⚔️ Duel Rules Summary

Christianity Strategy Card Game — Righteous vs Evil decks

⚔️ Duel Mode — Righteous vs Evil decks

A head-to-head variant: any number of players split into two sides — at least one Righteous deck and one Evil deck (Evil = Fire-colored cards: Temptations & Fire-Habituals). Righteous seats share the Righteous win; Evil seats share the Evil win.

Turns

Righteous goes first, then turns alternate (R → E → R → E…). Every seat — either side — takes its own full turn: Draw → Cost Zone → Main → End of Turn. There is no separate Evil or Resistance phase in a duel.

Attacking & Defending

Evil plays at instant speed. The Evil side may drop a Temptation or Fire-Habitual at (almost) any time — even in the middle of a Righteous player's turn, not just on its own — and aims it at whichever Righteous player it chooses. Both evil threat kinds are instant-speed. The only limit is the rule everyone shares: no plays while a player is mid-way through laying their Cost Zone ("only before or after, never during").

Instant mini-resistance. The moment a Temptation or Fire-Habitual is aimed at you, you get an immediate window to resist it — tap Cost Zone cards or play a Resistance card right then, even on someone else's turn. Evil may keep interrupting as long as it can pay the Cost for each threat, and you answer each one on its own. Any threat you don't resist gets through: −1 Humility (Power), and a Fire-Habitual takes hold and blocks your L3 win until it's resisted.

The whole interrupt behaviour is toggleable: Evil Interrupt in the game menu (or ?evilInterrupt=0). Turn it off for the classic rule where Evil only acts on its own turn.

🔥 Evil Combo. Evil cards played back-to-back chain into a discount: the first play is full price, the next costs C1 less, then C2 less, and so on. When a play lands free (C0) the chain restarts. The chain also resets once the Righteous side responds (resists / takes a hit) or on the next turn. With more than one Evil seat you can't combo against yourself — a partner has to play the next card to keep the discount growing (one Evil deck can chain solo).

🔥 Habitual Dominance. An Evil seat pays C1 less for all its cards per every 3 of its own Fire-Habituals in play (they took hold — were not resisted): 3 → C1 less, 6 → C2 less, and so on. Only that seat's own Habituals count (not a partner's), and it's a standing discount that drops as Habituals leave play. Righteous resistance is unaffected — the righteous player still resists each temptation at its written cost.

🔥 Evil Micro-Rewards

An Evil seat earns a micro-reward in either of these ways:

• Habitual pair — you have 2 of your own Fire-Habituals unresisted and both in play at the same time. That pair is then spent (flagged) and never counts again; the next pair you hold in play (any turn) earns the next reward. A Habitual resisted/removed before it pairs never counts.
• 4 plays in a turn — you play 4 cards on a single turn (resisted or not). Every 4th play that turn earns a reward.
• 3 failed temptations in a turn — when 3 non-Habitual Temptations get through unresisted in one turn (counting all Evil seats together), the seat that played the 3rd (last) one earns a reward. Every 3 that turn triggers again.
• Combo finale — chain your plays (see 🔥 Evil Combo) all the way down to a free (C0) card, aimed at one Righteous player (a chain must stay on a single target). If the righteous player does not resist that free finale, every Evil seat that played into the chain earns a reward. (So the righteous player will usually want to resist the free finale to deny it — but that's their call.)

For each reward, that seat chooses one of:

• Draw 2 cards.
• Untap 2 Cost Zone cards (frees Cost to spend).
• Flip 2 random Cost Zone cards face-up (so the Righteous side sees them coming) — each becomes a playable card (and is still tappable for mana) with a play-replace-spent flag: when you play one you immediately draw a card from your deck into your Cost Zone tapped (a spent replacement). You can tap face-up Cost cards for mana and use it to play them.
• Destroy a Righteous Habitual (special — only available on every 5th micro-reward this turn, counting all Evil seats) — remove one Righteous Habitual in play (or in hand) from the game (the Evil side agrees which).

On a 5th (special) reward, you may also direct any of the rewards (Draw / Untap / Flip) to another allied Evil player instead of yourself.

Same-turn bonus. If you rack up rewards fast, you get an extra one:

• Solo Evil — earn 2 rewards in one turn → 1 extra reward (per 2 earned).
• Multiple Evil seats — if 2+ Evil seats each earn a reward on the same turn, every earner gets 1 extra reward (you may pick the same one again).

✨ Righteous Micro-Boosts

The Righteous side earns micro-boosts two ways (both count all Righteous players together):

• Cards per phase — every (3 + number of Righteous players) cards the Righteous side plays in one phase earns a boost. (So 4 cards with 1 Righteous player, 5 with 2, 6 with 3…) Only played cards count — using a Maturity Ability does not. The tally resets at the start of each phase.
• Clean resistance streak — if a Righteous player resists 3 Temptations / Evil Habituals in one turn (by any means — Resistance card, tapping Cost, or breaking a Habitual with an ability) without any Temptation being failed that turn, they earn a boost. If a Temptation is failed that turn, the streak is voided for the rest of the turn.

For each micro-boost, the Righteous side chooses one — and may give it to any Righteous player (more options added later):

• Draw 2 cards.
• +1 Humility (Power) (progress toward the next Maturity Level).

Cost Zone & Draw per side

• Righteous — opening Cost Zone (one-time, at game start): 3 + (extra opponents) cards. Draw each turn: own Maturity + 2 + (extra opponents). Cost intake capped at 4/turn.
• Evil — opening Cost Zone (one-time, at game start): 3 + (extra opponents) cards (same as Righteous). Draw each turn: when outnumbered, Evil draws the sum of every Righteous player's draw — Σ (their Maturity + 2). Example: one Righteous at L1 and one at L0 → 3 + 2 = 5. When not outnumbered it's the top Righteous Maturity + 2. Cost intake capped at 4 + 2 × (extra opponents) per turn (so 4 when not outnumbered, 6 when outnumbered by one, …). Evil's Maturity-tracking draw + outnumbered bonuses are its counterweight to never leveling up.

"Extra opponents" = how badly a side is outnumbered — the other side's seat count minus your own, never below 0. The outnumbered handicap is now the same for both sides (+1 opening Cost + 1 draw per extra opponent). Only the smaller side gets it; an even match (1v1) gives neither side one.

Humility (Power) & Maturity

Start at 3/10 Humility (Power). Humility (Power) changes only via card effects and by failing temptations: −1 Humility (Power) if you have any; if your Humility (Power) is already 0, the overflow forces you to discard a card per point — from hand OR Cost Zone (your choice). Level up Maturity by playing Maturity-type cards — but Maturity may only grow 1 level per turn in a duel (no racing to L3 in one turn). Need to clear stuck Evil Habituals for the win? Unlock the ✝ Deliverance Maturity Ability (see below) — then use it once per level-up to break up to 3.

Right-click the Humility (Power) or Maturity badge to adjust either stat manually (house rules / testing).

Win Conditions (no round clock)

🏆 Righteous win: every Righteous player reaches Maturity L3 and there are no Evil Habituals in play — and that clean state must hold for one full round (mirroring the Evil win). Reaching L3 with a clear board arms the win; if any Evil Habitual comes back into play during that round (even one that's then removed), the countdown resets and you need a fresh full clean round. Take as long as you need — there is no time limit.

💀 Evil win: get 7 Fire-Habituals in play per Evil player (1v1 = 7, 2 evil = 14 …) and keep them there for a full round. Habituals count whether they've taken hold on a player or are sitting on the field. The moment the limit is hit, the Righteous side gets one full round — their next turn — to resist one back below the limit and avert the loss. See it on the board, answer it on your turn; only if it survives does Evil win.

⚖️ Stalemate? Neither side is forced to end the game, but the app tracks a running score to break a drawn‑out game — Righteous: Maturity ×5 + Resisted pile; Evil: Failed pile + Habituals in play ×5.

Start a duel: the ⚔️ New Duel item in the game menu, or the duel scenarios menu.

✦ Maturity Abilities — "Mature Together"

The Righteous side can unlock shared abilities in duel too. Each time you reach the next Maturity Level (L1, L2, L3) you choose one ability — free. In duel there is no buying with Cost — abilities are earned only by leveling up. Double Resistance is available only at Maturity Level 2 or higher.

• Benevolence / Double Resistance — spend/rotate your own Cost Zone to resist a temptation.
• Brotherly Love — redirect your next card's beneficial effect (self in 1v1).
• Restoration — once each time you reach a new Maturity Level, every Righteous Player shuffles up to 15 random cards from their discard pile back into their own Deck. Recharges at every new level.
• ✝ Deliverance — once each time you reach a new Maturity Level, break up to 3 Evil Habituals in play (removed to the Resisted pile). Clears the board toward the "L3 + no Habituals" win. Recharges at every new level.
• Vibrancy — flip 2 Cost Zone cards face-up after your Cost phase.
• Cost Zone Power — gained 3+ Power this turn? Draw a card straight to your Cost Zone at end of turn.
• Speed — play 1 Habitual/Maturity card at any time on your turn.

Toggle the whole system on/off in the game menu (Maturity Abilities) or with ?matAbilities=0.

Humility (Power) Loss at 0 (Overflow Rule)

If a card causes you to lose Humility (Power) while already at 0, you must discard 1 card per Humility (Power) lost from your hand or Cost Zone.

Card Rules Glossary

For every keyword, cost pattern, and trigger that appears on cards in the deck — boosts, rotate, search, attach, reveal, conditional effects, and so on — see the full 📖 Rules Glossary (opens in a new tab).

More reference

📖 Every keyword, cost pattern, and trigger on the cards: see the Rules Glossary.

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