Combining multiple cards with the same name will increase the cards' level, which, in most cases, will change the stats of cards. Combining archons to level them up will allow you to play higher-level cards.
**Combining cards is permanent and cannot be undone. Note the warnings for under-leveled and over-leveled cards**
Use the UPGRADEABLE filter to display cards that are ready to be combined! Note the up arrow.
Combining Cards
Step 1: Navigate to your card collection via the Items button and select the card you wish to level up. Note the up arrow, which indicates that a card is ready to be leveled.
Step 2: View the level of your selected card.
The CC column displays the number of cards currently combined into an individual card.
The Next Level column displays the number of cards needed to reach the next level.
You can also view how close your card is to reaching the next level via the bar at the base of the card right above the ability icon(s).
Step 3: Select the Stats tab to reveal the cards required to achieve the next level.
Step 4: Return to your cards tab, and select the individual copies of the card you wish to combine. Use the card and cc counters next to the action icons to keep track.
Step 5: Next, click the combine icon (green +). Review the popup. Note the warnings above the buttons for under-leveled and over-leveled cards.
Step 6: You may combine to next level (2) as indicated by the number in the parenthesis above, adjust the number of cards you have selected by clicking cancel, or simply combine the cards if you plan to level this copy further. In this case, we added another card to bring Portly Cannoneer to level 5 and clicked combine.
Step 7: View your newly combined card.
This card should now be playable at this new level as long as an archon of a high enough level can summon it. Otherwise, the card may only play to the highest level version that any archon will allow for.
Combine All
Combine All combines as many eligible cards as possible from the cards currently shown in your filtered list.
Use Combine All carefully. It is best used when you intentionally want to combine many eligible copies, such as when you have enough copies to level cards toward max level.
Combine All may skip cards that are:
- Not eligible because of one of the blocked states listed above
- Already at max level
- Extra copies that would push a card past max level
- Other Mage Wagon cards when only one Mage Wagon target can be used
Before using Combine All, check your filters and make sure the displayed list contains only cards you are comfortable combining.
Combining Soulbound and Unbound Cards
If an Unbound card is combined with a Soulbound card, the resulting card will be Soulbound.
To make that resulting card Unbound again, the remaining unbinding fee must be paid. You can view a card's Unbound Status on the card details screen or from the Unbind Card screen.
You can also view this information by clicking into the Unbind Card screen via the Release Soulbound Card chain icon.
Card States That Prevent Combining
Some cards cannot be combined until their current state is cleared. If the combine button is missing, disabled, or the card is skipped by Combine All, check whether the card is in one of these states:
- Listed on the market, including sale listings and rental listings
- Currently rented
- Delegated to another player
- Delegated from another player
- Deposited in a Guild Lending Library
- In a card set
- Staked on Land
- Unstaking from Land
- In the unlocking process
- In external custody, such as WAX or Ethereum inventory views rather than the in-game collection
- Already at max level
- Black Foil or Arcane Variant
- Not the same card, edition, or foil type as the other selected cards
Locked cards have special behavior. A locked card can be combined if it is not currently unlocking. If any cards being combined are locked, the resulting combined card will remain locked and will use the longest lock duration from the cards that were combined.
Mage Wagon cards also have special behavior. You may combine eligible cards into one card on a Mage Wagon, but you cannot combine multiple Mage Wagon-staked cards together. If every selected eligible card is on a Mage Wagon, at least one eligible non-Wagon copy is required before combining can proceed.
Troubleshooting
If you cannot combine a card:
- Confirm you selected at least two compatible copies of the same card, edition, and foil type.
- Check whether any selected cards are listed, rented, delegated, in a card set, deposited in the Guild
- Lending Library, staked on Land, unstaking, or unlocking.
- Check whether the card is already at max level.
- If using Combine All, clear filters and review which cards are currently displayed.
If the issue still looks incorrect, contact support with the card UID, account name, action attempted, approximate date and time, and a screenshot of any error message.