Clubs
Every player in ChessVS belongs to a club. Your club shapes your board's look, your passive ability, your card art, your AI opponent's personality, and the community you compete alongside.
The game launches with two clubs — Bitcoinia and Etheryst — with additional clubs introduced over time. Each new club arrives with its own spotlight season.
You can change your club freely until your first ranked season ends. After that, you can change it once per season, at the season break, and switching to a board of a different club counts as that change. Changing club in the game arrives in a later update. Read this page and the launch club pages before you commit.
Launch clubs
The two clubs available at Player Registration:
| Club | Style at a glance |
|---|---|
| Bitcoinia | Aggressive, attrition, relentless tempo |
| Etheryst | Combinatorial, deep combos — two abilities a turn, arriving later |
Same position, two clubs: your club decides how your board looks every time you play.
Bitcoinia and Etheryst launch together for Season 1 — Genesis War — and Season 2 — The Merge — respectively.
Choosing your launch club
There's no "best" club — each rewards a different style.
- Like aggression and pressure? Bitcoinia.
- Like deep strategy, combos, and high decision density? Etheryst.
Pick the identity you genuinely connect with — you'll be wearing it for a long time.
Future clubs
Additional clubs are planned for future seasons. Each will arrive with its own spotlight season, AI persona, board material, passive ability, and themed card collection. Names and details are announced ahead of each launch as they're confirmed — keep an eye on the Discord and your registered email for announcements.
Playing with other clubs
Your club is your home: it decides your board, your passive ability, your card art, and the community you represent.
Every ability is shared. No club owns an ability: every Battle Card can be played by every club. What belongs to a club is a card's edition. Your starter cards, and every card from a Standard Pack or a Battle Box, are universal, so anyone can play them. A club edition comes from a Club Pack. It is printed in one club's colors, carries that club's small upkeep perk, and is played by that club's members.
So when a new club arrives, its abilities are ones you can already play. Its club editions are for its members.
Cross-club team events, where clubs face each other as teams, are planned for a later season.