The game’s 16th card set, World Uprooted, introduced a few mechanics that caused some confusion among both old and new players, including the fusion mechanic.
Shadowverse’s 16th card set, released in March 2020, introduced a lot of new features, some of which took the players by surprise. The fusion mechanic is the first feature in the game that requires the players to manually do something to their hand before playing it. So how does fusion work, exactly?
How to Fuse in Shadowverse
Some cards can fuse into other cards to power them up. The trait the card will fuse into should be next to the fusion. To do this, you click on the card with a fusion option in your hand, select it, and chose another card you want to fuse it with. You can do this on any of your turns, even the ones that don’t allow you to play the cards you’re fusing.
Fused Cards
Keep in mind that the cards you fuse into the fusion card work as if they were discarded, which doesn’t always make fusion the best possible option.
On top of that, your opponent will see the fusions you do, so it’s a good idea to use these only right before you can get a good turn to play the best cards you have. Also, you can perform this action on a card only once per turn.
However, you can also fuse multiple cards at once, so saving up a few powerful fusions for one powerful play can turn the tides of a match momentarily.