The Awakening · Character
Cao Ling
The Emo Shashou are an ancient order of demon hunters from the remote villages of China, sworn to eradicate the creatures known as the Discarded. Carrying on his ancestors’ legacy, Cao Ling rises as the order’s modern champion, traveling to the United States to join Clarity and continue the relentless hunt against the so-called demons threatening the world. In the TCG, Cao Ling specializes in uncovering hidden threats, exposing Traps, and wielding his weapons with precision to fight back against any enemy standing in his path.
Character file
- Era
- The Awakening
- Affiliation
- Rogue
- Home world
- Earth
- Contender color
- White
- Contender versions
- Cao Ling, Swift Warrior
- First card
- The Awakening (Set 1), 2023
- Contender debut
- Unrivaled (Set 3), 2024
- In the TCG
- 11 unique cards: The Awakening (Set 1), Unrivaled (Set 3), Genesis Returns (Set 4), Equilibrium (Set 5), Spoils of the Forgotten
- Card art by
- Sonderflex, Kyle Petchock, Muhamad Faizal Fikri, Polar Engine
- In the news
- Clashground: Retford Recap · August 19, 2026
In the TCG
Cao Ling cards
How Cao Ling plays
- Cao Ling, the Huntsman (AC3-063 · White Clash, cost 5, 4/5): You may play this card without paying its resource cost by sending one Clash card you control with an initial resource cost of five or more to Oblivion. Trigger - Enter: You may put target Accessory an opponent controls on top of its owner's deck. At the end of your turn, if this card has an attached Weapon, ready this card.You may only play one [Cao Ling, the Hunstman] per turn.
- Cao Ling, Bane of the Discarded (AC1-054 · White Clash, cost 1, 1/1): Trigger - Enter: You may reveal the top three cards of your deck. If you do, you may add an Accessory with an initial resource cost of four or less from among them to your hand, then put the remaining cards on the bottom of your deck in any order.
- Cao Ling, Swift Warrior (AC3-056 · White Contender, 1/0): 25: Once per turn, during your Primary Phase, you may engage this card. If you do, choose target face down card in target opponent's Accessory Zone and turn it face up. If that card has Ambush, you may return that card to its owner's hand. Otherwise, that card remains face up in its owner's Accessory Zone. When you attach a Weapon to a [Rogue symbol] Clash card you control, you may engage this card. If you do, ready that Clash card. 15: This card gets, "Trigger - Attack: This Contender gets +0/+1 until end of turn, then draw one card."
- Cao Ling, Demon Hunter (AC3-061 · White Clash, cost 1, 1/2): Whenever this card becomes engaged, if it has one or more Weapons attached, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- Cao Ling, Ready for Action (AC4-065 · White Clash, cost 2, 1/1): Exclusive This card gets +1/+0 for each Weapon you control. Whenever you play an Accessory card, Clash cards you control get +0/+1 until end of turn.
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