CivTCG
The Civ Trading Card Game (CivTCG) is an in game, player-developed card game based mechanically on Hearthstone, Magic The Gathering and Pokemon. Cards were sold on CivClassic 2.0 and are currently sold on CivMC. CivTCG's Discord opened on July 14th 2018, and the game was announced on Reddit on August 7th 2018. CivTCG was invented and developed by Lodish.
On CivMC, cards are available from purchase in the main shops at Altepetl, Yoahtl and Shiroyama, Nara.[1]
Competition History
The first official tournament to be held was the Pre-release Tournament on October 19th,[2] it lasted several days and Swiftfizz won first place, with BorderTage in second and ShinjiruMC in third. It was an official sport in the Nara Olympics with BlankestAtlas winning gold, Earyx silver and animeme_master bronze.[3]
How to play
Each CivTCG match is a 1 vs 1 battle between two opponents representing two different nations. Gameplay in CivTCG is turn-based, with players taking turns to play cards from their hand, either to cast a powerful effect or to summon a minion to fight on behalf of their nation. Each nation has 20 Health, and if their health is reduced to zero that nation loses, cursed to be a deserted ruin.
At the start of each turn, the player draws a new card from their deck - a collection of 27 cards selected before battle. During their turn, each player can choose to play any of their cards, activate card abilities or command minions to attack targets, however most actions require the player to spend Materials. Each player starts the game choosing 1 Material out of the 5 base materials(❂⚒⎚▩◆), and gains one more of their choice at the start of each turn. All of a players's Materials regenerate at the beginning of their turn (all their Materials become 'replenished').
Drawing your entire deck does not cause the player to lose. However, once a player has no more cards to draw, later attempts to draw an additional card from their empty deck will cause them to suffer 5 damage from Fatigue.
Players can currently choose from 164 official cards, with more cards always being added through future expansions.
Official Sets
There are currently 3 major sets and 2 smaller nation theme sets developed with cards from the Promo Set also Tournament legal. The most recent main set being the Duels set. Sets vary in size. So far only the Classic Set has been rereleased on CivMC. Some cards such as Hjaltland Banner had their art fixed, or were reworded for their rerelease on CivMC.[4]
Classic Set
Released first, the Classic Set is the original core of cards. It was officially released [?]. The classic set cards can be identified by their ❒ symbol on the card. There are 40 cards in the Classic Set. Famous CivClassics players have cards based on them: ComradeNick, Frensin, Gantoe_, Gjum, LordofMarzipan, ProgramMC, Sintralin, TangentalThreat. Famous buildings from CivClassic also have cards: Gingyoukage Bathhouse of Gensokyo, Ironbank Vault of Hexcorp, Meditat Ziggurat of Meditat, Shardore Tower of Mount Augusta and Yoahtl Olympic Stadium of Yoahtl.
| Card Name | Cost | Set Number | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baby Zombie | ❂❂ | 18/40 | Mob |
| Black Glass Hopper Pipe | ❂⚒⎚▩◆ | 30/40 | Item |
| Chest | ▩▩ | 26/40 | Item |
| Chicken | ❂ | 04/40 | Mob |
| ComradeNick | ◆◆◆◆ | 27/40 | Legendary Player |
| Creeper | ⚒▩▩ | 19/40 | Mob |
| Cyan Sheep | ⚒ | 08/40 | Mob |
| Daybreak Zombie | ❂▩ | 31/40 | Mob |
| Diamond Sword | ◆◆▩ | 05/40 | Equip Item |
| Diamond Vein | ❂❂◆ | 24/40 | Item |
| Enderpearl Volley | ⎚⎚⎚⎚ | 32/40 | Item |
| Flint and Steel | ❂⚒▩ | 23/40 | Item |
| Flying TNT | ⎚⎚⎚⎚ | 14/40 | Item |
| Frensin | ⎚⎚⎚⎚ | 03/40 | Legendary Player |
| Gantoe_ | ❂❂⚒⚒ | 12/40 | Legendary Player |
| Gingyoukage Bathhouse | ◆▩▩ | 39/40 | Legendary Building |
| Gjum | ⚒⚒⚒⚒ | 15/40 | Legendary Player |
| Hjaltland Banner | ▩▩❂ | 20/40 | Equip Item |
| Illegal Bunker | ⚒⚒⚒◆◆ | 25/40 | Building |
| Ironbank Vault | ⚒⚒⚒⚒❂❂◆◆ | 28/40 | Legendary Building |
| Librarian Villager | ❂▩ | 29/40 | Mob |
| LordofMarzipan | ⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒◆◆ | 01/40 | Legendary Player |
| Lusitan Wine | ▩◆ | 37/40 | Item |
| Meditat Ziggurat | ⎚⎚❂❂ | 36/40 | Legendary Building |
| Obsidian Lining | ❂❂⚒⚒ | 21/40 | Item |
| Potion of Harming | ▩⎚❂ | 13/40 | Item |
| Potion of Healing | ▩⎚ | 09/40 | Item |
| ProgramMC | ❂❂▩ | 40/40 | Legendary Player |
| Red Boots | ▩▩▩▩ | 34/40 | Equip Item |
| Red Sheep | ▩ | 07/40 | Mob |
| Shardore Tower | ❂❂▩ | 17/40 | Legendary Building |
| Simple Iron Raider | ⚒⚒ | 38/40 | Player |
| Sintralin | ⎚⎚⚒◆◆ | 33/40 | Legendary Player |
| Small Magma Cube | ⚒ | 16/40 | Mob |
| Spider Jockey | ❂❂⚒ | 10/40 | Mob |
| TangentialThreat | ❂❂❂▩▩ | 02/40 | Legendary Player |
| Water Trap | ❂❂ | 11/40 | Building |
| Wolf Tamer | ▩❂⚒ | 22/40 | Player |
| Yoahtl Olympic Stadium | ❂⎚◆ | 35/40 | Legendary Building |
| Zombie | ❂❂▩ | 06/40 | Mob |
Misprints
The card Iron Raider is a misprint of Simple Iron Raider that was sold at the beginning of CivMC and was later fixed and plate destroyed meaning their numbers will never increase. Iron Raider is tournament legal but will be considered the same card as Simple Iron Raider in regards to the rules for example a deck may not have both Iron Raider and Simple Iron Raider in the same deck.
Beginner Set
The second CivTCG set was aimed at newer players and has more basic designs and all cards only have one material type making it easier to create mono-type decks. The Beginner Set has 45 cards total, 9 of each material type, each type with one rarer 6 cost card. The Beginner set cards can be identified by their Ⓑ symbol on the card.
| Card Name | Cost | Set Number | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Great Wall | ❂❂❂❂❂ | 35/45 | Building |
| Ancient Iron Pickaxe | ⚒⚒ | 02/45 | Equip Item |
| Angry Wolf | ⚒⚒⚒ | 04/45 | Mob |
| Badly Aimed Arrow | ❂❂ | 29/45 | Item |
| Cave Zombie | ❂❂❂ | 33/45 | Mob |
| Communist Hippie | ▩▩ | 13/45 | Player |
| Confused Trio | ❂❂❂ | 30/45 | Player |
| Desert Rabbit | ❂ | 28/45 | Mob |
| Dumb Chicken | ▩ | 10/45 | Mob |
| Floating Endereye | ⎚ | 37/45 | Item |
| Gold Pyramid Beacon | ⎚⎚⎚⎚⎚ | 44/45 | Building |
| Golden Skeleton | ⎚⎚⎚⎚ | 43/45 | Mob |
| Happy Chappy | ⚒⚒⚒ | 05/45 | Player |
| HCF Oldfriend | ⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒ | 07/45 | Player |
| Helpful Player | ▩▩▩ | 16/45 | Player |
| Iron Axe | ⚒ | 01/45 | Equip Item |
| Lightning Storm | ▩▩▩▩▩▩ | 18/45 | Item |
| Lil' Pig | ▩▩ | 14/45 | Mob |
| Locked Wooden Door | ▩ | 11/45 | Building |
| Lonely Polar Bear | ❂❂❂❂❂❂ | 36/45 | Mob |
| Maltovian Shield | ⚒⚒⚒ | 06/45 | Equip Item |
| Nipplerock Warrior | ⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒ | 08/45 | Player |
| Nitwit Villager | ⎚ | 38/45 | Mob |
| Oak Boat | ▩ | 12/45 | Item |
| Obby Pit | ❂❂ | 31/45 | Building |
| Pet Iron Golem | ⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒ | 09/45 | Mob |
| Potion of Weakness II | ⎚⎚⎚ | 41/45 | Status Item |
| Prot Merchant | ◆◆◆◆◆◆ | 27/45 | Player |
| Prot Pinata | ◆◆◆ | 24/45 | Player |
| River Blaze | ◆◆ | 21/45 | Mob |
| Rusty Sword Collector | ⚒⚒ | 03/45 | Player |
| Secret Griefer | ◆◆◆◆ | 25/45 | Player |
| Singing Noteblock | ◆ | 19/45 | Building |
| Small Bunker | ◆◆ | 22/45 | Building |
| Small Fossil | ⎚⎚ | 39/45 | Item |
| Snow Mountain Base | ❂❂❂❂ | 34/45 | Building |
| Sovereign Tea | ◆ | 20/45 | Status Item |
| Spectral Arrow of Doom | ⎚⎚ | 40/45 | Item |
| Strong Commander | ◆◆◆◆◆ | 26/45 | Player |
| Swamp Witch | ⎚⎚⎚⎚⎚⎚ | 45/45 | Mob |
| Torch Lift Field | ▩▩▩ | 17/45 | Building |
| Trade Treaty | ◆◆ | 23/45 | Item |
| Two Damaged Stone Swords | ❂❂ | 32/45 | Item |
| Unb3 P2 Bow | ⎚⎚⎚ | 42/45 | Equip Item |
| Weak Skeleton | ▩▩ | 15/45 | Mob |
Promo Set
Promotional cards made for CivTCG are labelled as their own set, unlike other sets promo cards don't list how many cards are in the set. Currently there are 32. The Promo set cards can be identified by their ㏚ symbol on the card, also the names of the cards tend to be coloured. The Promo set is currently the only set with reprints, for example reprints of Shardore Tower and Meditat Ziggurat. Unlike other sets, Promo cards can't be bought normally, all are obtained in different ways, for instance the A Game of Thimble card is earned from playing a game of thimble when Lodish is around.
| Card Name | Cost | Set Number | Type | Obtaining on CivClassic | Obtaining on CivMC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shardore Tower | ❂❂▩ | 1 | Legendary Building | Secret | Unreleased |
| CivMall | ⚒◆◆ | 2 | Item | Ordering at Civmall.ml | Unreleased |
| Meditat Ziggurat | ⎚⎚❂❂ | 3 | Legendary Building | Secret | Unreleased |
| A Game of Thimble | ❂❂❂ | 4 | Item | Playing a game of Thimble in Meditat | Playing a game of Thimble while Lodish is around |
| Mystery Potion | ⎚◆ | 5 | Item | Defeat Lodish in a best of 3 against 3 specific decks | Visit the CivTCG shop in Altepetl during August 2022 |
| CivTCG Freebie | ⚒▩▩ | 6 | Item | Found all over CivClassics in unlocked chests | Visit the free cards chest of a CivTCG shop |
| Neosaur | ◆◆◆◆◆◆ | 7 | Legendary Player | Have Yoahtl citizenship | Sold at Altepetl during October 2022 |
| Loungebob | ⚒▩▩◆ | 8 | Legendary Player | Secret | Visit the CivTCG shop in Altepetl during September 2022 |
| Shtim | ⚒▩❂ | 9 | Legendary Player | Participating in Games held in Pacem | Unreleased |
| reffelruz | ⎚⎚❂❂ | 10 | Legendary Player | Being welcomed or taught Civ plugins by reffelruz | Unreleased |
| xFier | ⎚⚒◆ | 11 | Legendary Player | Code or help with a Civ client mod | Unreleased |
| awoo | ◆◆◆◆▩ | 12 | Legendary Player | Pearl a member of Lexington, Anguish, NATO or Ransakistan | Unreleased |
| Law of Yellofishy Alts | ⎚ | 13 | Item | Have your main and an alt in Westminster at the same time | Unreleased |
| mike0war | ⎚▩◆◆ | 14 | Legendary Player | Secret | Unreleased |
| Falvyu | ❂⚒⚒⚒ | 15 | Legendary Player | Secret | Visit the CivTCG shop in Altepetl during October 2022 |
| Mightyoddish | ❂❂❂❂ | 16 | Legendary Player | Own a shop in NYC | Sold at Altepetl during August 2022 |
| Infra_ | ◆◆▩⎚ | 17 | Legendary Player | Secret | Unreleased |
| 5pointO | ❂❂❂❂❂ | 18 | Legendary Player | Secret | Unreleased |
| PergySkeel | ❂❂❂❂ | 19 | Legendary Player | Secret | Unreleased |
| Wingzero54 | ◆◆◆◆ | 20 | Legendary Player | Secret | Hidden in an unlocked barrel |
| bgbba | ⚒⚒⚒⚒ | 21 | Legendary Player | Help build a part of the GOR (as confirmed by Yoahtl) | Sold at Altepetl during July 2022 |
| bgbba Post | ⚒⚒ | 22 | Item | Post a comment on a bgbba1 reddit post | Visit the CivTCG shop in Altepetl during July 2022 |
| deyan | ⎚⎚⎚ | 23 | Legendary Player | Secret | Unreleased |
| Xavter | ❂❂❂▩▩ | 24 | Legendary Player | Secret | Unreleased |
| TheOrangeWizard | ▩▩▩▩⚒ | 25 | Legendary Player | Secret | Sold at Altepetl during February/March 2023 |
| Jah Day Celebration | ⎚◆ | 26 | Item | Attend a Jah day or buy one at Jah Park Icenia | Unreleased |
| ComradeRick | ⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒ | 27 | Legendary Player | Took part in the fall of Hallow | Unreleased |
| ObtainableSpat | ❂❂❂❂❂❂❂ | 28 | Legendary Player | Took part in the fall of Hallow | Unreleased |
| Gregy165 | ⎚⎚⎚⎚⎚⎚⎚ | 29 | Legendary Player | Took part in the fall of Hallow | Sold at Altepetl during September 2022 |
| tankbuster44 | ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆ | 30 | Legendary Player | Took part in the fall of Hallow | Unreleased |
| shadedoom | ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩ | 31 | Legendary Player | Took part in the fall of Hallow | Unreleased |
| Coalition Assault | ❂⚒⎚▩◆ | 32 | Item | Helped destroy a NATO vault | Unreleased |
| shapha2002 | ●⚒⚒⚒⚒◆ | 33 | Legendary Player | Secret | Visit the CivTCG shop in Altepetl during February/March 2023 |
| Civ Scholar | ⎚▩ | 34 | Player | Participating in a Civ gameshow or quiz | Unreleased |
| Mystery Alt | ●●⚒⎚ | 35 | Player | Secret | Unreleased |
| Oniii_Chan | ❂⎚▩ | 36 | Legendary Player | Secret | Unreleased |
| CivWiki | ⎚⎚⎚▩▩▩ | 37 | Item | Start and write a well written page on CivWiki or have 50+ edits | Start and write a well written page on CivWiki or have 50+ edits |
| Olympic Gold Medal (Nara) | ⎚⎚ | 38 | Equip Item | Created after CivClassics | Win a Gold medal at an Olympic event in Nara |
| Olympic Gold Medal (FDR) | ⎚⎚ | 38 | Equip Item | Created after CivClassics | Win a Gold medal at an Olympic event in the Free Danzilonan Republic |
| Olympic Gold Medal (Venne) | ⎚⎚ | 38 | Equip Item | Created after CivClassics | Win a Gold medal at an Olympic event in Venne |
| Greltam | ⚒⎚▩ | 39 | Legendary Player | Created after CivClassics | Attend an Olympic event in Nara |
| Lowtuff | ⚒⎚▩ | 40 | Legendary Player | Created after CivClassics | Attend an Olympic event in the Free Danzilonan Republic |
| BlankestAtlas | ⎚⎚▩◆◆ | 41 | Legendary Player | Created after CivClassics | Sold at Nara during 2023 |
Duels Set
The Duels set was released on the 10th of November 2019, It consists of 27 cards, including the Swiftfizz card won at the first CivTCG Tournament. Duel set cards can be identified by the ⚔ symbol.
| Card Name | Cost | Set Number | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Sheep | ⚒⚒◆◆ | 1/27 | Mob |
| Cart of Death | ⚒⚒⚒⚒ | 2/27 | Item |
| Constant Rain | ▩❂ | 3/27 | Item |
| Forgotten Dropchest | ⚒⚒◆◆ | 4/27 | Item |
| Healthy Pig | ▩▩▩ | 5/27 | Mob |
| Huge Oak Tree | ▩▩▩▩ | 6/27 | Building |
| Jungle Creeper | ▩▩⚒⚒ | 7/27 | Mob |
| Major Lava Griefing | ▩▩▩◆◆◆ | 8/27 | Item |
| Melman the Giraffe | ❂❂ | 9/27 | Legendary Building |
| Mob Limit | ⎚⎚⚒⚒ | 10/27 | Item |
| Obby Bomb | ❂⚒ | 11/27 | Item |
| Ocelot | ▩▩ | 12/27 | Mob |
| Olympic Gold Medal | ⎚⎚ | 13/27 | Equip Item |
| Prot Zombie | ▩▩◆◆ | 14/27 | Mob |
| Saren_Solaris | ⚒⚒⚒⚒ | 15/27 | Legendary Player |
| Shiny Fossil | ⎚⎚❂ | 16/27 | Item |
| ShoPork | ⎚⎚⚒⚒ | 17/27 | Legendary Player |
| Smuggled Guardian | ❂❂⚒ | 18/27 | Mob |
| specificlanguage | ❂❂ | 19/27 | Legendary Player |
| Splash Potion of Speed | ▩◆ | 20/27 | Item |
| Suspicious Newfriend | ◆◆ | 21/27 | Player |
| SwiftFizz | ⎚⎚⎚◆ | 22/27 | Legendary Player |
| The Great Overland Rail | ❂❂ | 23/27 | Legendary Building |
| Travelling Salesperson | ◆◆ | 24/27 | Player |
| Watch Tower | ❂◆ | 25/27 | Building |
| Wear Out | ⚒⚒ | 26/27 | Item |
| Well Fed Zombie | ▩⎚⎚❂ | 27/27 | Mob |
Yoahtl Theme Deck Set
A 9 card set based on Yoahtl. The cards use the ☪ symbol. This was the first of the smaller and complete nation sets.
| Card Name | Cost | Set Number | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Trench | ❂❂❂ | 1/9 | Building |
| An NYC Challenge | ❂❂❂❂❂ | 2/9 | Item |
| NYC Tool Shop | ❂❂❂❂ | 3/9 | Building |
| Book Sale | ⎚⎚❂❂ | 4/9 | Item |
| Boomer Golem | ❂❂❂⚒⚒⚒ | 5/9 | Mob |
| NYC Tunnels | ⎚❂❂ | 6/9 | Building |
| Villager with a Stick | ⎚❂ | 7/9 | Mob |
| Yoahtlian XP Merchant | ⎚⎚⎚❂❂❂ | 8/9 | Player |
| BorderTage | ⎚⎚❂❂ | 9/9 | Legendary Player |
Gensokyo Theme Deck Set
A complete deck based on the nation Gensokyo, cards from this set are bought together and use ☯ as their set symbol. This set was the first to use the ● material symbol, which signifies it can be paid with any basic material, this was later seen in cards of the Promo Set.
| Card Name | Cost | Set Number | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Supremecy | ●●❂❂◆◆ | 1/9 | Item |
| Cobble Generator | ❂◆ | 2/9 | Building |
| Inspired Highrise | ❂❂❂❂◆ | 3/9 | Building |
| Gensokyojin Architect | ❂❂❂◆ | 4/9 | Player |
| Movie Night | ❂❂❂ | 5/9 | Item |
| Shy Weeb | ◆ | 6/9 | Player |
| Taozishi Hotel | ❂❂❂❂ | 7/9 | Building |
| Veteran Weeb | ❂❂◆◆ | 8/9 | Item |
| Topaz4293 | ●❂❂◆ | 9/9 | Legendary Player |
References
- ↑ Lodish (2023/03/10). “New CivTCG shop is now open in Nara at (3233, 3779) To celebrate the opening I will be selling the BlankestAtlas promo card for 1 D until the end of March. Also anyone coming to the Olympics there should be some CivTCG games going on, so come join us, anyone attending the olympic events in Nara will get a free Greltam card, and people going to the Danzilona events will get the Lowtuff promo card. And a Reprint of "Gold Olympic Medal" with new art for anyone that wins a gold medal at these olympics, or who has both won a gold medal at a previous civ olympics and attended this olympics.” – via Discord (#announcements). CivTCG. Retrieved 2023/03/15.
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/9p0p8c/civtcg_prerelease_tournament_5pm_edt_10pm_bst/
- ↑ Masshirona Atorasu (2023/03/14). “CivTCG: Bronze for Pavia: animeme_master Silver for Nara: Earyx Gold for Nara: BlankestAtlas CivTCG is concluded.” – via Discord (#olympics-info). 奈良 (Nara). Retrieved 2023/03/15.
- ↑ "Classic Set (CivMC)", Imgur gallery by Lodish.