Martial Arts Trading Cards

Six fighter stats

Every Fighter card has six stats on a 1 to 10 scale, calculated from the verified record and discipline.

• Power hitting power, adds damage to landed strikes
• Speed hand and foot speed, decides who acts first
• Technique accuracy and skill, striking and grappling
• Defence guard, footwork and head movement
• Stamina the gas tank for each round
• Heart chin, durability and will; sets Condition and corner recovery

Five tiers

For Fighter cards the tier is earned by the real fighter, not rolled. A card is issued at the highest tier the verified career supports, and upgrades automatically if the fighter earns more for real.

• Prospect registered, verified, 3+ verified bouts
• Contender 10+ verified bouts or a verified regional title
• Elite verified national title, major stadium or promotion title, or 25+ verified bouts with a winning record
• Legend verified continental or international title, or 50+ verified pro bouts with a winning record
• World Champion a verified world title

The stat gap from Prospect to World Champion is small, so a Prospect deck can beat a World Champion deck with better play.

Card types

• Fighter a real registered fighter; exactly one per deck
• Corner real trainers, cutmen and ring crew who help between rounds
• Technique strikes, grapples, submissions, defences and counters tied to a discipline
• Training one shot preparation effects such as Pad Work or Film Study
• Gear equipment with a small benefit paired with a small cost
• Event shared venue, rule set, crowd, referee and judge conditions, never in a player's deck

Building a deck

• 1 Fighter
• Up to 2 Corner cards (at most 1 Head Trainer)
• Up to 2 Gear cards
• Exactly 30 fight cards (Technique and Training)
• All within a Purse of 60 points: higher tier cards cost more Purse
• Techniques outside your fighter's disciplines cost 1 extra Gas

The bout

• Standard bout: 3 rounds. Title bout: 5 rounds. Each round has 3 exchanges.
• Each exchange both players secretly choose an attack, a defence or counter and any Training cards, then reveal at the same time.
• Speed decides who acts first; Technique against Defence decides a clean hit, a partial hit or a miss.
• Gas refills each round; Condition is your health; a big single hit causes a knockdown.
• Between rounds the Corner Phase lets you recover, use Corner abilities, adjust your hand, and the ringside doctor checks cuts.
• Three judges score every round on the 10 point must system, each with a different focus: damage, effective aggression, and technique and control.

How a bout is won

• KO the opponent's Condition reaches 0
• TKO three knockdowns in one round, a doctor stoppage for cuts, or the towel is thrown in
• Submission under MMA rules only
• Decision after the final round: unanimous, split or majority on the judges' scorecards
• Draw when no fighter wins a majority of the scorecards

Rule sets include Striking, MMA, Boxing, Kyokushin and Lethwei, set by the venue for each bout.