Outthink your opponent, one card at a time.

LINGDOU is a two-player strategy card game built around three elements: Water, Wood and Fire. Choose your card in secret, lock it in, and reveal together. Win by leaving your opponent with no cards or no playable move.

Every card has a chance:
- Element advantage adds +3: Water against Fire, Fire against Wood, and Wood against Water. Then compare the numbers.
- With the same element, 1 beats 9. Otherwise, the higher number wins.
- Keep your own winning card. Discard a losing card. A tie discards both.
- Swap trades only the two cards played that round. Its new owner cannot use it next round—so timing matters.

Learn through a guided, untimed tutorial, practice against three AI difficulty levels, or challenge another player through the online lobby.

Each regular game deals 14 cards per player, with starting totals of 67 and 68 and at least three cards of each element. Start with 60 seconds on your clock and gain 10 seconds when the game continues into another round. Your clock stops once you lock your card.

Make the table your own with seven card-face styles, independently selectable card backs, and personal table backgrounds. Cosmetics do not change the rules.

Available in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean. The game detects your browser language; you can change it through Language at any time.

Your next winning move might be your smallest card.

LINGDOU: Elemental Card Duel