KARDS - The WW2 Card Game Permanent Card Pool Guide

The Permanent Card Pool in KARDS - The WW2 Card Game consists of designated cards that never rotate into the Reserve Pool, keeping them legal in ranked standard play indefinitely. To protect your wildcard resources, prioritize crafting high-rarity Special and Elite cards from this permanent foundation. Anchoring your decks around permanent national staples ensures your primary strategies remain playable across every competitive season without forcing you to rebuild your collection from scratch.

How the Three-Pool System Works

KARDS divides its card library into three distinct categories to govern deck building and competitive legality:

• Permanent Card Pool: Evergreen cards that remain permanently legal in ranked standard queues and Officer Club matches.
• Active Pool: Cards from recent expansions and seasonal selections that are currently standard-legal but will eventually cycle out.
• Reserve Pool: Cards temporarily or permanently rotated out of standard play. These cards cannot be used in ranked standard decks, but they remain in your collection for classic formats, friendly matches, and specific single-player content.

Rotation in KARDS is dynamic. Moving to the Reserve Pool does not delete a card, and retired cards can return to the Active Pool in future seasonal updates.

Crafting Priorities and Wildcard Protection

Earning crafting wildcards requires steady progression through national level rewards, crate openings, and seasonal ladder finishes. Spending high-rarity wildcards on expansion sets nearing their rotation cutoff carries significant economic risk.

Directing Special and Elite wildcards into the Permanent Card Pool guarantees indefinite account value. Use this resource model when deciding where to allocate crafting materials:

Core Mechanics Preserved by Nation

The Permanent Card Pool safeguards the distinct operational identities of the five major nations so seasonal rotations cannot eliminate a faction's baseline playstyle:

• Germany: Retains fundamental Blitz units, early armor options, and efficient removal orders such as Sudden Strike to ensure consistent frontline pressure and tempo control.
• Britain: Preserves Guard units, defensive fortifications, and dedicated air support orders to maintain attrition-based defensive play and order-heavy board control.
• Soviet Union: Retains low-cost infantry swarms, mass mobilization orders, and self-sacrificing value trades that wear down opponents through attrition.
• United States: Retains kredit ramp mechanics, high-defense mechanized armor, and supply support orders to support reliable late-game deployments.
• Japan: Retains pin mechanics, fast-strike offensive infantry, and aggressive low-cost units to sustain direct, high-tempo headquarters pressure.

Building a Rotation-Proof Deck

To construct competitive decks that survive set transitions, build from the evergreen foundation outward:

1. Establish the permanent core (50–60% of the deck): Add permanent 1-kredit and 2-kredit units, essential faction removal orders, and primary draw tools. This core stabilizes early turns and provides baseline operational consistency.
2. Add active expansion synergies (30–40% of the deck): Add specialized units, combat keywords, and archetype win conditions from the current expansion cycle to target the prevailing seasonal meta.
3. Audit rotation vulnerability (remaining 10%): Check your tech slots for cards nearing the Reserve Pool. If a deck requires multiple late-cycle Elite crafts, replace them with permanent pool alternatives that serve a comparable operational function before spending wildcards.