I. OBJECTIVE

Reduce opponent’s health from 20 to 0 to win.

II. SETUP

Each player starts with:

• Role-play as 1 sorcerer (sorcerer has 20 health and unique effects)
• 5 cards in hand
• Determine first player by coin flip or dice roll (first player does not draw a card on their first turn)

III. TURN SEQUENCE

Each turn, you have 2 mana available to play cards (mana cost of cards is indicated in the top-left corner of each card).

1. Draw Phase

   • Draw 1 card from the deck.

2. Action Phase (in any order):

   • Convert Cards to Mana
     • Up to 2 cards can be converted per turn.
     • Each converted card gives +1 mana.
   • Summon Creature
     • Use mana to summon creatures (note that some creatures have special summoning requirements).
   • Cast Spell
     • Use mana to cast spell cards.
   • Attack
     • Attacking with creatures costs no mana.
     • Creatures can:
       • Attack directly to opponent’s health.
       • Attack opponent’s creatures.

3. End Turn

   • Turn passes to the opponent.

IV. SPECIAL MECHANICS

• Draw Card When Creature Dies
  • Whenever your creature dies → draw 1 new card.
• Hand Size Limit
  • Maximum 7 cards. If at limit, cannot draw more.
• Mana Does Not Carry Over
  • Resets each turn.
• Deck Out
  • Reshuffle discard pile to continue.

V. WIN CONDITION

When opponent’s health reaches 0 or below, you win the match.

VI. TOKENS AND MANAGEMENT

When a character loses health, the player places tokens to cover the lost health to show remaining health.

VII. GAME PACE AND STRATEGY

A typical game lasts 15-30 minutes depending on the number of players.

Some common combos:

• “Mana Burst”: Convert multiple cards to perform a big combo in one turn.
• Sacrifice creatures with “death effects”: To draw extra cards.
• Direct attacks to opponent’s health: To pressure early, instead of just trading creatures.

VIII. DEFENSE CARDS (BLOCKERS)

Defense cards are placed on the table to block damage for your side.

• Must destroy all blockers before attacking the character’s health.
• Excess damage (if any) after breaking blockers transfers to the main target.

In case of area attacks:

• If the attack deals 2 damage to the whole side and there’s a blocker with 3, the blocker takes all 2 damage → other units unaffected.
• If only 1 blocker left, the remaining 1 damage is split evenly among the remaining units.

IX. ATTACK SPELLS

Can target sorcerer or creature, not bound by whether opponent’s creatures are alive or not.

X. SUMMONING CARDS

• When summoned, creature cannot attack that turn, unless an effect allows it.
• Each turn, each creature can attack once, dealing damage equal to its Attack stat.
• When a creature loses all health, it is destroyed → you draw 1 new card.
• Attacks deal damage to the target and are one-sided, so no counter-damage.