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Ancient weapons, old clothes, creatures from a different era… The Clint City Asylum is full of treasures that its mentally ill interns - led by the mysterious Curator - take great care of. Ignore the cries and strange masks, their doors are always open and you're welcome for a first and last visit!

Bonus[]

Asymmetry: Damage +3: If the opposing card is not opposite the card played, the card receives three damage.

Trivia[]

  • Their base of operations is a nod to Arkham Asylum from the DC Universe and the Ravencroft Institute from the Marvel Universe.
  • Their logo is a brain, which represents the insanity that the clan is known for.
  • The clan's secondary bio reads as "The Asylum is a dangerous place, full of characters with damage like you've never seen before, and whose power is also pretty awesome! But will you be unpredictable enough for our bonus to be active at the time you need it most?"
  • Their colors are white, green, and blue, as well as yellow, red and purple.
  • The Paradox's finishing animation in Urban Rivals World, appears in the center opponent's card a shine that grows, then the flash of light breaks the card into several pieces of glass.
  • The Paradox's weapon is a Anglican prayer beads or crucifix with a blue gem in its center.
  • They are the first clan since the GhosTown to introduce two new mechanics to the game: Symmetry and Asymmetry.
    • They are also the first clan to incorporate multiple abilities through a card's levels, Enigma being the first to do so.
  • The clan's theme is based on various myths, legends, historical figures, an evil cult and a church.
    • They could also be based off of several sects in history, as well as the Illuminati, who also act like a secret society from the shadows, however the Illuminati part may have been disproven when the Oculus were released the following year.
  • Their clan's name "Paradox" is a term for a seemingly reasonable statement or proposition but leads to a conclusion that is senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.
    • This fits with their theme of insanity and mentally unstable members.
  • The first wave character missions are a reference to prisons and insane asylums identifying inmates/patients.
  • They appear to have an intense rivalry with the Skeelz, as Elios was expelled from the Academy, and Xerpes had at least broken off some of the gate surrounding it.
  • They also have somewhat of rivalry with the Sakrohm, as Annunaki and Archivist/Na Boh were both expelled from them the former claimed to be Dashra and the latter for abusing his duties when Guru MT left.
  • They are one of the few clans to not mention the clan's leader by his name, instead referring to them under a title.
  • They also seem to be a refuge for rejected members of the other clans, as mentioned in Xerpes's, Elios's, Custodia's, Salvatore's and Annunaki's bios.
    • Though it could be due to the fact that members mentioned above could be serious liabilities to them, if they stayed.
      • This was further cemented in Archivist's bio as soon as the members lose their value to the clans, they get expelled and are recruited by the Paradox.
      • Ironically, they have yet to recruit someone from the other Psycho clans.
  • They also appear to have a business relationship with the Nightmare, as Enigma interviewed the clan for possible members as well as made an offer with the Nightmare to recruit Alucard.
    • This could be due to Enigma having a "Vampire and Gargoyle" section in the Museum, for which he might specifically need members of the Nightmare clan.
    • Though this may have been due to their HQ being destroyed by Kolos MT beforehand.
  • As mentioned in Annunaki's bio, Enigma often himself approaches the new members and offers them a place in the Paradox.
    • In Nantosuelte's bio it is implied that Enigma doesn't do this alone, as she has been using their HQ as homeless shelter in the possibility to drumming members among Clint City's homeless, with the only other option being frozen to death.
  • Though not mentioned directly at the moment, it is implied they are the swore enemies of the Oculus, as it was mentioned in the "We Are Never Alone" webcomic, in which Enigma said that the "corrupted ones" and the government being puppets.
  • Their HQ's name is a misnomer because there is a proper Clint City Asylum but most of its members (save for Archivist) were discharged due to a combination of lack of bed/space and overcrowding. The actual HQ is Clint City Museum, which was destroyed by Kolos Mt.
  • In addition to being a refuge for rejected clan members, Nantosuelte's bio seems to imply that they also accept people who were rejected from society as a whole such as homeless people, sex workers, juvenile/adolescent runaways, and of course the mentally ill.

Advantages & Disadvantages[]

Advantages:

  • They can counteract the Pussycats bonus if their Asymmetry Bonus is active leaving one extra damage more open for them than the Pussycats Bonus reduces.
  • They usually have high power (clan average being 6 or 7), which makes them decent bluffs.
  • If the Asymmetry Bonus is active, it can raise their damage by 3, helping them end the match in two rounds.
  • They are good in half decks.

Disadvantages:

  • They have very low damage, and only a third of their cards have more than 4 base damage, due to their already strong Bonus.
  • They heavily rely on their bonus, which makes them susceptible to Nightmare and Piranas.
  • They also have problems with other damage reducers (Alexandrea, for example), as well as Cancel: Damage Mod.
  • Due to their high power, this makes them weak against the All-Stars' bonus, or any card with power reduction.
  • Sometimes their bonus (as well as cards with Symmetry) won't work, unless certain conditions are met.
    • And some cards like Lazar or Doela can only activate the ability, or the bonus but not both, similar to the Frozn's Confidence/Revenge disadvantage.

Members (47)[]

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Promo Art[]

In 1 May 2020, Paradox's clan release, on the website of Urban Rivals appeared a slide with different images about conspiration, Illuminati, mind control and mind disease.

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