Welcome to Version 4.1, our largest and most significant update ever! We've completely rebuilt the game from the ground up to deliver a faster, more beautiful, and more meaningful strategic experience. Thank you for your incredible support! ETERNAL LIGHT: A NEW MEMORIAL ACT This update introduces our most important feature yet: a living, in-game memorial dedicated to the heroes who fell defending their people. This new, permanently free campaign act allows you to learn their stories and unlock their unique, powerful cards to carry their light forward. We are honored to add three new heroes to the Covenant: • Yaakov Ozeri • Saar Navarsky • Ofer Yung THE V4.1 ENGINE REBUILD & VISUAL OVERHAUL We've re-engineered the entire game for a premium, next-gen experience. • Performance Overhaul: Experience buttery-smooth gameplay, faster load times, and enhanced stability across all devices. • Next-Gen Holographics: Every Rare, Epic, Legendary, Mythic, and Divine card now features breathtaking, completely new holographic and foil effects powered by advanced Metal shaders. • Stunning New VFX: Dozens of new, high-impact visual effects have been added for keywords like Rush, Taunt, and Divine Shield, as well as for card abilities and reveals. • Revamped UI/UX: The entire user interface has been refined for a sleeker, more intuitive, and more responsive feel. OVERHAULED MULTIPLAYER & ELO SYSTEM The competitive multiplayer experience has been redesigned for true strategic depth. • Ranked Draft & Ranked Custom: Choose your path to victory! Master on-the-fly strategy in Ranked Draft, or perfect your own custom deck and bring it to the Ranked Custom ladder. Both modes have separate ELO ratings. • Weekly Leaderboards: In addition to the all-time leaderboards, you can now compete in weekly sprints to prove you're the best Tactician of the week. • LAN & Friend Battles: Local LAN play and direct challenges through Game Center are now more stable and responsive. SEAMLESS ICLOUD SYNC Your progress is now sacred. Your entire collection, campaign completions, custom decks, and currency are automatically and securely synced across all your iOS devices using your iCloud account. Play on your iPhone on the go and pick up right where you left off on your iPad at home. NEW CAMPAIGN CONTENT & BALANCE UPDATES • Campaign Expansion: The epic single-player story continues with new missions, dialogue, and cinematic events, pushing the narrative through to its dramatic conclusion in Act XXV. • Card Balancing: Numerous cards have been re-tuned for a healthier and more diverse multiplayer meta. Thank you for being a part of this journey. The Covenant endures because of you.

SYSTEM UPDATE ONLINE: THE MULTIPLAYER EXPANSION IS HERE Tacticians, the network has been secured. This massive update brings highly anticipated competitive features, global rankings, and brand-new tactical options to the simulation! NEW: RANKED MULTIPLAYER & ELO LEADERBOARDS * Live Matchmaking: Put your custom decks to the ultimate test! Queue up against real players worldwide in our new Live Ranked PvP mode. * Dynamic ELO System: Every victory and defeat matters. Climb the competitive ladder from Iron all the way to Grandmaster. * Global Leaderboards: See where you rank among the world's best Tacticians. Compete in seasonal leaderboard runs to prove your deck-building superiority. * Custom Deck Validation: A new secure deck-checking system ensures all ranked matches are perfectly balanced, requiring exactly 30 compiled cards. NEW: CAPTAINS ENTER THE FRAY * Expand your strategic arsenal with newly added Captains! These powerful new leaders introduce fresh synergies, game-changing abilities, and completely new ways to pilot your custom decks in PvP. NEW: LOCAL LAN MULTIPLAYER * Want to test a new deck or host a local tournament? You can now instantly host and join unranked multiplayer matches on the same local network (LAN) without needing Game Center. ADDITIONAL OPTIMIZATIONS: * Enhanced matchmaking stability and reduced latency for live multiplayer battles. * Updated UI for the Multiplayer Dashboard, featuring your current League, ELO stats, and Win/Loss records. * Streamlined the Deck Builder interface for faster custom deck adjustments between competitive matches. * Assorted bug fixes, balancing adjustments, and performance improvements for smoother gameplay across all devices. Connect to the grid and claim your rank. The simulation awaits!

LIVE MULTIPLAYER: THE GLOBAL MATRIX Engage in synchronous, head-to-head tactical warfare. Please note: Only LAN & live multiplayer is currently supported. Synchronous PvP: Test your deck-building integrity against live opponents in 1v1 matches via Game Center. The Sealed Protocol (Draft Mode): No deck? No problem. Enter the Draft Phase where participants select from randomized Covenant system architectures to compete on a level playing field. Elo Ranking [Incoming]: The ranking architecture is built; the global leaderboard and league progression (Bronze to Grandmaster) are officially activated! VISUAL OVERHAUL: METAL-ACCELERATED VFX We have rewritten our rendering pipeline using native Metal shaders to produce a truly high-fidelity cyberpunk atmosphere. Advanced Holographics: Experience the "Rainbow Foil" effect on Legendary and Mythic cards. CRT & Glitch Stills: New scanline filters and chromatic aberration effects amplify the "Simulation" feel. Optimized SpriteKit Layers: Battlefields now feature reactive particle systems for damage, healing, and synergy activations. CORE ENGINE & OPTIMIZATIONS Refined AI Logic: The Single-Player AI has been upgraded with a more aggressive heuristic engine for a steeper challenge in later campaign missions. iCloud Sync: Your collection, profile level, and custom decks now sync effortlessly across all your iOS devices. Enhanced Haptics: We’ve integrated the Core Haptics API—feel every strike, shield break, and pack rip with precision feedback.

THE LOCAL MULTIPLAYER & TACTICAL MASTERY UPDATE! We are thrilled to bring you a massive update focused on community, CCG mastery, and game performance. * Local Multiplayer PvP is Here: Battle your friends! Connect over the same local network (LAN) to test your custom decks against real opponents. (Note: Global Online Multiplayer is in the final stages of implementation and will be arriving in our next major update!) * New Tutorial Campaign Act: Whether you're a new Tactician learning how to play card games or a veteran refining your deck-building, our new Tutorial Act covers everything from the basics to advanced mechanics. * The Tactician's Guidebook: We've added a comprehensive in-game Guide detailing all abilities, triggers, keywords, and core strategies to help you master the simulation. * Revamped Visuals & VFX: Battles have never looked better. We’ve overhauled our visual effects for more explosive, immersive, and satisfying card combat. * Significant Performance Optimizations: We’ve rewritten core parts of the engine to ensure smoother gameplay, much faster load times, and better battery life across all devices. * New Memorial Cards: We've added 2 new special Memorial Cards to our tribute mechanism, honoring the bravery and sacrifice of fallen soldiers. Thank you for your incredible support. Keep building those decks—the Covenant endures!

THE SAGA IS COMPLETE! ACTS I-XXV NOW UNLEASHED! This is the largest update in Covenant Cards history, massively expanding the single-player campaign and completing the epic historical saga. Prepare to debug the timeline from the fall of ancient empires to the complex wars of the modern age! MASSIVE CAMPAIGN EXPANSION: THE GREAT WARS The single-player campaign has been expanded from 3 Acts to a colossal 25 Acts, introducing over 40 new story missions that take you through the most turbulent periods of history. (o) The Roman Purge (Acts VIII-X): Witness the destruction of the Second Temple by Titus, make a final stand at Masada, and battle Emperor Hadrian in the doomed Bar Kokhba revolt. (o) The Long Exile (Acts XI-XVI): Experience the Golden Age of Spain, survive the Spanish Inquisition, unlock the mystical secrets of Kabbalah in Safed, and endure the Pogroms of Eastern Europe before the First Aliyah. (o) The Return to Zion (Acts XVII-XIX): Command the pioneers of the Yishuv, break the British blockade aboard the Exodus, and fight for survival in the desperate 1948 War of Independence. (o) Modern Warfare (Acts XX-XXII): Execute the preemptive strike of the Six-Day War, hold the line in the surprise attack of the Yom Kippur War, and endure the Scud missile attacks of the Gulf War. (o) The Iron Swords (Acts XXIII-XXV): The final, climactic chapter. Battle through the "Black Sabbath" breach, dismantle the "Gaza Metro" of terror tunnels, command the F-35I Adir and Arrow 3 interceptors against a swarm of Iranian drones, and execute the final protocol against the Supreme Mainframe. NEW FEATURE: THE LINEAGE TREE Unlock a brand-new section of the Codex! The Lineage Tree is a massive, interactive, and explorable map of history, allowing you to trace the connections between heroes from Adam to King David to the modern day. Discover your collection in a whole new context and unlock exclusive Lineage cards. OVER 100+ NEW CARDS ADDED Card expansions have been fully integrated into the game, tripling the size of the collectible card pool. (o) New Covenants: Face off against the Roman, Inquisition, Ottoman, and Empire factions. (o) Modern Military Hardware: Unleash devastating new cards like the Merkava Mk. IV tank, the Iron Dome missile defense system, and the F-35I Adir stealth fighter. (o) Legendary New Heroes: Collect modern legends like David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, and Moshe Dayan. 25 Exclusive Campaign Reward Cards: Earn a unique, powerful Mythic or Divine card for completing each of the 25 Campaign Acts. UX & UI OVERHAUL (o) Enhanced Zoom: The Lineage Tree now zooms intuitively based on your pinch location, not just the center of the screen. (o) UI Padding Fixed: The top padding issue in the Battle, Codex, and Store views on portrait devices has been corrected for a cleaner, more immersive layout. (o) Compact Landscape Mode: The Codex view has been optimized for iPhones in landscape, providing a better card browsing experience. Thank you for your incredible support. The Covenant endures!