BattleCards
by TigerOfTroy
BattleCards adds a trading card game to Minecraft, with combat-ready cards, booster packs and decks that players build and use in fights.
What it does
Players find booster packs in the world, open them, and collect trading cards that can be used in combat or as utility. Packs can be ripped apart for their cards, and the cards can fuel furnaces or be given as offerings. Preconstructed decks are also found while exploring and by killing mobs, so a player can start fighting before building a collection.
Decks are built by hand from favorite cards, and sleeves can be applied to enhance a card with greater damage or status effects at a lower cost. The mod ships with 118 cards, 6 booster packs and 2 preconstructed decks, plus a set of card sleeves. Additional content comes from expansion packs made by the author and by others, and a datapack can add new cards, card packs and prebuilt decks.
BattleCards is published for Fabric on 1.20.1 only and runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. It requires Cloth Config API and Fabric API. The code is open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, and the latest Fabric file is 0.7.0 for 1.20.1, released 2026-04-03.
Key features
Booster packs and cards
Packs found in the world open into trading cards that fight or support during play.
Deck building
Players construct decks from their favorite cards and keep them ready for battle.
Card sleeves
Sleeves enhance a card with increased damage, greater status effects or lower costs.
Card recycling
Unwanted cards can be ripped apart to fuel furnaces or given as offerings, with a random chance of a rare variant card.
Datapack content
A datapack can add new cards, card packs and prebuilt decks, and creators can share them.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who enjoy collecting and deck building in survival or on multiplayer servers, and server owners who want card content for their players.
How it compares
Aji-Maji is a Fabric mod for 1.21 with the same client and server environment, under All rights reserved and not open source. W0rld's Tarot Cards runs on Fabric and Forge for 1.20.1 with the same environment, and is also not open source. Lucky Hands is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 with the same environment, under All rights reserved and not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BattleCards | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-03 |
| Aji-Maji | Fabric | 1.21 | Client and server | 2024-07-13 |
| W0rld's Tarot Cards | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-03 |
| Lucky Hands | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-20 |
Questions
Does BattleCards need Fabric API?
Does the server need BattleCards?
Can new cards be added without a mod?
In the catalog
BattleCards is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,630 Magic mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
BattleCards adds combat-ready trading cards to minecraft. Find booster packs and prebuilt decks by exploring the world and killing mobs. Open booster packs to find trading cards which can be used to fight and for utility. Construct and customize decks of your favorite cards, and apply sleeves to enhance your cards…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/tigeroftroy_battlecards
- Owner
- TigerOfTroy
- Published
- 2026-03-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15