THE FIELD
GUIDE.

Every stat has a job. Start here before you send your crew into the graveyard.

Card type

Character, Trait, Action or Arena tells you how and when to play the card.

Name, rarity and collector number

Cards with the same name are separate copies unless a rule restricts them. Rarity does not change rules by itself; it sets typical re-animation costs and collector value. Numbers such as 001/164 identify cards and have no gameplay effect.

BI / Bone Integrity

Health. A Character is Knocked Out when its accumulated damage equals or exceeds its BI.

PP / Poison Power

Attack damage, despite the name. PP does not automatically inflict Poison. Card effects can change this number.

Attack name + number

Bone Slash 20 means that attack deals 20 damage.

Re-Animate cost

One, two or three filled cost symbols mean discard that many cards from hand. Return the Knocked Out Character from discard to your Bench, once per game per Character. N/A means the card cannot be re-animated; Traits, Actions and Arenas cannot be re-animated.

Play cards during your Main Phase. Playing a card from hand is normally free.

Character

Play onto your Bench, normally up to five Characters. One Character starts as Active. Only your Active can attack; benched Characters can still receive Traits and effects.

Trait

Attach to one of your own Characters, Active or Bench. It stays until that Character is Knocked Out or an effect removes it. Multiple Traits are allowed unless a card says otherwise.

Action

Resolve its text, then discard it. You may play any number of Actions on your turn. Pay a discard cost only when one is specified.

Arena

The supplied card rules use one Arena for the whole table. A new Arena replaces it and sends the old one to its owner's discard. It affects all players unless stated otherwise. The online beta currently uses one Arena per player; see Playing online.

Damage stays on a Character until it is healed or Knocked Out.

Deal X damage

Deal the stated damage. An attack targets the opponent's Active by default. Bench damage must be specified.

Deal X to Bench / Active + Bench / all Characters

Bench means one benched Character. Active + Bench divides damage as written. All opponent's Characters hits their Active and every benched Character.

+X PP / +X BI

PP increases attack damage. BI increases how much damage the Character can take before being Knocked Out. Combined bonuses such as +5 BI and +5 PP apply both increases while the Trait stays attached.

Reduce damage by X

Take X less damage next time, or each time if the protection is a persistent attached Trait. Damage cannot drop below zero.

Reduce next damage by X

Reduce only the next hit; then the protection ends.

Heal X / fully heal

Remove X damage, or all damage for a full heal. Heal 10 once per turn means once on each of your own turns.

Poison is a status, not a synonym for attack damage.

Poison / minor Poison

The affected Character takes 10 damage at the start of its owner's turn. Minor Poison means standard Poison unless a card distinguishes it.

Attacks inflict Poison

Under the supplied card wording, an attack that deals damage also Poisons the defender. See the online rules for the beta's attack resolution.

Double Poison / Poison +10

Double Poison deals 20 instead of 10. An Arena with Poison +10 also raises the normal tick to 20. Poison does not stack unless text explicitly adds to it or doubles it.

Stun

The Character cannot attack on its owner's next turn, then Stun expires. Stun all opponent's Characters affects the whole crew, so switching does not avoid it; it expires at the end of their next turn.

Cannot be switched

That Character is locked in its current Active or Bench position and cannot use the once-per-turn Switch.

Force switch / switch Active with Bench

Exchange Active with one benched Character on the side specified. A forced switch requires the opponent to have a benched Character. The normal Switch is once per turn.

Opponent cannot attack next turn

The opponent skips their next Attack Phase entirely.

Your hand, your deck and your discard pile are different zones.

Draw X / draw X extra each turn

Take X cards from the top of your deck into your hand. Extra draws each turn happen in your Draw Phase.

Search for a Character / Trait / any card

Choose the listed card type from your deck, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Searching does not put that card directly into play.

Look at top 3 cards

Look, then return them in the same order. You may only take or rearrange them if the card explicitly allows it.

Discard opponent's top card

Move the top card of their deck to their discard pile. This is also called milling and can bring them closer to deck-out.

Opponent discards X / discard a card

The affected player chooses cards from their own hand to discard. Your discard pile contains used and Knocked Out cards; it is not your hand.

Both players shuffle hands into deck and draw 7

Shuffle each old hand into its owner's deck first. Then each player draws seven cards.

The supplied card rules pay re-animation costs from hand. The online beta also accepts benched Characters as payment.

Normal Re-Animate

Pay the printed discard cost from hand to return a Knocked Out Character from your discard to your Bench. Each Character can use this once per game. You need an open Bench space.

Re-Animate any Character

Return one Knocked Out Character from your discard to your Bench. Pay no extra re-animation cost unless the card says otherwise.

Return 1 Character from discard

A separate recovery effect. It does not consume that Character's once-per-game re-animation unless stated. This distinction is part of the supplied card rules, not a change to the online beta.

Return 2 / return all Characters

Return that many Characters from discard as space allows, up to your Bench limit, normally five. Any extras stay discarded.

When Knocked Out: return this Character to hand

Move it into your hand instead of leaving it in discard. This is not re-animation.

Draw 2 when Knocked Out

That Character's owner draws two cards when it is Knocked Out.

Attacks and normal card plays do not gain a cost. A discount only matters when there is a discard cost to reduce.

Cost 1 less

Discard one fewer card when paying the applicable cost. A cost cannot go below zero. If there is no discard cost, the discount does nothing extra.

Broadcast Amp / Attacks cost 1 less

Supplied clarification: after this Character attacks, the first discard cost you pay that turn is reduced by one. This does not mean you must discard a card to attack.

Club Crypt / Actions cost 1 less

Supplied clarification: the first Action you play that turn with a discard cost has that cost reduced by one. A free Action stays free.

Example: a cost of 2 becomes 1

If an eligible effect specifically requires two discarded cards, its one-card discount makes the payment one card. This illustrates the wording; it does not add a cost to any existing card.

Online beta: unchanged

These clarifications explain the supplied wording. This guide does not activate new discount behavior, add discard costs, or allow card plays after attacking. Existing digital effects remain unchanged.

Read who an Arena affects. Unless it says otherwise, its effect applies to all players.

All Attacks +10 / +30

Add the stated amount to every attack while the Arena is in play.

Poison +10 / Poison deals +30

Add that amount to Poison damage at the start of the affected player's turn.

Actions cost 1 less

Reduce the first Action discard cost of the turn by one. Do not add a payment to free Actions.

Bench size +1 / +3

Increase the normal five-Character Bench limit by the stated amount.

Draw 2 extra each turn

Each player draws two additional cards during their Draw Phase, unless the Arena specifies only you.

Once per turn: search any card

Once on each of your turns, choose any one card from your deck, put it in your hand, then shuffle.

Do only what the card says. Do not add Bench damage, Poison or extra targets.

Your Character / all your Characters

Affects only your side.

Opponent's Character / opponent's Active

One opposing Active Character, unless the card further specifies a target.

Opponent's Bench

One Character on that opponent's Bench.

All opponent's Characters

Their Active and every benched Character.

Any Character

Active or Bench, on either side, unless the card limits the choice.

This Character

Only the Character the Trait is attached to.

Specific card text overrides the general card rules.

1. Read the type

The type tells you how to play it. Normally play cards during your Main Phase; attacks are separate.

2. Follow the text

Resolve left to right and top to bottom. Do not skip or invent instructions.

3. Order simultaneous effects

Under the supplied rules, the player whose turn it is chooses the order when two effects happen at the same time.

4. Respect the wording

If Bench, Active, a cost or Poison is not mentioned, do not add that effect.

Quick answers for the supplied card rules. Online differences are collected below.

Put a Trait on a benched Character?

Yes. Your own Active and Bench can receive Traits.

Attack from the Bench?

No. Only the Active attacks.

Target the Bench with an Action?

Only when its text allows Bench or any Character.

Re-Animate from my hand, or pay from discard?

No. Recover a Character from discard and pay with cards from hand. The beta has an additional Bench-payment option.

Keep two Arenas?

Not under the supplied card rules: the new Arena replaces the old one. Online currently allows one per player.

Play several Actions or switch again?

Any number of Actions on your turn, but only one normal Switch. Online card plays must happen before attacking.

What is the NFT bonus?

The supplied rules allow one matching NFT Character per deck to receive +10 BI. This reference does not grant or change digital ownership bonuses; use the current in-game card inspector for digital stats.