Game Rules

Anima are mobile units placed on the Field. An Anima is also capable of manifesting into a stronger form. A 1st Manifest Anima is placed into play by tapping Mana equal to its Placement Cost. 1st Manifest Anima are those that do not depict another Anima that it manifests from on the left side of the card. If a player has a higher Manifest Anima that manifests from an Anima in play, it can be placed on top of the compatible Anima. To do so, the player must tap Mana equal to its Placement Cost.

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In addition to Placement Costs, Anima have stats such as Health, Intellect, Dexterity, and Mobility. These are further described in the Statistics section. Anima also have an element-based Strength trait which increases the amount of damage done to units with the associated element.

A Tamer is a mobile unit that is placed onto the Field. Like Anima, they have Stats, Placement Cost, and Abilities. Structures (aside from the Castle) must be placed adjacent to an existing Tamer.

At the start of the game, each player places their Castle card into play. This allows for the placement of other units into play. When this Structure is destroyed, no additional units can be placed. Therefore, a primary goal of the game is to destroy each opponent's Castle.

Towers are offensive structures that have high Health values and several abilities. Towers are used to cast abilities against nearby enemies. They can be placed defensively, such as to protect the Castle from enemies, or offensively to help advance the position of allied units.

Buildings provide utility to units in play, such as statistic increases.

Landscape cards can be used to reduce the casting cost of abilities of adjacent allied units or the placement cost of units placed adjacent to them. Additionally, they can be tapped in the place of a mana card.

Enchantments can be used instantaneously on any player's turn. These can be used for specific actions, such as applying additional damage to an enemy, drawing cards from your deck, or countering a spell. For a player to use an Enchantment, they must have enough untapped mana available in their Mana Pool to account for the casting cost of the associated ability.

Traps, which are played face down, can be used when triggered on an opponent's turn when an enemy is within range of the Trap's ability. To activate a Trap, the Player must have enough untapped mana to cover the associated Ability Cost.

Consumable Items are used on a Player's turn to provide immediate utility, such as recovering Health, removing status ailments, or drawing a card. Comsumables, as the name implies, are consumed upon use.

Cards that can be equipped, such as to add a status buff or teach an ability.

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Equipment can be attached to Beings. They can be used to raise Statistics such as Dexterity, Mobility, or Intellect. They can allow the wielder to cast new abilities. However, to equip such an item to an ally, that unit needs to have enough available Dexterity remaining. The Dexterity Cost determines whether the being has "space" to equip the card.

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When an Anima manifests into a higher level manifestation, all Equipment that are equipped remain so. However, if a card with Equipment is Vanquished, the Equipment goes to the Vanquished Realm. If a card with Equipment is returned to a Player's hand, the Equipment are returned as well, unless otherwise specified.

Mana cards can be placed once per turn into a player's Mana Pool. They are tapped to cover the placement cost of Anima, Tamers, Structures, and Landscapes, the casting cost of Abilities and Enchantments, and the Upgrade cost of Structures.