News Update & Skither Removal & Rules Changes

Part One

So, a few things to cover in this post. I'll start with some pretty big news:

A block of 50 cards are all made and ready for their release real soon! They'll be available for free but only for a short time. So get them while they last.

This set of 50 cards will be released under the title “Wayward Tides”, with a focus on sea themed cards (not only). This set aims to add some variety to a range of coloured decks. It introduces new archetypes and helps to make some previous archetypes more powerful.

But wait, there is more news. Another set of 50 is in the works! Again, for free. And these won't be time locked. When they're finished, they'll be added to the Core Set to be free for everyone forever as part of the new “Expanded Core Set”. All 50 of these cards are already made but they need some final touches, adjustments, taste testing, and balancing.

And don't stop yet cause I've got even more news! After the Expanded Core Set is finalized; I've begun planning and prepping the next stage of this game's development. And the future is big. With 50 cards, that will all be free in rotating cycles… Wait for it… For each colour. Yeah, there are 9 colours. We're talking about 450 new cards!!!

These coloured core sets will rotate with one available at a time. But at least one of these will always be available (alongside the Core Set and Expanded Core Set, making 150 free cards at least always up for grabs). And we'll start on rainbow order, the first coloured set being red cards.

And if that doesn't get you excited, these coloured sets will bring a new era of big animals to beat up other animals with (we do not condone animal violence!!!). We're talking about new groups of cards called Colossal Cards. Where each group of cards makes up one giant animal.

Part Two

Due to some changes to the rules (read part three for that), the Skither Deck will no longer be a valid deck and thus will no longer be available on the website in its current form. However, the unique cards in the deck will not be lost as they will be added to the Expanded Core Set so that they are always available.

While the deck is being deconstructed, the cards are available. And if I revisit the idea of a preconstructed deck in the future, it will probably be a new version of the Skither Deck.

Part Three

We've had a pretty big update to the rules, in an attempt to encourage deck identities and archetypes. I'm hoping that this makes deck building less about throwing in any card of any type to chase a meta, but more about developing a unified deck.

So the rule change is very simple: All cards in your deck and extra deck (yes, extra decks will be coming alongside the Colossal Cards) have to match at least one colour from any of the animals in your deck. Oh, and if your animal has more than one colour, then all of its colours are viable.

Another change to the rules is how you play M-Types: You must have the M-Type in your hand when you morph. While a small change, it does limit the M-Types by no longer allowing you to search your deck for the card when you morph. This is to slow the pacing of the game before ramping up to end game beaters, as well as providing more use for support cards such as deck searching or discard pile retrieval.

The rules on the website and in the Google Doc have already been changed to reflect these changes. To read these rules further, check out these links:

• Website: https://jakdoyle1994.wixsite.com/animaul/how-to-play

• Google Doc: AniMaul - Rules