Top 10 MOST POWERFUL Exploding Kittens Cards!
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- In this video I rank my personal top 10 most powerful cards in the Exploding Kittens universe!
What are YOUR top 10 most powerful cards? Let me know in the comments below.
Here's the Amazon links for the various base games and expansions mentioned in this video.
EK Base Game Amazon Link:
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EK Zombie Kittens Amazon Link:
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EK Good Vs. Evil Amazon Link:
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EK Imploding Kittens Amazon Link:
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EK Streaking Kittens Amazon Link:
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EK Barking Kittens Amazon Link:
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0:16 - Criteria For The Card Rankings
0:29 - Number 10
1:11 - Number 9
1:37 - Number 8
1:58 - Number 7
2:29 - Number 6
2:56 - Number 5
3:20 - Number 4
3:46 - Number 3
4:47 - Number 2
5:50 - Noteworthy Mention 1
6:13 - Noteworthy Mention 2
6:31 - Noteworthy Mention 3
6:53 - Number 1
7:44 - Wrapping It Up
Do you have any questions about these cards that I didn't answer in this video? Let me know in the comments and I'd be happy to help out.
Thanks so much for watching this video! Take care, be blessed and have an amazing day!
I like the idea of combining literally every rendition of this game, all expansions and all alternate editions, seems like the most chaotic thing ever and that would be awesome
Yes!! The deck would be massive. I would be brewing a full pot of coffee for that round. Lol
So basically Exploding Kittens Amalgam?
Exploding kittens needs to see this, youtube, I summon you to screenshot this and post it all over the internet, this 2oulr be so aweeome
Guys, I summon thee, to screenshot this and post it all over the internet, this NEEDSto happen
This is how I play!
I hope they release a 10th anniversary edition of the game featuring a Double Exploding Kitten, who requires 2 Defuse cards to defuse!
That would be awesome!! I’d be totally down for that!
Dynamite kitten maybe
That’s a killer name for a card.🧨💥
That should be a nukelear kitten
There should also be a Super Diffuse that works like infinite Diffuses (similar to the Super Skip)
In my house, we made a house rule that the nope card can stop defuse cards to make things much more chaotic. I remember playing exploding kittens with my mom, sisters, and aunt, and my aunt had gotten an exploding kitten card and tried to defuse, but i a bunch of nopes, so me and my aunt had a nope battle noping one another's nope cards until I out noped her, resulting in her getting out due to a undefused exploding kitten card
I love how cutthroat that is! Definitely makes the game even more intense. House rules keep a game fun and fresh.
Bro that is insane I have taco vs burrito but is chaos mode I play with my mom and my plushies and there are abilities you can have and you can have 1 2 and 3 abilities which is insane and chaotic I always win and is so fun you should do it
2:07 The handbook calls it a “Yup”.
It would be a lot of fun to say that someone’s card got “Yupped”. Lol
"I'm gonna-"
"no-"
"yup."
"...
EXCUSE ME-"
Gotten my Brother Exploding Kittens for Christmas last Christmas. Wonder when the two of us will play
That’s a great Christmas gift! I’m excited for you both to be able to play it!
I only own the base game and the imploding kittens expansion, I had no idea so many other expansions were made for the game
It’s a huge world at this point! So many different base game editions and expansions to explore. Take care and thanks for commenting!
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Im glad that despite having experienced much exploding kittens outside of a few expansions I immediately knew streaking kitten was going to hit number 1. When I saw this card I when playing the game I immeditally knew it wasthemost broken thing in existance.
There’s no card like the Streaking Kitten! And I agree with you. The card’s so broken it’s hilarious. It’s the ultimate offensive card and defensive card combo. I’ll be fun to see whether or not EK can actually top it.
i suggest you make a video of EVERY expansion pack in one game and you play with couple of your friends!
That’s such a fun idea!! I’ve thought about how a video like that might be realized/filmed. Fingers crossed that you’ll see it in your UA-cam feed one day!
Fingers crossed & Arms crossed!@@gameswithdenverjames
Streaking Kitten is such an OP fucking card fr....
When I play we always gang up on whoever we suspect has it lol
Haha it really does paint a target on your back! Yet nothing compares to planting an Exploding Kitten on someone when they play a Favor card on you. Lol
@@gameswithdenverjames FOR REAL. Honestly exploding kittens is one of the only games I buy expansion packs for 😂
Great video I loved it ❤️ I also really liked the past top 5 video
First 🎉
I’m so glad you enjoyed both of them!! I love making these types of videos. Plus with every expansion and base game that releases, the list changes! It’s fun stuff. Also, kudos for commenting first!! Take care and have an awesome day!!
Seriously i love this UA-camr because love exploding kittens thanks Denver James
I’m so glad you’re a part of the channel! Exploding Kittens is a blast. Take care and thanks for watching!!
Our kitten lord Denever James back with another great informative video! Does he have a Po box ? I would like to send him a game to play and review as a gift
Hey thanks so much!! I’m glad that you enjoyed it. Haha I’m no lord, but man do I love this community!! You’ve been on the channel for a while, which really means a lot.
Whoa that is really nice of you!! I’d love to talk more about that. I can’t type my email address here, but if you go to my “about” info on my channel on desktop mode, you’ll find my email address. Email me with your name and I can send you some info!
I love and really want the good vs evil expansion, I have all the other expansions plus zombie kittens, the only problem with good vs evil is because is technically not an expansion I’m just gonna get mainly old cards with new skins. But very good video 👏😁
You’ve got a great collection going on! Haha, you’re definitely right on the old cards with new skins! I get why they do it, because it’s a base game, and you have to have some of those basic cards, but it has me wishing they’d release another official expansion pack filled with all-new cards. Fingers crossed that 2024 is the year!!
Yes for sure!
I was worried about this but good vs evil is really fun
My favorite game I have played was when it got down to just me and one other person with every single card drawn except the two exploding kittens.
We went back and forth with trying skips and defuses and it ended with me using four defuses while the opponent skipped two times and defused one cat.
I won a well fought kitten.
Those epic moments are what make the game for me! So much fun, especially when each player is forced to exhaust their decks. Well done!!
Love the ranking, not totally agree but Streaking Kitten definitely the best card. Did you know that at least the Spanish version of the Barking Kitten has a different power than the normal one? Great video!
Hey thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’d love to hear a few of your own favorites. Whoa that’s awesome! What is the Spanish version of those cards capable of doing?
@@gameswithdenverjames You take the card without any consequence. Now, in any moment you can throw it. If any player has the other Barking Kitten, it explodes that one and acts like a normal exploding kitten. If not, you put your card in front and probably wait for the others to kill you with the other. BUT, If you pick both of them you can use it as a throwable exploding kitten to whoever you want. You can search the spanish instructions and you will find it.
@marcomd7204 That’s awesome!! Definitely adds an extra fun layer to those cards. Take care and thanks for taking the time to share!
the streaking kitten is sooo OP i played a game where i was stacked and you would have thought i'd win for sure but my friend had the streaking kitten and they kept using it and it won them the game
Whoaa that’s crazy! And I totally agree with you! The Godcat card has nothing on the Streaking Kitten.🧨💥
Wait If Theo streaking is on play and player Just holds The exp kitten...wouldnt that be a problem with The total number of exp kitten?maybe nobody dies in The end If only two player remains?
@@gabrielsaboia4381 nah you add a extra exploding kitten when playing with streaking kitten for that exact reason that’s why the streaking kitten expansion comes with a extra explaining kitten 😃
The devs were on something designing the streaking kittens expansion
That expansion had a whiff of the cat nip.
@@gameswithdenverjames wow, commenting on year old vids
i only just found out this game had multiple dlcs, i have the original game from kickstarter and thought the other versions just had extra amounts of cards
The world of Exploding Kittens has definitely grown! The most recent addition was Exploding Kittens: Good Vs Evil. Take care and thanks for commenting!
Hey... what about cloning a defuse? 🤨
That’s a great question! According to the official rules, a Diffuse Card is unique and cannot be cloned by the Clone Card. Take care and thanks for reaching out!
I would say that Alter the Future x5 is the strongest card (behind streaking kitten) as is can save you and give you full control of the next few turns
Not counting the God Cat card
Absolutely!! When it comes to playability, I’m going to play Alter x5 more often than most cards, simply because it’s so useful in any given situation.
I feel the god cat and streaking kitten are interchangeable
I totally get what you’re saying. They’re both sooo close for me. I spent a solid few days trying to rank the two. I’m anxious to see how I feel about them a few years from now. Take care and thanks for commenting!
Súper good video
Thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
In the base rules of the original game there is a loophole with the nope card where it basically tells you what you can not do but it is very specific in other words it’s not broad enough for example let’s say draw the exploding kitten and you don’t have a defuse well then nope the other players victory or nope your lose you can even get really annoying and nope somone from this round
And of course in the digital version streaking kittens is so much more powerfull because if someone plays a cat card is literally just the favor card
Seriously tho!!
Hello, I would like to buy extensions but I don't know which one will have the same design on the back as the original Exploding Kittens that I have. I recently bought the Streaking pack that has the same design but I don't know if we can mix the other extensions to the original game? thanks for the video 😊
Hello! That’s a great question. At this point all base game versions and expansions have the same design on the back, which makes them easy to combine together. Take care and hopefully this helps!
@gameswithdenverjames thank you for the answer but the design of the back of my cards are not the same as the one that you usually show on your videos... your extension cards seem to have a simple red background whereas mine are red but have more designs on it.... i'm french so maybe the cards are not exactly the same but maybe i'm wrong.
@@gameswithdenverjames I think I found the answer. I just watch your video about the streaking extension to see the back of the cards you have, and they are not the same as mine. So I suppose it's due to the langage version ! So maybe if I buy some other extensions in French I would have the same back as mine 😅
@aby2412 after some research, I just came to the same discovery as well! I never knew that this was the case with different language versions. Thank you for bringing light to this!
@@gameswithdenverjames thank you for taking the time to answer me ! Happy New year and take care !
What about the barking card?
The Barking Kittens are a lot of fun to play with! However, there’s always a 50/50 chance that you or the other player will be blown up, which was too high of a risk factor for me to add those cards to this list. Take care and thanks for reaching out!
Thanks
Underrated
What do you feel is underrated?
they now made a "british version" of the game only on uk amazon
Whoa that’s awesome!! Are there any major differences with it?
#1: Exodia the Purrbiden One
Ahh a fellow Yu-Gi-Oh! fan!
I have a question can you combine all the expansions or do you sauce to play them separately pls someone ansewr
That’s a great question! You can totally combine all of the base games and expansions into one set. That said, those rounds can tend to last for quite a long time, due to the variety of cards to play with.
I'm your 1000th like
That’s awesome!! I was just saying how excited I was that this video hit 1,000 likes, so thank you for sharing!
What if they made a physical version of EK2 and a base version of every expansion that doesn’t already have a base game version. 💣🧨🐱
I couldn’t resist collecting those if they did!
Imagine if instead of exploding kittens it was exploding puppies, and instead of barking kittens it was Meowing Puppies lol
I would be all for a twist like that!!
2:08 what do u mean by not being able to nope any type of kitten card
Kitten cards are protected from the Nope card! However, cat cards are fair game.
although this isnt a singular card a my number 1 is what happens if you get 8 cat cards in exploding minions it lets you steal every card from one person!
Whoa that’s awesome!! I really want to check the Minions version out.
If I'm playing the megamix, i.e. a super deck of all expansions, can the GodCat card act as a Streaking kitten card?
That’s a great question! The Godcat card can become any “ playable“ card in the deck, meaning that it can only become a card that’s able to be discarded and played. That said, it wouldn’t be able to become the Streaking Kitten card, since it’s activated in the hand and not in the discard pile. Take care and hopefully this helps!
Ahhhh, makes sense. Thanks!
Noping a Nope is officially called a a Yep.
Source: The Instruction book thingy.
Haha yes! While I’m fully aware of this, I enjoy the term “Nope Battle” much more. Typically I don’t bend the lingo found in game rules, but this is where I make an exception. Lol Take care and thanks for sharing!
My question is can a streaking kitten hold a devil cat card?
That’s a great question! It cannot hold a Devil Cat card, at least not in accordance with the current rules. That could totally change in the future though!
I only have exploding mnions (like base game but minions) because my mom has a phiobia of cats so so i had no idea there were more than base game and godd v evil
I've yet to get ahold of Exploding Minions, but it's definitely on my list! I've had many friends and family that have been freaked out by the concept of kittens that explode. Lol Take care and thanks for commenting!
Can a godcat card be played as a clone on top of a nope?
That’s a great question! Technically I can’t find anything that says you can’t. That said, I have a few thoughts.
The Nope card is a “NOW” action card that can be played at anytime, regardless of whose turn it is. However, a Clone card can only be played on your turn. Would there be a reason to Clone a Nope card on your turn?
If someone were to try to steal the Godcat card from you, you wouldn’t be able to Clone the Nope card in the discard pile, because it’s not your turn.
The Godcat card is without a doubt one of the more complicated cards in Exploding Kittens. Take care and hopefully this helps!
@@gameswithdenverjames I'd say in general that God Cat is limited to its own deck and that GvE is a standalone game, unless the box contains an ad for expansions. That's probably the simplest way to play it, unless you want to explain every card in the deck before the game starts.
I feel like milk should be higher on the list because you can stop any of these cards besides feral
I feel like nope should be higher on the list not milk
Nope is definitely powerful! Part of the reason why it’s lower on my list is because a Nope card can also be Noped. Still, it’s a force to be reckoned with!
@@gameswithdenverjames true fair point
My updated top 10:
10.
10. Exploding kitten
9. Personal attack
8. Diffuse
7. Catomic bomb
6. Nope
5 Zombie kitten
4. Imploding kitten
3. Super skip
2. Streaking kitten
1. Godcat
That’s a great list!! Thanks for sharing this! So many helpful (and deadly) cards.
In ur Playlist for these it says there 2 unavailable vids.what r they ??😮😮
Those are two videos that’ll be releasing over the next 3 weeks….🙌🏼😁😁
@@gameswithdenverjames 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤.I thought yt removed them or whatever
@airblazerfoodgamingandrevi2952 you’re the first one to stumble on an Easter egg like this! Hopefully the videos live up to the hype. Lol
Hi there! Nice video, can i clone a defuse?
Hello and thanks so much! From what I’ve read, you can definitely clone a Diffuse card. The only card that can’t be cloned is another clone card. Take care and thanks for reaching out!
@@gameswithdenverjames hi again! I have a question. If a player for whatever reason have to draw 5/6 cards can skip all the turns if he have an attack card?
Hello again! And yes! The Attack card will pass along all of those turns to the next player, so long as the Attack card doesn’t get Noped by another player. Hopefully this helps!
@@gameswithdenverjames hi, I explain it again, sorry I'm Italian. I was attacked and I have to draw 6 cards. I don't have any attack cards BUT after 2 draws I get an attack cards (4 turn remaining). Do I skip all the 4 turns and the next player must draw 2?
Because the attack cards says " do not draw any card"
So I mean in this case the attack card it's like a super skip.
Thank u
@@gameswithdenverjames what do u think?
At the end of the game when the draw pile is zero and you only have streaking kitten and exploding dont you do if you dont have any playable cards
That’s a great question! The Streaking Kitten requires you to add one extra Exploding Kitten card to the deck prior to starting the game. This insures that there will be enough Exploding Kittens to eliminate all but one player, even with the Streaking Kitten. I think the Streaking Kitten expansion might even come with an additional Exploding Kitten. Take care and hopefully this helps!
@@gameswithdenverjames oh I didn't know that I'll have to do that next time
So i can't use the God Cat as an alter the future x5 if I'm using every single expansion pack
So long as the Alter the Future x5 card is included in the deck you’re playing with, the Godcat card can definitely become that card!
@@gameswithdenverjames but I imagine it cannot become a streaking kitten or a barking kitten or that would ruin the game? Lastly im guessing a clone card cant clone a barking kitten or a tower of power card?
Came here to find out what the black lotus of exploding kittens is.
Hopefully you weren’t disappointed! Of course, the most “powerful” EK card is always subject to opinion. Take care and thanks for watching!
I would say the best card is the streaking kitten or god cat. that's without watching the video
Both of those cards and incredibly powerful!! The only question left is… which one’s the most fun to play?
i would say the streaking kitten is more powerful, even though the god cat can be ANY card in exploding kittens, it cant be a streaking kitten.@@gameswithdenverjames
I’ve only played the original one
You can’t beat the OG Exploding Kittens! That said, there’s some fun expansions out there.
@ some of the others even fun aswell
Technically if your lucky enough with the armegeddon couldn’t you just get god cat play it as Armageddon then repeat till everybody dies
Great question! An Armageddon card can only be played when both the Godcat card and the Devilcat card are on the play mat. That said, the Godcat card could not be played as an Armageddon card. Take care and hopefully this helps!
The exploding card is still obviously the most powerful, it decides death and who wins
Imploding kitten is better, also watch the intro
If we’re including non-playable cards, I’d have to say…
1. Imploding Kitten
2. Exploding Kitten
There’s no doubt that the Exploding Kitten packs a powerful punch!
I don't wanna be "that guy" but I think "Nope" should be in that list.
Wait... it is. Disregard.
This got me laughing! Shame on me if the Nope card didn’t make it to this list. One of the best cards ever, although I’m still hoping for a Super Nope, similar to the Super Neigh in Unstable Unicorns. Take care and thanks for watching!
what about blind cards
Great question! The “Blind as a Bat” card was replaced by the “Curse of the Cat Butt” card. The difference is that the Cat Butt card comes with more rules and explanation, such as what to do if you draw an Exploding Kitten while under the control of it. Take care and hopefully this helps!
I call it when you nope a nope a Yup.
Haha yes!!
Super nope is better then normal nope
I’m counting down the days till they actually make a Super Nope card!! Fingers crossed🤞🏼
@@gameswithdenverjames I am too deap into fan made cards that i forgot it is not official card
Cat Butt is broken for me.
It’s the only card in the series that the game makers said they regretted creating.😂💀 Sooo many highs and lows with that card!
@gameswithdenverjames They could've added a turn limit to nerf it at least.
When I was little, I got an exploding kittens nsfw edition. I didn’t know what nsfw meant, but I wanted the box because I thought a black box case looked cool. It was my first exposure to swear words like mf.
Haha! In your defense, a lot of people still don’t know what NFSW means. I’m sorry that you had to find out the hard way. Take care and shanks for sharing!
1:02 umm yeah this is wrong, its a fifty fifty chance
Hey there! They both mean the same thing in my book. Take care and thanks for watching!
@@gameswithdenverjames oh thanks sry for being rude
O my God I still don't get it but I rewatched again and again but I can't still don't get it 😑😑😑
I'm happy to help in any way that I can! What is it that you're not able to get?
The armageddon card is so hard to understand
@gianponce8487 It can be a confusing card for sure! If you watch my video “How To Play Exploding Kittens: Good Vs Evil”, I explain much better on there how the Armageddon cards work. Hopefully that helps!
Thank you
I’m surprised they haven’t done a spin off of this game for Harry Potter, exploding wizards! You know that would sell well 🧙♀️
I couldn’t agree more!! I feel like the card illustrations that could be included in a version like that would be endless. It’s amazing to think that they did a Minions collab and then just left it at that. Lol Fingers crossed for future spin-offs!
Oh I wouldn’t know anything about that 😉 I’m still waiting on a video from you on that
@davidholmes4198 I’ve really gotta put that one at the top of the list! At least before I forget again. Lol
Wait, dose that mean I could hold both a streaking kitten and a demon cat?
Great question! Although the Devilcat card DOES explode like an Exploding Kitten, a Streaking Kitten card cannot hold it. Take care and thanks for reaching out!