Clash Royale’s current season, King vs. King, is built around competition: a new King of Cards event runs Nov 9 to Dec 7, Giant and Mirror get Evolutions, a Royal Market opens, and the new Crown Series adds best-of-3 Duel tournaments with their own leagues. Everything below comes from Supercell’s season post (Oct 27) and its Crown Series post (Nov 8), both read at 17:09 UTC on Nov 9, 2026.
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Quick answer: what’s live in the King vs. King season
- King of Cards event: Nov 9 to Dec 7, with a different set of boosted win conditions each week and Crown Tokens as rewards.
- New Evolutions: Giant (Pass Royale or Wild Shards) and Mirror (Shop from the second week, or Wild Shards). Both are boosted for the full season.
- Royal Market: Nov 9 to Dec 7, a shop you pay for with Crown Tokens.
- Crown Series: Duel tournaments from Arena 17 (6,000 Trophies), Friday 09:00 UTC to Monday 09:00 UTC.
- Deck Wizard: builds a deck from your collection; arrives in Week 2 on a testing basis, so it may reach you later.
The Crown Series adds best-of-3 Duel tournaments from Arena 17. Image: Supercell
Clash Royale King vs. King season calendar (dates in UTC)
Supercell gives dates, not start hours, for most items, so check the in-game News tab for exact switch-over times. Where the post names a time, it is shown.
| What | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| CRL World Finals | Nov 6 to 8 (matches 03:00 UTC daily) | Shanghai; already finished |
| Daily Puzzles (first set) | Nov 2 to 8 | Finished; Supercell says a second set comes later in the season |
| King of Cards event | Nov 9 to Dec 7 | Boosted win conditions change weekly |
| Royal Market | Nov 9 to Dec 7 | Fully open from Week 2 |
| Quick Wit Challenge | Nov 16 to 23 | Weekly challenge |
| Beatdown Challenge | Nov 23 to 30 | Weekly challenge |
| Siege & Chip Challenge | Nov 30 to Dec 7 | Weekly challenge |
| Crown Series tournaments | Fri 09:00 UTC to Mon 09:00 UTC | 72 hours each; exact weekends are not listed in the post |
For readers outside UTC: 09:00 UTC is 04:00 US Eastern, 01:00 US Pacific and 14:30 in India (standard time, November).
New Evolutions: Giant and Mirror
Giant Evolution. Supercell describes an Evolved Giant that keeps targeting buildings but becomes enraged as it takes damage, leaving a trail of Rage that boosts the troops following it. Each of its attacks makes the Rage trail bigger. You unlock it through Pass Royale or with Wild Shards. For context, the base Giant is a 5-elixir Rare card, per the Clash Royale community wiki.
Mirror Evolution. Evolved Mirror copies the last card you played, but evolved, with one extra level. The card has to have an Evolution, but it does not need to be in an Evo Slot or in your collection. If the card has no Evolution, you get what base Mirror gives: the same card, one level higher. It appears in the Shop from the second week of the season, and you can also unlock it with Wild Shards.
King of Cards event: boosted win conditions by week
King of Cards runs Nov 9 to Dec 7. Giant and Mirror are boosted for the full season, and from Week 2 a new set of win conditions is boosted each week. The event and the weekly challenges walk you through every win condition and pay out Crown Tokens and other rewards. Supercell’s sets are:
| Week | Boosted win conditions (Supercell’s list) |
|---|---|
| Week 2 (from Nov 9) | Battle Ram, Hog Rider, Mortar, Minion Giant, Goblin Barrel |
| Week 3 | Balloon, Royale Hogs, Three Musketeers, Royal Giant, Ram Rider, Wall Breakers |
| Week 4 | Goblin Giant, Skeleton Barrel, Golem, Electro Giant, Lava Hound, Elixir Golem |
| Week 5 | X-Bow, Miner, Graveyard, Goblin Drill |
The post dates Week 2 to Nov 9 and the three challenges to Nov 16, 23 and 30, so Weeks 3 to 5 most likely start on those Mondays. That is our reading of the calendar, not a date Supercell prints next to each set.
Royal Market and Crown Tokens
The Royal Market is open Nov 9 to Dec 7 and sells items and cosmetics in exchange for Crown Tokens, a limited-time currency earned through events and in the Shop. It is fully open from Week 2, and the most coveted items unlock once you have spent 3,000 Crown Tokens.
Crown Series: how the new Duel tournaments work
The Crown Series is a new competition that returns every season. You can enter its tournaments from Arena 17, at 6,000 Trophies. Every tournament uses the Duel format: a best-of-3 match played with pre-built decks.
Duel Deck and Deck Wizard
Your Duel Deck is four separate 8-card decks, and each card can only be used once across all four. You can play with only three decks (24 unique cards) or build all four (32 cards) for more flexibility against your opponent. The Deck Wizard replaces the Magic Wand: it can generate a deck from scratch from your collection, or build one around a win condition you choose, and it takes your other decks into account so the cards do not overlap.
The 13 leagues and their card-level caps
When you first join, the game places you in a League by estimating your skill from Trophy Road progress, your best Ranked and Ultimate Champion finishes, and any earlier Crown Series results. Leagues 1 to 8 are Dagger, Pancake, Mustache, Magic, Hammer, Armor, Phantom and Queen’s League. Leagues 9 to 13 form the King’s League, where Duel Weekends can match you against anyone in those five leagues (not in Grand Duel weekends). You can move up a League at the start of each tournament, and placement is recalculated when a new season begins.
The 13 Crown Series leagues, from Dagger League to the five-tier King's League. Image: Supercell
Matches use your own collection levels, capped per league to keep things fair:
| League | Card-level cap |
|---|---|
| Leagues 1 to 2 | Level 11 |
| Leagues 3 to 4 | Level 12 |
| Leagues 5 to 6 | Level 13 |
| League 7 | Level 14 |
| League 8 | Level 15 |
| Leagues 9 to 13 (King’s League) | Level 16 |
Duel weekends and Grand Duel weekends
Each tournament lasts 72 hours, from Friday 09:00 UTC to Monday 09:00 UTC. A season brings three or four Duel weekends: regular Duels first, then a Grand Duel, then a break weekend. Supercell’s two examples:
| Season length | Weekend order |
|---|---|
| 4 weeks | Duel, Duel, Grand Duel, Break |
| 5 weeks | Duel, Duel, Duel, Grand Duel, Break |
- Duel weekend: win 8 matches before taking 3 losses. Rewards are bundled and collected at the end of your run, and more wins mean bigger rewards.
- Grand Duel, Leagues 1 to 8: the same idea, but you need 12 wins before 4 losses. Rewards arrive in the days after the event ends.
- Grand Duel, King’s League: play up to 20 battles for a leaderboard place. Wins are capped, so many players tie. Tiebreakers, in order: fewer losses, more net battles won across your Duels, stronger opponents beaten, and reaching your final score first.
Supercell says top King’s League finishers in a Grand Duel can win a Pass Royale on top of other rewards, delivered to your Supercell ID so you can activate it any time. It says the full Grand Duel rewards “will be revealed closer to the date”, so they are not listed here.
Duel weekend rewards for 8 wins
Supercell published a reward ladder from 0 to 8 wins for every league. This table shows the top rung (8 wins) as Supercell lists it.
| League | 8-win reward |
|---|---|
| Dagger | 8 random Epic cards, 80 random Rare cards, 200 random Common cards, 4,800 Gold |
| Pancake | 400 Common Wild Cards, 12 random Epic cards, 100 random Rare cards, 10,000 Gold |
| Mustache | 100 Rare Wild Cards, 800 Common Wild Cards, 16 random Epic cards, 20,000 Gold |
| Magic | 16 Epic Wild Cards, 140 Rare Wild Cards, 1,200 Common Wild Cards, 28,000 Gold |
| Hammer | 20 Epic Wild Cards, 260 Rare Wild Cards, 4 random Legendary cards, 30,000 Gold |
| Armor | 4 Legendary Wild Cards, 40 Epic Wild Cards, 280 Rare Wild Cards, 40,000 Gold |
| Phantom | 4 Legendary Wild Cards, 60 Epic Wild Cards, 4 random Champions, 44,000 Gold |
| Queen | 4 Champion Wild Cards, 4 Legendary Wild Cards, 80 Epic Wild Cards, 60,000 Gold |
| King | 8 Champion Wild Cards, 8 Legendary Wild Cards, 100 Epic Wild Cards, 120,000 Gold |
Supercell's Duel reward ladder: more wins unlock bigger rewards in every league. Image: Supercell
What Supercell hasn’t said yet
- The exact dates of the Crown Series weekends in this season (only the Friday 09:00 to Monday 09:00 UTC window is given).
- The full Grand Duel rewards, which Supercell says will be revealed closer to the date.
- The contents of the second Daily Puzzles set (“stay tuned”).
- Whether the Crown Series is the “New Competitive Mode…???” the Oct 27 post teased for the World Finals. The Nov 8 post does not link the two.
FAQ
When does the Clash Royale King of Cards event end?
Dec 7, 2026. It started Nov 9, and Supercell lists a new set of boosted win conditions for each week from Week 2.
Can I play the Crown Series right now?
You need Arena 17 and 6,000 Trophies. Tournaments run Friday 09:00 UTC to Monday 09:00 UTC; Supercell’s post does not name which weekend is first this season, so watch the in-game News.
Are there Clash Royale codes for this season?
Our Clash Royale codes page covers what can be redeemed; at our Nov 5 check there were no free gem codes.
More live mobile event pages: Supercell’s sister game in our Clash of Clans events calendar, the Brawl Stars codes page and the Pokémon GO November 2026 events guide.
Sources: Supercell, New Season: King vs. King! (Oct 27, 2026) and Crown Series! (Nov 8, 2026), read 17:09 UTC; Clash Royale Wiki (Fandom), Giant page, read 17:10 UTC.
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