I’m gonna get a little technical here about guidelines for deck building so if you want to just skip right on to buying pre-made decks you can do that right here or in the dropdown menu
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OKAY EVERYONE ELSE, LET’S GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF HISTORY AND BATTLES.
Each standard deck contains 60 cards that generally follow this layout:
For Historical Figures and Moves, the general layout is:
- 1 legendary with 5 moves
- 1 epic with 3 moves
- 1 rare with 2 moves
- 1 uncommon with 2 moves
- 1 common with 1 move
For money and brains, the general layout is:
- 2 20 brains cards
- 5 10 brains cards
- 7 5 brains cards
- 7 $20 cards
- 7 $15 cards
- 7 $10 cards
- 7 $5 cards
This will be what we call the “tournament deck layout”. Some of the decks we released have different amounts of cards of different rarity levels or with a different number of moves included but a 60-card deck generally follows that layout.
With that said, your self-made decks can really look however you want them to. We do have some guidelines in place to make it fair for everyone though.
1.) In your deck you can only have one legendary card for every 4 other rarity levels. So, to have a legendary you have to have 4 cards that are one of each of the other rarity levels. (Epic, rare, uncommon, and common).
2.) While we know from personal experience that there is an urge to pack your brains and funding with the highest numbers available to you, we can also tell you there are some downsides.
*If you only put $20 money cards into your deck, you’re stuck spending them in their entirety on $5 moves and you will run out of them thinking you have more coming and often won’t be able to afford the things you really want. Having the different funding amounts allows you to be strategic with your spending (plus there are cards that can double your funding amounts so it’s more fun when those come up).
*If you fill your deck with only 20 brains cards it will make keeping track of who is using what amount pretty confusing too.
Really, we’ve tested it with all the different amounts of brains and money, this is the most effective way to lay out your deck.
In future releases, we will be putting out cards of different rarities than the starter decks. This always leads to the question “Can I have an Einstein deck?”. the quick answer is yes. The long answer is that it does need to adhere to the above guidelines regarding rarity and you can’t have two Einstein’s from the same type and rarity.
That might require a bit more explanation. So far, we have mostly been talking about the decks you’d use in a two or three-player game. As your number of Rivals increases, your deck will also have to grow. So, if you want yourself to go against 12 of your best friends… You’re going to need a lot more cards. That opens up all kinds of avenues including decks centered around just one Person.
So, using the example from above but with a deck built for more than three rivals you could have:
- 1 Legendary physicist Einstein
- 1 Legendary Violinist Einstein
- 1 Epic NAACP Einstein
- 1 Epic physicist Einstein
- 1 Rare Nobel Prize Einstein
- 1 Rare Refugee Einstein
- 1 Uncommon Author Einstein
- 1 Uncommon Manhattan Project Einstein
- 1 Common Scientific Theorist Einstein
- 1 Common Author Einstein
As you can see you can have multiple of the same person, even from the same deck, but they NEED to be different rarities. So, it might take some time to build a deck all of one person, but it can be done.
Also, if you take a look at the decks listed above that could include Einstein, you’ll get a better idea of the sort of things that you can use as a deck. Einstein was a violinist (that’s a skill he had to learn and isn’t a broad generalization), a Physicist of course, part of the NAACP, a Nobel prize recipient, a refugee, worked on the Manhattan Project, was a highly noted scientific theorist, and was a published author. These are all perfectly acceptable decks you can create.
Just remember, have fun. The point of the game isn’t to get bogged down in the rules or make it so that playing is too complicated. Just a couple of simple guidelines to follow, mostly if you plan to play competitively, and try to enjoy yourself. If you’re unclear about if two cards can be put together, do some research, if you’re still not sure then send us an email. We love talking to people about deck building and history and we would love to hear about and debate deck building.
happy playing!