How to Play
Reduce your opponent's Contender to zero health. Here's everything you need for your first game, current to Comprehensive Rulebook 8.0.
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One Contender. One deck.
- 1 Contender: your hero and your health total.
- 50 to 60 card main deck: Clash cards, Actions, Accessories and Clashgrounds. Up to 4 copies of each card.
- 0 to 15 card sideboard, used in competitive formats.
Turn structure
Start
Resolve start-of-turn effects.
Expansion
Ready, draw 1, and you may place 1 card in your Resource Zone.
Primary
Play Clash cards, Accessories, Clashgrounds and Actions. Set Traps.
Clash & End
Attack, respond, obstruct, and assign damage. Then resolve end-of-turn effects.
Setup: draw 8 cards, then take one partial mulligan. The first player skips their first Ready and Draw steps and can't Clash on turn 1.
Play your first turn, step by step
Step 1: Setup
Pick one Contender and a 50–60 card deck (0–15 card sideboard). Draw 8 cards, then take one partial mulligan.
Step 2: Start
Resolve any start-of-turn effects.
Step 3: Expansion
Ready your cards, draw 1, and you may place 1 card in your Resource Zone. The first player skips Ready and Draw on turn 1.
Step 4: Primary
Play Clash cards, Accessories, Clashgrounds and Actions, and set Traps.
Step 5: Clash
Attack, respond, obstruct and assign damage. The first player can't Clash on turn 1.
Step 6: End
Resolve end-of-turn effects. Your opponent's turn begins.
Full detail: Comprehensive Rules 8.0.