Frozen Piece
← Mutation index

Side mutator · Unlock level 2

Frozen Piece

After your 6th move, one non-king piece on the affected side freezes for the rest of the match. It cannot move, capture, attack, defend, or give check. It remains on the board and blocks lines; normal moves cannot capture it.

Difficulty: hardAppears in: 23 levelsAfter player moves

Rule variants

Base and Extra, kept distinct.

A campaign Extra variant changes the main mutator rule. It is separate from an additional side mutator.

Base variant

Side mutator

After your 6th move, one non-king piece on the affected side freezes for the rest of the match. It cannot move, capture, attack, defend, or give check. It remains on the board and blocks lines; normal moves cannot capture it.

Detailed rule

After your 6th move, one non-king piece on the affected side freezes for the rest of the match. It cannot move, capture, attack, defend, or give check. It remains on the board and blocks lines; normal moves cannot capture it.

Extra variant

Unavailable for this mutator

This released side mutator has a Base rule only. It can accompany a main mutator; it is not the main mutator’s Extra variant.

Conquest

Affected side: Your side

After your 6th move, one non-king piece on your side freezes for the rest of the match. It cannot move, capture, attack, defend, or give check. It remains on the board and blocks lines; normal moves cannot capture it.

Domination

Affected side: Enemy side

After your 6th move, one non-king piece on the enemy freezes for the rest of the match. It cannot move, capture, attack, defend, or give check. It remains on the board and blocks lines; normal moves cannot capture it.

Strategy notes

Turn the constraint into a lever.

Plan around it

  • Keep the frozen piece useful as a shield.
  • Shift the plan to the pieces still breathing.

Keep in mind

  • Protect it if it guards something important.
  • Use it to anchor the structure.