Wraith · Ability 1 · 0.6s cooldown
Card Trick
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Card Trick is Wraith's ability 1 on a 0.6-second cooldown with 2 charges, 45 damage, 85% card summon rate. Deal weapon damage to summon cards of a random suit. Each card can be thrown, dealing damage and applying a different effect depending on its suit. Cards thrown fly towards the enemy or point under your crosshair. Alt-cast to throw first card
Upgrades: 1 AP — +2 Charges; 2 AP — +40 Damage and increased Spirit Scaling; 5 AP — All suits are improved and higher chance for Jokers.
In the most played Wraith skill order (60.5% win rate over 14K games), Card Trick takes its first point at step 1 and gets 4 of the first 12 points, making it the first ability players max.
Full numbers below; for items and lane matchups see the Wraith build, or compare cooldowns on the all-abilities table.
Base values, before items
Card Trick stats
Cooldown
0.6s
Charges
2
Damage
45
Card Summon Rate
85%
Move Speed
24%
Heal
60
Bonus Damage
60%
Ability points
Card Trick upgrades
- 1 AP
+2 Charges
- 2 AP
+40 Damage and increased Spirit Scaling
+40 Damage · +0.4 Damage
- 5 AP
All suits are improved and higher chance for Jokers
+40% Bonus Damage · -4% Bullet and Spirit Resist Reduction · +75 Heal · +0.5 Heal · +12% Move Speed
Most played Wraith skill order
When to level Card Trick
In the most played Wraith skill order (60.5% win rate over 14K games), Card Trick takes its first point at step 1 and gets 4 of the first 12 points, making it the first ability players max.
Card Trick patch history
Minor Update - 09-16-2026 · September 16, 2026
- – Card Trick heart heal reduced from 75 to 60
- – Card Trick heart heal spirit scaling reduced from 0.75 to 0.5
- – Card Trick Diamond Bullet and Spirit Resist reduction reduced from -8% to -7%
- – Card Trick T3 Diamond Bullet and Spirit Resist reduction reduced from -5% to -4%
- – Card Trick T3 Clubs slow from +20% to +15%
Minor Update - 08-12-2026 · August 12, 2026
- – Card Trick Heart heal spirit scaling reduced from 1 to 0.75
Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026 · March 6, 2026
- – Card Trick cards now have specific suites with special bonuses.
- – Card Trick base charge count increased from 1 to 2
- – Card Trick base damage reduced from 60 to 45
- – Card Trick spirit scaling reduced from 1.0 to 0.55
- – Card Trick buildup now takes 20% longer
- – Card Trick cooldown reduced from 0.75s to 0.5s
- – Card Trick post cast time reduced from 0.2s to 0.1
- – Card Trick now highlights the card that will be throw next.
- – Card Trick now has unique sounds for each card suite that is summoned.
- – Card Trick T1 increased from "+1 Charges" to "+2 Charges"
- – Card Trick T2 changed from "+35 Damage" to "+40 Damage and increased spirit scaling (+0.4)"
- – Card Trick T2 changed from "+50% Card Summon Rate and 30% slow for 1s" to "Improves Card Suites and increased joker chances" (new totals are Spades: 2.5x, Diamond: -13%, Heal: 150/2.0, Clubs: 50%, Joker: 1/5th chance)
- – Card Trick Spade reduced from +70% to +60%
- – Card Trick Heart scaling reduced from 1.25 to 1.0
- – Card Trick T3 Heart scaling increased from 0.5 to 0.75
- – Fixed Card Trick Heart heal doing full value for non-heroes (instead of half)
- – Card Trick cooldown increased from 0.5s to 0.6s
- – Card Trick Joker no longer bounces to other targets
- – Card Trick gaining charges (AP or shop) no longer automatically builds them up
- – Card Trick can now be alt casted to fire from the inverse order
- – Card Trick T3 Spade bonus reduced from +50% to +40%
- – Card Trick T3 Heart healing scale reduced from +0.75 to +0.5
- – Card Trick heart now only heals for half the amount for secondary targets in the area
- – Card Trick now randomly pulls cards out of a 2 deck stack (lowers overall variance. Gets a new 2 deck stack after that is depleted)
11-21-2025 Update · November 21, 2025
- – Card Trick base damage increased from 55 to 60
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FAQ
What is the cooldown of Card Trick?＋
Card Trick has a 0.6-second base cooldown before cooldown items or upgrades.
What are the Card Trick upgrades?＋
1 AP: +2 Charges 2 AP: +40 Damage and increased Spirit Scaling 5 AP: All suits are improved and higher chance for Jokers
When should you level Card Trick?＋
In the most played Wraith skill order (60.5% win rate over 14K games), Card Trick takes its first point at step 1 and gets 4 of the first 12 points, making it the first ability players max.
Which hero has Card Trick?＋
Card Trick is Wraith's ability 1. Wraith is a marksman whose other abilities are Project Mind, Full Auto, Telekinesis.