Leaker hints at a permanent PvP mode in Genshin Impact 3.1

sportskeeda.com:

A credible leaker recently stated that there will be some TCG-like game in Genshin Impact 3.1. It will include PvE bouts and "maybe even PvP." This new feature is supposedly a permanent game mode with weekly battles involving Battle Pass experience.

Not much has been revealed about this TCG game mode. Furthermore, nothing prior to Genshin Impact 3.1 has indicated that such a feature would have existed. Hence, it's far too early to tell if it would take inspiration from other popular card games like Yu-Gi-Oh! or Magic the Gathering.

It's worth reiterating that this possible new PvP game mode is a card game. It has nothing to do with players physically attacking each other in the open world like in other PvP games. There are no such details for anything like that at the moment. Instead, what the player sees above is all the news that Travelers currently have of any possible PvP mode.

Travelers should know that this new permanent game mode is guaranteed to have PvE of some kind. It's just that the PvP part is unconfirmed (although hinted at here).

Not much is known about this new TCG, but it is known that Dori introduced Cyno to it based on the above voice line. The new card game is apparently called Genius Invokation. Other notable named characters who play this game include:

There are also various other named NPCs who play it, but it's worth looking at Itto and Ayato's inclusion in this card game. In About That Time We Saved the Tanuki Photo Board in a 2.6 event, one of Itto's underlings states:

If Itto is Akira's boss and everyone happened to love it, then it's evident that he has played the game before. Interestingly, there weren't any leaks on this game until the recent Genshin Impact 3.1 leak came out.

Also, one of Itto's