Digimon Unlimited Card Battle Game (Fan-Made)

[3g0]

Hey everyone, I'm a big fan of CCGs and always found it a shame that Japan got the good Digimon card games. Ours were always pretty bad, so I decided I'd reach out an make one. I'm working on an 80-card Base Set for the game right now, which will have 3 pre-made starter decks based around the Tamers mascots. These cards will be for you to print out and play with, completely free. If anyone would like to play over skype too, that's a possibility.

In this fan-made Digimon CCG you will tame Digimon to fight your opponent and their horde of pendulum monsters. The goal in the game is much like many other strategy cards, reduce your opponents life from 20 to 0. In this game, you tame Digimon and play Option cards to enhance your combat. Borrowing from Kaijudo and Duel Masters, any card in your deck may be played once per turn from your hand to your RAM area as a single MB to be used to pay for cards. Unlike those other games, there is no color system so you may play any card in your deck. To get awesome Digimon in this game, you have to play specific Child digimon and build your deck around the different evolution trees.

We will now go over the basics of the different types of cards in the game.

Digimon Cards
A Digimon card represents the Digimon you call into battle and evolve to become more powerful. All Digimon cards have a MB Cost, a LP Value, a HP Value, a "Battle Type", three different attack powers, and attributes. Some Digimon have special abilities and Evolution costs in their text box.

MB Cost - How many MB cards in your RAM zone you must use (turn sideways) to play the Digimon. Certain Digimon to do not have an MB cost (marked as an X) and must be played by fulfilling it's evolution requirements.
LP Value - How many life points you lose when the Digimon dies by battle.
HP Value - The amount of damage a single attack has to surpass to kill the Digimon.
Battle Type - In the upper right hand corner. This determines which attack the opposing Digimon will use.
Attack Powers - These correspond with the colors of the Battle Type. If the opposing Digimon has an "A" battle type, you will use the red attack power against it.
Attributes - These cover the Digimon's level, alignment, and egg group. These have no immediate effect on play, but some card effects can trigger them.
Evolution Requirements - Some Digimon can be evolved on top of other Digimon. For example, Galgomon can be evolved from Bearmon, Labramon, Lopmon, or Terriermon. To evolve a Digimon, you must have one of the listed Digimon in play and then you must pay the amount of MB listed next to evolve. To get Galgomon, let's say you have a Terriermon in play. You then set 3 MB cards in your RAM zone to the used postion (turned sideways) and place Galgomon on top of Terriermon. All cards underneath an evolved Digimon are considered to be a single card in the battlefield.
Abilities - Effects printed in the text box supersede all game rules.

*KEY ABILITIES* Some Digimon with large effects may have some of their effect shorted by a Key Ability. A Key Ability is something can be on any Digimon, as long as it makes sense.

Quickness - This Digimon can attack on the turn it enters the battlefield.
Flying - This Digimon can only be blocked by Digimon with Flying.
Explosive - When this Digimon is deleted by another Digimon, delete both Digimon instead.
Alert - Attacking does not set this Digimon to the Used Position.

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Option Cards

Options are used to change the tempo of the game, or alter combat between Digimon. Each player has three option card slots on their field, and to play an Option you must place it face down in one of these slots. To activate it, you must pay it's MB cost and flip it face up. Resolve any effects on the card, and send it to the Discard Pile. Some Options will stay in their slot after they stay on the field, but the card effect will tell you. If a card says nothing about staying on the field, it goes to the Discard Pile.

You may activate an Option in response to any other card being played, choosing to attack, completing an attack, or literally any action in the game happening. To resolve this you use a "Stack" system like in Magic the Gathering or Yugioh. This means the first card being played will activate last. So If you opponent tries to play a Terriermon and you activate Accelerator, you will draw your 2 cards before the Terrier enters the battle field. This same system works with any Digimon's effect as well.

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Deck size is 40 cards and a maximum of 3 copies of any card with the same name. At the start of the game, both players draw 5 cards and there is no maximum hand size.

Turn Order;

Reset Phase - Reset (turn upright) all of your cards that in the used position to the unused position.

Draw Phase - Draw a card. The player going first does not draw a card his first turn.

Main Phase - You may do any of these in any order during your turn. Play a Digimon card. Set an Option card face down. Once per turn, at any time during this phase, you may play a card from your hand to your RAM Zone as MB in the unused position.

Attack Phase - Attack with your Digimon one at a time. Digimon that were not evolved into play cannot attack on the turn they come into play, but they can block.

End Phase - Resolve any effects that trigger at the end of the turn.


Start at 20 Life and repeat until one player's life is reduced to zero or their deck runs out of cards.

How does combat work? A Digimon that was played from your hand to the field cannot attack on the turn it comes into play, unless it was evolved. When you want to attack with a Digimon you turn the attacking Digimon to the used position (sideways) and chose one of two targets. The first target is to attack your opponent directly. All Digimon deal 1 LP of Damage to the opponent on a direct attack, unless noted otherwise in the Digimon's effect box. The other option is to attack an opponent's Digimon in the used (sideways) position. Your opponent may chose to block any attack with one of their Digimon in the Unused position, a blocked attack redirects the attack to the blocker and the blocker is turned to Used position.

When two Digimon battle you take your attack power corresponding with the enemy Digimon's battle type. Compare the two Digimon's power and the one with the higher power wins the battle (this matters as some effects trigger on a won battle). If either Digimon's power is higher than the opposing Digimon's HP, the opposing Digimon is sent to the Discard Pile and the owner loses LP equal to what is printed on the killed Digimon. This is called Deleting a Digimon. 


KEYWORDS:
MB - Cards placed into your RAM Zone, used to pay the MB Cost of Digimon, evolution, or Option Cards.
Unused Position - A card that has not taken an action and sits up right.
Used Position - A card that has taken an action is put into the used position, or turned sideways. This is known as tapping in Magic the Gathering and Duel Masters/Kaijudo.
Reset - Turning a card that is in the used positon to the unused positon. Known as untapping in other games.
LP - Life points. Each player starts at 20. All Digimon deal 1 LP on a direct attack. You lose LP equal to what is printed on your Digimon when they are Deleted.
Delete - A Digimon is deleted when a Digimon it is battling with has an attack power equal to or higher than it's HP.

CARD LIST

Child Level

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Agumon
Agumon (Savers)
Arkadimon Child
Armadimon
Betamon
Candmon
Calumon
Commandramon
Dorumon
Dracomon
Dracumon
Elecmon
Falcomon (Savers)
FanBeemon
Floramon
Gabumon
Ganimon
Gaomon
Gazimon
Gizamon
Gomamon
Gottsumon
Guilmon
Hagurumon
Hawkmon
Impmon
Kamemon
Keramon
Kokabuterimon
Kokuwagamon
Kudamon
Kunemon
Labramon
Lalamon
Leormon
Lopmon
Lucemon
Lunamon
Mushroomon
Otamamon
Palmon
Patamon
Penmon
Phascomon
PicoDevimon
Piyomon
Plotmon
Renamon
Ryudamon
Shakomon
Tapirmon
Tentomon
Terriermon
ToyAgumon
V-Mon
Wormmon

Adult Level

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Airdramon
Akatorimon
Angemon
Ankylomon
Aquilamon
Arkadimon Adult
Bakemon
Birdramon
BlackTailmon
BladeKuwagamon
Centarumon
Chrysallimon
Clockmon
Coelmon
Coredramon (Blue)
Coredramon (Green)
Cyclomon
Darcmon
DarkTyranomon
Death-X-Dorugamon
Deltamon
Devidramon
Devimon
Diatrymon
Dobermon
Dogmon
Dokugumon
Dorugamon
Drimogemon
Ebidramon
Evilmon
Firamon
FlareLizamon
Flymon
Galgomon
Gaogamon
Garurumon
Gawappamon
Gekomon
GeoGreymon
Gesomon
Ginryumon
Greymon
Growmon
Gryzmon
Guardromon
Hanumon
Icemon
Igamon
Ikkakumon
Kabuterimon
KaratsukiNumemon
Kiwimon
Kuwagamon
Kyubimon
Lekismon
Leomon
Liamon
Mechanorimon
Meramon
Mojyamon
Monochromon
Nanimon
Numemon
Octmon
Ogremon
Omekamon
Peckmon
Porcupamon
Raptordramon
Raremon
RedVeggiemon
Reppamon
Revolmon
Rukamon
Sangloupmon
Scumon
Seadramon
Sealsdramon
Shellmon
Siesamon
Sorcerymon
Soulmon
Starmon
Stingmon
Sunflowmon
Tailmon
Tankmon
Thunderballmon
Tobucatmon
Togemon
Tortamon
Turuiemon
Tuskmon
Tyranomon
Unimon
V-Dramon
Waspmon
Wendimon
Wizarmon
Woodmon
XV-Mon
Yukidarumon

Perfect Level

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AeroV-Dramon
AlturKabuterimon
Andiramon (Data)
Andiramon (Virus)
Andromon
Angewomon
Anomalocarimon
Arachnemon
Arkadimon Perfect
Assaultmon
Astamon
Asuramon
Bastemon
Betsumon
BigMamemon
BlackNumemon
Blossomon
Brachimon
CannonBeemon
Cerberumon
Cherrymon
Chimeramon
Crescemon
Cyberdramon
Dagomon
Death-X-Dorugremon
DeathMeramon
Delumon
Digitamamon
Divermon
Dorugremon
Etemon
ExTyrannomon
Fantomon
Flaremon
Garudamon
Gerbemon
Giromon
Grademon
GrappLeomon
Groundramon
Hippgriffmon
Hisyaryumon
HolyAngemon
HolyAngemon (Priest Mode)
Infermon
Insekimon
Jyagamon
Knightmon
LadyDevimon
Lilamon
Lillimon
LoaderLeomon
MachGaogamon
Mamemon
Mammon
MarineDevimon
Matadormon
Megadramon
MegaloGrowmon
MegaSeadramon
MetalFantomon
MetalGreymon
MetalifeKuwagamon
MetalMamemon
MetalTyranomon
Mistymon
Monzaemon
Mummymon
Nanomon
Okuwamon
Orochimon
Panjyamon
Parrotmon
Piccolomon
Rapidmon
RizeGreymon
Seirenmon
Shawujinmon
SkullBaluchimon
SkullGreymon
SkullSatamon
SuperStarmon
Tankdramon
Taomn
TonosamaGekomon
Triceramon
Tyilinmon
Vademon
Vamdemon
Volcdramon
WaruMonzaemon
WereGarurumon
Whamon
Wingdramon
Wisemon
Yatagaramon
Yatagaramon (Savers)
Zudomon

Ultimate Level

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Alphamon
Anubimon
Apollomon
Arkadimon Ultimate
BantyoLeomon
Barbamon
Beelzebumon
Belphemon
BlackWarGreymon
Blastmon
Boltmon
Breakdramon
Cannondramon
Ceresmon
Cherubimon (Vaccine)
Cherubimon (Virus)
Crossmon
Darkdramon
Death-X-Dorugoramon
Deathmon
Demon
Devitamamon
Diablomon
Dianamon
Dinotigemon
Dorbickmon
Dorugoramon
Dukemon
Dynasmon
Ebemon
GranDracumon
GranKuwagamon
Girffomon
HerakleKabuterimon
HiAndromon
Holydramon
Hououmon
JumboGamemon
Justimon
KingEtemon
Lampmon
Leviamon
Lilithmon
LordKnightmon
Lotusmon
MarineAngemon
Marsmon
MetalEtemon
MetalGarurumon
MetalPiranimon
MetalSeadramon
Minervamon
MirageGaogamon
Mugendramon
Murmukusmon
Neptunemon
Ofanimon
Ornismon
Ouryumon
Phaorohmon
Pinnochimon
PlatinumNumemon
Plesiomon
PrinceMamemon
Pukumon
Ravemon
Rosemon
SaberLeomon
SaintGalgomon
Sakuyamon
Seriphimon
ShineGreymon
SkullMammon
Slayerdramon
Sleipmon
Spinomon
TigerVespamon
TonosamaMamemon
TyrantKabuterimon
Ulforce V-Dramon
Valdurmon
VenomVamdemon
Vikemon
WarGreymon
Zanbamon

Super-Ultimate Level

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Arkadimon Super Ultimate
Armageddemon
BantyoLeomon (Burst Mode)
Beelzebumon (Burst Mode)
BelialVamdemon
BlackSerpihimon
Chaosdramon
Death-X-Mon
Demon (Super Ultimate)
Dukemon (Crimson Mode)
Fuujinmon
Mervamon
MirageGaogamon (Burst Mode)
Raijinmon
Ravemon (Burst Mode)
Rosemon (Burst Mode)
Sakuyamon (Miko Mode)
ShineGreymon (Burst Mode)
Ulforce V-Dramon (Zen Mode)
Victory Greymon
ZeedGarurumon

Option Cards

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Accelerator
Agumon Haske's Lesson
Ambush
Angel Wings
Attack Plug-In A
Beserk Sword
Blue Card
Corrupt File
Cosmic Ray
D-3
D-Ark
D-Scanner
Dark Area Emblem
Data Emblem
Deep Savers Emblem
Defense Plug-In C
Detaining Bracers
Device Jammer
Digivice 01
Digivice iC
Dragon's Roar Emblem
Evolution Plug-In E
Finder
Jungle Troopers Emblem
Metal Empire Emblem
Nature Spirits Emblem
Nightmare Soldiers Emblem
RAM Up
Shield of Courage
Speed Plug-In B
Time Rewind
Vaccine Emblem
Vamdemon's Plot
Virus Busters Emblem
Virus Emlem
Wind Guardians Emblem

CARD ALBUM

[3g0]

Is anyone interested in this project at all? I'm thinking about scrapping the card skeleton I have laid out in favor of something to do with Digimon Unlimited. Maybe make a card for every Child level or higher in Digimon Unlimited and base the evolutions off of those.

[Dorukiryu]

Sounds amazing. But forgive me but theres one thing I don't get. When playing a digimon you can either pay the mb cst if it has one or digivolve it?

If you want any help I willing to take part!

[geo]

I an really interested in this, I'll help any way I can

[3g0]

Apr 10, 2013 9:55:50 GMT -5 Dorukiryu said:

Sounds amazing. But forgive me but theres one thing I don't get. When playing a digimon you can either pay the mb cst if it has one or digivolve it?

If you want any help I willing to take part!

When playing a Digimon you may either pay it's MB cost or pay it's Evolve cost to Evolve a Digimon. Galgomon is a good example of this. You may pay 5MB to play him on his own, or 3MB to evolve him onto an existing Terriermon (or applicable Child level).

Would you guys prefer small sets of Digimon and Option/Command cards, or would you prefer to just use the Digimon Unlimited App as a reference for which Digimon will be in the card game? I have started a spreadsheet trying to document the evolution chains in the app, so if anyone could help with that it would be awesome.
docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AkKSaefzesg-dERfX2lTc0NqbVNTM1ItclJ2My04QWc&output=html

[geo]

Well I could try to help you with the spread sheet, it helps if you have a full digidex I guess

[Dorukiryu]

Im willing to help out. I've already gone through a list of every single digimon recently. Also feel free to add/change evolutions. Since this is a card game you want to make sure that cards may be more connected, not just in their group. A rookie from jungle troop may digivolve into a nightmare soldier. You should focus on allowing for many deck and gameplay styles.

[3g0]

First, Armagemon says he digivolves from Armagemon. Second, LOVE his ability, totally fits him. Ill work on making a big spread sheet of digimon in the game, as well as the few that are not in it. Ill also try to come up with some other interesting card abilities if you want to use or not.

[geo]

How are you making these cards?

[3g0]

Apr 11, 2013 12:18:31 GMT -5 geo said:

How are you making these cards?

I've done card design for custom Yugioh, Magic, and Duel Masters for a long time. I use photoshop.

[geo]

I'm really impressed I could never do that

[theowl]

Hey i doubt this will be of much help but i still have the old game (like an original starter set) and if you might need scans for reference or something like that i can supply them. Also good luck with this man id be happy to put money into this n.n

[3g0]

Apr 11, 2013 17:36:28 GMT -5 theowl said:

Hey i doubt this will be of much help but i still have the old game (like an original starter set) and if you might need scans for reference or something like that i can supply them. Also good luck with this man id be happy to put money into this n.n

Thanks for the support! I won't be needing scans, as only the battle system has been lifted from the old Digimon card game. Also, I won't be accepting any sort of payment for this, as Bandai would sue the crap out of me. It's all for free and you must print out your own cards. I'm hoping someone has some basic programming skills so we could make an online version.

[geo]

well with that I can't help with sorry

[3g0]

Apr 11, 2013 19:46:51 GMT -5 geo said:

well with that I can't help with sorry

No thats fine. Getting the Evolution Chart filled in would be the biggest help of all. With the amount of possible evolution trees presented over the course of the entire franchise, it's hard to fit that all onto a card. I think the Digimon Unlimited App's evolution tree is an amazing guide for the card game; it has a balanced number of child Digimon and stuff they can evolve into, as well as Jogress and Super-Ultimate options.


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If you guys have any cool card effects for Digimon that are thematic to the digimon, or would make a good Option/Command card feel free to post them. I will be editing the OP in a moment with a link to a Photobucket album to make the page load faster. I'll keep just a few card examples in the OP, any new cards will be in the photobucket.