Own more cards than your opponent when all 9 board squares are filled. Each player starts with 5 cards in hand.

Players alternate placing one card per turn onto any empty square. You have 2 minutes per turn — if time runs out, a card is played automatically.

Each card has four values: Top, Right, Bottom, Left. When you place a card next to an opponent's card, compare the touching sides. If your value is higher, you capture that card — it becomes yours (shown by color).

When a card is captured, it immediately checks whether it can capture any of its own neighbors using its values. This can trigger a chain reaction across the board.

Your score = cards on the board you own + cards still in your hand. The player with more than 5 at the end wins. A 5–5 tie is a draw.

Win: +50 coins  |  Draw: +15 coins  |  Loss: −10 coins

Before each match, both players blindly pick one face-down card from the opponent's hand to remove it. Then each player picks a reserve card from their collection to replace the card that was taken from them. Both players start the game with exactly 5 cards.

You start with 10 random cards. Earn coins by playing matches and spend them in the Shop to roll for new cards. Rarer cards have higher stat totals and are harder to pull. Duplicates are automatically converted to coins. Build your deck of 5 in the Deck Builder.

You can forfeit at any time during a match. If fewer than 5 cards are on the board, neither player earns coins. Otherwise the winner receives their normal reward.