Millennium Blades: Set Rotation
Millennium Blades: Set Rotation Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Components Overview
- Additional Core Cards (24) - The Core Set expands with new singles, accessories, and deckboxes. You can simply shuffle these into your Store Deck no matter what other sets or mode you are playing with. They are permanent additions to all stores.
- Additional Set Cards (9) - We've expanded some of the sets in the base game and Set Rotation with additional rare cards. These cards go into their sets and will be shuffled into the Store Deck when playing with those sets.
- 12 New Expansion, Premium, and Master Sets (12 cards each) - These sets function just like the card sets in the base game, and you can shuffle them in to add new possibilities to your games!
- 9 New Promo Sets (6 cards each) - Just like the promos in the base game, these can be selected as promotional cards for fusion, or for Prize Support during your games.
- 4 New Characters (13 cards each) - There are 4 new playable characters included in Set Rotation. These come with Ability Cards, Friendship Cards, and Pro Player Cards, just like the characters in the base game. The new characters are a bit more advanced, so we recommend playing with the base game characters first if you are still new to Millennium Blades.
- 6 New Starter Decks (9 cards each) - Featuring a combination of old and new cards, these starter decks offer a different set of starting tools to players. These starter decks focus on Types, and tend to favor more aggressive play, as opposed to the traditional starter decks.
- 4 Cooperative Scenarios (13-14 cards each) - Do battle against the forces of evil using your trading cards! You can cooperate with a team of 2-4 heroes in a campaign against various villains, or take them on with just yourself! Characters have different abilities in cooperative mode, that come with new Co-Op power cards.
- Updated Cards (15) - We've included a few cards that are errata'd versions of cards in the base game. You can safely destroy the original copies of these cards and replace them with the new versions.
Gameplay Changes
Since Core Set is larger, when setting up your Store include one more Expansion, Premium, and Master set.
New Keywords
Many sets use special Keywords to describe their effects. When you see a keyword, its effects are always the same. On most cards, the keyword's full text is printed out.
- Coin Op (Action) - As an Action, you can pay 2 Millennium Dollars to use all Play effects on a card with Coin Op again. After the Play effects resolve, the card is flipped as part of the Action cost.
- Speed (Play) - When you play a card with Speed, you are able to play another card this turn. The second card is played after all effects and results of the first card are completed. It is possible to use Actions between the two card plays.
- Investigate (Play) - When you play a card with Investigate, you choose one of the six types (Citizen, Soldier, Mage, Construct, Myth, or Animal) or one of the six elements (Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Light, Dark). Each player must reveal all cards in their hand that match the named element or type.
- Epic (Deckbuilding) - You are only allowed to bring one Epic card in your deck to the tournament, regardless of whether or not you play it. If you acquire additional Epic cards during the tournament (such as by an effect that randomly draws Promo Cards), the keyword does not prevent you from playing it during that tournament.
- Earthcraft (Ongoing) - Each time you play another Earth card, copy this card's Play effect. This effect cannot be copied.
- Duelist (Reaction) - When you clash, you may use this card instead of your Top card to clash. If you do, the card with Duelist is flipped after the clash ends, regardless of the results of the clash.
- Shadowbond (Ongoing) - Other DARK cards in your tableau have a copy of this card's Flip Effect. This effect cannot be copied.
Character Intros
The four new characters, as listed in the rulebook. Each character's Specialty is shown; the flavour bios are not transcribed.
- Pritchard Leftfield - England, 48, Game Designer. Specialty: Card Creation.
- Friendly Alien Lettstrade - Outer Space, 36 (in Cardelian years), Scientist. Specialty: Friendship.
- Cardinal Baanz - Germany, 39, Judge. Specialty: Disruption.
- The Card Shark - Oceania, Ancient Beyond Ages, Publishing Magnate. Specialty: Card Destruction.
Cooperative Scenarios
Cooperative Scenario Mode allows 1-4 players to take on specialized Boss decks.
You can play a single scenario, or play all 4 Scenarios back-to-back in a multi-round epic event.
Boss Components
Each boss deck has a Deck Box, 4 Accessories, and 8 Singles.
- Boss Deck Box - The boss Deck Box provides the boss with free RP at the end of the game based on how many opponents there are. Players combined scores must beat the Boss's total score in order for them to win! Note that Boss Deck Boxes can never be flipped by any means.
- Boss Accessories - Two of the boss's four Accessories are randomly selected at the start. One is revealed with each of the metas during gameplay. Boss Accessories will change the rules of the game and force you to adopt new strategies to survive the battle! Note that Boss Accessories can only be flipped by their own effects, never by an opponent's effects.
- Boss Singles - The boss will randomly play 6 of their 8 cards during the tournament. A boss can't be forced to discard cards from their deck, but you can look through their deck during Deckbuilding in order to build against their most dangerous cards. When the Tournament begins, the boss deck is shuffled and cards are played from it at random.
Gameplay Changes
Gameplay is similar to a normal Millennium Blades game, with the following changes:
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Friendship, Collections, and the normal Special Character Powers are not used in this mode. Each character has an alternate special power card they will use when playing in Cooperative Mode, that will benefit all their teammates in both the Tournament and Deckbuilding phases.
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You cannot trade with or sell from the Boss Decks at any time. You can look through the boss's deck of singles freely. Try and counter-play against their strongest cards!
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Whenever you reveal a Meta card, also reveal one of the two boss accessories that will be used in this game.
Players should pay attention to the boss Accessories, as they will require significant work to play around.
When time runs out for the Deckbuilding round, shuffle the boss's deck of singles, and set up their tableau with their Deck Box and two Accessories, just like a player. The player seated to the left of the boss takes the first turn, and turns go clockwise, with the boss taking the last turn. Whenever the boss needs to make a decision for a card effect, the players can decide amongst themselves and choose who will be affected. When the boss needs to flip a card of their choice, they always choose the lowest star card in their tableau.
Note that players do not consider each other 'opponents' for the sake of card effects. The boss is the only 'opponent' in scenario mode.
Mystic Rare
Mystic Rare is a new Rarity exclusive to Bosses. Mystic Rares can never be included in a player's deck or be played by a player.
Mystic Rare Deck Boxes and Accessories can never be flipped, except by their own effects.
Difficulty Levels
You can adjust the boss' difficulty by increasing or decreasing the number of Accessories they will use. For an easier game, reveal only 1 Accessory at the start of Deckbuilding. For a more difficult game, reveal a third Accessory when the Aftermarket closes during Deckbuilding.
Campaign Scenarios
If you want to experience the Ultimate Millennium Blades Challenge™, you can play through each of the different scenarios over a 4-round game. Players begin with starter decks as normal, and play through Deckbuilding and Tournament rounds, with each deckbuilding round introducing a new boss.
There are a few changes in this mode versus a normal game:
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At the start of round 3, create a new store deck by reclaiming all discarded, unbought, and boxed core cards, then mixing in 5 new expansion, 4 new premium, and 3 new master sets. This is also a good time for a short intermission and a snack.
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Before the start of each deckbuilding phase, discard all remaining fusion promos, and introduce 3 new sets of fusion promos.
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Each successive round, the boss gains an additional 10 RP per player during scoring, up to a bonus of +120 RP at the end of round 4.
Play continues until the players fail to defeat one of the boss scenarios. Can you and your friends defeat them all?
Other Play Modes
Sealed Play
Instead of using starter decks, it is possible to begin the game with a more random spread of cards. This variant is recommended for experienced players!
Instead of the starter decks and 3 draws from the store, give each player 15 cards from the store deck at the game startup.
Playing this way makes set collection more difficult early on, and provides more potential directions for decks to develop. The lack of guaranteed Card Sleeve accessories and Deck Boxes means that players will have to pay more attention to disruptive decks and to digging within the store decks to find pieces they need.
Good luck!
Rules Clarifications
Here is a list of clarifications on some basic game rules:
The Tableau
Your tableau expands and collapses so that all cards are adjacent. There is no effect or way to leave "gaps" in the tableau, and such gaps are closed immediately if they are created by discarding or moving a card.
Running out of Store Cards
If you run out of cards in the Store during gameplay and there are no cards in the Store Discard, shuffle the cards that have been put in the box during gameplay into the Store Deck.
Flipping and Tokens
Tokens on cards are discarded when a card is flipped.
What works during scoring
Top effects do not work during scoring, unless stated otherwise.
Discarding
Discarding cards is always done from your hand, unless stated otherwise.
Set Breakdown
Sets are organized by kind as indicated by the colored background: Green: Expansion, Blue: Premium, Purple: Master, Orange: Promo.
The four sets below marked Premium sit on a lavender band; the printed key lists Blue as Premium, and the Campaign section's count of 4 new premium sets matches them.
Expansion Sets (green)
- The Thousand-Pixel Cabinet - Tired of spending your cash on trading cards? Use it to power your own cardboard arcade with these dollar-devouring cards!
- UUURGH! - Nothing can keep these undead down! The zombies in this set won't get flipped, and will actually become stronger instead!
- Quantum Jump - In space, no one can hear you flip cards... Damage control when flipping is the name of game in this sci-fi themed set. If you can flip your cards just right, you can score big!
- Saved by the 90s - You can't always be a winner–unless you win by losing! These cards give the advantage to the underdog, with effects based on your relative score to other players.
- FAST - Play your cards furiously with this action-inspired set! Non-stop play is the name of the game, as you race to combo your cards all at once!
Premium Sets (lavender band)
- Deus Rex Machina - Fight the system with these hi-tech cards that can disrupt Top effects and flip themselves to unlock additional powers!
- Game of Rings - In a faraway land, in ancient times, gamers relied on the power of their left-most card, and clashes were issued from the other side of the tableau!
- Shonen Leap - Friendship is the weapon in this anime inspired set! Cash in on your hard-earned friendship to get more power!
- Developmental Issues - If you like card games, then look no further! These scrappy developers will surprise you as you acquire and play new cards on the fly!
Master Sets (purple)
- Penny Dreadful - You lookin' for a certain card, friend? Whether gangsters or gumshoes, these hard-boiled cards will hunt down and lock away your opponent's best plays!
- Ultimate Kaiju Throwdown - Once these massive movie monsters invade your tableau, no deck is safe! Destroy your opponent's deck boxes with these terrifying creatures!
- The Ultimate Steel Cook - Finding the right mix of ingredients for the perfect deck can be tough. These expert chefs will help you cash in by setting up your table... er... tableau just right!
Promo Sets (orange)
- BattleCON - Bring the heroes of BattleCON to Millennium Blades! These three sets can be played together in the Bronze, Silver, and Gold fusion slots to create a thematic setting! They can also be used separately.
- Argent - Bring the familiar faces of Argent: the Consortium to Millennium Blades! These sets can be played together in the Bronze, Silver, and Gold fusion slots to create a thematic setting! They can also be used separately.
- Backers in the House - Guess who's back?! These six backers bring a wide variety of new opportunities to your deck!
- Backers in the Middle - Get back to basics with six promo cards featuring dual type affiliations. Give them a try!
- Everybody Loves Backers - We've got your back with seven more promo cards featuring dual elements and powerful effects!