what's wildcard?
Wildcard is a web3 gaming project developed by Playful Studios, featuring a PVP collectible card-based MOBA game that combines strategic deck-building with fast-paced 2v2 battles. It incorporates NFTs for collectibles and has a token economy to support its ecosystem, including moves from Polygon to Ethereum for better integration. The game emphasizes community engagement, streaming, and spectator sports elements, with recent demos available on Steam Next Fest. It participates in crypto ecosystems like Arbitrum and partnerships with YGG for quests and rewards.
Wildcard's market cap reached $400,000 on March 30, 2026.
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x.com/playwildcardReached a market cap of approximately $400,000
Has 100% community allocation with no team tokens and no investor tokens.
Mints Charter Assets on 2026-03-11 in three phases (10am ET, 2pm ET, 6pm ET), offering USDC and XP rewards to WC token holders; acquisition opportunity ends 2026-04-02.
Raised $50M+ through Wildcard Alliance Inc.
Hosts Grand Finals with Wayfinders offering $2,000 prize pool on 2026-02-20 at 2:00 PM CST.
Launched the initial incentive loop at the beginning of 2026 designed to reward the highest skilled competitors in the game.
Scheduled to launch the capital layer over the next few weeks following January 25, 2026.
experienced server stress and bugs during a preseason tournament due to a spike in new players, with the team working on real-time fixes ahead of daily tournaments launching in early January 2026
Tournament mode launched, unlockable through partner giveaways, a $25 purchase, or by owning a Wildpass.
Hosts final qualifier tournament on 2026-02-14 with a $4,000 prize pool, sponsored by Arbitrum Play, Blaze, and Thousands; Pre-Season tournaments feature a $5K prize pool this month.
The full vision for Web3 integration will be revealed and delivered on December 19th during the Wildcard Premier League Tournament Opening Day.
Launched Franchise Management game on Arbitrum's Thousands protocol.
Pre-Season tournaments begin on 12/19, with Thousands providing tournament infrastructure.
The Meta Oracle feature evolves soon, with the team signaling a limited-time window for forecaster contributions before the change. Forecasters have made tens of thousands of Calls since the feature launched in November.
The team completed the Steam Early Access web2 milestone and shifts focus back to web3 development, with work expected over the next few months after a strategic decision to separate web3 and web2 release timelines.
The project prepares for upcoming user acquisition campaigns with Thousand, introducing new player experience upgrades and increased player compensation rates.
Meta Oracle forecasts feature is now live.
The project's first tournament at DreamHack Atlanta has concluded with winners crowned.
The DreamHack Atlanta activation represents the project's largest showing to date, expecting 40k+ gamers in attendance plus thousands streaming in what is described as a convention "takeover".
The project hosts a $5K tournament at DreamHack Atlanta from October 31 to November 2, with qualification rounds at their booth on Oct 31-Nov 1 and finals on Nov 2.
Wildcard is a finalist for Best Esports Game award, competing against Off The Grid, Parallel, Axie Infinity, and Wilder World in an active voting event.
REPLAY early access is now live, adding a new mode or feature to the game.
The project is a finalist for Best Strategy Game award, competing against 4 other strategy games in an active voting event.
Wildcard is listed as an early customer of Liveframe, a clipping and content creation service platform.
Season 0 kicks off, marking the beginning of the first competitive season.
New Meta Oracle Forecasts feature goes live, introducing prediction mechanics that allow players to forecast outcomes with expanded match information and data. (ID: 1981346571242377298)
The game officially launches and is now live, with 2v2 gameplay mode implemented as a core feature.
AMA scheduled in Thousands Discord at 8pm ET/12am UTC, hosted by Paul Bettner, to discuss WC token, the Arbitrum-native utility and gameplay token for Wildcard Premier League, with rewards distributed in WC tokens, Thousands XP, and USDC.
The project makes the finalist list for an awards competition in the Arbitrum gaming ecosystem, with early access scheduled for October 24.
The project reaches #12 position on Steam's most popular upcoming games list.
New feature called GANE comes to Early Access this week.
Launched on 2026-03-26 with 100% of supply allocated to the community. Token acquired via EX events and Meta Oracle Forecasts; Early Access is free with optional card pack purchases.
The game accumulates over 100k wishlists on Steam.
The play-to-earn game ranks #51 globally among all crypto play-to-earn games.
The game is featured on Steam Next Fest with a playable demo available.
Featured in Arbitrum S2 Create-to-Earn campaign (700K $ARB rewards pool) as one of the gaming projects creators can focus on through December 31, 2025.