Commanders
Commanders lead your squad and bring battlefield-wide abilities that trigger on set turns. Hooligapps introduces them in pairs through official “Meet…” announcements; the abilities below are quoted from those announcements. New pairs arrive roughly monthly — check the news feed for the latest.
Domino & Verena (July 30, 2026)
Domino is built around Replica swarms: at the start of the turn she summons a Monolith that raises the Attack and Health of allied Replicas for each other spawned Replica (lasts 5 turns); on turn 3 she damages all wounded enemies for each Replica that appeared or died in the fight; on turn 6 she hits the enemy Commander for each Replica that appeared or died. Verena is her opposite — a sustain Commander who deploys Bioregenerators to keep the squad standing.
Elaine & Aurelia (July 23, 2026)
Elaine is a control Commander: on turn 1 she deploys a Familiar of Solitude with Rebirth that protects allies in its line, gives the allied Commander Diminishing Resistance, applies Antidote to stunned allies and damages all enemies for each empty allied cell; on turn 3 she transforms all wounded enemies into Shards that spawn Blast Stims on death; on turn 5 she uses Health Siphon to steal Health from the enemy Commander for each empty allied cell. Aurelia was introduced alongside her as the isolation-themed counterpart.
Wanda & Desiree (July 16, 2026)
Wanda bends enemies to her will: for the first three turns attackers who strike her squad are stunned for 2 turns and receive Infection, and she heals for every stunned enemy at the end of the turn; on turn 3 she applies Hypnotic Infection to all enemies; on turn 6 she gives every enemy mercenary a curse that makes them damage their own Commander before attacking. Desiree converts enemy healing and attacks into her own strength, draining life as the battle goes on.
Bernice & Alexa (June 2026)
An earlier Commander pair, introduced in June 2026 — covered in our news post from their announcement.
Mercenaries
Mercenaries are the cards you actually field. New ones usually debut as event rewards; these are the mercenaries named in recent official announcements:
- Maddie (Sneak Peek, July 29) — a fire specialist: gains Attack based on enemy barriers in her line, deals Fire damage along the line four times before attacking, is immune to Fire and gains Attack every second time anyone takes Fire damage.
- Mitsuki and Zelia — featured with Maddie in the Festival of Shadows event (July 30).
- Irma, Ravenna and Tsintah — the Deadly Thirst event trio (July 23).
- LoLa, Selina and Grace — Captain in Cyberland event (July 16); LoLa also runs the Virtual Maze simulations.
- Ginny and Casey — the Chicks Without Brakes Virtual Maze (July 20), going undercover at Echo City’s illegal night races.
- Morana, Kitty and Regina — Lust Goddess’s contenders in the Waifu Gala crossover festival (July 27).
Mercenaries belong to factions, and 24-hour Chosen Mercenary events let you hire one of three faction mercenaries — see the Events page for how those work.
All ability descriptions above are paraphrased from official Steam announcements dated June–July 2026. In-game values can change with balance patches.