Magic Bolivia

A Card Game by Jim Westergren

Notes

• You can contact me at [javascript protected email address]
• I need a new name for this game. Please send me suggestions. "King and the Snake"? "Normal Deck Magic"?
• This is a temporarily URL which will later be redirected to a new domain once I have the new name.
• English is not my native language. Please send me corrections. And better names for some of the spells.
• Video will come.
• I have myself played this game around 100 times and I really like it. Rules has been revised MANY times and finalized.
• I would love to hear feedback about the game.
• Would it be possible to make an online game of this? I can pay for this if it is reasonable.
• Game was created in beginning of 2009. Latest revisions was in beginning of 2014.

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This game is my version of Magic the Gathering with a normal card deck.

A good idea is to print these rules or have them ready in your mobile phone.

Preparations

The cards used are a standard deck which makes the card game is probably unique in its genre. Each player each have a deck of cards including 3 jokers. Sharing a deck is not recommended because the cards run out too quickly and it will not be a fair distribution.

You start with 30 lives. Keep track of them with for example poker chips.

The deck is shuffled and placed as a drawing pile (library as in Magic the gathering). Beside there is also a place for discarded cards (same as in MTG).

On a random way decide who will start the game.

Both players draw 10 cards in your hand before you start.

Tapping of cards

Cards that are used are turned 90 degrees (tapped). They are untapped at the beginning of your turn.

Placement of Cards

Mana sources are placed on a line and on a line over those the creatures.

Mana

Mana is used to play out cards as creatures and for casting spells.

Mana sources

Mana sources (like lands in Magic the Gathering) is a card that when used (turned) gives the player as much mana as the value of the card. Card number 5 thus provides 5 mana when it is turned. Mana sources can be used at any time to get mana, but the mana that is not used can not be saved but disappear when you or your opponent have finished their turn. For example, turn a queen to get 12 mana in opponent's turn, you only use 10 and then you begin with zero in your turn.

Player Phase

Each turn consists of four phases:

1. Untapping
2. Draw Phase
3. Main Phase
4. Attack

Phase 1: Untapping

Untapp all your cards.

Phase 2: Draw Phase

Normally, you draw two cards in this phase.

If your opponent controls two or more Mana sources than you do in this phase, you draw one additional card.

Phase 3: Main Phase

The main phase consists of up to three different optional events that can be done in the order you want.

• Play cards as Mana source

  You can only play two Mana sources per turn. Exception is the person who begins the game in the first turn who in that turn only can play one Mana source.

• Play Creature

  To play a card as a creature cost as much mana as the value of the card. The value of the card is also the size of the creature. The king with 13 is highest and the ace with 1 the lowest (but the ace has special abilities).

• Transfer

  One time per turn (except the first) you are allowed to transfer a creature into a Mana Source or vice versa. If the card is tapped it will remain tapped until the untapp phase.

Phase 4: Attack

Creatures must first have been in the game for at least one full turn before they can attack. A creature that attacks causes it to be tapped. Tap the creatures that are attacking and then the opponent player will choose which creatures will block. Creatures that are not blocked by the opponent's creatures attack the player and the players life is reduced by the same amount as the value of the creature.

Blocking

Creatures that are not tapped can block attacking creatures from the opponent. The defender chooses. Creatures with higher value kills creatures with lower value. If they have the same value then both dies.

Spells

A player can cast spells at any time (even during an attack). Below is a list of the different spells with the most used highest in the list:

• Destroy (20 mana): Destroy a card of the opponent. Cards that are fusioned can not be destroyed.
• Sacrifice to draw two cards: Sacrifice a creature or a Mana source to draw two cards. A third card from the draw pile is discarded.
• Sacrifice: Sacrifice two of your cards (creatures or mana sources) to receive 20 mana. Creatures cannot be sacrificed during attack or during blocking (but after or before).
• Counter (20 mana): Use this directly after the opponent either plays a card or uses a spell to discard it. If a Mana source was countered it is regarded as it did not enter the game and the player can play another one. Destroy fusion cannot be countered.
• Sacrifice for the opponent (20 mana): The opponent has to sacrifice one card on the table and one from his hand (he chooses which).
• Direct Attack (X mana): One of your creatures can attack the first turn (but not the first turn of the game). Cost the same much as the value of the creature.
• Draw a Card (10 mana): Draw a card.
• Vitality (10 mana): You get 4 lives.
• Destroy Fusion (40 mana): Destroy a card that has been fusioned. Cannot be countered.
• Memory Loss (20 mana): Discard two cards at random from the opponents hand. If the opponent only has one or fewer cards on the hand then the next cards drawn will be automatically discarded.
• Overexertion: Receive 1 mana for each reduced life.

You can of course do several at a time. For example vitality with 20 mana then gives 8 life points.

Fusion

You can during your main phase of your turn (before attacking) merge two creatures or two Mana sources into one. You just put a card with the same suit (hearts, diamonds, space, etc.) over another. Merged card can not be destroyed by Destroy - only by Destroy Fusion. This is the only difference. Important to do this with high value cards such as the kings.

Special Cards

• The Joker- Dark Ritual

  The Joker is a dark ritual and can be cast at any time to instantly get 20 mana to use. The card is placed directly in the discard pile and the opponent may immediately draw a card. The Joker can not be used in the first turn of the game as the player gets too much advantage right at the start. You can for example play this in order to directly get 20 mana in order to counter a card or spell.

• Ace - Snake

  Ace, the lowest card, is a poisonous snake when attacking (not when it blocks). If the snake does damage to another creature when it attacks, they both die even if the other creature has a higher value or is fusioned. If the snake is not blocked at the attack and thus makes 1 damage to the opponent, the attacking player can draw two cards. Direct Attack costs 10 mana for the snake.

Draw pile finishes

A player must draw the cards in the Draw Phase and if a player can not draw cards when he should have done he looses the game.

Clarification of Rules

1. In opposite of Magic the Gathering - you can not in this game sacrifice cards or cast spells before a spell from the opponent goes in effect.
2. If your life reaches 0 or less you loose the game. But you always have the option to sacrifice or ritual to get mana for vitality.
3. Creatures that attack can not be sacrificed in the attack, but before the attack or immediately after the attack is over and before the opponent's turn.
4. You can play a card as creature directly in fusion with another. This is to prevent the opponent to destroy it one second before you fusion it.

Strategy, Tactics and Tips

• Use destroy often to remove cards with high values ​​from the opponent.
• One tactic to win is to destroy the Mana sources of the opponent while building up a high one for yourself.
• A quick and aggressive strategy is to quickly put out many creatures, including large fusioned creatures that attack quickly. Sacrifice and ritual can be used to quickly get lot's of mana and Direct Attack to attack quickly.
• By taking a lot of extra cards and use Memory Loss, you may get a great card advantage.
• Overexertion can be used for example if you have 19 mana but need 20 in order to use a spell.
• Direct Attack can be used with a large creature (use fusion to prevent Destroy) if the opponent does not have any creature to block.
• Use Direct Damage if the opponent has less than 4 life and have their Many sources tapped to force him to sacrifice cards in order to cast vitality.

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