PvP

Win one PvP duel, then go back to the map. Duelist says "Win a PvP duel" and had 456 awards on 15 November 2026. That is the size of Blightroot Hollow's crowd, and a rounding error next to the Forest. PvP exists. It is not where the game is played.

What the duel is

The live page does not describe the format. An older about text, replaced around 9 November, said 1v1 and 2v2. Keep that as history. Queue whatever button the game shows you now, and expect a duel, because that is the word on the badge. Your story deck is the deck. There is no published PvP-only spell. Schools are not split into duel tiers. Flame through Steel remain the same eight names.

A Tier V card matters here as much as anywhere. Perfected had 6,750 awards, so many players you might meet have one, and many more players never queue. If you walk in on a rank-one Forest card, the badge will stay rare for a reason that is your fault.

When to queue

After Frostfang Pass, not before. You want a deck that has survived a wall. Queue a few times. If you win, you are done with the badge. If you lose, the fix is the same card you are raising for Thaddeus Crowe, not a new race. No duel badge mentions a lineage. Race Rerolls will not print a win.

Do not skip Gambit Court or the Labyrinth because the duel queue is shiny. Those clears are as rare as the duel and they are PvE progress. The duel is a side badge from 11 October, the same day as Insane and the depths.

Parties and duels

A story party is one to five. A duel is not that party. Do not drag four friends into a story land and call it practice for a 1v1 that the live page no longer promises. Practice packs in Insane if you want harder PvE. Queue the duel if you want the badge.

Keep going with Decks, Cards, Which race, Frostfang Pass, Party, and Difficulties.

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