How to Play Naruto Mythos TCG

The complete ruleset for the Naruto Mythos Trading Card Game.

🎯 Goal of the Game

• The game lasts 4 rounds.
• You and your opponent compete by sending ninja characters on missions.
• At the end of the 4th round, the player with the most Mission Points wins.
• If it's a tie → the player holding the Edge token wins.

🃏 Deck & Setup

• Each player builds a 30-card Character deck (max 2 copies of the same version of a character).
• Each player also selects 3 Mission cards (kept separate from the main deck).
• Before the match:
  • Shuffle your 3 Missions, randomly select 2, then mix them with your opponent's 2.
  • This makes a Mission Deck of 4 cards (one per round).
  • Both players draw 5 cards to start.

🔄 Round Structure

Each round follows 4 phases:

1. Start Phase
   • Draw the next Mission card and place it face-up.
   • Gain 5 Chakra +1 per character you already control.
   • Draw 2 cards.
2. Action Phase
   • Players take turns assigning ninjas to missions:
     • Play a ninja face-up (pay its Chakra cost).
     • Or play it face-down as Hidden (costs only 1 Chakra, no effects yet).
     • Or reveal a Hidden ninja (pay full cost, activate its effects).
   • The first player to pass gains the Edge token (decides ties + goes first next round).
3. Mission Evaluation Phase
   • Compare total Power on each mission.
   • Winner gains the Mission's points (base + bonus depending on rank: D=1, C=2, B=3, A=4).
   • Activate SCORE effects.
   • You must have at least 1 Power to claim a mission.
4. End Phase
   • Discard leftover Chakra and Power tokens.
   • If it's not Round 4 → start a new round.

⚡ Key Concepts

🔑 Keywords & Glossary

MAIN

Effect triggers every time you play the character face-up.

UPGRADE

Effect triggers only when you play the character as an upgrade over another version of the same name.

AMBUSH

Effect triggers only when you reveal a character from Hidden state (face-down).

SCORE

Effect triggers only when you win a mission with that character present.

CHAKRA +X

This character provides X additional Chakra points during the Start Phase (on top of the normal Chakra production).

POWERUP X

Place X Power tokens on a character. If not specified, the target is the same character that triggered the effect. (Each Power token = +1 Power).

⚔️ Other Important Game Terms

Hidden

Any character card placed face-down. Costs only 1 Chakra to play, has 0 Power until revealed.

Non-hidden

Any character card placed face-up.

Defeat

The character is discarded to its owner's discard pile.

Hide

Turn a character face-down (becomes Hidden).

Move

Relocate a character to another mission, following the effect's instruction.

Take control

Temporarily take control of a character. If it leaves play, it returns to the original owner.

Edge

Token held by the first player who passes in the Action Phase. Decides ties and who starts next round.

Power Tokens

+1 Power each, often gained through POWERUP.

Upgrade Effect

Applies only when stacking a stronger version of the same ninja.