence path while White had the resources to cast it.
The action replay and result are verified; the qualitative labels are coaching judgments from the reconstructed positions, not engine certainty.