How to play Fuzzy Cards

Stat and cost ranges apply to Hero cards. Relics and Events are costed individually by effect.

Every card is aligned with a Force. Attacking a weaker Force grants +3 ATK: Wisdom outlasts Power; Power crushes Clarity; Clarity disproves Prophecy; Prophecy shakes Conviction; Conviction ignores Wisdom.

• Deck: 30 cards per player, including at least 15 Heroes.
• Life: each player starts at 33.
• Energy: starts at 0 and can rise to 5.
• Play area: three Altar slots and three Vault slots per player.

1. Prepare Scrolls: Each player shuffles their 30-card deck face-down.
2. Genesis Flip: Reveal the top cards together. Higher Cost wins; ties use higher ATK, then DEF, then another reveal. The winner chooses who goes first.
3. Starting hand: First player draws 5. Second player draws 6 and gains Second Wind: their first Hero has Rush.
4. Mulligan: Once per game, shuffle your entire hand into your Scroll and draw 5 new cards.
5. Starting values: Set Life to 33 and Energy to 0.

Placement rules

• Heroes enter The Vault unless they have Rush, in which case they enter The Altar.
• Equip Relics attach to a Hero and do not occupy a slot.
• Field Relics occupy any open Altar or Vault slot.
• Events resolve from your hand and go directly to the discard pile.
• During Settle, you may freely move cards between The Altar and The Vault.

Each player's field is mirrored. The Altar is the three-slot front row where Heroes can attack and be attacked. The Vault is the protected three-slot back row; cards there cannot attack and can only be targeted when the opposing Altar is empty.

1. I
   Genesis

   Gain +1 Energy, to a maximum of 5. Energy accumulates and carries over.

2. II
   Decode

   Draw 1 card from your Scroll. Skip this on the very first turn of the game.

3. III
   Activate

   Spend Energy to play Heroes, Relics, and Events from your hand.

4. IV
   Settle

   Move any number of your cards between The Altar and The Vault.

5. V
   Validate

   Each card on your Altar may attack once. Resolve combat and Pierce damage.

6. VI
   Exodus

   Discard down to 7 cards, resolve end-of-turn effects, and pass the turn.

During Activate, Heroes normally enter The Vault and cannot attack that turn unless they have Rush. You may play multiple cards if you can pay their total Energy cost.

Every attack deals at least 1 damage. Declare an Altar attacker, choose a legal target, calculate damage, subtract it from HP, and send a card to the discard pile when it reaches 0 HP.

Pierce and direct attacks

When a card is KO'd, excess damage carries through to the opponent's Life as Pierce. Vault cards become targetable when the opponent's Altar is empty. Life can only be attacked directly when both opposing rows are empty; direct attacks deal full ATK.

Targeting priority

• Guard cards must be attacked first.
• Stealth cards cannot be targeted until they attack.
• If The Altar is empty, Vault cards can be targeted.
• If both rows are empty, attack Life directly.

• Deck size: exactly 30 cards.
• Hero minimum: at least 15 Hero cards.
• Copy limit: up to 3 copies of any card.
• Legendary limit: no more than 1 copy of each Legendary; different Legendaries may be combined.
• No Force restrictions; mix Forces freely.
• Relics and Events have no minimum.
• Promo Heroes count toward the 15-Hero minimum, but only 1 Promo card is allowed per deck.
• A Promo is not a Legendary, so a deck may contain its allowed Legendaries and one Promo.
• Promo Heroes stand outside the Force cycle: their attacks never gain the +3 bonus, and attacks against them never gain it.