Card Battles

Card Battles are battles with 15 chosen cards containing towers and bloons. They were introduced into Bloons TD Battles Mobile on June 20, 2016 and 9 days later, Veteran Cards were introduced, each card uncovering on a weekly basis.

Strategies[]

See Card Battles/Strategies.

See individual towers/upgrades on their own page(s) to see the towers.

Cards[]

Deckmenu — Deck menu, showing a selection of all cards in the game

These cards are unlocked by unlocking their corresponding tower and unlocking the upgrade tier. Most cards have two sides: a tower with its upgrade combination, and a bloon send. With exception of Power Cards, all cards can be sent on either side of the screen. Sending the card on the player's side allows placement of the tower for its allocated sum of money if there are sufficient funds for it. Sending the card on the opponent's side allows the bloon send of the card to be sent if there are sufficient funds for it and the send is unlocked.

Some cards each have a blank icon on the top-left corner; these cards are Veteran Cards, and are unlocked by playing a certain number of games.

Note that unlocking new cards require the respective tower tier unlocking. So the Bionic Boomer requires Tier-3 or higher Boomerang Thrower, Reactor Sub requires Tier-4 Monkey Sub, Robo Monkey requires Tier-3 or higher Super Monkey, etc.

Upgrade	Tower Name	Tower Upgrade Name	Tower Price	# of Bloons	Group?	Bloon Type	Bloon Price	Round Unlocked (Bloon)	Income Change
Red Cards ($150 - $700)
0-0	Dart Monkey		$150	50	Grouped	Reds	$150	2	+8
0-0	Tack Shooter		$250 ($300 prior to 3.8)	50	Tightly Spaced (Spaced prior to 3.8)	Blues	$250 ($300 prior to 3.8)	2	+12
1-1	Monkey Apprentice	Intense Magic	$500	35	Grouped	Yellows	$400	7	+20
1-0	Monkey Sub	Barbed Darts	$500	100	Grouped	Reds	$500	2	+25
0-0	Bomb Tower		$500	25	Spaced	Blacks	$500	5	+20
0-0	Spike Factory		$700	100	Grouped	Reds	$700	2	+40
Blue Cards ($800 - $1500)
1-1	Ninja Monkey	Ninja Discipline	$800	55	Grouped	Blues	$400	3	+17
2-2	Boomerang Thrower	Glaive Thrower	$800	120	Grouped	Blues	$800	3	+40
1-0	Monkey Engineer	Sentry Gun	$800	45	Spaced	Blues	$200	2	+12
0-0	Banana Farm		$900	70	Grouped	Greens	$900	5	+40
2-1	Monkey Sub	Advanced Intel	$1000	70	Grouped	Blues	$500	3	+22
1-1	Monkey Buccaneer	Faster Shooting	$1000	30	Spaced	Greens	$300	3	+10
3-0	Tack Shooter	Tack Sprayer	$1000	50	Grouped	Greens	$500	5	+24
2-3	Dart Monkey	Triple Darts	$1250	20	Grouped	Zebras	$1250	11	+38
1-1	Dartling Gun	Focused Firing	$1300	20	Grouped	Leads	$1300	14	+40
2-1	Monkey Engineer	Fast Engineering	$1400	50	Spaced	Pinks	$800	3	+25
1-1	Monkey Ace	Rapid Fire	$1500	30	Spaced	Regen Whites	$1500	7	+40
0-0	Monkey Village		$1500	100	Grouped	Yellows	$1500	7	+60
Green Cards ($1700 - $3000)
1-0	Heli Pilot	Quad Darts	$1700	3	Spaced	Regen Rainbows	$850	11	+25
3-0	Bomb Tower	Cluster Bombs	$1900	40	Spaced	Pinks	$600	3	+25
2-3	Bomb Tower	MOAB Mauler	$2000	1	Spaced	MOAB	$2000	17	-30
1-2	Monkey Sub	Airburst Darts	$2000	12	Grouped	Leads	$600	14	+18
1-3	Monkey Buccaneer	Cannon Ship	$2000	40	Grouped	Pinks	$1000	9	+40
3-0	Boomerang Thrower	Glaive Ricochet	$2000	20	Spaced	Blacks	$500	5	+25
4-0	Dart Monkey	Juggernaut	$2300	6	Spaced	Leads	$600	9	+30
3-2	Monkey Engineer	Cleansing Foam	$2350	27	Grouped	Regen Black	$2350	11	+60
2-2	Monkey Apprentice	Lightning Bolt	$2400	6	Spaced	Leads	$750	9	+35
2-3	Boomerang Thrower	Bionic Boomer	$2400	200	Grouped	Greens	$2400	5	+100
2-0	Banana Farm	Banana Plantation	$2500	30	Spaced	Camo Pinks	$1000	11	+35
2-1	Spike Factory	White Hot Spikes	$2500	20	Grouped	Regen Leads	$2500	14	+30
2-2	Heli Pilot	Pursuit	$2600	4	Spaced	Regen Ceramics	$2600	14	-0
1-3	Ninja Monkey	Flash Bomb	$2800	100	Grouped	Regen Yellows	$2800	8	+70
3-0	Monkey Ace	Neva-Miss Targeting	$2600 ($3000 prior to 3.8)	4	Spaced	Ceramics	$1500	14	-0
3-0	Monkey Apprentice	Summon Whirlwind	$3000	1	Spaced	BFB	$3000	19	-120
3-1	Monkey Buccaneer	Destroyer	$3000	5	Grouped	Regen Rainbows	$1500	12	+7
1-1	Monkey Village	Monkey Beacon	$3000	18 (16 prior to 3.8)	Grouped	Rainbows	$3000	12	+18 (+16 prior to 3.8)
4-0	Tack Shooter	Ring of Fire	$3000	11 (14 prior to 3.8)	Grouped	Rainbows	$3000	11 (12 prior to 3.8)	+15
0-0	Super Monkey		$2500 ($3000 prior to 3.8)	14	Grouped	Camo Leads	$3000	14	+40
Purple Cards ($3000 - $6500)
2-3	Heli Pilot	Downdraft	$3000	5	Grouped	Camo Ceramics	$3000	16	-10
1-3	Monkey Apprentice	Dragon's Breath	$4000	6	Spaced	Camo Regen Ceramics	$4000	14	-0
4-0	Monkey Sub	(Bloontonium) Reactor	$4000	16	Grouped	Camo Regen Leads	$3000	14	+25
3-1	Spike Factory	Spiked Ball Factory	$4000	55 (60 prior to 3.8)	Grouped	Zebras	$2000	12	+30
2-4	Tack Shooter	Blade Maelstrom	$4000	9	Grouped	Camo Regen Zebras	$2000	11	+18
3-1	Dartling Gun	Laser Cannon	$5250 ($4500 prior to 3.8)	180 (150 prior to 3.8)	Grouped	Pinks	$4500	9	+220 (+200 prior to 3.8)
4-2	Ninja Monkey	Bloonjitsu	$5000	9	Grouped	Camo Leads	$1000	14	+20
3-0	Banana Farm	Banana Republic	$5000	10	Grouped	Ceramics	$3000	16	-10
2-2	Monkey Village	Jungle Drums	$5000	4	Grouped	Camo Regen Ceramics	$5000	16	-0
1-3	Dartling Gun	Hydra Rocket Pods	$5000	5	Grouped	Ceramics	$2000	17	-5
4-2	Bomb Tower	Bloon Impact	$6000	12	Grouped	Regen Rainbows	$3500	12	+12
2-4	Monkey Buccaneer	Monkey Pirates	$6000	4	Grouped	MOABs	$6000	19	-175
4-2	Monkey Engineer	Bloon Trap	$6000	75	Grouped	Whites	$3000	10	+125
4-2	Boomerang Thrower	Glaive Lord	$6500 ($7400 prior to 3.8)	30	Grouped	Camo Whites	$2500	11	+50
Yellow Cards ($7500 - $100000)
1-4	Ninja Monkey	Sabotage Supply Lines	$8000 ($7500 prior to 3.8)	6	Grouped	Camo Regen Rainbows	$4000	11	+10
2-4	Dart Monkey	Super Monkey Fan Club	$7500	3	Grouped	BFBs	$7500	21	-300
1-4	Spike Factory	Spike Storm	$10000	6	Grouped	MOABs	$10000	19	-0
2-2	Super Monkey	Plasma Blasts(Vision)	$10000	10	Grouped	MOABs	$10000	19	-175
4-0	Monkey Ace	Spectre	$14000 ($13000 prior to 3.8)	8	Grouped	Camo Rainbows	$2500	11	+12
0-4	Monkey Ace	Ground Zero	$16500 ($15000 prior to 3.8)	500 (450 prior to 3.8)	Grouped	Pinks	$16500 ($15000 prior to 3.8)	9	+650 (+600 prior to 3.8)
4-2	Heli Pilot	Apache Dartship	$15000	7	Grouped	BFBs	$15000	21	-800
2-3	Super Monkey	Robo Monkey	$15000	5	Grouped	BFBs	$15000	21	-500
4-0	Banana Farm	Banana Research Facility	$18000	1	Spaced	ZOMG	$9000	21	-500
2-4	Monkey Village	MIB Call To Arms	$22000	10	Grouped	BFBs	$22000	21	-1000
4-2	Dartling Gun	Ray of Doom	$30000	5	Spaced	ZOMGs	$30000	21	-1800
4-2	Super Monkey	Temple of The Monkey God	$100000	12	Spaced	ZOMGs	$100000	21	-3500

Veteran Cards[]

Veteran Cards are made available to the game weekly. To unlock them a certain amount of battles is required before getting the Veteran Card(s) desired.

They have an 'I' (symbolizing 1) on the top left corner.

You may also purchase them for $1.99 USD each.

Upgrade	Tower Name	Tower Upgrade Name	Tower Price	# of Bloons	Group?	Bloon Type	Bloon Price	Round Unlocked (Bloon)	Income Change
Red Cards ($275 - $750)
1-2	Dart Monkey	Razor Sharp Shots	$275	18	Grouped	Blues	$275	3	+18
0-3	Dart Monkey	Triple Darts	$750	48	Grouped	Yellows	$750	7	+30
2-0	Glue Gunner	Corrosive Glue	$500	40	Grouped	Reds	$500	3	+25
Blue Cards ($800 - $1400)
2-2	Ice Tower	Snap Freeze	$800	30	Spaced	Whites	$800	7	+32
2-2	Ninja Monkey	Sharp Shurikens	$1400	90	Grouped	Yellows	$1400	7	+55
2-1	Bomb Tower	Frag Bombs	$1400	25	Grouped	Pinks	$700	9	+30
2-0	Bloonchipper	Heavy Duty Suction	$1400	80	Grouped	Reds	$700	2	+28
Green Cards ($1400 - $2500)
2-1	Sniper Monkey	Point Five Oh	$1400	6	Spaced	Regen Leads	$700	10	+15
2-2	Glue Gunner	Corrosive Glue	$2000	40	Grouped	Camo Yellows	$1000	10	+20
2-2	Mortar Tower	Bigger Blast	$2500	10	Spaced	Regen Rainbows	$2500	11	+70
3-1	Mortar Tower	Bloon Buster	$1750	180	Grouped	Blues	$1750	3	+70
Purple Cards ($3200 - $7500)
2-3	Sniper Monkey	Semi Automatic Rifle	$3500	50	Grouped	Regen Blacks	$3500	11	+40
4-2	Glue Gunner	Bloon Liquefier	$6000	32	Grouped	Camo Regen Pinks	$3000	11	+38
2-4	Monkey Apprentice	Summon Phoenix	$7500	30	Grouped	Camo Blacks	$3000	11	+60
2-3	Monkey Sub	Ballistic Missile	$3200	24	Grouped	Camo Zebras	$3200	12	+50
3-2	Ice Tower	Arctic Wind	$7500	10	Grouped	MOABs	$7500	19	-200
Yellow Cards ($8000 - $11000)
4-1	Sniper Monkey	Cripple MOAB	$9000	4	Spaced	BFBs	$9000	19	-100
2-3	Banana Farm	Monkey Bank	$8000	4	Grouped	MOABs	$8000	19	+20
4-2	Bloonchipper	Super Wide Funnel	$8000	30	Grouped	Regen Zebras	$4000	12	+75
0-4	Monkey Engineer	Overclock	$11000	2	Grouped	ZOMGs	$11000	21	-2000

Power Cards[]

Power Cards are usually one-use cards that either boost your defense and/or sabotage your opponent's.

They have a 'II' (symbolizing 2) icon on the top left corner.

The way to unlock them is the same way to unlock Veteran Cards.

There are two other unused Power Cards found in the game's data. It in unknown why they're unreleased.

	Card Price	Card Type		Card Description	Main Function
Blue Cards ($800 - $1500)
Juggerlanche	$1200	Defensive		"Calls in a wave of powerful Juggernaut spiked balls that do massive damage to all bloons on screen. Pops Lead and Camo."	Pops most bloons on screen, pops camo and lead. Deals 3 damage to Ceramics.
Bounty	$1000	Defensive		"Increases income by 30 and also grants 1 cash for each bloon popped for the next 10 seconds."	Increases income, enables popping bloons for cash temporarily.
Purge	$800	Defensive		"Removes camo and regen from all bloons on your side, and from all new bloons for the next 3 seconds."	Removes camo and regen from all bloons on screen along with any bloons that spawn wihin the next 3 seconds.
Chain Lightning	$900	Defensive		Zaps the screen with powerful lightning 6 times in a row. Each bloon hit loses 2 layers per strike. Pops Lead and Camo."	Temporarily plops down a zapper that zaps nearby bloons.
Kidnap	$1000	Offensive		"Removes an opponent's tower completely, but refunds them its full value."	Removes a chosen tower on the opponent's side but they get refunded the full price of the tower.
Monkey Chill	$1500	Offensive		"Slows down the attack rate of all opponent's towers by 25% for 15 seconds."	Chills opponent's pre-placed towers by 25%. Does not affect towers placed after this card has been played.
Green Cards ($750)
Tax	$750	Offensive		"Opponent's next income packet comes to you instead!"	Steals opponent's next income
Unreleased Cards
Orbital Strike	N/A	Defensive	N/A		Drops an explosion wherever you place it on the map. The explosion pops 3 layers, including Camo and Black/Zebra bloons.
Cleansing Bomb	N/A	Defensive	N/A		Sprays a bunch of Cleansing Foam on the track, similar to a Spike Storm.

Version History (Bloons TD Battles Mobile)[]

3.6

Initial release of Card Battles

3.7

Veteran Cards are released.
After trashing a card, the next card will not be the same card already trashed.
Using a Heli Pilot Card with the Pursuit upgrade automatically sets it to Pursuit Mode. (Technically a buff, but some players suggest it hinders the Heli Pilot)

3.8

Option to purchase multiple decks of 15 cards per deck. Costs $4.99 USD to purchase.
Purchasing Unlimited Club Access will decrease all Veteran Card (and Power Card) requirements by 50%.
Card Battle Club Arenas are available.
1/4 Sabotage Supply Lines tower cost increased ($7500 --> $8000)
3/1 Laser Cannon tower cost increased ($4500 --> $5250)
3/1 Laser Cannon's Grouped Pinks bloon send cost increased ($4500 --> $5250)
3/1 Laser Cannon's Grouped Pinks bloon send now sends more Pink Bloons (150 --> 180) and rewards more income (+$200 --> +$220)
3/1 Spiked Ball Factory Grouped Zebras bloon send now sends fewer Zebra Bloons (60 --> 55)
0/0 Super Monkey tower cost decreased ($3000 --> $2500)
0/0 Tack Shooter tower cost decreased ($300 --> $250)
0/0 Tack Shooter's Spaced Blues bloon send cost decreased ($300 --> $250)
0/0 Tack Shooter's Spaced Blues bloon send now has tighter spacing.
4/0 Ring of Fire's Grouped Rainbows bloon send now sends fewer Rainbow Bloons (14 --> 11)
4/0 Ring of Fire's Grouped Rainbows bloon send unlocks earlier (Round 12 --> 11)
3/0 Neva Miss Targeting tower cost decreased ($3000 --> $2600)
4/0 Spectre tower cost increased ($13000 --> $14000)
0/4 Ground Zero tower cost increased ($15000 --> $16500)
0/4 Ground Zero's Grouped Pinks bloon send cost increased ($15000 --> $16500)
0/4 Ground Zero's Grouped Pinks bloon send now sends more Pink Bloons (450 --> 500) and rewards more income (+$600 --> +$650)
4/2 Glaive Lord tower cost decreased ($7400 --> $6500)
1/1 Monkey Beacon's Grouped Rainbows bloon send now sends more Rainbow Bloons (16 --> 18) and rewards more income (+$16 --> +$18)
In desktop version, hovering over a card now highlights the card by expanding the size of it a little.
In desktop version, click and drag now works when placing cards.
White bloon cards are given their proper look (i.e. they are no longer light blue).
Rematches no longer count towards card unlock progress.
It is now easier for smartphone players to place towers at the bottom of the map.

3.9

Power Cards are released.

3.9.1

Power Card descriptions are now available to access in the "Edit Deck" menu.

3.10

Win-Loss display for Card Battles is now separate from the normal Win-Loss display for all games played on Version 3.10 and later.

4.1

“	In Card Battles, cards will now draw out in a random set order. Once the deck has cycled, they shuffle again and repeat. This is to keep it more in line with traditional card games rather than using RNG!	”
	^{~ "BTD Battles Update 4.1 - Big Balance Changes Incoming!"}

Cards will only reappear in the deck after being played or trashed once the entire deck has been drawn.
Random Cards will now give the same first shuffle to both players (to ensure better fairness)
Random 15 cards now include more balance between low-cost, mid-cost, and high-cost towers and bloons.
Lead Bloon speed increased by 20%

6.0

You can now use Track Powers such as Red Hot Spikes in Card Battles.

Strategy[]

Summary[]

Card Battles plays out much differently to normal Assault Mode. In this game mode, it is important to have a balanced mix of cards suited for the early-game, mid-game, and late-game. Try optimizing the deck based on both bloon sends and defense. For bloon portions of cards, mix in some cards optimized for eco in the early-game and rushes in the mid-to-late-game. For tower portions of cards, try to pick cards that contain cost-effective towers suitable for each stage of the game. It takes practice to get used to the new battling system, which may rely on a mix between strategy and luck.

Tips[]

Yellow, Pink, Zebra, Rainbow and Ceramic Bloon sends are good for rushing, especially with Regen and/or Camo applied and with hearty grouped sends.
Ceramic Bloons have a RBE of 104, so a rush of these can bust through your opponents defenses if not well defended.
A good rush card is the Blade Maelstrom card, with 9 Grouped Camo Regen Zebras unlocked on Round 11 for a measly $2000.
The Spiked Ball Factory card is very powerful, sending 55 grouped zebras on round 12 for $2000, outdoing many other good rushes.
It is important to hold either Juggerlanche or Chain Lightning in your hand in early game to counter possible rushes. Such rushes include, but are not limited to, 9 Grouped Camo Leads, 16 Grouped Camo Regen Leads, 9 Grouped Camo Regen Zebras, 55 Grouped Zebras, 30 Grouped Regen Zebras, 8 Grouped Camo Rainbows, etc. it should be noted that Juggerlanche does particularly well against non-MOAB class rushes.

Gallery[]

All Cards List[]

Individual Cards[]

Trivia[]

Sniper Monkey, Ice Tower, Glue Gunner, Mortar Tower, Bloonchipper, and COBRA have not been added when Card Battles first came out.
- However, Sniper Monkey, Ice Tower, Glue Gunner, Mortar Tower and Bloonchipper have all been added as Veteran Cards.
  - This leaves COBRA without a single card.
Chain Lightning actually pops 1 layer of bloons, and does 2 damage to Ceramic Bloons and above.
It appears that kidnap cannot be used on the Temple of the Monkey God.
- It used to steal Temples when the card was newly released and playable, but it was patched in an update by secret.
There is a default Battle Card setup for all players who started their first Card Battle. The default card set is:
- 0-0 Dart Monkey/x50 Grouped Reds
- 2-3 Dart Monkey/x20 Grouped Zebras
- 4-0 Dart Monkey/x6 Spaced Leads
- 3-0 Tack Shooter/x50 Grouped Greens
- 0-0 Bomb Tower/x25 Spaced Blacks
- 3-0 Bomb Tower/x40 Spaced Pinks
- 2-3 Bomb Tower/x1 MOAB
- 1-1 Monkey Ace/x30 Spaced Regrow Whites
- 1-1 Monkey Apprentice/x35 Grouped Yellows
- 2-2 Monkey Apprentice/x6 Spaced Leads
- 3-0 Monkey Apprentice/x1 BFB
- 1-1 Ninja Monkey/x55 Grouped Blues
- 2-2 Boomerang Thrower/x120 Grouped Blues
- 3-0 Boomerang Thrower/x20 Spaced Blacks
- 0-0 Spike Factory/x100 Grouped Reds
There are never any 0-1 or 0-2 tower cards in the entire set of cards so far.
Cooldown for discarding a card is 4 seconds.
The Juggerlanche power card is affected by the Christmas Dart Monkey tower skin.

Please update as time passes by and only add cards that are confirmed!