Rules

About

FantaMythsy is a Turn-Based RPG Trading Card Game. In this game, two players Battle each other in a Map, using a group of Units, accompanied by Items, Equipment, and Magic to defeat all of their opponent's Units.

Everything you need to start a game depends on what game mode you are playing. After that there are over 100+ cards to choose from, so collecting additional cards in Booster Packs, Starter Decks, Fixed Decks, and Character Sets will let you customize your personal Deck and increase your chances of Winning!

This is the Official FantaMythsy Rules. It's important to learn how to play correctly, so you should read these rules before playing if you're new to the game. Understanding the rules will help you make the best use of your cards, so keep the rules handy during your first few games.

Create Your Own Deck

With 100+ of cards to choose from, you can create and customize your own Deck with your favorite cards. Every Player will have their own unique Deck, completely different from every other Player's Deck, which makes it really exciting to play!

Battle With Fantastic Units and Great Combos

Even if a card does not have enough Power on its own, it may become more powerful when combined with other cards. It's fun to collect all the different cards available and create your own combos, then unleash them in a Battle!

Power Up Your Deck With Booster Packs and More!

Booster Packs are released every few months, along with a Starter Deck and Character Set! Bringing new cards and new combos to add new strength to your Deck. Battles evolve every time a new Booster Pack is released, keeping your Battles cool and exciting.

Getting Started

Things You Need To Battle

Deck

Assemble your favorite cards into a Deck. The amount of cards you need depends on the game mode. Read below on each game mode to see the Deck requirements.

• You can only have 1 copy of the same Unit Card name in your Deck.
• Some cards are Banned or Limited-(X). Check official site for Banned List.

Additional Items You May Need

• Dice - Some cards require a die roll. If you play with these, have a standard dice ready to roll with numbers 1 through 6.
• Counters - The game itself has many numbers being used going up and down all around, a resourceful way to keep track of these is with counters or even dices as well. The Power, Health, Shield, Gold, and Mana will require keeping track of. You can also use small objects like glass beads, paper clips, or pennies for the counters, which are then placed on the Playmat and on the cards.
• Calculator - This game requires a lot of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to keep track of Power, Health, Shield, Gold, and Mana. During important Battles you should track these on paper as well to be extra-careful.
• Card Sleeves - Plastic sleeves can prevent your cards from getting bent or scratched. You can have up to 3 different card sleeves for your Units (1), Items, Equipment, and Magic (2), and Maps (3).

The Playmat

1. Active Unit Zone (AUZ) - The Active Unit Zone is where your main Unit will be placed for Battle. When preparing the game, you place your main Unit here Face-Down. Active Unit Zone is shortened in the card text to AUZ.
2. Active Equip Zone (AEZ) - The Active Equip Zone is where your main Unit's Equipment will be placed for Battle. When preparing the game, you place your Starting Equipment here Face-Down. Active Equipment Zone is shortened in the card text to AEZ.
3. Active Magic Zone (AMZ) - The Active Magic Zone is where your main Unit's Magic will be placed for Battle. When preparing the game, you place your Starting Magic here Face-Down. Active Magic Zone is shortened in the card text to AMZ.
4. Unit Zone (UZ) - The Unit Zone is where your Units are placed. When preparing the game, you place your Units along with their Starting Equipment card(s) and Magic card(s) here Face-Down. Unit Zone is shortened in the card text to UZ.
5. Active Map Zone (AMZ) - The Map Zone is where the Map card is played. To use another Map card, send any Active Map card on the BattleField (Either yours or your Opponent's) to the Drop Pile. There can only be 1 Map card played at a time. Active Map Zone is shortened in the card text to AMZ.
6. Mana Zone (MZ) - The Mana Zone is where you keep track of your Mana. This can be done with either a few Dices, Counters, or written down on paper. Mana is used to Activate any equipped Magic card from your Active Magic Zone. Mana Zone is shortened in the card text to MZ.
7. Gold Zone (GZ) - The Gold Zone is where you keep track of your Gold. This can be done with either a few Dices, Counters, or written down on paper. Gold is used to Buy Item cards, Equip cards, Magic cards, and Map cards from the Shop Zone. Gold Zone is shortened in the card text to GZ.
8. Shop Zone (SZ) - The Shop Zone is where you place your Item cards, Equip cards, and Magic cards, also any remaining Map cards, to buy them with your Gold in your Gold Zone. Shop Zone is shortened in the card text to SZ.
9. Drop Zone (DZ) - The Drop Zone is where you place your cards after they either Break or finished Activating. These cards are placed Face-Up on this zone. The contents of both player's Drop Zone are public knowledge, and your opponent can look through yours at any time during the Battle. The order of the cards in the Drop Zone should not be changed. When all the Units of a Player are in the Drop Zone, that Player loses the game. If both Player's Units end in the Drop Zone at the same time, the game ends in a tie. Drop Zone is shortened in the card text to DZ.
10. Power Zone - The Power Zone is where you keep track of your Power with Dices, Counters, or even on paper. Power is used to know how much Damage the Opponent's Active Unit will take when you Attack it.
11. Health Zone - The Health Zone is where you keep track of your Health with Dices, Counters, or even on paper. Health is used to know how much Health your Active Unit has, if it reaches 0 it Breaks and is sent to the Drop Zone.
12. Shield Zone - The Shield Zone is where you keep track of your Shield with Dices, Counters, or even on paper. Shield is used to know how much you can defend from your Opponent's Unit's Power when it Attacks you.

Game cards

There are 5 types of cards in this game: Unit Card, Item Card, Equip Card, Magic Card, and Map Card.

Unit Card

Unit cards are the most detailed ones since they seem to have more important information on the card and their layout. While all the other cards are similar, they lack on some portions of the of the Unit card, such as HP, PWR, SHLD, and Unit Type. Which makes it unique to the Unit cards.

• Name and Sub-Name - The Name of the Card will be displayed at the very top of the card, along with the sub-name under it. Not every card has a sub-name. Names are only unique depending on their sub-names. You can have Units with the same name, but need to have different sub-names. Some unit effects make the card change their name and/or sub-name, in which case, even if the card has a different name and sub-name, but the effect changes it to that of another unit card that you already have with the same name and sub-name, they count as 2 of the same card and can't be played together.

• Card Type - There are different card types: Unit, Item, Equipment, Magic, and Map. The Unit Cards are the ones you use to do Battle.

• HP (Health Points) - The Health Points or HP for short, is the amount of health each Unit has. Once they reach 0 the Unit Breaks and is sent to the Drop Zone. HP is represented inside the Blue Circle.

• Unit Type - There are different Unit types: Human, Mech, Fantasy, Ancient, Holy, Terror, Plant, Beast, Avian, Aqua, Terra, and Pyro. The Units are divided into various Types. Some cards with specific effects will use these categorized types to be affected.

• Effect - This is where the card Effect goes. Not every Unit has an Effect. Unit's can use their effects to gain advantage in the game.

• Power (PWR) - This is where the card Power goes. This is how much damage a Unit can inflict to an Opponent's Unit. Power is represented inside the Red Circle.

• Shield (SHLD) - This is where the card Shield goes. This is how much damage a Unit can deflect to an Opponent's Unit's attack. Shield is represented inside the Green Circle.

• Set and Rarity - This is where the card set acronym and card number goes, along with the rarity of the card. The first 4 are the set acronym, the next 3 is the card number, and the last letter is the rarity. The rarities are: C for Common, R for Rare, S for Super, U for Ultra, FA for Full Art, and P for Promo.

• Artist - This is where the image artist goes. Anyone that makes the art for this game gets credited here along with the year in which the art was made.

• Rarity Colors - These rarities also have their own specific color variants. Here are examples of the rarity in order left-to-right: Common, Rare, Super, Ultra, Full Art, and Promo. Promo by default is colored like this, but it will vary by event in other versions.

Item Card

Item cards are very simplified version of the card layout with just effect and cost for buying it at the Shop.

• Cost - This is where the card Cost goes. This is how much a card costs to buy from the Shop Zone. Cost is represented inside the Yellow Circle.

Equip Card

Equip cards look very similar to the Item cards, except they are used to be equipped to a Unit card. Some of these cards have the Starting Equipment section, which can be used at the beginning of a game.

• Starting Equipment - Any Equip that can be used at the start of the game as a Starting Equipment will have this section on the card.

Magic Card

Magic cards look very similar to the Equip cards, except they are used to be equipped to a Unit card to cast major attacks. Some of these cards have the Starting Magic section, which can be used at the beginning of a game.

• Starting Magic - Any Magic that can be used at the start of the game as a Starting Magic will have this section on the card.

• Mana Cost (MC) - This is where the card Mana Cost goes. This is how much mana a card costs to activate after being equipped to a Unit card. Mana Cost is represented inside the Purple Circle.

Map Card

Map Cards are the battlegrounds for the battles in FantaMythsy. Only 1 Map Card is used per match and is chosen at random from the first player's Map Cards. This card stays active on the BattleField for the remainder of the match and it's effect applies to both players.

How to Play

Let the Battle Begin!

• How to Battle and How to Win - A single game is called a Battle. and a Battle ends when one players wins or the game ends in a draw. Battles are played in sets of 3 called a Match, and the winner of best 2-out-of-3 wins the Match.
• Winning a Battle - Each player starts with a specific amount of Unit Card(s). You win a Battle if: You reduce all of your opponent's Unit card's HP to 0. If you and your opponent's last Unit cards both reach 0 HP at the same time, the Battle is declared a draw.
• Victory Conditions -

1. Reduce all of your opponent's Unit card's HP to 0.

Preparing to Battle

Before starting a Battle, follow these steps. Also make sure you have all your extra items that your Deck might need, like a coin or counters.

1. After greeting your opponent, place the cards from your Deck on the specific zones they belong to face-down. Your Unit Cards on the AUZ and UZ, with their Starting Equip/Magic Cards under them (Up to 2), the Item Cards in the Shop along with any other Equip cards and Magic cards. The Map cards will be also placed on the AMZ.
2. Both players show each other their side of the BattleField and record the number of cards in it, also confirming that they have up to the number or fewer cards required for the game mode they are playing.
3. Play rock-paper-scissors, roll a die, or flip a coin. The winner goes first in the Battle. For your next Battle, the loser of the previous Battle goes first. If the previous Battle ended in a tie, determine who starts first in the next Battle with another rock-paper-scissors, roll a die, or flip a coin. Finally the 2nd player will choose 1 random card face-down from the 1st player's AMZ and that's the Map card that will be used for the remainder of the Battle, unless otherwise changed by activating another Map after buying it off the Shop. All the remaining Map cards are placed on their respective owner's Shop, leaving only 1 Map Card Face-Up on the AMZ.
4. Start with the First Player's turn.

Turn Structure

• Start Phase - This is the first phase. The player whose turn it is (the "turn player") adds x5 Gold and x5 Mana to their Gold and Mana amount (Max of 25 each).
• Action Phase - This is when you play most of your cards: Here you can Activate Unit's Effects, Activate Items, Equip Equip Cards or Magic Cards from your Hand to your Unit cards, You can Buy cards from the Shop with your Gold, You can Activate a new Map Card, and You can Activate a Magic Card already equipped to a Unit Card. These actions can be done in any order your want, but some actions have restrictions.
• Battle Phase - Now is time to Battle with your Unit cards! You do not have to conduct a Battle Phase every turn. This step has 2 more steps.

1. Battle Step - Select the Unit card on your AUZ to attack with, and your opponent's Unit card on their AUZ as your attack target, and then declare the attack. Then proceed to the Damage Step.
2. Damage Step - In this step, the players calculate the result of the battle and whatever damage is done. After finishing the Damage Step, continue with the End Phase.

• End Phase - Announce the end of your turn, and if there are any cards on the BattleField which says "...during the End Phase..." in their effect, resolve those effects in this phase. If you have more than 5 cards in your hand at the end of this phase, select and discard cards to the Drop Zone until you only have 5 cards in your hand.

Determining Damage

You calculate battle damage based on the difference between the attacking unit and the target unit. If you attack your opponent's Unit Card you compare PWR vs SHLD and the difference is dealt/subtracted to the weaker number's HP. When a Unit's HP reaches 0, it is sent to the Drop Zone. If the PWR and SHLD are equal, then it is considered 0 damage. When using a Magic Card to damage the Opponent's Unit, the SHLD is not compared, the damage goes directly into the HP.

Other Rules

• Banned List - Certain cards have specific quantity restrictions that further limit t he number that can be included in a Deck. The list of Banned cards is updated regularly and is posted on the official site. Please check it before preparing your Deck.
• Public Knowledge - The number of cards in a player's hand, shop. Drop Zone, and each player's current Gold and Mana are all public knowledge and both players can verify these things at any time. If asked, you must answer these things to your opponent truthfully. You are allowed to pick up and verify the cards in your opponent's Drop Zone but you must ask their permission first. Also you may not change the order of the cards when verifying their Drop Zone.
• Rules vs Card Effects - If there is a discrepancy between the basic rules and a card's effect, the card effect takes precedence. For example, a Unit card can only attack once per turn, but with a card effect, it is possible to attack more than once.

Game Modes

1 v 1 (Quick Mode)

Quick Mode is a fast battle between just 1 Unit Card each. This is a easy way to learn the basics of the game and quickly test your cards against others. Character Set are based off this mode. These are the min:max for this game mode.

• Unit Card = 1:1
• Item Card = 0:10
• Equip Card = 0:5
• Magic Card = 0:5
• Map Card = 1:3

3 v 3 (Basic Mode)

Basic Mode is a simple way to play against others and enjoy a balanced battle. Every Test Deck will be based off this mode. These are the min:max for this game mode.

• Unit Card = 3:3
• Item Card = 0:10
• Equip Card = 0:10
• Magic Card = 0:10
• Map Card = 1:3

5 v 5 (Full Mode)

Full Mode is the Official way to play against others and enjoy FantaMythsy to the fullest. Every Fixed Deck will be based off this mode. These are the min:max for this game mode.

• Unit Card = 5:5
• Item Card = 0:15
• Equip Card = 0:15
• Magic Card = 0:15
• Map Card = 1:3

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