Games Like Jianghu Duel

<i>JIANGHU DUEL</i> is a Chinese wuxia-themed competitive collectible card game featuring both PvP and PvE.

Build your own martial arts deck and test your skill against players around the world in fast-paced, tactical card battles. Or step into a turbulent jianghu, challenge legendary martial artists, and fight your way toward the title of Wulin Alliance Leader.

Each deck contains 30 cards across three categories: Techniques, Inner Arts, and Items. Countless combinations create an endless range of martial arts strategies.

Over 300 cards are available for deckbuilding!

Choose from five distinctive sects, each with its own combat style:

Before each battle, choose a signature Weapon to complement your deck. Your weapon absorbs any unspent Qi at the end of each turn; once fully charged, it unleashes a powerful divine weapon effect.

There are no minion units. Every battle centers on direct cardplay, resource management, and tactical decisions. The unique Ultimate Arts system gives every fighter a chance to turn the tide—when at death’s door, a single decisive strike may still claim victory.

The tale begins with the scabbard of a cursed blade. Seeking its lost sword, the scabbard stirs the martial world into turmoil. As rival sects clash and bloodshed spreads across the land, you are drawn into a storm that will shape your own legend.

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Much has changed in the jianghu over the past fifteen years.

Once, the Tianquan Alliance stood unrivaled. Its five sects claimed the finest mountain strongholds across the Five Great Peaks, the richest spirit veins, and the most lucrative medicinal-herb trade. Even the right to call oneself an “orthodox martial sect” was theirs to grant. In those days, the Dragon-Serpent Alliance was little more than a rabble of wandering fighters driven to the foot of the mountains. Whenever Tianquan disciples saw them, they would snort and dismiss them as “vermin and crawling things.”

Everything changed when the Divine Blade Sect joined the Dragon-Serpent Alliance. Third Young Master Long may be a man of the wilds, but there is no denying his ability. Within a few short years, he brought wandering fighters from every corner firmly under his command. Today, the Dragon-Serpent Alliance has become a force no one can afford to ignore. The Tianquan Alliance will never admit it aloud, but unease has begun to take root in their hearts—if the Tianquan Seal slips from their grasp as well, the entire order of the jianghu may truly be overturned.

More troubling still, the five sects are no longer the united front they once were. In the battle fifteen years ago—who fought, who stood aside, and who profited from the chaos—every sect remembers the score. Now, when their leaders meet, their smiles are more courteous than ever, yet their eyes are warier than before. Monks of Eastern Liuli Temple take the long way around when they encounter the swordswomen of Cangxiu Valley. Disciples of the Tianxia Sword Sect dare not even linger over a cup of tea when passing through the lands of Yuntai Immortal Sect.

On the surface, the jianghu is at peace. Beneath it, hidden currents surge. Once the Tianquan Seal resurfaces, things are bound to become lively again—but though the occasion may look like cause for celebration, who can say whether it truly is?

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Cultivate Inner Arts, unleash Techniques—let your Qi flow as one and your combos arise naturally!

Once placed on the field, Inner Arts continuously enhance your Technique cards. Combine them wisely to create a wide range of combat combos.

When cornered, break the deadlock with your sect’s ultimate art!

When a fighter’s Health falls below a set threshold, they randomly gain an Ultimate Art from their sect and add it to their hand—opening a new path to victory.

Let divine weapons gather Qi—no momentum wasted, every last breath of Qi forged into an edge!

Each deck may equip one Weapon as support. At the end of each turn, the Weapon absorbs your remaining available Qi, converting unused energy into an advantage for later battles.

Three cards form an art; ten sets form a deck. Even newcomers to the jianghu can build with confidence!

When building a deck, choose 10 Martial Arts Sets, each containing three fixed cards. This format is easy to understand and approachable for new players, while preserving ample room for deckbuilding choices and tactical variety.

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The Tianquan Tournament is about to begin. Heroes of the realm, step forth and let your blades speak!