Homemade TCG

Homemade TCG is a card game where you play cards and attack to reduce your opponent’s life from 20 to 0. Each run is a roguelike: losing ends your progress, and you start over. There is no progression between runs; all cards are available from the start.

Card battles

You begin with a five-card hand and draw a card each turn, except that the player who goes first does not draw on their first turn. You can play one card from your hand per turn, though card effects can let you play more. Each card can attack once per turn, with no summoning sickness.

If your opponent has cards on the field, you must attack one of them. An attacked enemy card dies. When no enemy cards remain, your attacks hit your opponent directly, dealing damage equal to the attacking card’s power. Cards have a default power of 1 unless card effects change it. A game ends when a player runs out of life or tries to draw or mill a card with no cards left in their deck.

Runs and card choices

At the start of a run, you choose four cards from three choices each to form your starting deck. After each win, you can choose two new cards. A run has five floors and ends with a final boss; losing means starting over.