CONTAGION Rulebook

C O N TA G I O N R u l e b o o k
What is a trading card game?
Most card games have one deck of cards that never changes, but a
trading card game (or TCG) works differently. In a TCG, each player has
his or her own deck, and the decks can have different cards in them.
You can personalize your deck with cards from your collection. Since
your opponent does the same thing, you never know how the game
will end!
The best way to learn how to play is from a friend who already knows
how to play. If your friends arent players yet, weve designed this
rulebook to get you started... then you can show them how to play!
This rulebook and its 60-card preconstructed deck are designed for
new players just like you. Weve added examples and explanations of
basic rules to help players new to TCGs learn how to play.

Hello, Im Orca of the Azure Sea. Ive been playing in

The World for a long time. Im here to help you learn
with examples of play and rules notes in text like this.

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Introduction Monster
In the near future, after a CARD TYPE
ABBREVIATED DESTINY
global computer virus attack, VICTORY

the only online game is POINT

The World.
In .hack//ENEMY, two
players unleash a horde of
monsters from The World CARD NAME
SPECIES
CARD TYPE
on their vulnerable STRENGTH GAME TEXT
opponents. When enough of one players monsters successfully attack, LORE

that player wins. Some monsters can even safely hide in a portal, TO PLAY

waiting for more and more monsters to join in a vicious attack. FIRE ELEMENT REWARD
COLLECTORS
As a last line of defense, each player also controls up to three PCs INFO

(player characters) to fight against the opponents monsters. PCs are
chosen from six different classes. Each class has its own special
weapons, actions, and abilities.
Card types
There are six different card types in the game. Monsters attack your
opponent for victory points. PCs defend against monsters and use
items to enhance their strength. Actions are revealed to surprise your
opponent. Events represent things that happen between battles.
Fields are places where you battle.
Monster cards represent the creatures that you use to attack your
opponents PCs. Monsters provide victory points when they
successfully attack. When you have 7 victory points in your score
pile, you win the game.
Each monster has a species, which may be referred to by some
other cards.
Some monsters are storable, which means you can play them to your
portal to save up for a big attack.
Most monsters have a reward, which you can use when that monster
wins a fight.

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PC Item
CARD TYPE DESTINY CARD TYPE DESTINY
ABBREVIATED ABBREVIATED
(IW FOR
ITEM-WEAPON
AND IA FOR
ITEM-ARMOR)

CARD NAME CARD NAME

CARD TYPE LEVEL (LV.) CARD TYPE LEVEL (LV.)
AND CLASS AND SUBTYPE
STRENGTH STRENGTH LORE
GAME TEXT (NO GAME TEXT)
TOLERANCE
LORE
TO PLAY
WOOD ELEMENT
COLLECTORS COLLECTORS
INFO INFO

PC cards represent player characters (or PCs) in the online game
The World. They are your defense against your opponents monsters.
Each PC has a level (in the first expansion set, all PCs are level 1) and
each PC also has a class.
There are six different PC classes: Twin Blades, Long Arms,
Wavemasters, Heavy Blades, Heavy Axemen, and
Blademasters (like me).
You can mix and match PC classes in your deck, but often
its best to have lots of PCs of the same class so they can share weapons,
armor, and action cards.
Item cards represent the weapons and armor your PCs find while
adventuring in The World. Most items play on only one class of PC.
Place the items a PC is bearing (carrying)
beneath the PC card, with the numbers at
the left showing.
Item cards have a level (1, 2, or 3).
Items also have a subtype (either weapon
or armor). A PC may bear only one weapon
and only one armor at a time.

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Action Event
CARD TYPE CARD TYPE
ABBREVIATED ABBREVIATED
AND CARD NAME DESTINY AND CARD NAME DESTINY
CARD TYPE CARD TYPE

TO FLIP
GAME TEXT

GAME TEXT LORE

THUNDER ELEMENT LORE DARKNESS ELEMENT

COLLECTORS
COLLECTORS
INFO
INFO

Action cards represent special skill-based attacks or other things that
happen in the game.
Actions are played face down. Each action card tells you when to flip it
face up and what it does.
Actions are one-shot cards. You flip over an action card, its game text
has an effect, and then you place it in your discard pile.
Actions provide surprise, which can often win a battle
against an enemy monster. You can also play other
cards face down to bluff, making your opponent think
that you have an action card to flip.
Event cards represent things that happen when your PCs are not in a
battle. Some represent unusual items your PCs use while adventuring
in The World.
Events are one-shot cards. You play an event card, its game text has
an effect, and then you place it in your discard pile.
Event cards introduce story elements like legendary
hackers, special places, or emails from your friends.
There are even some special promotional events that
you can only get by participating in tournaments!

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Field Elements
CARD TYPE
ABBREVIATED AND
CARD NAME
Many cards have an element (some do not). The element of a card
DESTINY
CARD TYPE indicates the natural phenomenon from which the card draws its
power. There are six different elements.

Wood Earth
Fire Water
GAME TEXT
Darkness Thunder
LORE

WATER ELEMENT Sometimes elements are represented in game text like

COLLECTORS
INFO
Field cards represent the places in The World that PCs adventure in.
Only one field may be in play at a time. If a field is already in play
when you play yours, place the old one in its owners discard pile.
Many fields have special effects that help your monsters fight better.
(You dont have to have a field in play to attack with your monsters.)
Field names are made up of a server ID, like
(delta)
or  (theta), and then three keywords combined to
make a unique location.
this: Wood , Earth , Fire ,Water , Darkness ,
and Thunder .
How to win the game
When you have seven or more victory points in your score pile, the
game is over and you win.
Also, when either player draws the last card from his or her deck, the
game ends at the end of that turn and the player with the most victory
points wins. (Even though this is the last turn, you get to shuffle your
deck and draw destiny as needed.) If you both have the same number
of victory points at the end of the last turn, the game is a draw.

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Preparing for play
Shuffle your deck. Allow your opponent to cut it.
Both players cut to a random card in their decks. Look at the destiny
numbers of the cards revealed. Highest goes first (if tied, cut again).
Each player draws four cards for his or her hand.
The first player completes all the actions in his or her turn, and then the
other player takes a turn. Turns alternate in this way until one player wins.
Sequence of play
A player follows this sequence when he or she takes a turn:
Draw Step
Play Step
Attack Step (if needed)
Draw Step (draw a card)
At the start of each of your turns, draw a card from your deck and add
it to your hand.
Then, you must reconcile your hand as follows:
If you have more than five cards: You must choose and discard
cards from your hand until you have only five.
If you have fewer than five cards: Draw cards from your deck
until you have five in your hand.
If at any time you cannot draw a card because your deck is empty,
reshuffle your discard pile to make a new deck.
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Play Step (play a card)
Generally, you may play only one card on your turn. Sometimes a card
lets you play more than one.
Requirements
You must meet any to play requirements on the card you play. Some
cards require you to spot other cards (see spotting below).
Play limits
Some types of cards have a limit on how many of those cards can be
in play at one time:
Each player may have only three PCs.
Each player may have only five hidden cards.
Each PC may bear only one of each subtype of item (one armor, one
weapon, and so on).
Each player may have only one of each PC (your opponent may also
have the same PC).
Only one field may be in play at a time.
When a play limit is reached, that doesnt prevent you from playing
a card of that type. However, a card of the appropriate type must be
sacrificed in order to make room for the new card. (This means that
if your opponent has a field in play, he or she must sacrifice that card
when you play a field.)
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Play a card
You must do one (and only one) of the following:
Play a PC
Play a field
Play an item
Play an event
Play a monster
Play a hidden card
Discard your hand (if it is your first turn)
Play a PC A PC is played to the table, face up in front of you.
Play limits specify that each player can have a maximum of three PCs
in play. A player can only have one PC of a given card name in play,
though an opponent can also have that PC.
When you play a PC, you can either use an available slot against your
three PC maximum, or you can replace one of your PCs already in
play. To replace a PC, sacrifice it and replace it with the new PC to be
played. Items transfer to the new PC if that PC is a legal bearer (as
indicated in the To Play boxes on the items). Otherwise, items on
the replaced PC are also sacrificed.
You have Kite (with Noble Cloak), Mia, and Ginkan (with
a Rondo) in your party. You may play BT by removing any
of your other PCs. If you replace Kite, BT may bear his
Noble Cloak. If you replace Ginkan, the Rondo is sacrificed
since BT cannot bear this weapon.
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When a PC is played, that PC is
healthy. A PC in play may become
wounded. When a PC is wounded,
turn that card (and any cards it bears)
sideways 90 degrees. If you heal that
PC, turn those cards back upright again.
Only a wounded PC can be healed.
A wounded PC can fight just as well as
a healthy PC. If a wounded PC is wounded again, that PC is destroyed
(along with all items that PC bears).
You can replace a wounded PC with another copy of that PC and
effectively heal that PC, since the new copy is played healthy.
You have Kite, Mia, and Ginkan (wounded, with a
Rondo) in your party. You may play Ginkan by replacing
the wounded copy. The new copy of Ginkan comes into
play healthy and bears the Rondo.
Play a field A field is played to the table, face up in front of you.
Play limits specify that there can be only one field in play. This means
that a field already in play, whether yours or your opponents, must be
sacrificed when you play a field.
Play an item An item is played to the table, face up under a PC.
That PC is the bearer of that item. Play limits specify that a PC may
bear only one of each subtype of item.
Most items have game text that you use when you play that item.
Then, put the item card underneath your PC card with just the left edge
showing.
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 The card type icons in the upper left hand corner of
items say either IA for Item Armor or IW for of you. When you play a monster, you either attack with it or, if it is
Item Weapon. Make sure you have no more than
one weapon and one armor on each PC.
You must meet any to play requirements on an item before you can
use any when you play this item game text on it.
Play an event An event is played to the table. When you play
an event, do what the card says, and then place it in your discard pile.
Play a hidden card/action A hidden card is played to the
table, face down in front of you. You can look at your hidden cards at
any time, but not your opponents hidden cards.
You can play any card as a hidden card. An action can only be played
as a hidden card.
If you cant meet the requirements of any of the cards in your hand,
then you must play one of those cards as a hidden card.
Generally, you play a non-action card as a hidden card
because you have no other card to play, or to make your
opponent think you have an action card hidden.
Though action cards play face down, they tell you when you can flip
them. When you flip an action, do what that card says, and then place
it in your discard pile.
Each player can have only five hidden cards. If you play a sixth hidden
card, you must sacrifice one of your five hidden cards.
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Play a monster A monster is played to the table, face up in front
storable, you can place it in your portal instead. When you attack
with a monster, an Attack Step takes place.
The portal is a space on the table designated to hold monsters. A
monster in your portal is usually available to fight with another monster
on a later turn. The storable monster usually states when it can join
another monster in an attack. Other cards can allow monsters in your
portal to attack.
You can only play a monster to attack on your turn, and you can only
attack once per turn. If a card effect allows you to play a monster
otherwise, you must play that monster to your portal or not at all.
Some monsters have a dot () before their card names, indicating that
they are unique. Only one copy of a unique monster can be in play.
Unlike other play limits, a unique monster in play prevents another
copy of that monster from being played.
Monsters in portals and in score piles are in play, so while your
opponent has a copy of a unique monster in his or her score pile, you
cant play a copy of that same monster.
Once you score your copy of Skeith, your opponent
cant play her copy until she finds some way to get rid
of your scored Skeith.
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Discard your hand
On your first turn, you can discard your hand instead of playing a card.
This allows you to draw five cards during your next Draw Step since
you reconcile your hand to five cards.
The discard your hand rule helps you to get better
cards into your hand before you start playing cards.
Often, players want to have a PC early in the game.
Attack Step
An Attack Step takes place when you play a monster to attack (as
opposed to playing a storable monster to your portal). Place the
monster in front of your opponents PCs to signify the attack.
You can only play a monster to attack on your turn, and you can only
attack once per turn.
If you want to use any game text that allows monsters in your portal
to join the attack, declare this now by moving those monsters from
your portal in front of your opponents PCs.
For example, some storable warrior monsters say, May
fight when a warrior fights, and some storable insects
say, May fight when another monster fights.
Defender may avoid
Your opponent must decide whether to fight your monsters or avoid the
attack. This is an all-or-nothing decision, and your opponent cannot
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decide to avoid some monsters and fight others. If your opponent has
no PCs in play, then he or she must avoid your attack.
If the monsters are avoided: You may use the reward on each of
your monsters, and each monster with one or more victory points is
scored (see below). Your turn ends.
If the monsters are fought: Proceed with the battle.
Assign fights
Your opponent must now assign one attacking monster and one of her
PCs to fight.
If there are both an unassigned monster and an unassigned PC
remaining, your opponent must assign these to a second fight. If there
is a third PC and another unassigned monster remaining, your opponent
must assign a third fight.
Your opponent assigns a fight by moving a monster next to its assigned
PC. Each PC may be assigned no more than one monster at this time,
and each monster no more than one PC. There may be unassigned
monsters remaining at this point.
Your opponent can move attacking monsters around the table to help
in considering fight assignments. No assignment is final until your
opponent declares that the positioning of assigned monsters and PCs
is complete.
Assign extra attackers
If there are still unassigned attacking monsters, you must now assign
each of these to an existing fight, thereby assigning more than one
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monster to that fight. No assignment of extra attackers is final until
you declare their positioning complete.
You battle with five monsters. Your opponent assigns
one of your monsters to each of her three PCs, so you
have two extra. You may assign both of these extra
monsters to the same fight (making a three-on-one),
or you may assign each of those extra monsters to a different fight
(making a pair of two-on-ones).
Resolving fights
The defending player determines the order fights are resolved. One
fight is completely resolved before the next fight is resolved.
To resolve a fight, compare the PCs strength to the combined strength
of all monsters in that fight. However, before strengths are compared,
players may flip actions and then both players draw destiny.
Generally, only the defending player has actions to flip during a fight.
Strength bonuses from actions last for the duration of the fight.
Remember to place an action in your discard pile after you flip it.
Draw destiny
After actions are flipped, both players draw destiny. When you draw
destiny, reveal the top card of your deck, note its destiny, and discard
it. Add that cards destiny to the strength of your PC or to the combined
strength of your monsters involved in that fight, as appropriate.
You must always draw destiny. If you cannot draw destiny because your
deck is empty, reshuffle your discard pile to make a new deck.
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Compare strength
If the PC strength total is higher: The PC wins and the losing
monster (or monsters) is destroyed. That fight is now over.
If the monster strength total is higher or there is a tie:
The PC loses and takes a wound (turn the PC card sideways).
(See tolerance below.)
If a wounded PC loses a fight, that PC is destroyed (destroy all cards
on that PC).
The game is not over when you lose your last PC
(unless a card says so, like the card Game Over).
Each of your monsters in this fight wins and you may use its reward
(see reward below).
After you have used any rewards, choose only one of the winning
monsters in this fight that has a victory point to be scored. Place that
monster in your score pile. Place your other monsters in this fight in
your discard pile. If no winning monster has a victory point, place them
all in your discard pile. That fight is now over.
When all fights are resolved, the turn ends.
Some cards wound PCs or destroy monsters, so
sometimes a fight loses all of its monsters or PCs before
it resolves.
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When you select a fight that has no PCs, the monsters may use rewards
and all of them may score (dont draw destiny), just like if the monsters
were avoided. The monsters dont get credit for winning.
When you select a fight that has no monsters, nothing happens
(dont draw destiny, and the PC doesnt get credit for winning).
Other important rules
Deck Construction
When youre ready to make your own customized deck, here are the
rules to follow.
Your deck must have exactly 60 cards, with no more than four of any
one card in your deck.
Cards with the same card name count as the same, no matter what
else is on the card.
About half your deck should be monster cards. Make
sure youve got at least seven victory points on those
monsters or you cant win! Id suggest about 12 to 16
PCs, with the rest of the deck made up of items,
actions, events, and fields.
Be sure that you can meet all the to play requirements on your
cards. Dont load up your deck with lv. 3 items before you add a
few lv. 1 and lv. 2 items. Stronger monsters have tougher to play
requirements, so make sure you have the right cards in your deck to
get them into play.
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Reward
Each monster that is avoided may use its reward. Also, when any
monster wins a fight, you may use that monsters reward. (Some
monsters do not have a reward.)
Each reward is optional. You may choose not to use it if you dont
want to.
When more than one monster wins a fight, each of those winning
monsters may use its reward (you choose the order in which your
monsters rewards are used).
Scoring monsters
Each of your attacking monsters that has one or more victory points
that your opponent avoided is scored. Place that monster in your score
pile with its victory points showing. A monster without a victory point
that is not defended is placed in your discard pile after you use its
reward.
Also, when a group of monsters wins a fight, you may select one
monster from that fight that has one or more victory points to be
scored (other monsters in that fight are destroyed).
You can score one monster from each fight, so if there are three fights
and you win them all, you can score three monsters in one turn.
Remember, when you have seven or more victory points
in your score pile, the game is over and you win!
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Storable monsters
Some monsters have the keyword storable. When you play a storable
monster, you may place that monster in your portal (an area to the
side of the table) instead of attacking.
On a later turn, the game text of another card (or on that monster itself)
may allow one or more of your monsters in your portal to attack. This is
how to make an attack with many monsters on the same turn.
Heres an example of how that works. On each of your
past three turns, you have played a storable goblin to
your portal. On your fourth turn, you play another
storable goblin, but you want to battle so you dont play
the fourth one to the portal. The other three goblins have game text
that lets them attack with another goblin, so you decide to send two of
them to join the goblin you played this turn for a three-monster attack.
(You decide to save the other goblin in the portal to spot for a monster
youre planning to play next turn.)
Tolerance
Some cards give a PC tolerance, shown as one or
more silver icons. The total number of silver icons a PC
has on his or her card and all items that PC bears is that
PCs tolerance.
You can add up tolerance icons from multiple sources.
If a PC has two items that each provide 1 tolerance,
that PC has tolerance of 2.
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If a PC loses a fight by his or her tolerance or less, that PC is not
wounded (although the monsters still win that fight). To determine
how much a PC loses a fight by, subtract the PCs strength from the
total monster strength in the fight.
A PC with a tolerance of 1 who loses a fight by 1 (or less) is not
wounded; a PC with a tolerance of 2 who loses a fight by 2 (or less)
is not wounded, and so on.
A PC has a total strength of 6 and is facing monsters
with a total strength of 7. The PC loses 6 to 7, but is
not wounded if the PC has tolerance 1 or more. If the
PC has tolerance 2, the PC could lose a fight 6 to 8 and
not become wounded, but losing 6 to 9 would result in a wound.
Spotting
When you are required to spot something, you must be able to see it in
play. You may spot that thing on items borne by PCs, on a field, in
score piles, or on monsters in portals.
You cannot spot the cards in any players hand, deck, or discard pile.
You can spot a hidden card, but only if a card requires you to spot a
hidden card. For example, if a card requires you to spot a goblin, you
cannot spot a hidden goblin.
You may spot your cards and your opponents cards (unless the game
text says otherwise).
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 If your monster requires you to spot to play, Level Up!
you may spot one on your PCs weapon, one in The Level Up! card you receive
your score pile, one in your opponents portal, and is randomly selected from a pool
one on your opponents field. of five different versions, each
You cant spot the little element icons in game text. They tell you featuring a different character: Black
which of the bigger icons to look for. Rose, Kite, Helba, Balmung, or Orca.
The only difference between versions
Match play is the character featured; there is no
You may want to play your opponent in a best-of-three-games match, difference in gameplay.
not merely a single game. The winner of the match is the first player to The Level Up! card is a special card
win two games. that doesnt count toward your 60-
For the second or third game of the match, the loser of the previous card deck. You can bring as many
game goes first. If the previous game was tied, use the same procedure Level Up! cards to the game as you want.
you used for the first game of the match (cut decks and use destiny The player with the most Level Up! cards goes first in the first game
numbers) to see who goes first. of the match. This rule supercedes the regular destiny cut procedure.
If both players have the same number of Level Up! cards (or both have
Tournament Rules none), use the regular destiny cut procedure.
When you play in official sanctioned tournaments, you will receive Before the game begins, place your Level Up! cards in your score pile.
points for participating in the tournament and for winning matches. Level Up! cards are used to determine who goes first in match play
When your ranking reaches 1,000 points, you will receive an email and to play the special promo events.
with a special code from Decipher. Go to the Decipher website and Special Promo Event Cards
enter this code to receive a special Level Up! package. Each package
includes a Level Up! card and a special promo event card. The special promo event card you receive is randomly selected from a
pool of five different events. The promo plays like a regular event card,
Each time your ranking increases by another 1,000 points, you will
and follows regular deck construction rules (no more than four of any
receive a code for a new prize package.
one promo event in your deck).

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To play your promo event card, youll have to spend (remove from
play) one or more of your Level Up! cards. Place cards you have
removed from play off to the side in a separate pile. You cant use those
cards in that game again (they cant be spotted). Theyll be available
again when you start your next game.
Glossary
avoid To declare that your PCs will not fight.
bearer The PC that an item is played on.
destiny The number in the upper right corner of every card, which
you use when you draw destiny.
destroy To spot a card and place that card from play in its owners
discard pile.
discard To place a card from its owners hand in its owners discard
pile.
draw To take a card into your hand from the top of your deck.
heal To rotate a wounded PC to its healthy state.
healthy An unwounded PC (not turned sideways).
in play Cards in any discard pile, hand, or deck are not in play.
Cards that are removed from play are also not in play. All other cards
are in play.
level PCs and items have levels that determine how they are
played. (Levels for PCs and items in the trading card game do not
directly correspond to levels in the video games.)
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lore Informative text about The World and the subject of the card.
It has no effect on gameplay.
match A series of three games with the same decks and players,
won when any player wins two of the three.
portal Where you play your storable monsters.
reconcile To reduce or increase your hand size to five cards.
replace To sacrifice a PC in order to play another PC in his or her
place, either another copy of that same PC or a different one.
reveal To show a card to your opponent, and then put that card
back where it was.
reward Game text on a monster card that you may use when that
monster wins a fight or is avoided.
sacrifice To spot one of your cards and place that card from play in
your discard pile.
score To take a monster that has one or more victory points and
place it in your score pile.
spot To see a card in play.
unique A monster with a dot () in front of its card name. If a unique
monster is in play, another copy of that monster cannot be played.
wounded A PC that is turned sideways.
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Index
action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 14
assign extra attackers . . . . . . 17
assign fights . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
attack step . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
avoid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
bearer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
card types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
compare strength . . . . . . . . . 19
deck construction . . . . . . . . . 20
discard your hand . . . . . . . . . 16
draw destiny . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
draw step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 14
field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 13
glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
heal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
healthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
hidden card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
how to win the game . . . . . . . 9
item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 13
level up! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
match play . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
monster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 15
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PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 12
play limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
play step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 22
preparing for play . . . . . . . . . 10
reconcile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
replace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
resolving fights. . . . . . . . . . . 18
reward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 21
score pile. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 21
scoring monsters. . . . . . . . . . 21
sequence of play . . . . . . . . . 10
special promo events. . . . . . . 25
species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
spend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
spotting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
storable. . . . . . . . . . . 3, 15, 22
storable monsters . . . . . . . . . 22
subtype. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
tournament rules . . . . . . . . . 24
unique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
victory points . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
wounded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Credits
Design: Chuck Kallenbach, Mike Reynolds. Art Direction: Dan Burns.
Graphic Design: Joe Boulden, Ed Gartin, Jeff Hellerman.
Development: Brad DeFruiter, Mike Girard, Geoff Snider. Production:
Ross Campbell, Mike Carosi, Sandy Wible. For Bandai: Rika Davis,
Natsu Furuichi. Special Thanks: Tim Ellington, Evan Lorentz, our many
playtesters and as always Warren Holland.
Contacting Decipher
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telephone: 757-623-3600
address: P.O. Box 56,
Norfolk, VA, USA 23501-0056
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