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Cards

Overview

Cards help you track your card slot progression and keep an organized view of your card inventory with optional preset tags. Card names and descriptions are based on the Cards page on the The Tower Idle Tower Defense Fandom Wiki (external).

When to Use This

  • You want to confirm how many card slots you have unlocked.
  • You want to record how many copies of a card you currently have.
  • You want to group cards into named presets for quick filtering.
  • You want to compare cards by level, rarity, progress, or maxed status.
  • You want a fast table view of all cards and their current values.
  • You want to review how often preset-tagged cards appear across your recorded runs.

How to Use

  1. Select Cards in the navigation.
  2. View Card slots to review your unlocked slot count.
  3. Review Next slot cost when it is shown.
  4. Select Unlock Next Slot to increase your unlocked slot count.
  5. View the Cards table to review all cards.
  6. (Optional) Select Wiki next to a card name to open its external wiki page.
  7. Select a card’s Inventory value to enter your current progress.
  8. Review the Inventory display to confirm the shown threshold for that card level.
  9. Select a card’s Presets section to add or remove preset tags.
  10. On smaller screens, open Details in the table row to review Parameters and Presets.
  11. Select Preset filter to show only cards tagged with specific presets.
  12. (Optional) Select one or more cards using the checkbox column.
  13. (Optional) Use Bulk presets to assign or create presets for the selected cards.
  14. Select Maxed to show all cards, only maxed cards, or only unmaxed cards.
  15. Select a column header in the cards table to sort the table.
  16. Select the same column header again to reverse the sort order.
  17. Select Reset Filters to return to the full list.
  18. Review Total Cards Progress to see an overall collection summary across all cards.
  19. Select Usage to open the card usage modal.
  20. Review the Cards and Preset Usage tables when you want to compare observed usage across all visible runs.
  21. Select a column header in the modal to reorder the usage tables.

How to Read the Results

  • Slots unlocked shows your current slot count, and the maximum when it is available.
  • Next slot cost shows the cost for the next slot when the app has that data available.
  • Current level reflects your saved card level and increases when your inventory progress rolls over into the next tier.
  • Level 0 means the card is unowned and has no saved progress.
  • Rarity shows the card’s rarity for quick scanning.
  • Progress is shown as current / threshold. When you exceed a threshold, the remainder carries into the next tier.
  • (MAX) indicates the card is fully maxed and can no longer be increased.
  • Parameters show the card description with the current level value emphasized when the card is owned.
  • Presets are optional labels you define to group runs and cards (unlocked via the in-game Lab Research “Card Presets”). The game currently allows 5 presets, and the app lets you save more. Define and set presets from the Cards dashboard.
  • Runs used counts how many non-hidden Battle Reports match at least one preset assigned to that card.
  • Percentage used shows the share of all non-hidden recorded runs represented by that card or preset.
  • Total Cards Progress summarizes overall collection progress across all cards:
  • Cards Remaining shows how many card copies are left until every card is fully maxed.
  • Total Cards shows the total copies required to fully max every card.
  • Maxed Cards shows how many cards are fully maxed.
  • Gems Needed is an estimate based on buying card packs.

  • Events is an estimate of how many event missions it would take to earn the shown gems.

    Note Presets can also be assigned to Battle Reports to track card usage over time.

Notes & Limitations

Note Slot costs are shown only when the app has card slot data available.

Note Some slot costs may be shown as a plain number, depending on how the source data is formatted.

Caution If the maximum slot count is not available, the app will not allow unlocking slots until that data is available.

Note Unlocking a slot records the unlock in the app. It does not currently verify your in-game gem balance.

Note Preset tags are shown as colored badges for readability. Colors are assigned automatically and remain consistent.

Note In-game preset selections can change mid-run. In the app, presets are static labels you apply for grouping and filtering.

Note The Usage modal includes tournament runs by default.

Note Hidden Battle Reports are excluded from the Usage modal.

Caution The Cards page is an organizer and tracker. It does not recommend builds or presets.

Note When a card is unowned (level 0), placeholder descriptions may be shown without a computed value.

Note If the app does not have a per-level value available for a card, the Parameters text may be shown without a highlighted current value.

Note Gems Needed and Events are estimates based on buying 10 cards for 200 gems and a “buy 80 cards” event mission. These values are helpers, not game state.

Note On smaller screens, the cards table appears before the summary panels, and Parameters and Presets are grouped under Details in each row.

Advanced Usage

  1. Select multiple items in Preset filter to narrow the table to a combined view.
  2. Review the Preset tags list to confirm which labels exist.