Bloons Card Storm

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Developer(s)		Ninja Kiwi
Publisher(s)		Ninja Kiwi
Platform(s)		iOS, Android, Windows, macOS
Latest update		Version 0.1.877

Release dates
Steam		TBA
Google Play		TBA
App Store		Expected 29 October 2024

Language(s) supported
English Danish German Spanish (Latin America) French Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Polish Portuguese (Brazil) Russian Swedish Chinese (traditional)

Bloons Card Storm (abbreviated BCS) is an upcoming competitive card battling game in the Bloons franchise. In the game, two players compete against each other by taking turns playing cards. On each turn, players can play Bloon cards to attack the opponent, Monkey cards to defend against the opponent's Bloons, or Power cards to activate beneficial effects and/or disrupt the opponent. They can also use their Hero's abilities, with the objective being to reduce the opposing Hero's health to 0. Many of the game's elements are based on Bloons TD 6 and Bloons TD Battles 2, including the aesthetics and many of the Monkeys, Bloons, and Powers.

On 23 May 2024, Ninja Kiwi announced that an early access build of the Windows release called the Firstlook test would be distributed to a limited number of applicants on their official Discord server. This build features two Heroes, five preset decks with no support for customization, and two game modes: an offline Adventure mode where the player can battle against bots with specific decks, and an online Duel mode that was only accessible from 4 June 2024 to 7 June 2024. On 6 August 2024, Ninja Kiwi announced that they would distribute a second early access build for Windows (later amended to include macOS) called the Full Playable test to all previous applicants and new applicants. It was released as a software update for the existing application on Steam, with the Duel mode running again from 20 August 2024 to 30 August 2024 (later extended to 11 September 2024). This build introduced new cards and a new Hero, deck-building, currencies, and quests, and included balance changes, updated graphics, and changes to the Adventure mode.

On 26 September 2024, Ninja Kiwi announced that all pre-release Steam keys would be revoked, preventing players from continuing to play the game offline.

Gameplay

Bloons Card Storm is a two-player turn-based card game. At the start of a match, each player draws their starting hand and can redraw a card in their starting hand up to 3 times. The player that goes first starts with 3 cards, while the other player starts with 4 cards and 1 extra Gold. At the start of each turn, the turn player draws one card and gains Gold. Players can have up to 8 cards in their hand and can save up to 20 Gold. The amount of Gold earned at the beginning of a turn starts at 1 and increases by 1 after each turn, up to a maximum of 10 Gold per turn. On each turn, players can spend Gold to play cards, use their Monkeys to attack the opponent's Bloons, or spend Bloontonium to use one of their Hero's Abilities, and they can do so in any order. At the end of the turn, all of the player's Bloons reduce their turn delay by 1 and attack the opponent's Hero if they reach zero. The player wins if they reduce the opponent's Hero's health to 0.

Cards

Pin	Rarity	Crafting cost
	Common	300
	Uncommon	800
	Rare	1,500
	Super Rare	3,500
	Ultra Rare	10,500

Each player has a deck that consists of one Hero and 40 cards. Up to three copies of each card can be included in a deck, except for Unique cards, which only allow one copy per deck. All cards have the following attributes:

• Cost: The amount of Gold the player has to spend in order to play the card. Costs range from 0 to 12.
• Class: Each type of card has three or four different classes. The class determines what kind of Tokens are required to craft the card. Some cards have effects that depend on class, such as the Crippling Sniper only applying its effect to Large-class Bloons.
• Rarity: Cards can be either Common, Uncommon, Rare, Super Rare, or Ultra Rare. It determines how many Tokens are required to craft the card, but has no effect in matches.

There are three types of cards:

• Bloons: Bloon cards are the main way of attacking the opponent. They come in three classes: Basic, Advanced, and Large. Each Bloon has a Delay stat that determines how many turns the opponent has to defend and a Health stat that determines both how much damage the Bloon can take and deal. The turn delay decrements at the end of the player's turn and attacks the opponent if it reaches zero, dealing as much damage as it has health remaining. Some Bloon cards can be played more than once before being discarded. Playing a Bloon card also generates Bloontonium equal to the card's Gold cost. Bloons can have additional effects, such as giving extra Gold to the player when destroyed. Each player can have up to 8 Bloons queued at a time, and more Bloons cannot be played if the player's side is full.
• Monkeys: Monkey cards are the main way of defending against Bloons. They come in four classes: Primary, Military, Magic, and Support. Each Monkey has an Attack Power stat that determines how much damage they deal to Bloons, an Ammo stat that determines how many times they can attack before needing to reload, and a Reload stat that determines how many turns it takes to restore their Ammo. Players can spend Ammo to attack their opponent's Bloons at any time during their turn. Monkeys can have additional effects, such as having more Attack Power when at full Ammo. Each player can have up to 5 Monkeys on their side at a time, and existing Monkeys can be replaced by playing new Monkeys if the player's side is full.
• Powers: When played, power cards instantly trigger an effect then are discarded. Some Powers require a target, such as selecting a Monkey or Bloon, while others have no conditions. They come in three classes: Basic, Advanced, and Exotic.

Keywords

Keywords are terms used to describe specific card properties. The player can see them when viewing a card in the Collection and during a match. In the Full Playable test, some cards' descriptions used phrases such as "On Turn End", "During your Turn", "On Attack", and "On Reload" like keywords, but they had no icons or descriptions.

Icon	Name / description
	On Popped Triggers when Bloon is Popped (by damage or effect). Does not trigger if Bloon hits opposing hero.
	Double Attack Attacks twice.
	On Play Triggers when card is played.
	On Destroyed Triggers when Bloon is Popped (by damage or effect) or when it hits opposing hero.
	Defender Can defend on opponent's turn, has +<amount> damage on opponent's turn
	Unique Can only have one of these types of card
	On Damaged Triggers on losing health from any source
	On Turn Start Triggers at start of turn
	Stunned Monkey can't attack until stun wears off
	On Fire Will take 30 damage at the end of it's turn, before the bloon attacks[sic]

Heroes

Main article: Hero (BCS)

Heroes are characters that each player has during the game at all times. Heroes start with 500 health and come with three Abilities: a Minor Ability that costs a certain amount Bloontonium to play, a Passive Ability that remains active as long as the Hero meets a specific Bloontonium threshold, and a Major Ability that consumes all Bloontonium. Heroes have different Abilities, Bloontonium costs, and maximum Bloontonium. When a Hero loses all their health, the opponent wins.

The Full Playable test included three playable Heroes, though the full release will also include Amelia the Amazing. Concept art of Benjamin and Ezili suggests they are planned to appear as playable Heroes as well. Adora also has in-game graphics and abilities programmed in, in addition to being pictured on the Return 2 Sender card. The final game will also have Hero Alts instead of Hero Skins with different Abilities, similar to Bloons TD Battles 2.

• 
  Quincy
• 
  Gwendolin
• 
  Obyn Greenfoot

Storm

Main article: Storm (BCS)

The Storm is a mechanic that triggers every few turns. When it triggers, it first attacks the side of the player that did not go first, then attacks the other side on the following turn, then waits a few more turns before triggering again. Initially, it spawns Bloons, starting with Yellow Bloons and spawning stronger Bloons and/or more Bloons at a time as the game progresses. On later rounds, it can also stun Monkeys.

Maps

Main article: Map (BCS)

Unlike in the Bloons TD series, all maps have the same layout. Each map is distinguished by having a unique gameplay modifier. The Full Playable build included six playable maps, five of which used the same background (presumably as a placeholder).

The App Store and Google Play page descriptions state that there are "5 Arenas to battle on", which suggests that one of the maps will not appear at launch. Out of all maps, the only one with no official screenshots or gameplay footage released after the Full Playable test is Game Night.

Thumbnail	Name / description
	Monkey Meadow Where adventure begins! No special rules.
	Dark Castle Bloons gain +5 Health.
	Workshop Players start with 1 extra card in their opening hand.
	High Finance Players start with 2 additional Gold.
	Wasteland At the start of each turn: Deal 10 damage to the other Hero.
	Game Night Monkeys have +5 Attack Power.

Currencies

• Monkey Money: Had no functionality in the Full Playable test.

Tokens

Icon	Name / description
File:BCS BasicBloonToken.png	Basic Bloon Token Used to craft Basic Bloon cards!
File:BCS AdvancedBloonToken.png	Advanced Bloon Token Used to craft Advanced Bloon cards!
File:BCS LargeBloonToken.png	Large Bloon Token Used to craft Large Bloon cards!
File:BCS BasicPowerToken.png	Basic Power Token Used to craft Basic Power cards!
File:BCS AdvancedPowerToken.png	Advanced Power Token Used to craft Advanced Power cards!
File:BCS ExoticPowerToken.png	Exotic Power Token Used to craft Exotic Power cards!
File:BCS PrimaryToken.png	Primary Monkey Token Used to craft Primary Monkey cards!
File:BCS MilitaryToken.png	Military Monkey Token Used to craft Military Monkey cards!
File:BCS MagicToken.png	Magic Monkey Token Used to craft Magic Monkey cards!
File:BCS SupportToken.png	Support Monkey Token Used to craft Support Monkey cards!

Quests

There are two types of quests: Daily Quests, which reset daily, and Weekly Quests, which reset weekly. Daily Quests reward a certain amount of Monkey Money and 100 Tokens of a random type. Weekly Quests always reward 150 Monkey Money and 300 Tokens of a random type. Each quest type has three slots.

Daily Quests

Type	Monkey Money
Win 3 Games	40
Complete 5 Games	30
Play 30 Bloon Cards	30
Play 20 Monkey Cards	30
Play 20 Power Cards	30
Play 12 Basic Bloon Cards	35
Play 10 Advanced Bloon Cards	35
Play 6 Large Bloon Cards	35
Play 5 Primary Monkey Cards	35
Play 5 Magic Monkey Cards	35
Play 5 Support Monkey Cards	35
Play 5 Military Monkey Cards	35
Play 10 Basic Power Cards	35
Play 8 Advanced Power Cards	35
Play 5 Exotic Power Cards	35
Deal 1200 Damage to Opposing Heroes	40
Pop 60 Bloons	40

Weekly Quests

• Draw 250 Cards
• Gain 2000 Gold
• Pop 25 Bloons with Hero Abilities
• Pop 50 Bloons with Magic Monkeys
• Pop 50 Bloons with Military Monkeys
• Pop 50 Bloons with Primary Monkeys
• Use 1000 Bloontonium
• Win 5 Games with Gwendolin
• Win 5 Games with Quincy
• Win 15 Games

Adventure

Adventure is a singleplayer mode where the player faces off against an AI opponent with a preset deck. The AI opponent always goes second.

Tutorial

• Tutorial 1
• Tutorial 2
• Tutorial 3
• Tutorial 4

Getting Started

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• Frost Fire (Gwendolin)
• Spikebyn (Obyn Greenfoot)
• Druid Of The Dead (Obyn Greenfoot)
• Late Game Gwen (Gwendolin)
• Storm of Swarm (Quincy)
• Double Up (Quincy)

List of cards

Monkeys

• 
  Dart Monkey
• 
  Mortar Monkey
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  Tack Shooter
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  Boomerang
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  Sniper Monkey
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  Triple Shot
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  Banana Farm
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  Burny Stuff Mortar
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  Crossbow Monkey
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  Wizard Monkey
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  Cash Drop Sniper
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  Spike-o-Pult
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  Bionic Boomerang
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  Marketplace
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  Monkey Village
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  Super Monkey Fan Club
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  Crippling Sniper
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  Elite Defender
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  Necromancer
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  Bouncing Bullet
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  Super Monkey
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  Sharp Shooter
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  Prince of Darkness
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  Glaive Richochet
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  Baby Monkey*
• 
  Wolf*

Bloons

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  Red Bloon
• 
  Swarm Red Bloon
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  Blue Bloon
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  Nested Blue
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  Swarm Blue Bloon
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  Double Red Bloon
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  Golden Bloon
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  Green Bloon
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  Nested Green
• 
  Swarm Green Bloon
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  Aura of Strength Bloon
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  Double Blue Bloon
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  Nested Yellow
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  Steady Growth Bloon
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  Yellow Bloon
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  Swarm Yellow Bloon
• 
  Double Green Bloon
• 
  Pink Bloon
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  Black Bloon
• 
  Ceramic Bloon
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  Double Yellow Bloon
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  White Bloon
• 
  Hastening Bloon
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  MOAB
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  BFB
• 
  Double Ceramic Bloon
• 
  Rainbow Bloon
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  Zebra Bloon
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  Double Rainbow Bloon
• 
  Emboldened Bloon
• 
  ZOMG
• 
  Undead Bloon*
• 
  Undead MOAB*

Powers

• 
  Bloontonium Cache
• 
  Cash Drop
• 
  Whoops
• 
  Fortify
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  Storm Of Arrows
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  Stunned
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  Supply Drop
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  Bed Time
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  Bloon Strike
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  Firestorm
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  Improved Fortification
• 
  Quick Break
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  Sticky Bomb
• 
  Wall Of Trees
• 
  Bloon Embiggen
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  Quick Ready
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  Restock
• 
  Return 2 Sender
• 
  Shrink
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  Red Bloon Storm
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  Ceasefire
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  MOAB Strike
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  Powerful Slowing Totem
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  Expert Negotiator
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  Super Monkey Storm

Other features

In the Full Playable test, the main menu listed two options that are inaccessible:

• Store
• Feats (will be similar to achievements in other games)

Music

Main article: List of music in BCS

#	Title	Length
001	Bloons Card Storm Title	4:23
002	Clásico	4:38
003	Bloontonium Bossa Nova	4:31
004	Doubloons	4:58
005	A Bloons Tango	1:39
006	Shimmering Decks	2:57
007	Build Play Win	3:09
008	High Bloon	4:22

Development and promotion

Announcement

Ninja Kiwi revealed Bloons Card Storm to the public on 19 September 2023 in a Reddit post featuring artwork and a short description of the game.

“

We are super excited to announce Bloons Card Storm, a competitive card game within the Blooniverse coming to mobile and PC in 2024.

Pick your favorite Hero, fill your deck with Bloons, Monkeys, and Powers, and then do battle!

In true Bloons tradition, Monkeys don't attack other Monkeys, so you'll need to carefully balance your deck with nefarious Bloon cards for offense and powerful Monkey cards for defense. Use Powers at just the right time to swing the battle in your favor, inject some much needed gold into your economy, or draw deeper into your deck.

Quincy, Gwen, and many of your favorite Heroes are here and ready to help you pop Bloons and conquer the playfield.

As you've come to expect from Ninja Kiwi games, we're aiming to build something that is super fun to play, easy to pick up, but hard to put down. With tons of developer and artist time already invested into the project, we're loving this turn-based, deep strategy card game internally, and we think you will, too. We're making great strides and are aiming to launch the game mid-2024. As that date approaches we will be opening Beta testing phases, so keep your eyes peeled to Ninja Kiwi socials for those announcements, most probably starting early in 2024.

”

Firstlook test

The Firstlook test included 35 cards, two Heroes, four maps, five preset decks with no deck-building functionality whatsoever, and eight Adventure stages.

Decks

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• Quincy Starter
• Gwen Starter
• Quincy Aggressive
• Gwen Control
• Quincy Control

Adventure

Tutorial

• Tutorial 1
• Tutorial 2
• Tutorial 3

Getting Started

• Fight against Quincy (AI opponent uses Quincy Starter)
• Fight against Gwen (AI opponent uses Gwen Starter)
• Quincy gets Aggressive (AI opponent uses Quincy Aggressive)
• Gwen is Controlling (AI opponent uses Gwen Control)
• Quincy, son of Quincy (AI opponent uses Quincy Control)

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Reception

In July 2024, during NZ Games Fest 2024, Bloons Card Storm received the Accessible Ambrosia Award for Excellence in Accessibility.

Blurb

“

The Storm gathers, and only true Heroes can stem the Bloon tide. Gather up your cards, choose your favorite Hero, and enter the Arena to claim victory!

From the makers of Bloons TD 6 comes a revolutionary collectible card game featuring the fan-favorite Monkeys and Bloons, rendered and animated in gorgeous 3D. Develop deep strategies, build your collection by crafting awesome cards, and carefully construct decks to help you win PvP and single player games.

Featuring 4 unique Heroes with 3 Hero Abilities each, 120+ cards at launch, and 5 different Arenas to battle on, the tactical combinations are endless!

BALANCE OFFENSE AND DEFENSE

Monkeys can't attack other Monkeys, so you'll need to stock up on both Bloon AND Monkey cards in order to win. Send Bloons swarming at your opponent, fend off opposing Bloon rushes with your Monkeys, and find that perfect balance essential for victory!

USE HERO ABILITIES WISELY

Playing Bloons will power up Hero Abilities that can turn the tide of battle in your favor. Whether it is Quincy with his bow or Gwen with her flamethrower, each Hero has a unique set of potent Hero Abilities. Choose them wisely!

TEST YOURSELF IN SOLO ADVENTURES

Looking for something more relaxing than fur-flying PvP action? Our solo Adventures are crafted single-player experiences that will test your deck building and game management skills to the limit. Try out the Prologue Adventures or support the game by buying the full DLC Adventures.

FULLY CROSS-PLATFORM

Take your collection of Bloons and Monkeys with you wherever you go, as Bloons Card Storm is fully cross-platform - just register your account and your progress stays with you.

BUILD THE BEST DECKS

Build crazy combo behemoths, fun theme decks, or use the latest meta decklists - the choice is yours!

PLAY AGAINST YOUR FRIENDS

Private match support at launch so you can challenge your friends to a game anywhere, anytime! Matchmaking is also fully cross-platform so what are you waiting for?

Download now and join the Card Storm!

”

Gallery

For more Bloons Card Storm images, see Gallery:Bloons Card Storm.

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  App icon
• 
  Monkey artwork
• 
  Screenshot of Monkey Meadow
• Screenshot of High Finance
  Screenshot of High Finance
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  Screenshot of Dark Castle
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  Screenshot of Wasteland
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  Screenshot of the deck editor
• 
  Title screen background

External links

• Bloons Card Storm on Steam
• Bloons Card Storm on Google Play
• Bloons Card Storm on the App Store