Attack cards

The basic Kingdom Key card.

Attack cards are part of the set of Cards used for gameplay in Chain of Memories and Re:Chain of Memories. Sora and Riku use attack cards to perform normal attacks, or to combine with other cards to perform sleights. Attack cards are identified by their red borders.

They represent the Keyblades used by Sora (and Soul Eater for Riku) in Kingdom Hearts; the only Keyblade missing is the "Jungle King", its absence unexplained. Also included are two Keyblades that were introduced in Final Mix: Diamond Dust and One-Winged Angel.

Re:Chain of Memories added six additional attack cards based on Keyblades that Sora obtained in Kingdom Hearts II, which can be obtained as game completion bonuses. In the 1.5 ReMIX re-release of Re:Chain of Memories, four of those attack cards were removed and replaced with four of the Keyblades that Roxas wields in 358/2 Days.

Mechanics

Attributes

All of Sora's attack cards posses their own attributes; strike, thrust, combo finish, and break recovery, along with a required Card Point (CP). Re:Chain of Memories also has an additional swing speed stat, which simply affects how fast Sora will attack. Similarly break recovery (also called CB recovery) affects how long you have to wait before you can act if you get a card break. Cards also have an element, typically physical, with a few outliers such as neutral, fire, ice, and lightning. Elements deal either more or less damage based on enemy vulnerabilities and resistances, varying between 50% more or less damage, or even healing them. Neutral is the only type that ignores these resistances.

Stats are indicated with a limit of eight possible levels, ranging from D, D+, C, C+, B, B+, A, and finally a star (☆). Note that cards show a general attack level when building a deck, which is based on their total average, and is a poor indicator of their true use in combos. The break recovery stat also does not have D or + levels, with a C lasting 117 milliseconds, which is lowered by 17 milliseconds by every level.

Sora's base damage stat is 10, and when it comes to the strike, thrust, and combo finish stat multipliers; the level D can be assumed to be ×0.5, with each incremental level adding ×0.5 power, culminating in ×4 for those with a star. Finishers are unique in that they always deal ×0.5 extra damage, meaning a B+ rank finisher will instead deal A rank damage. One-Winged Angel is unique in that it adds a bonus of ×2 instead of ×0.5, making it the most powerful finisher card.

Combos

Cards when used in a normal attack combo always perform three hits; a strike, a forwards thrust, and a finisher. Because of the way card damage is affected by their stat, actual damage output can vary wildly when the right card is used in the wrong place. For example, Oblivion has a combo finish of D, but a strike and thrust of A, making it terrible when used as the finisher, and very strong when used as the strike or thrust.

Card Points

Stat	Range	CP formula
☆	10~19	10 + (value − 1)
A	15~24	15 + (value − 1)
B	20~38	20 + ((value − 1) × 2)
C	25~43	25 + ((value − 1) × 2)
D	30~57	30 + ((value − 1) × 3)

CP affects how much a card cast and thus how many total you can put in your deck. Each level, ranging from D to a star (with no + levels), costs a set number of points, with an additional cost based on the card value. D cards always have a base cost 30 points, which lowers by 5 for each higher level, with a base of 10 for those with a star for their CP stat.

Typically stronger cards have a lower CP stat, thus making them exponentially more expensive. Cards with a value of 0 also function as if they have a value of 10 for the sake of the formula, thus making those the most expensive.

Enemy cards

Several enemy cards positively affect attack cards directly, such as the Guard Armor card's Wide Attack to slightly increase your range, and the Card Soldiers' card's Attack Haste to drastically improve your attack speed. The Search Ghost card's Drain lets you deal more damage and drain HP, but reduces experience gained. The Jafar-Genie card's Attack Bracer stops enemies from breaking your attack cards.

The Dragon Maleficent card's Overdrive grants increased damage at the cost of reload speed. The remake's new Organization XIII cards also includes the incredibly powerful Roxas card's Double Strike that doubles your attack card damage, or the Saïx card's Combo Boost that raises your damage until you suffer a card break.

Attack Cards

Sora's Story

Image	Element	Str	Thr	CF	BR	CP	Availability
	Journal description
Kingdom Key	Physical	D+	D+	D+	B	☆	Default
	Not very powerful, but reliable and easy to handle.
Lady Luck	Physical	C+	C+	D	B	A	Available everywhere upon entering Wonderland.
	A balanced weapon that is easy to handle.
Wishing Star	Physical	C	C	D+	A	A	Available everywhere upon entering Monstro.
	Not very powerful, but very easy to handle.
Olympia	Physical	C+	D+	B	A	A	Available everywhere upon entering Olympus Coliseum.
	Powerful with a quick recovery after card breaks.
Three Wishes	Physical	C+	D+	B	B	A	Available everywhere upon entering Agrabah.
	Fairly strong with a fast swing.
Pumpkinhead	Physical	C+	C+	D+	A	A	Available everywhere upon entering Halloween Town.
	Easy to handle with a fast recovery after card breaks.
Crabclaw	Physical	C	C	B+	☆	B	Available everywhere upon entering Atlantica.
	Easy to handle with an impressive recovery time after card breaks.
Fairy Harp	Physical	C+	C+	C	☆	B	Available everywhere upon entering Neverland.
	Easy to handle with a formidable swing speed.
Metal Chocobo	Neutral	C+	C+	B+	B	B	Key to Rewards room in Olympus Coliseum.
	A special attack card that can break through physical defenses. A bit difficult to handle.
Lionheart	Fire	B	B	B	A	B	Key to Rewards room in Traverse Town.
	A special attack card with fire-based attacks.
Spellbinder	Lightning	D+	A	D+	A	B	Talk to Owl. (Chain of Memories) Chest in 100 Acre Wood's Tigger's Playground. (Re:Chain of Memories)
	A special attack card with lightning-based attacks.
Divine Rose	Physical	A	D+	C	C	B	Available everywhere upon entering Hollow Bastion.
	Features a powerful strike and fast swing.
Oathkeeper	Physical	B	☆	B+	B	C	Talk to Naminé after defeating Darkside.
	A well-balanced weapon with a very powerful thrust.
Oblivion	Neutral	A	A	D	A	C	Talk to Naminé after defeating Larxene.
	A special attack card that can break through physical defenses. First-class strength.
Diamond Dust	Ice	B+	B+	B	☆	C	Available everywhere after defeating Marluxia's first phase.
	A special attack card with ice-based attacks. Powerful and the easiest to handle.
One-Winged Angel	Fire	C	C	☆	C	C	Available everywhere after defeating Marluxia's first phase.
	A special attack card with fire-based attacks. Exceptional combo finish.
Ultima Weapon	Physical	☆	☆	A	B	D	Bounty room in Castle Oblivion after defeating Marluxia's first phase, with a completed Reverse/Rebirth save file.
	The strongest attack card to be found.
Attack cards only available in Re:Chain of Memories
Monochrome	Neutral	D+	B	B+	C	B	Key to Rewards room in Olympus Coliseum.
	A special attack card that can break through physical defenses. Takes time to recover from card breaks.
Follow the Wind	Physical	C+	A	D	A	B	Key to Rewards room in Neverland.
	A well-balanced weapon with a powerful thrust and a short recovery time from card breaks.
Hidden Dragon	Physical	D+	C+	B+	A	B	Bounty room in Traverse Town.
	An attack card with weak strikes but powerful combo finishers.
Photon Debugger	Lightning	B	C+	B+	B	B	Key to Rewards room in Destiny Islands.
	A special attack card with lightning-based attacks.
Star Seeker	Physical	C	D+	B+	☆	A	Key to Rewards room in Castle Oblivion.
	An attack card with a powerful combo finish and the shortest recovery time from card breaks.
Bond of Flame	Fire	☆	C+	B	B	C	Key to Rewards room in Halloween Town.
	A special attack card with fire-based attacks. Delivers exceptionally powerful strikes.
Total Eclipse	Neutral	D+	B	B+	C	B	Key to Rewards room in Olympus Coliseum.
	A special attack card that can break through physical defenses. Takes time to recover from card breaks.
Midnight Roar	Physical	C+	A	D	A	B	Key to Rewards room in Neverland.
	A well-balanced weapon with a powerful thrust and a short recovery time from card breaks.
Maverick Flare	Physical	D+	C+	B+	A	B	Bounty room in Traverse Town.
	An attack card with weak strikes but powerful combo finishes.
Two Become One	Physical	B+	B+	B+	B	B	Key to Rewards room in Destiny Islands.
	A weapon with a powerful thrust and combo finish.

Reverse/Rebirth

Unlike Sora, Riku is limited to only a single attack card. The values and order of the Soul Eater cards are predetermined before entering a world and specifically designed to handle the enemies of that world. When in D Mode the damage output for his strikes and thrusts increases by 50%. Zexion will, during his bossfight, place Dummy Cards in Riku's deck that stun him when they are used.

Image	Location	Journal description
Soul Eater	Default	Reacts to dark power. Riku's strength is higher when he wields darkness in battle.
Dummy Card	Dropped by Zexion during battle.	A fake Soul Eater that stuns Riku if used.