Mystic Lantern — Rare Card | Tycoon Cards

Lore

No one remembers who first held the Mystic Lantern, only that whoever carried it never went hungry for long.

Description

Channels a quiet stream of automatic income.

Complete Statistics

Rarity	Rare
Bonus type	Passive Income
Bonus per level	7.0%
Maximum level	10
Max total bonus	70.0%
Collection / Faction	Travel
Card tier	Archive

Ability

Increases your total passive income (from all owned businesses) by 7.0% per level.

Upgrade Scaling

The bonus below applies at every level from 1 up to this card's maximum of 10.

Level	Total bonus	Copies for next level
1	+7.0%	1
2	+14.0%	2
3	+21.0%	3
4	+28.0%	4
5	+35.0%	5
6	+42.0%	6
7	+49.0%	7
8	+56.0%	8
9	+63.0%	9
10 (max)	+70.0%	—

Duplicate Bonuses & Combining

Pulling a duplicate of Mystic Lantern from a pack adds a spare copy to your collection. Spend spare copies in the Cards tab to combine and raise its level — each level costs a number of copies equal to the card's current level. Reaching the maximum level of 10 from level 1 requires 45 total copies. Read the full Duplicate Cards & Combining guide for the general combine mechanics, or use the Combine All button in-game to apply every possible level-up across your whole collection at once.

Evolution

Tycoon Cards does not currently have a card evolution system — Mystic Lantern progresses only through the standard duplicate-combine mechanic described above. Evolution is listed as a researched feature on our Updates & Roadmap page; this page will be updated if it's ever implemented.

Fusion

There is no cross-card fusion system in Tycoon Cards today. Every card, including Mystic Lantern, is levelled independently using its own spare copies — you cannot combine it with a different card. Like Evolution, this is tracked as a possible future system on the Updates page.

Collection & Faction

Mystic Lantern belongs to the Travel collection — one of the thematic groupings used across the card archive. Browse every card in this collection from the main Card Guide, or see the "Related cards" section below for direct links to its closest siblings.

Businesses That Synergise

Passive-income bonuses apply a flat percentage to your total business income, so they have the largest absolute effect on whichever businesses currently produce the most money for you.

Business	Base cost	Income/s
♾️ The Infinite Exchange	$18.9Oc	$1.67Qi
✨ Cosmic Singularity Corp	$12.2Oc	$1.23Qi
🔮 Reality Forge	$7.86Oc	$903Qa
⏳ Time Dilation Facility	$5.07Oc	$664Qa

Prestige Interactions

Passive income is calculated as totalBusinessIncome × (1 + passiveBonus + globalBonus) × prestigeMultiplier — so this card's bonus is multiplied by your prestige multiplier.

Best Strategies

Level this card up before investing heavily in your highest-tier businesses — the percentage bonus is worth more once your passive income is already large.
Especially valuable in the mid-to-late game once you own several business tiers simultaneously.
Starter Packs are the most efficient way to farm duplicates of this card thanks to its lower rarity.

How to Unlock

Mystic Lantern is obtained by opening card packs — it cannot be purchased directly or unlocked through any other method. As a Rare card, it appears in any pack whose odds include that rarity.

Pack Availability

Pack	Cost	Chance per card slot	Chance per pack
📦 Starter Pack	$500	0.03%	0.10%
🎁 Premium Pack	$75.0K	0.10%	0.30%
💎 Elite Vault	$12.0M	0.20%	0.98%

See the full Card Pack Odds Guide for how these probabilities are calculated.

Event Availability

Mystic Lantern is not currently tied to any seasonal or limited-time event — it's available year-round through standard pack odds. Seasonal events and event-exclusive cards are listed as a planned feature on the Updates & Roadmap page.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Mystic Lantern do?

Increases your total passive income (from all owned businesses) by 7.0% per level.

How do I unlock Mystic Lantern?

Mystic Lantern is a Rare card, best hunted through Elite Vault (0.20% chance per card slot).

How many copies do I need to max out Mystic Lantern?

You need 45 spare copies in total to take Mystic Lantern from level 1 to its maximum level of 10.

Does Mystic Lantern work with prestige?

Passive income is calculated as totalBusinessIncome × (1 + passiveBonus + globalBonus) × prestigeMultiplier — so this card's bonus is multiplied by your prestige multiplier.

What rarity is Mystic Lantern?

Mystic Lantern is a Rare card, one of 178 cards of that rarity in the full archive.

Trivia

Archive position	#720 of 1000
Card tier	Archive card (procedural expansion)
Rarity rank	3 of 7 rarities (higher = rarer)
Cards in "Travel"	80 cards
Same rarity + bonus type	62 cards share this exact combination