Setup

1. Set Store and Aftermarket boards in the middle of the table. Give each player a player board.
2. Combine the Core set with 5 Expansions, 4 Premiums, and 3 Master sets. Place the deck on the Store location.
Add 1 more Expansion, Premium, and Master set if playing with Set Rotation.
3. Select a Bronze, Silver, and Gold Promo set and place them on the Store board. Select a Bronze and Silver set
to be used as tournament rewards.
4. Shuffle the Elemental Meta and Type cards separately and place on the Aftermarket board.
5. Give each player a starter deck, 3 cards from the store, a character card, the matching 6 character friendship
cards, 3 sell markers (4 if 3 player), and a single color of wooden cubes.
6. Set the money where everyone can reach them.
Game Flow Symbols
• (Optional) Pre-Release Tournament Victory Points (VP)
• Deckbuilding Round 1 Star token used for Blast Off action
• Tournament Round 1
Rank Points (RP)
• Deckbuilding Round 2
• Tournament Round 2 Rank Point Tracker
• Deckbuilding Round 3 (if no Pre-Release)
• Tournament Round 3 (if no Pre-Release)
• Final score is totaled by counting VP from collections, VP from tournaments, and 1VP per $4.
Deck Building Phase
1. Give each player 30 dollars and 6 cards from the store.
2. Reveal Elemental Meta.
3. Do actions for 7 minutes.
4. Deal 6 more cards and reveal Type Meta.
5. Do actions for 7 minutes.
6. Last call to sell cards.
7. Do actions for 6 minutes, except sell actions.
8. Cleanup. Count VP from sets. Loose cards go to player’s binder. Discard all aftermarket cards.
• Cards used for fusions and collections are removed from the game.
• Players place a sell marker on the stack the fuse card came from. The player cannot use fusion on that stack
for the rest of the current deckbuilding phase.
• The player that reveals a new card from the store has the first chance to buy it.
• Trades should be of equal value, combining star value and money.
• Players can only have one card of the same name in their deck.
Tournament Phase
1. The first player is the player who placed highest in the previous tournament.
2. Set the wooden cubes on the zeros of the rank point tracker.
3. On a player’s turn he or she must play a card and optionally take one action in any order. The player cannot
take the action if he or she cannot play a card.
• At the end of the tournament each player activates all Score effect in this order: face up cards in tableau from
left to right, deck box, accessories, and metagame cards.
• Award VP and prize support. If there are ties add up the VP for all places that tied and divide evenly.
• The metagame cards only activate once per player if that player has at least one card matching the meta.
• Face down cards count as cards but have no star rating, element, or type.
• “In play” is the same as “in tableau”.
• Complete the current effect before moving onto the next effect. For example, if an effect causes a card to flip
that has a Flip effect the current effect is resolved first, then the Flip effect is resolved.
• In an infinite loop occurs you are removed from the tournament. Score VP as though you won first place.
Clashing
All players involved in the clash combine the star value of their top card with the top card of the store deck starting
with the player that initiated the clash. Cards revealed from the store are placed into the aftermarket. If placing a
card in the Aftermarket causes the Aftermarket to contain more than 12 cards discard those cards and start anew.
Effects

General rules:

• Unless specified discarding a card goes from your hand to your binder.
• You must choose a legal target of an effect if able. If not you can ignore the effect.
• “This” refers to the card the effect is on. For example, the egg’s “this effect cannot be copied” is referring the
egg’s copy effect, not the effect of the card the egg is copying.
• Simultaneous effects resolve in this order: Top > Ongoing > Play > Next > Score. Reaction and Flip effects happen
immediately after the effect that triggered them.
• Once triggered the effect will happen. For example, when a card has a Play effect the Play effect triggers
immediately, thus even if a Top, Ongoing, or Reaction were the flip the card the Play effect will still occur.
• Effects are not optional, except for Reaction effects.
• Cards cannot be flipped back to face up. Reveal mean show the card and place it back face down.

Terms:

• Play: Triggered immediately when a card comes into play. The card just played is considered “in tableau”.
• Next: Triggers when the next card you play, no matter the turn.
• Flip: Triggers when the card is flipped face down.
• Ongoing: Continuously work as long as the card is face up.
• Top: Works as long the card is the top card. The top card is the right most face up card in the tableau.
• Score: Activated at the end of the tournament to score additional RP. Only face up cards can activate the Score
effect.
• Reaction: Triggered when the relevant condition is met. This is resolved immediately after the effect that
triggered it. You can choose to not activate the Reaction effect.

Special Keywords

• Mimicry: The card with Mimicry has the Element and Type of a face up card immediately to its left instead of its
own. This effect continues during scoring.
• Blast Off - Action: You may flip this card to put three +1 star tokens on a card in your tableau. The star tokens
increase the star rating of the card they are on by 1 each.
• Scurry - Play: You may insert this card anywhere into your tableau. Shift cards accordingly.
• Anvil Drop - Action: Flip a card in another player’s tableau with a lower star rating than this card.
• Thwomp! - Play: If the card to the left has a lower star rating than this card, flip it and gain RP.
• Coin Op (Action) - you can pay 2 dollars to use all Play effects on a card with Coin Op. Then the card is flipped.
• Speed (Play) - Play a second card after this card is resolved.
• Investigate (Play) - Choose a type or an element, all players must reveal cards in their hand that match.
• Epic (Deckbuilding) - You can only bring one Epic card to the tournament.
• Earthcraft (Ongoing) - When you play an Earth card copy this card’s Play effect. This effect cannot be copied.
• Duelist (Reaction) - You may use this card instead of your Top card to clash. If you do, flip this card after clash.
• Shadowbound (Ongoing) - Dark cards in your tableau copy of this card’s Flip effect. This effect cannot be
copied.

Rules FAQ

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1559935/rules-faq
• Play: Triggered immediately when a card comes into play. The card just played is considered “in tableau”.
• Next: Triggers when the next card you play, no matter the turn.
• Flip: Triggers when the card is flipped face down.
• Ongoing: Continuously work as long as the card is face up.
• Top: Works as long the card is the top card. The top card is the right most face up card in the tableau.
• Score: Activated at the end of the tournament to score additional RP. Only face up cards can activate the Score
effect.
• Reaction: Triggered when the relevant condition is met. This is resolved immediately after the effect that
triggered it. You can choose to not activate the Reaction effect.

• Mimicry: The card with Mimicry has the Element and Type of a face up card immediately to its left instead of its
own. This effect continues during scoring.
• Blast Off - Action: You may flip this card to put three +1 star tokens on a card in your tableau. The star tokens
increase the star rating of the card they are on by 1 each.
• Scurry - Play: You may insert this card anywhere into your tableau. Shift cards accordingly.
• Anvil Drop - Action: Flip a card in another player’s tableau with a lower star rating than this card.
• Thwomp! - Play: If the card to the left has a lower star rating than this card, flip it and gain RP.
• Coin Op (Action) - you can pay 2 dollars to use all Play effects on a card with Coin Op. Then the card is flipped.
• Speed (Play) - Play a second card after this card is resolved.
• Investigate (Play) - Choose a type or an element, all players must reveal cards in their hand that match.
• Epic (Deckbuilding) - You can only bring one Epic card to the tournament.
• Earthcraft (Ongoing) - When you play an Earth card copy this card’s Play effect. This effect cannot be copied.
• Duelist (Reaction) - You may use this card instead of your Top card to clash. If you do, flip this card after clash.
• Shadowbound (Ongoing) - Dark cards in your tableau copy of this card’s Flip effect. This effect cannot be
copied.