How it plays

Gameplay

Turn-based duels between two gods. Every turn more Aether, every card a decision.

The rules in six numbers

30: Health for each hero. Bring the enemy hero to 0 to win.
30: Cards in every deck, exactly: your god’s cards plus the Mortals. Up to 2 copies of a card, 1 of each Mythic.
1 → 10: Aether. Each of your turns raises your maximum by one, to ten, and refills it.
7: Units on each side of the board. Up to 10 cards in hand.
2: Aether for your god’s power, once per turn.
3 / 4: Opening cards for the first and second player, each able to replace any of them once.

Three gods, three mechanics

Zeus on his throne, from his campaign opening film.

Zeus: Storm

A card’s Storm clause is active only if its controller successfully cast another spell earlier this turn.

Skyfire — Deal 1 damage to an enemy character. Deal 2 instead if you have already cast a spell this turn.

Poseidon on his throne, from his campaign opening film.

Poseidon: Tide

Start at Low Tide. At the start of each of your turns after the first, the Tide turns. Cards marked Low Tide or High Tide use only the clause that matches the current Tide.

Tidal Call — At Low Tide, summon a 1/2 Nereid with Guard. At High Tide, give a friendly unit +1/+1 permanently.

Hades on his throne, from his campaign opening film.

Hades: Souls

Start at 0 Souls, up to 10. Gain 1 Soul whenever a friendly non-token unit dies.

Grave Muster — Summon a 1/1 Shade. If you have at least 1 Soul, automatically spend 1 to summon it as a 2/2 instead.

In the game

Screens from the App Store set. TODO · looping gameplay captures

Choosing an opening hand on iPhone: three cards to keep or replace before the first turn.

Choosing a god: Zeus, Poseidon and Hades medallions above the power panel.

The deck builder with a 30-card deck and the card collection.

Choose your path: Zeus, Poseidon and Hades at the start of the campaign.

Keywords

Guard: Enemy attacks must target a Guard unit while any enemy Guard exists. Spells and powers ignore Guard.
Onslaught: This unit may attack enemy units on the turn it is summoned, but not the enemy hero that turn.
Aegis: Prevent the next damage to this unit, then remove Aegis.
Arrival: Triggers when this unit card is played from your hand.
Last Breath: Triggers once when the unit is destroyed.
Stun: The unit cannot attack through the end of its controller’s next turn.
Silence: Removes a unit’s text, keywords and buffs, restoring its printed stats.

Modes

Campaign The Dawn We Owe: twelve chapters of story battles, bosses and card rewards.
Quick Match Play another person online. The server holds the rules, the clock and every hidden card.
Private Room Invite a friend with a six-character room code.
Online Practice An online match against an opponent clearly labelled as AI.
Offline Practice Runs entirely on your device against the built-in bot. No server needed.
Tutorial Twelve short lessons that teach the Twelve Thrones.

Collect by playing

New accounts receive the 60 Basic cards, two copies of each, and three complete starter decks. The other 240 cards are visible from the start and unlocked with Favor, a currency you earn by playing. Online turns run on a two-minute server clock.

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