King of Time

Time travel and copied buffs. Portal sends the kingdom back 2 years at max level, Amplifier passes its buffs to neighbours, and Regression lowers a level while keeping the stats.

Unlock: Play for 999 years
Base card: Bastion
Other 8 cards: 2 troops, 2 buildings, 1 tower, 2 tomes, 1 enchantment
1.0 decrees: Power Grid, Debris

High-difficulty build

Warper plan (Vao): level a Warper fast. Regression lowers a level but keeps its stats, so the plot can level again. Since 1.0 it cannot target level-1 plots. Rewind replays your last cards. With Brutal (+1 Adrenaline stack) Vao’s Warper summons almost continuously, and Farms raise Warper count; Vao stops at 200 to 300 to avoid crashes.
Portal loops: a Portal sends the kingdom 2 years back at max level. Vao levels it instantly with Shrine and Overwork, loops back to the first council and takes Kintsugi repeatedly. Vao stops after 20 to 25 jumps to avoid breaking the time continuum, which warps the run to year 33 (Patch #27).
Enemies: avoid Greed and Nature, whose troops target the Warpers, and Spells early because its area damage clears summons.

Aevean (November 2026) rates Kintsugi and the buffed Amplifier and reports a five-win streak on King IX IX before the late patches. That makes two sources. King of Time covers Amplifier and Portal rules.

From Builds for every king, where the player guides behind each plan are listed. Run plan for all kings: How to beat King difficulty.

Deck: 9 cards

The first card is the base. You start a run with the base and 3 random cards from this deck.

Bastion
Base
Casts rifts that warp each enemy to the backline once. Rifts deal damage when cast.
Warper
Troop
Summons melee units that inherit half its stats.
Orbiter
Troop
Magnetic spellcaster. When an adjacent plot gets an enchantment, it gets it too.
Portal
Building
When this building reaches max level, your kingdom travels 2 years back in time.
Hourglass
Tower
Extremely slow tower. Releases a massive explosion when fully charged.
Amplifier
Building
Gives every buff it gains to one adjacent plot. Amplifies one extra plot per level.
Rewind
Tome
Throw this into the pit to replace your current hand with copies of your last played cards.
Regression
Tome
Brings plot back 1 level but retains all its current stats and effects.
Adrenaline
Enchantment
During battle, the troop gains attack speed every second it fights (shown as 1% per second since Patch #30).

Royal decrees

Decree	Effect	Limit
Big Bang	Hourglass's first attack now stuns enemies for 1 more second.	Repeatable without limit
Debris 1.0	Whenever you use Regression, you get +1 Temp Null card.	Up to 3 times
Devolve	A share of enemies are turned into kids with half of their stats (20% on the official wiki table).	Up to 3 times
Fracture	Travels 3 years back in time.	Repeatable
Kintsugi	Broken decrees are more powerful.	Up to 2 times
Loophole	Doubles the number of times Bastion's rifts warp enemies to the backline.	Up to 3 times
Megaminion	Warpers now summon giga tanks with double HP and Damage.	Up to 3 times
Power Grid 1.0	All current and future Amplifiers automatically level up once.	Once per run
Wormhole	Portals now travel 1 more year back in time.	Up to 3 times

Perks

Perk	Effect per rank	Ranks
Agile	All plots start with extra movement speed.	3
Brutal	Your troops start with +1 Adrenaline stack.	3
Destructive	Orbiters start with +40% damage.	3
Exiler	Bastion attacks warp enemies +1 time.	3
Horologist	Hourglass attacks start faster.	3
Invoker	Warpers' summons have more HP.	3
Manipulative	Enemies have reduced attack speed.	3
Physicist	Start with Portal cards.	3
Wise	Gives a bonus to all stats of all plots per year played.	3

Perk slots and ranks open with king levels. How perks and king levels work.

Guides for this king

King of Time guide: Amplifier, Portal, Regression and Rewind
How to beat King difficulty: perk board, year-5 decree, enemy re-rolls and the year-33 battle
Unlocking kings: every unlock counter and how it accumulates
Royal Council decrees: how the decree offer is built and which pools it draws from

Card, decree and perk lists: game data for version 1.0, imported 2026-11-13.