Quick-start reference
Survive the Cataclysm Arcade
A concise reference for getting into a game and moving through each Level. Check the official guide for complete card timing, keywords, and current rulings.
01
Last Boss standing
If your Boss is destroyed, you are out. The last surviving Boss wins.
02
Draw four
Put your Boss into play, shuffle your deck, draw four cards, then take one mulligan if needed.
03
Climb the Levels
At the start of each Level, draw one card and gain coins equal to the Level number.
04
One move or pass
On your turn, take one action or pass. Turns continue clockwise.
05
Watch card Levels
A Fighter or Weapon must be at or below the current Level to enter play.
06
Reset and rotate
When everyone passes, unused coins disappear, the Level increases, and Player One rotates left.
Turn flow
Choose one move
- 1
Play a Fighter or Weapon
Fighters and Weapons do not cost coins to play, but their printed Level cannot be higher than the current Level.
- 2
Attack
Tap a Fighter or your Boss and pay the attack cost. Damage does not happen in return and remains between Levels.
- 3
Use an ability
Pay the cost shown on the card, choose any required targets, and carry out the effect.
- 4
Pass
Once you pass, you cannot take more actions that Level, but you may still play Responses to opposing actions.
Official source
Check current rulings
This page intentionally stays brief. Use the official guide for the full card-type reference, the Line and priority system, traits, techniques, and the latest rulings.
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