Cryptozoic Entertainment has wrapped up a successful Kickstarter for Fight!: Mortal Kombat 1, raising $336,641 and more than quadrupling its $75,000 goal. This is not just another licensed tie-in. It debuts Cryptozoic's new Fight! engine, an evolution of the Cerberus system that has powered the DC Deck-Building Game and its many spinoffs since 2012.
The DC Deck-Building Game has built a loyal following over the past decade with dozens of expansions. But Cerberus was designed for group play around a shared card pool. Fight! strips things back to a strictly two-player format. You pick your favourite Kombatant, play cards from your hand to fuel attacks, build your deck from a shared pool between rounds, and chain Kombo abilities into Fatalities. One-on-one matches wrap up in around 30 minutes.
Mortal Kombat is a smart fit for the engine. MK has always been about one-on-one combat, and its roster of Kombatants maps naturally onto asymmetric deck-building. Three expansions are already planned (Brutality, Deadly Alliance, and Kameo), each named after Mortal Kombat mechanics and game entries, with all-new original artwork throughout.
If Fight! catches on, it could become a platform for other fighting game licences the way Cerberus spawned an entire catalogue. If you missed the campaign, late pledges may still be available through the Kickstarter page. Delivery is expected in early 2027.
Sources: Kickstarter Campaign | Screen Rant | Cryptozoic Press Release