Final Fantasy Trading Card Game

Setup

Decks must contain exactly 50 cards and can have no more than 3 copies of the same card. Players then shuffle their decks and place it in the Deck Zone. Each player then draws 5 cards. A player may mulligan their hand by placing their 5 original cards on the bottom of their deck in any order and then drawing 5 new cards. The first player to go is decided randomly. On the first turn of the first player also draws only one card, but every turn after that a player draws 2 cards.^[1]

How to play

Players play other cards by spending Crystal Points (CP). Crystal Points are gained by Dulling (turning a card sideways) a Character Backup card, which will provide one Crystal Point of its Element type, or by discarding a card from the player's hand, which will provide two Crystal Points of its Element type. To successfully play a card, the player must pay the CP cost with at least 1 CP belonging to its Element type. Example: A Fire card with a cost of 5 CP requires one Fire CP and four CP of any other type. Light and Dark Element type cards do not have this restriction and any CP can be used to play these cards, however they cannot be discarded for CP.^[2][1][3]

The goal of the game is to satisfy a winning condition. To achieve this goal you summon Characters and then eventually attack with Character Forward cards. The defending player can choose whether or not to block attacking Forwards with their own Forwards. If two Forwards are in combat with each other, the Forward with the higher power destroys the other, and the loser is put into its owner's Break Zone, or discard pile. If the Forward was unblocked, it deals one damage to the defending player. When a player is dealt damage, they put 1 card per damage from their deck into their Damage Zone. When a Damage Zone has seven cards in it, that player loses the game.^[2][1]

To play a card or ability, a player announces the card or ability and any targets it has and pays the CP cost. Each other player may respond to that card or ability before it has its effect or before it enters the field. The first player may respond to any actions the other players take and so on. This is known as the "stack." Once players pass on playing cards or abilities, the cards on the stack resolve from top to bottom (most recent card first, then next most recent, and so on). Character cards (Forwards and Backups) can only be played if the stack is empty.^[2][1]

How to win

The game ends when a player fulfills a winning or losing condition. Three conditions exist: Deal 7 points of damage to your opponent, your opponent can't draw their next card, or dealing damage to an opponent when their deck is empty.