Wildcards (
), are a "Special Item" introduced in 4.1.0 that are used to fill the inventory of a Monster instead of Boxed Monsters, Zapped Monster Eggs, or Diamonds.
Usage[]
When using the Fill button, a prompt will appear that asks the user if they want to use Wildcards, as well as a switch that toggles the use of Wildcards. Using Wildcards will reduce the Diamond fee needed to fill the Monster's inventory. Unlike other items like Relics in the Crucible, there is no option to specify the quantity of Wildcards to spend, meaning if you choose to use Wildcards, as many of them as possible will be utilized to compensate for the absence of Eggs or Monsters until there are none that are missing, or the missing ones would require more Wildcards than you would have remaining.
Therefore, they can be used as substitutes for:
- Boxing Monsters into a Wubbox, Rare Wubbox, or Epic Wubbox.
- Zapping Eggs into a Wublin, a Vessel, or Monculus.
- Zapping Eggs into a Celestial.
The price of the substitution is increased depending on the rarity of the Monster/egg being substituted.
Cost[]
| Boxing Cost | Wubbox (Natural Islands/ Fire Islands) | Wubbox (Ethereal Island) | Wubbox (Wublin Island) | Wubbox (Gold Island) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | 1 per Natural
2 |
2 per Element 50 total
|
15 per Wublin 285 total
|
1 30 total
|
| Rare | 1 per Element 32 total
|
3 per Element 75 total
|
40 per Rare Wublin 400 total
|
1 per Element 75 total
|
| Epic | 2 per Element 64 total
|
4 per Element 100 total
|
N/A | 2 per Element 30 (Single phase)150 (All phases)
|
| Zapping Cost | Wublin | Vessel | Young Celestial | Adult Celestial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | 1
|
1
|
1
|
| ||||||
| Rare | 1 per Element
|
N/A | N/A |
| ||||||
| Epic |
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source[]
Wildcards can be obtained through a variety of methods, such as failing to "Early Ascend" a young Celestial Monster once the inventory is almost full. If the process fails, it will yield one or more Wildcard(s). Minor Paironormals on Paironormal Carnival can also produce Wildcards directly, boosted if Fugued to a Major pair. They can also be obtained through the Nexus Nucleus on Magical Nexus once it reaches 8 collections.
Obtaining Wildcards through early ascension cannot be done if:
- The Celestial has successfully ascended early.
- The Celestial's inventory is full.
- The Celestial's time to ascend has ran out and the Eggs have expired.
It is currently not known exactly when the Early Ascension process becomes available. However, it seems it cares less about the quantity of monsters and instead checks for which are worth more, so getting a small amount of more “valuable” monsters like quads and triples is better for farming wildcards.
It is currently not known exactly when a player gets multiple Wildcards, though it is likely tied to how full the Inventory is, with a more full Inventory having a greater chance of success and conversely a greater chance of multiple Wildcards. Wildcards reported received have been predominantly 1 Wildcard, with few reports of receiving 4 Wildcards.
It is also not known how the wildcard production on the Minor Paironormal Carnival is made, however there have been reports of getting wildcards around every 2 days or so. It is also not known if monster levels have anything to do with wildcard production. It also appears that higher element Paironormals produce more wildcards.
Strategy[]
Since there's a higher success of an Early Ascension succeeding with a more fully-filled Inventory, obtaining more Wildcards is best done as soon as the Early Ascension button unlocks.
Some Monsters require more Wildcards than others, while having an otherwise same associated 
Diamonds cost. While strategizing for this scenario is largely academic, one common scenario may be in leaving Rare Single Element Monsters for a Rare Wublin as the last to be filled; You could spend 4 Wildcards on a Rare Bona-Petite to substitute its required 4 Rare Mammott Eggs and reduce the cost by 400, or you could spend the same 4 Wildcards to substitute one of its required Rare Entbrat Eggs and reduce the cost by only 100.
On the Carnival, one would assume the best farming method is by having many monsters placed down to produce wildcards, however not much is known at the moment because the Minor Carnival is still new and not enough data has been collected. As time goes, the information listed might change.
Gallery[]
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Notes[]
Wild Card spinning
- Wildcards are the only "currency" that has an animation in the UI.
- Wild Cards in card games are cards that can be used to represent any other card. This is analogous to the Wildcard serving the purpose of any Boxed or Zapped Monster/egg.
- In the 4.1 Showcase video, It was stated that Wildcards aren't truly considered a currency and more of a "special item".
- If this is so, that makes Minor Paironormal Carnival the only island to have monsters naturally produce anything other than a certain currency, and further so, the Magical Nexus to naturally produce a non-currency.
- The message "Attempt Failed... Successfully!" shown when obtaining Wildcards from failed Early Ascension attempts is a reference to a popular meme.