Arcane
Wizards gain +1% damage for every Enchantment they bear.
9 Kings/Kings
King of Spells
How the King of Spells engine works
Spells wins solo runs by piling enchantments onto a few Wizard plots until each bolt carries the weight of every tome you have played. Wizards gain 5% damage per enchantment they bear, Arcane adds another 1% each, and a Library rolls a 50% chance every year to copy an enchantment onto a troop next to it, so a Wizard plot ringed by Libraries grows even in years with a bad hand. Spire's healing rays go to whichever unit is closest to death, and that is what keeps a 14 HP Wizard line alive long enough to fire.
Unlock and deck
UnlockUse 9 spells
Starting deck 9 cards
CommonCitadel
Strikes your opponents with chaining lightning bolts.
CommonWizard
Ranged spellcaster. Damage increases +5% for each enchantment it bears.
RareWarlock
Melee tank that deals area damage. Gains +5% HP whenever a tome is used.
LegendaryShaman
Buffs allies' damage based on its own damage.
CommonLibrary
Every year, has a 50% chance of duplicating an enchantment of one adjacent troop.
CommonSpire
Heals your units that are closest to death during battle.
CommonOffering
Destroys target plot and gives you 3 random tome cards.
CommonStatic
Unit's attacks trigger a lightning chain that deals 0 damage. +1 chain per stack.
CommonCombustion
Enemies killed by the bearer explode, dealing +20% of its damage to nearby foes.
King of Spells builds
SoloEnchanted WizardsWizardLibrarySpirePile enchantments on one Wizard plot. Each one adds damage, Libraries copy them every year, and a Spire keeps the fragile casters standing.Open buildMultiplayerFour-Library WizardWizardLibraryOne Wizard plot boxed in by four Libraries. Each year every Library may copy an enchantment onto the Wizards, copied Steel Coats pile up into a shield, and the damage climbs with every copy.Open buildSoloLibrary WarlocksWarlockLibrarySlow melee tanks that grow every time you read a tome. Libraries copy the Warlocks' enchantments year after year, Steel Coat stacks keep them standing, and every spell you cast adds HP.Open build
WizardLibrarySpirePile enchantments on one Wizard plot. Each one adds damage, Libraries copy them every year, and a Spire keeps the fragile casters standing.Open buildMultiplayerFour-Library WizardWizardLibraryOne Wizard plot boxed in by four Libraries. Each year every Library may copy an enchantment onto the Wizards, copied Steel Coats pile up into a shield, and the damage climbs with every copy.Open buildSoloLibrary WarlocksWarlockLibrarySlow melee tanks that grow every time you read a tome. Libraries copy the Warlocks' enchantments year after year, Steel Coat stacks keep them standing, and every spell you cast adds HP.Open buildCards that carry King of Spells
WizardTroop
Damage rises 5% for each enchantment it bears and x1.75 a level. Every spell in the deck is worth more on this plot than anywhere else.
SpireTower
Heals the units closest to death during battle. A Wizard has 14 HP, and the Spire is what keeps the plot casting.
OfferingTome
Destroys a plot for 3 random tomes. It turns a finished or failed plot back into cards.
Steel CoatSpell · King of Nothing
Looted from the King of Nothing. Each stack cancels the first hit a unit takes in a battle, on a troop that has almost no HP of its own.
Card stats per level
Playing a card onto its own plot again levels it up. Multipliers stack: a card at level 3 carries its level-up boost twice.
| Card | Level 1 | Each level up | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
 Citadel | – | x1.2 HP, x1.2 attack, x1.02 attack speed | 3 |
 Wizard | 9 units, 15 HP, 12 attack, attack delay 5 s, move speed 1.2 | +9 units, x1.25 HP, x1.75 attack | 3 |
| Warlock | 3 units, 27 HP, 2 attack, attack delay 9 s, move speed 0.9 | +3 units, x1.3 HP, x1.2 attack, x1.1 attack speed, x1.2 move speed | 3 |
| Shaman | 6 units, 13 HP, 4 attack, attack delay 5 s, move speed 1.4 | +6 units, x1.25 HP, x1.5 attack, x1.25 attack speed | 3 |
 Spire | – | x1.5 attack | 3 |
Eldritch
Shamans deal +20% damage.
Electric
Static causes +3 damage.
Mystic
Start with +1 completely random enchantment in hand.
Ruthless
Citadel attack has a +5% chance to insta-kill.
Scholar
Libraries have +5% success rate.
Scrollmaster
Start with +1 completely random tome card in hand.
Seer
Spires start with +1 ray.
Sorcerous
Warlocks gain +1% HP for every Tome used.
Abracadabra
10% of all enemies turn into frogs.
Athenaeum
Replaces your hand with 9 random enchantment cards.
Glass Staffs
All Wizards gain +100 damage and their HP is set to 1.
Re-enchant
Doubles all enchantments of all your active troops.
Spiremania
Doubles the amount of healing rays of your Spires.
Tempest
Doubles the attack speed of your Citadel's lightning bolts.
Witchdoctors
Shamans now also increase target's HP, based on their HP.
When King of Spells attacks you
Enemy Wave CalculatorAn enemy Spells army is bought from these troops with the year's troop budget, picking a rarity at random each time (Common is the most likely, Legendary the least).
| Difficulty | Y1 | Y5 | Y9 | Y13 | Y17 | Y21 | Y25 | Y29 | Y33 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peasant | 32-4 | 129-15 | 2923-34 | 5445-60 | 8678-96 | 127116-138 | 175163-186 | 232216-248 | 295277-311 |
| King | 32-4 | 2016-25 | 4539-51 | 7870-87 | 118107-128 | 166154-180 | 223209-236 | 287271-302 | 358343-378 |
| King IX IX | 32-4 | 2823-33 | 6152-69 | 10192-110 | 149138-164 | 206190-219 | 269252-285 | 343324-356 | 422404-445 |
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