Minecards [Forge]
by WorldSalad
Minecards adds over 100 collectible trading cards to Forge, grouped into themed sets that players gather through exploration, fishing, villages and trade.
What it does
Cards come in several sets: an Overworld set of 25, and Nether, End, Aquatic, Deep Dark and Village Pillage sets of 13 each. A Retro set holds 19 cards, and golden cards are given as rewards for completing a full set. Each set is tied to where it is found, such as chest pools in the Overworld, the Nether and the End or stronghold, underground chests in ancient cities and mineshafts, and fishing in the Aquatic set.
Cards also turn up in a random card box and in varying conditions, including foil. Card packs can be bought from a new villager profession, the Card Collector, who works at a Card Collector's Bench that needs one Deckite to craft, an ore that appears in the Overworld. Villages and illager structures are another source. The mod runs on Forge for 1.20.1 and 1.20.2, and both the server and each player need it. It is not open source and is released under a custom license.
Key features
Themed card sets
Several sets cover different parts of the world, from the Overworld and Nether to the Deep Dark and Retro cards.
Varied sources
Cards are found in chests, through fishing, by archaeology and from random card boxes, so collecting depends on where players explore.
Card Collector villager
A custom villager profession sells card packs, and its Card Collector's Bench is crafted from a Deckite ore.
Foil and condition variants
Cards appear in different conditions, and some exist in foil form.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
CardCraft is open source under the MIT License, with files for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt on 1.20.1, so it reaches more loaders than Minecards. That's why we craft! is published for Forge on 1.20.1 under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and is not open source. MopCards is Forge-only for 1.19.2, so it does not cover the 1.20 versions that Minecards targets.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minecards [Forge] | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.2 | Client and server | 2025-02-18 |
| CardCraft | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-07-12 |
| That's why we craft! | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-01-17 |
| MopCards | Forge | 1.19.2 | Client and server | 2023-06-14 |
Questions
Does Minecards need to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does Minecards support?
Can Minecards be used on Fabric?
In the catalog
Minecards [Forge] is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 886 Minigame mods for Forge. 12,076 mods support Minecraft 1.20.2.
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What the author says
Minecards aims to add a variety of collectible cards based on Minecraft content. 🢂 Over 100 different cards across several themed sets to collect, with varying in-world methods of obtaining.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/minecards-forge
- Owner
- WorldSalad
- Published
- 2023-12-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-02-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15