EFURC v0.1 Playtest — join the list

The first 55 cards of the Eternal Fusion trading card game are locked. 30-card decks. Server-authoritative match engine. Real opponent matchmaking. Free to play.

🎴 Join the playtest on Gumroad
📖 Read the first card reveal
💬 Discord

What’s in the v0.1 pool

27 Alliance cards

Units, spells, and structures. Crystalline Guardian (Legendary Mythic), Light + Balance essence curve, faction identity cards. Plays aggro, midrange, or combo.

28 Horde Coalition cards

Board-swarm units, battle-trance synergy, summon-from-discard spells. Plays wide aggro, board control, or combo finish.

Why a playtest?

The pool is locked. The match engine is server-authoritative. The matchmaking is real. We want 200 humans to play 50+ matches each before v0.2 ships, so we can confirm:

✅ The Essence cost curve produces the games we designed (early units contest, late mythics win)
✅ Both factions have at least 3 viable deck archetypes
✅ No single card has a >60% presence in winning decks
✅ Match length is 5–12 minutes (the design target)

What you get as a playtester

🎴 The full 55-card v0.1 pool on day one
📊 Weekly meta reports — what’s winning, what’s getting played
🗳️ The community vote is in — Sylvan enters the v0.2 expansion first
🏷️ “v0.1 Playtester” role in the Discord
💌 A free copy of the EFURC card-by-card art book when v0.2 ships

What we ask in return

⏱️ Play at least 10 matches in the first 30 days
📝 Submit one bug report or balance suggestion per week (Discord #efurc-balance)
📣 Share one piece of feedback (Reddit, Discord, Twitter) — even a single tweet counts

Timeline

Q3 2026 — v0.1 cards locked, playtest announced
Q4 2026 — v0.2 ships with Sylvan + trap engine + ranked ladder (you are here)
Q1 2027 — First physical print run (Print-on-demand via TeePublic’s print partner)

🎴 Join the playtest — it’s free

Explore the Eternal Fusion universe

📖 The full lore — 22 factions, 9 essences, 5 realms, 4 named NPCs
📰 Latest devlogs — new every Monday
📕 Read 2 chapters free — sample from the lore book
🎴 Join the EFURC playtest — free
⚔ Which faction are you? — 60-second quiz
🛍️ Faction T-shirts on TeePublic — Friday drop
💬 Join the Discord
🎨 Faction concept art gallery

Playtest FAQ

Is the playtest free?

Yes — Wave A is free. Sign up on Discord, get the deck list, play, report results.

How many cards are in Wave A?

55 cards across the seven launch factions — Alliance, Horde, Sylvan, Arctic Union, Eastern Union, Clockwork, Cursed.

What happens to my feedback?

Every reported match feeds the v0.3 balance pass. Published weekly in the playtest devlog.

Does playtesting get me anything?

Playtester credit in v0.3 patch notes + early access to the physical print run when it ships.