Types of Cards

Each player has two decks of cards, a Villain deck (colored backs) and a Fate deck (white backs). You typically play your Villain cards from your hand to the bottom of your Board, while your opponents typically play your Fate cards to the top of your Board.

Any card that is at a location on your Board is considered to be in your Villain's Territory. A card's Ability is ongoing and in effect for as long as the card remains in your Territory.

There is no limit to the number of Villain cards or Fate cards that may be played to a location. As cards are played to locations, slightly offset them so all cards at a location can be seen.

### Common card types

These are cards that are present in most Villain's decks, and consist of the following:

* **Ally:** It usually only appears in Villain decks, and is denoted with a red font. It represents your Villain's henchmen, helpers, and pets. Allies are played to the bottom of a Villain's board, in any unlocked location. All Allies have a Strength, which is used to determine if they can Vanquish a Hero (even if they belong to a Villain without Vanquish actions, such as Light.
* **Scheme:** It only appears in Villain decks, and is denoted with a pink font. Schemes are played directly to any opponent, above their Villain portrait. Schemes have an Ability that is triggered according to that opponent's actions.
* **Form**: It usually appears in Villain decks, and is denoted by a bright purple font. Forms are played on your Villain portrait, and modify (cover and replace) your Villain Ability and Strength. Only one Form can be played on your Villain at a time.
* **Effect:** It appears in both Villain and Fate decks, and is denoted with a green font. They are one-time events and are immediately discarded when played, as they produce an immediate "effect", rather than staying on the board.
* **Hero:** It usually only appears in Fate decks, is denoted with a gold font, and represents the do-gooders who are trying to stop your Villain's sinister plans. Heroes are played by opponents to a location at the top of a Villain's board, where they cover up the top two actions at that location. All Heroes have a Strength, which is used to determine if they can be Vanquished by Allies, or otherwise defeated by Schemes, Effects, or Clashing.
* **Challenge**: It only appears as a single card in each Fate deck, and is denoted with a beige font. Challenges are played above an opponent's Fate deck and discard pile. Each Challenge has a unique condition the player must fulfill to discard it, as well as a hinderance to a player's progress that must be considered as long as the Challenge is in play.
* **Item:** It appears in both Villain and Fate decks, and is denoted with a blue font. Some Items can be played to the bottom of a Villain's board in an unlocked location, while others must be attached to an Ally or Hero.

### Unique card types

These are cards unique to a specific Villain, and consist of the following:

* **Shinigami**: It is unique to Light, and are found only in his Villain deck. It is denoted with a gray font. Like Allies, they are played to the bottom of Light's Territory at a particular location. However, unlike Allies, they do not have a Strength value.
* **Angel**: It is unique to Gendo, and are found in a separate Angel deck near Gendo's Fate deck. It is denoted with a dark red font. Angels are played to the top of Gendo's Territory, and block actions like Heroes. They can also be targeted with Vanquish actions. However, they do not trigger Schemes and are not affected by cards that affect Heroes.

### Unique Subtypes

Villains may also have subtypes, which are a common name used within a set of cards, allowing them to have a Type, such as Item while having a more precise term, such as EVA from Gendo, for cards to directly interact with.

These consist of the following:

* **EVA**: It is unique to Gendo, and are found only in his Villain deck as Items.
* **Millennium**: It is unique to Marik, and are found only in his Villain deck as Items.

 *Unique Subtypes:* EVA • Millennium

 ***Card Properties:*** Ability • Cost • Strength • **Type**