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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The show ends with Sal Galgano defeated but at the cost of Flann's life. Sugar arrests Prince Noah for his role in Captain Young's murder, his involvement with the Klondikes, and his attempt to kill his brother Prince Louis. Because of this, the public becomes wary of the Royal Family with some calling for its abolishment. Regardless, High Card continues their main mission to collect the remaining Cards to bring an end to the misfortunes brought by the Cards.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The show ends with Sal Galgano defeated but at the cost of Flann's life. Sugar arrests Prince Noah for his role in Captain Young's murder, his involvement with the Klondikes, and his attempt to kill his brother Prince Louis. Because of this, the public becomes wary of the Royal Family with some calling for its abolishment. Regardless, High Card continues their main mission to collect the remaining Cards to bring an end to the misfortunes brought by the Cards. However, a lot of people died before and after the coronation of Louis as the new King, including Greg Young and a lot of Royal Guard soldiers.]]


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* RedShirtArmy: The Fourlandian Royal Guard unit gets trounced in both seasons when they're suppose to protec the Royal Family and [=VIPs=] in the castle. In the first season, Klondike Mafia soldiers conduct a special forces-like raid on the royal castle. In the second season, San Galgano massacres most of its soldiers while trying to get the Joker card.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:At the end of the show, San Galgino is finally stopped but there are still some Cards out there that are unaccounted for. While the public slowly mistrusts the Royal Family after former Prince Noah's involvement with the Klondikes, High Card continues their mission to collect the remaining Cards.]]

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* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:At the end of the show, San Galgino Galgano is finally stopped but there are still some Cards out there that are unaccounted for. While the public slowly mistrusts the Royal Family after former Prince Noah's involvement with the Klondikes, High Card continues their mission to collect the remaining Cards.]]



* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The show ends with Sal Galgino defeated but at the cost of Flann's life. Sugar arrests Prince Noah for his role in Captain Young's murder, his involvement with the Klondikes, and his attempt to kill his brother Prince Dylan. Because of this, the public becomes wary of the Royal Family with some calling for its abolishment. Regardless, High Card continues their main mission to collect the remaining Cards to bring an end the misfortunes brought by the Cards.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The show ends with Sal Galgino Galgano defeated but at the cost of Flann's life. Sugar arrests Prince Noah for his role in Captain Young's murder, his involvement with the Klondikes, and his attempt to kill his brother Prince Dylan.Louis. Because of this, the public becomes wary of the Royal Family with some calling for its abolishment. Regardless, High Card continues their main mission to collect the remaining Cards to bring an end to the misfortunes brought by the Cards.]]



* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler:In her dying moments, Burst believes that despite Sal Galgino completely possessing him, TILT/Flann is still in there. In the last episode, Chris and Finn try their best to awaken Flann from Sal Galgino's control. But despite taking the King of Spades card away from Flann, Finn has no choice but to kill his brother.]]

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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler:In her dying moments, Burst believes that despite Sal Galgino Galgano completely possessing him, TILT/Flann is still in there. In the last episode, Chris and Finn try their best to awaken free Flann from Sal Galgino's Galgano's control. But despite taking the King of Spades card away from Flann, Finn has no choice but to kill his brother.]]
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:At the end of the show, San Galgino is finally stopped but there are still some Cards out there that are unaccounted for. While the public slowly mistrusts the Royal Family after former Prince Noah's involvement with the Klondikes, High Card continues their mission to collect the remaining Cards.]]


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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The show ends with Sal Galgino defeated but at the cost of Flann's life. Sugar arrests Prince Noah for his role in Captain Young's murder, his involvement with the Klondikes, and his attempt to kill his brother Prince Dylan. Because of this, the public becomes wary of the Royal Family with some calling for its abolishment. Regardless, High Card continues their main mission to collect the remaining Cards to bring an end the misfortunes brought by the Cards.]]


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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler:In her dying moments, Burst believes that despite Sal Galgino completely possessing him, TILT/Flann is still in there. In the last episode, Chris and Finn try their best to awaken Flann from Sal Galgino's control. But despite taking the King of Spades card away from Flann, Finn has no choice but to kill his brother.]]


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* KillTheOnesYouLove: [[spoiler:In the end, Finn is forced to kill his brother Flann to prevent Sal Galgino from taking control of him. Before he passes, Flann is able to say happy birthday to Finn as he and Lala go into the light.]]


The show has been renewed for a second season, which started airing on January 8, 2024.

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The show has been renewed for a second season, which started airing on January 8, 2024. At the end of Season 2, a special episode entitled "THE FLOWERS BLOOM" was announced which would focus on Vijay.

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* SacrificialRevivalSpell: [[spoiler:An X-Hand composed of the four "5" Cards is capable of this. When he was a kid, Chris got saved by his father using said hand. Episode 11 reveals that Chris was secretly reuniting the Cards to use it again, this time to sacrifice himself to save his sickly little sister.]]

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* SacrificialRevivalSpell: [[spoiler:An X-Hand composed of the four "5" Cards is capable of this. When he was a kid, Chris got saved by his father using said hand. Episode 11 reveals that Chris was secretly reuniting the Cards to use it again, this time to sacrifice himself to save his sickly little sister.]] [[spoiler:Episode 23 then has Burst uses an X-Hand of the 5, 4, 3, and 2 of Hearts (while transformed into Chris via her Ace of Hearts) to revive Chris, at the cos of her own life.]]


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** "Sweet Home": Holy ''crap''! [[spoiler:We learn what really happened on the night Finn lost his parents, along with the reveal that ''Ban Klondike'' was the one who killed them, not Tilt/San Galgano. Tilt reveals his real name is Flann Oldman and he's Finn's older brother. Not to mention he's bene using Burst's Card to be Apple Link to be close to Finn. And in a fit of rage at Chris, Flann fatally stabs him with San Galgano's before heading to the royal palace to kill the Joker. Chris then dies due to his injuries but Burst then uses her Card to transform into Chris and uses an X-Hand to revive him, sacrificing herself while telling Finn that there's still a chance to save Flann.]]
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** "Winner or Loser": [[spoiler:We finally see Ban Klondike's StartOfDarkness. It turns out that his father was killed in a terrorist attack and that Ban was going to use an X-Hand to reverse time to save him, but Theodore stopped him. Theodore also breaks the rules and does an X-Hand to save Leo but is killed by Tilt. Before subcomming Theodore reveals that the reason he prevented Ban from saving his father was to save Ban. So Ban uses an X-Hand to reverse time, at the cots of his own life. Oh, and Tilt turns into the Black Knight again as ''eats Finnn''.]]

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** "Winner or Loser": [[spoiler:We finally see Ban Klondike's StartOfDarkness. It turns out that his father was killed in a terrorist attack and that Ban was going to use an X-Hand to reverse time to save him, but Theodore stopped him. Theodore also breaks the rules and does an X-Hand to save Leo but is killed by Tilt. Before subcomming dying, Theodore reveals that the reason he prevented Ban from saving his father was to save Ban. So Ban uses an X-Hand to reverse time, at the cots cost of his own life. Oh, and Then, Tilt turns into the Black Knight again as he ''eats Finnn''.Finn''.]]
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** "Winner or Loser": [[spoiler:We finally see Ban Klondike's StartOfDarkness. It turns out that his father was killed in a terrorist attack and that Ban was going to use an X-Hand to reverse time to save him, but Theodore stopped him. Theodore also breaks the rules and does an X-Hand to save Leo but is killed by Tilt. Before subcomming Theodore reveals that the reason he prevented Ban from saving his father was to save Ban. So Ban uses an X-Hand to reverse time, at the cots of his own life. Oh, and Tilt turns into the Black Knight again as ''eats Finnn''.]]
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** Starting with "Once Upon a Time", the ending theme includes a younger Theodore, Ban, Norman, and Greg playing poker and having fun, which was covered to cancel their faces before.

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* AnyoneCanDie: While some side characters do end up dying, [[spoiler:Captain Young's death signals that no one among the main cast is safe]].



** "Lala Valdenklein" [[spoiler:reveals the true history of Fourland and the origin of the Cards. It is also revealed that there's a 53rd card, Joker, which is under the possession of the Royal Family.]]

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** "Lala Valdenklein" [[spoiler:reveals the true history of Fourland and the origin of the Cards. It is also revealed that there's a 53rd card, Joker, which King Ewan is under the possession one who requested Lala to create the Joker card.]]
** "Coming Day": [[spoiler:It turns out TILT as the Black Knight was present during the massacre
of Finn's family. Then, at the end of the episode, Captain Young gets killed by an assassin hired by the Royal Family.]]

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* EvolvingCredits: By "Power Game", the opening credits are updated with Wendy in her Love-P persona.

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By "Power Game", the opening credits are updated with Wendy in her Love-P persona.persona.
** The second season opening for "Coming Day" changed where Finn confronts [[spoiler:TILT]] instead of the Black Knight.
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** "Lala Valdenklein" [[spoiler:reveals the true history of Fourland and the origin of the Cards. It is also revealed that there's a 53rd card, Joker, which ]]

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** "Lala Valdenklein" [[spoiler:reveals the true history of Fourland and the origin of the Cards. It is also revealed that there's a 53rd card, Joker, which is under the possession of the Royal Family.]]

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* HumansAreBastards: [[spoiler:This is Lala's current perspective on how the Players in modern times use their Cards. He realizes that the Cards brought nothing but misery to everyone due to selfishness and greed. He requests Finn to kill him so that the Cards would no longer bring more misery to the people]].



** "Lala Valdenklein" [[spoiler:reveals the true history of Fourland and the origin of the Cards.]]

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** "Lala Valdenklein" [[spoiler:reveals the true history of Fourland and the origin of the Cards. It is also revealed that there's a 53rd card, Joker, which ]]


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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: As revealed in "Lala Valdenklein", [[spoiler:King Ewan's wish was that he hoped the Cards would be used for the sake of the people's happiness. Unfortunately, as centuries passed by, many Players had been abusing the Cards' powers for their selfish means. Lala believes it would be best if he dies so that the Cards would disappear, freeing everyone. However, Finn refuses to kill him because he believes his Card helped other people, and while he understands that the Cards brought tragedy to others, he believes that it's his and High Card's mission to use their Cards to end the tragedies.]]
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* JurisdictionFriction: The police and High Card would often clash with each other. This increases more in the second season [[spoiler:where Sugar arrests all the High Card, believing that the police should be the ones who would handle the Players and X-Playing Cards despite the lack of skilled. Players in the police forces]].

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* JurisdictionFriction: The police and High Card would often clash with each other. This increases more in the second season [[spoiler:where Sugar arrests all the High Card, Card members, believing that the police should be the ones who would handle the Players and X-Playing Cards despite the lack of skilled. Players in the police forces]].
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* JurisdictionFriction: The police and High Card would often clash with each other. This increases more in the second season [[spoiler:where Sugar arrests all the High Card, believing that the police should be the ones who would handle the Players and X-Playing Cards despite the lack of skilled. Players in the police forces]].


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* PensieveFlashback: In the Season 2 episode, "Lala Valdenklein", [[spoiler:the mage Lala shows Finn the true history of Fourland and the X-Playing Cards by letting him experience his memories firsthand]].


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** "Lala Valdenklein" [[spoiler:reveals the true history of Fourland and the origin of the Cards.]]

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*** When Greg narrates to Sugar that he was forced to sign a police NDA, it mentions that the X-Cards are a national security concern that confidentiality needs to be maintained.



* GovernmentConspiracy: Season 2 shows that the Royal Family is hiding something about the X-Cards that none of the High Card members except Theodore knew about, particularly with the actual history of the Cards. Even Captain Young, who used to work with Theodore before, is suspicious of the Royal Family's secret.



* {{Masquerade}}: None of the general public knew that the X-Playing Cards existed except for the Royal Family, Pinochle, the Klondike family, some members of the police force (Young and Sugar), Who's Who, and unaffiliated Players. Any incidents related to the Cards are usually covered up and censored by the authorities.



* PoliceAreUseless: The Royal Family prefers to have High Card collect the Cards because the police are too ill-equipped to handle the Players as seen in "Prisoners" [[spoiler:where Zenon uses his Card's abilities to dismantle the police force with ease]]. It doesn't even help that according to Zenon, [[spoiler:Klondike has moles with in the police force]].

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* PoliceAreUseless: The Royal Family prefers to have High Card collect the Cards because the police are too ill-equipped to handle the Players as seen in "Prisoners" [[spoiler:where Zenon uses his Card's abilities to dismantle the police force with ease]]. It doesn't even help that according to Zenon, [[spoiler:Klondike has placed moles with in within the police force]].
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* PoliceAreUseless: The Royal Family prefers to have High Card collect the Cards because the police are too ill-equipped to handle the Players as seen in "Prisoners" [[spoiler:where Zenon uses his Card's abilities to dismantle the police force with ease]].

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* PoliceAreUseless: The Royal Family prefers to have High Card collect the Cards because the police are too ill-equipped to handle the Players as seen in "Prisoners" [[spoiler:where Zenon uses his Card's abilities to dismantle the police force with ease]]. It doesn't even help that according to Zenon, [[spoiler:Klondike has moles with in the police force]].

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