# Mage Knight: Ultimate Edition

Mage Knight: Ultimate Edition is a board game for 1–5 players. It plays in 150 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 1. It is rated 8.7 out of 10 by 57 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $97.99 (United States).

- **Players:** 1–5 (best with 1)
- **Playing time:** 150 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 4.7 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2018
- **Categories:** Adventure, Fighting, Fantasy, Exploration
- **Mechanics:** Card Play Conflict Resolution, Variable Player Powers, Role Playing, Solo / Solitaire Game, Dice Rolling, Cooperative Game, Grid Movement, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Hand Management, Open Drafting, Tile Placement, Modular Board
- **Ludoya rating:** 8.7 out of 10, from 57 reviews
- **Owned by:** 167 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 324
- **Unique players:** 123

**Designers:** Vlaada Chvátil, Phil Pettifer, Paul Grogan

**Artists:** Dallas Williams, J. Lonnee, Chris Raimo, Milan Vavroň, Octographics, Jens Wiese, Tariq Hassan, John Camacho

**Publishers:** WizKids (I)

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cardhaus Games | 97.99 $ | https://www.cardhaus.com/mage-knight-ultimate-edition/ |
| Atomic Empire | 99.99 $ | https://www.atomicempire.com/Item/241620 |
| Mathom | 118.76 € | https://mathom.es/es/otros-juegos-de-tablero/39734-mage-knight-edicion-definitiva-2-edicion-8435450219290.html |
| Spelexperten | 1294 kr | https://www.spelexperten.com/sallskapsspel/strategispel/mage-knight-ultimate-edition.html |
| Zatu Games | 102.35 £ | https://zatu.com/products/mage-knight-boardgame-ultimate-edition |
| La Gameria | 121.5 € | https://gameria.es/juegos-de-mesa/mage-knight-edicion-definitiva-11260.html |
| Alphaspel | 1499 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/88065-mage-knight-ultimate-edition-en |
| Game Ninja | 1699 kr | https://www.gameninja.no/produkt/mage-knight-board-game-ultimate-edition/ |

## Expansions

- [Mage Knight: The Apocalypse Dragon](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mage-knight-the-apocalypse-dragon)

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## Rules questions

### Can I play any card sideways as Move/Influence/Attack/Block, and can I play Wound cards that way?

Any non‑Wound Deed card can be played sideways to provide Move 1, Influence 1, Attack 1 or Block 1, but cards played sideways cannot provide Ranged/Siege or elemental effects; Wound cards cannot be played at all or played sideways. (p.4)

### If my Deed deck is empty at the start of my turn, can I end the round?

Yes — if your Deed deck is empty at the start of your turn you may announce the End of the Round (forcing each other player one more turn); you must announce End of Round if both your Deed deck and your hand are empty. (p.5)

### How do Wounds work — do they go to my hand, can I discard them, and how do I heal them?

When you take damage you put Wound cards into your hand (they cannot be discarded except by an effect that explicitly allows it); you can discard Wounds when you Rest (standard rest or slow recovery) and any Wounds in hand are shuffled back into your Deed deck at round end; healing is done by spending Healing points (Heal X effects) or buying healing at villages/monasteries to remove Wound cards or heal Wounded Units. (pp.5, 10)

### When an enemy deals damage, do 1 point of damage wound a Unit and how does Armor work?

Assigning any damage to an unwounded Unit places a Wound on it (even 1 point); the Unit’s Armor then reduces the remaining damage, and Units with the appropriate resistance absorb damage differently (resistance can double effective Armor before Wounding). For the Hero, each assigned wound puts a Wound card into your hand and you reduce damage by your Hero Armor when assigning it. (p.8)

### How many Units can I have and when do I get more Command tokens?

Each Unit you control must have its own Command token and you start the game with one Command token (so one Unit); when you advance to certain levels you gain additional Command tokens (you receive another Command token when you advance to an odd‑numbered level and some Level token changes convert into Command tokens). (pp.3–4, 9)

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mage-knight-ultimate-edition)
- [Mage Knight: Ultimate Edition in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/mage-knight-ultimate-edition)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/248562)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._