RulesNARUTO Card Game rules announced so far
BANDAI has shown the outline of the rules, not the full rulebook. Here is what is announced, and what is not.
How you win
Bring your opponent's Leader's Life to 0. In BANDAI's Japanese rule diagram the Leader shows Life 15; whether every Leader has the same Life is not announced.
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What you bring
- 1 Leader and a deck. The English site counts "a deck of 51 cards"; the Japanese site writes Leader 1 + 50.
- 5 Chakra cards, kept apart from the deck.
- 1 Summon card.
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Card types
- Leader — The one card that stands for you. It has Life; if your opponent brings it to 0, you lose. You pick Characters that match its color.
- Character — The main fighters. They go in your deck in the same color as your Leader. Some can use Ninjutsu by paying Chakra.
- EX Character — Strong Characters you cannot normally play. They come out only when a set condition is met.
- Chakra — What you pay to use Ninjutsu. You bring 5 of them, separate from the deck.
- Summon — Used to bring Characters onto the field. You bring 1 and rest it to use it.
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Summon, Chakra and face-down cards
- To put a Character on the field, you rest your Summon card.
- Chakra cards pay for Ninjutsu and other effects.
- The English site says you use Chakra to activate face-down support cards, and Ninjutsu can stop the opponent's attacks.
- Sample cards show DMG, POW and HP; Leaders show LIFE. What DMG, POW and HP mean is not announced.
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Not announced yet
- Turn structure
- How to decide who goes first
- Starting hand size
- Mulligan
- Copies of the same card allowed
- Mixing colors
- How many times you can summon per turn
- When the Summon card and Chakra recover
- Conditions for EX Characters
- Whether Life differs between Leaders
We add each rule when BANDAI publishes it. Until then we do not guess.