Genshin Impact's in-game card trading game, Genius Invokation, allows you to explore how your favorite characters are played with in card form. You are given the opportunity to choose from a range of the main game's currently playable characters by inviting your desired character to a match. If you can defeat them in a card battle, even if it takes a few attempts, you'll receive their character card.

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The downside is that initially only have three invites to use. You can buy more by earning lucky coins every time you beat a player in your world, but this takes a while, so it's wise to prioritize the characters you'd want to get first. You'll want to invest in damage dealers and supports that will get you through the toughest matches. These character cards are the best ones to play in the game, so don't let them stay on standby for too long.

Updated May 30, 2023, by Vanessa Esguerra: Genshin Impact's Genius Invokation TCG is an ever-expanding mini-game. Because of that, it's inevitable for some characters to rise in power over others. The release of new equipment cards and character cards makes this mini-game thrilling, but it also shifts the meta and power levels of many character cards.

17 Diluc

How To Get Them

Starter Card

Deck To Fight

Kaeya, Diluc, Sucrose

Diluc makes a comeback in the TCG, and is a great pyro damage dealer who you don't even have to fight for. His burst is notorious for dealing huge damage numbers, which could effectively wipe your opponent's card out and his normal attacks are also infused with pyro after his burst for two rounds, which can result in other characters in your opponent's team taking huge hits.

Diluc's skill alone is capable of dealing large damage numbers through pyro-related reactions, so even as you acquire other cards later in the game, you'll find that Diluc is still a great pick for your team.

16 Xiangling

How To Get Them

Invite Them To The Cat's Tail For A Match

Deck To Fight

Xiangling, Xingqiu, Keqing

Xiangling has been a reliable staple of the game, and she's going to continue that here. Summoning Guoba applies pyro to the opponent's active character by the end of the round, which deals two damage for two rounds. Her pyronado inflicts two pyro damage on its own, which is transferrable to other character cards. Her pyronado is activated once the active character uses their skill and burst, which creates a pyro-infused reaction.

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She's a great pyro-support card, and a great option if you're the type of player who's fond of summons and a quick swap play style. She will be able to provide the pyro application you need, even if she's not the active character, which is an exclusive trait to her kit.

15 Bennett

How To Get Them

Invite Them To The Cat's Tail For A Match

Deck To Fight

Bennett, Razor, Barbara

Bennett is a great support card because he functions the same way he does in actual combat. He can heal your active character through his burst, right after they unleash an attack against your opponent. He can also buff your team through pyro resonance, and buff your active character through his burst.

Bennett can be placed in almost any team, and he's essential in certain teams. Either way, you can never go wrong with Bennett, unless you're avoiding pyro reactions.

14 Yoimiya

How To Get Them

Invite Them To The Cat's Tail For A Match

Deck To Fight

Yoimiya, Bennett, Chongyun

Yoimiya isn't burst-reliant and you can infuse her normal attacks with pyro through her skill. The advantage of her kit is that she can use less pyro dice to attack with pyro skills, making it easier to trigger other elemental reactions.

She's much like Diluc with her normal attack and elemental infusion, except it doesn't take as long for her to burst to infuse her attacks with pyro. Her pyro-infused, single target damage shines through in TCG, especially if she's paired up with the right characters. Just note that pressing her skill doesn't immediately launch an attack against your opponent, it just infuses pyro to your normal attack.

13 Amber

How To Get Them

Invite Them To The Cat's Tail For A Match

Deck To Fight

Amber, Eula, Collei

Amber might not receive a lot of love as a damage dealer in the actual game, but at least she does in TCG. Her baron bunny has great utility for buffering the damage your active character takes by two damage for one usage. When baron bunny is used, you also have the choice to discard it for two pyro damage by the end of the round.

Amber also has a burst that can deal piercing damage to surrounding characters, which is something you will want to be wary of. As a support character card, she's great for those who need both damage reduction and pyro application.

12 Ganyu

How To Get Them

Invite Them To The Cat's Tail For A Match

Deck To Fight

Ganyu, Diona, Keqing

Ganyu's charged shot and ability to damage surrounding characters is retained here. Although she doesn't inflict cryo on the other targets and deals physical damage instead to the other cards, her target receives cryo damage with additional piercing damage. Her burst casts a summon that has two usages every end round, which deals cryo damage to the opponent's active character and piercing damage to all the opponent's characters.

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The best part about Ganyu's card is that her burst only requires two energy, which means it will be easier for you to keep her burst up for more frequent use.

11 Ayaka

How To Get Them

Invite Them To The Cat's Tail For A Match

Deck To Fight

Kamisato Ayaka, Chongyun, Xingqiu

When you first switch to her, Ayaka's normal attacks are infused with cryo. This makes her easily apply cryo to the opponent's active character. This means that Ayaka's burst deals cryo damage on its initial application, and applies cryo to the opponent's active character for the next two end rounds.

Ayaka's perfect for freeze-related teams, as well as inducing melt reactions given her ability to consistently apply her element. It will take time for her to gain her burst, as it does cost three energy in comparison to Ganyu who only needs two energy. But even so, her burst can definitely erase a card and lasts for two end rounds.

10 Xingqiu

How To Get Them

Invite Them To The Cat's Tail For A Match

Deck To Fight

Xingqiu, Chongyun, Xiangling

For consistent hydro application, Xingqiu is an amazing choice that will help you trigger vaporize, electro-charge, freeze, and bloom. Ideally, it's good to pair him with characters whose elements are infused with their normal attacks since his rain swords only activate once your active character hits with their normal attack. He's also a flexible pick, and you can't go wrong with putting him on a team that needs a damage boost from hydro application.

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Xingqiu adds damage to your team through hydro-related elemental reactions, and works well even in freeze teams at TCG. If you don't have hydro characters unlocked at TCG yet, Xingqiu should be your priority.

9 Nahida

How To Get Them

Invite Them To The Cat's Tail For A Match

Deck To Fight

Nahida, Kamisato Ayato, Cyno

The god of wisdom is unsurprisingly excellent as a dendro applicator. Nahida is great for directly applying dendro against your enemies with just her normal attacks, since she's a catalyst character. But should you opt to choose her skill, she could either apply it individually to an opposing card, or she could do the same while dealing piercing damage through Seed of Skanda against all enemies.

She's a good unit for bloom, burning, and even aggravate teams. But even if those are teams she excels at best, Nahida also has many other team options you can explore with other characters given her unique way of applying dendro.

8 Collei

How To Get Them

Invite Them To The Cat's Tail For A Match

Deck To Fight

Collei, Xiangling, Mona

Collei might not have the Terrorshroom's painful attacks, but her ability to apply dendro through a summon makes her a consistent dendro applicator, even if she's not your active card. Her skill applies dendro directly to the active character in the opposing team, and her burst does the same with the addition of activating a summon that lasts for two end rounds.

She basically makes it rain dendro, and she's perfect for teams that crave dendro reactions for higher damage numbers. Her normal attacks might not beat that of the Jadeplume Terrorshroom's, but she excels over the chicken when it comes to elemental application and team compatibility.