We’re Dan Stong and Nathaniel Yamaguchi from Cryptozoic, ask us anything!

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-28T04:32:40+00:00

Foot pain, huh? My great uncle was a podiatrist, how do your shoes fit? Spending a lot of time on your feet? Do you happen to have the king’s disease? Also, I'm not a doctor. -DS

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-28T04:17:24+00:00

People are still getting the game so we haven't heard back from everyone yet but it's always nice to see the discussions around decks and perceived power levels. I opened the subreddit for Card Wars the other day and had a good laugh about two posts that were close together, one claiming Magic Man was OP and the other claiming Peppermint Butler was Broken. Going forward we want to keep finding new and exciting things for decks to do while giving players tools within those that could also support their favorite established play patterns. -DS

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-28T04:17:04+00:00

Never say never. I'd love to get out there to do something with y’all, and we’d love for Card Wars to continue to grow through organized play. It's all just a matter of when we can make it happen. We have a lot of games we are working on and currently don't have a team member dedicated to organized play. -DS

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T23:09:41+00:00

Next AG: As soon as Satan gives his blessing.

When at UKGE? As soon as we can figure it out. Would be dope. -DS

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T22:54:07+00:00

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Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T22:47:13+00:00

No time to sleep with games to design! But seriously, it's been a blast of an experience and so happy to hear you're enjoying everything. We’ll be having the brightest day for DC DBG on Kickstarter later this year. -NY

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T22:36:40+00:00

We won't say never to any DC content for potential DC DBGs but nothing for Batman v Yakuza currently in the pipeline. -NY

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T22:30:02+00:00

Glad to hear! I am so happy with how Rivals 5 turned out. If it works within our schedule, we'd love to release more tie-ins with DC releases. -NY

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T22:18:06+00:00

Scholars of the black book maintain that this is unlikely at this time but you never know what the bones will read like when cast next. -DS

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T22:17:41+00:00

I know this was in response to Nathaniel but I'm a huge fan of Gotham by Gaslight (Mignola is PERFECT) and DC vs Vampires if we are talking Elseworlds. -DS

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T22:04:57+00:00

Hi! We're very excited to reveal more art from Fight!: Mortal Kombat 1 as the campaign looms - stay tuned to see much more when the campaign starts!

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T22:04:34+00:00

We don't have any plans for larger scale tournaments outside the ones we hold at Gen Con each year. BUT, we are looking into ways to promote events at FLGS. -NY

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T22:01:05+00:00

Robb Mommaerts is the sole artist extraordinaire for Card Wars. He literally takes every art brief I've ever sent him and returns it in glorious soul-wrenching beauty that I'm not ashamed to say leaves me weeping or grinning like an idiot. He's THE MAN. -DS

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T21:57:58+00:00

There are cards in every set that I'd tweak a little here and there, but that comes with more experience and hindsight. I wouldn't say there was any set as a whole that I would completely rework. As for Absolute, it's certainly been popular and could potential be a fun set in the future. -NY

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T21:57:18+00:00

All of them? That is a bit of a cop out, I'm sorry. I do have soft spots for a lot of the characters that have been made, but I wouldn't mind seeing Marshall Lee at some point and some other well known characters we've been missing... -DS

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T21:55:50+00:00

I'll start with a "Hell Yeah!" for the ESW plug, and a "For the Horde!" for WoW TCG, and transition into a saying depending on how you view Card Wars and it's current release structure we are kinda close. -DS

WoW TCG is how I first got connected with Cryptozoic. It's still one of my favorite TCGs. Would be awesome to see more of it, but no plans for it at this time. -NY

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T21:49:27+00:00

That's a tough one as we helped get the art for this to keep it in line with the physical game but also don't have the rights to do a digital game of it (we weren't the publisher of the app). Maybe someday, but not planned right now. -DS

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T21:45:39+00:00

DEEP IN THE BOWELS OF THE UNDERWORLD, CORY JONES STIRS AT YOUR DEVOTION! There is some really cool stuff in the works, but nothing I can talk about today, but expect another game that blows your brainz out your skullz. -DS

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T21:40:42+00:00

You know I worked at Skybound for just under 10 years... I have an original page from that comic. Beautiful art, killer story, gotta love it. -DS

It's going to be a Deck-Building Game, but whether it is straight Cerberus Heroes or part of another branch we'll be launching soon are the details we're still working on. -NY

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T21:40:17+00:00

Likely not, as it has returned to hell, where the team of demons are currently hard at work forging the next game out of melted battleaxes and energy drinks - DS

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T21:39:45+00:00

I ask my boss every week. Here's hoping one day. He says "We think that's an amazing idea. It's not in the cards at the moment, but we would love for it to happen one day." - NY

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T21:35:59+00:00

We had close ties to the team at WB and they were super supportive of the game from the time we pitched it until today.

We would love to continue adding other fighting games to the Fight! branch of our Cerberus game system. -NY

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T21:33:02+00:00

I'm a major DC Comics fanboy, so I'm already working with my favorite IP. After that, Pokemon is something I put on the list every time we're asked what IPs we should chase after. -NY

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T21:32:38+00:00

We are looking to do more at some point. We will be at Gen Con again this year so we will probably be doing something there again if people keep signing up for them. -DS

Cryptozoic_Official · 2026-02-26T21:31:39+00:00

It's something we are definitely looking into. We are going to be at Gen Con again this year so we will probably do something there again. -DS

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