Mistborn — How to Play

You are a Mistborn who ingests and burns metals to fuel Allomancy. You start with a weak 10-card deck and build a stronger one from the Market, working to bring the Lord Ruler down.

How to win

• Reduce the Lord Ruler from 48 health to 0, or
• Buy Confrontation and play 4 Atium onto it, or
• Top all 3 Mission tracks.

You lose if your health hits 0, or if the Lord Ruler's deck runs out.

Your turn

• You automatically advance one step up the Training Track (raises your burn limit, grants Atium, unlocks your character ability).
• You draw a hand of 5. Play cards for their effect:
• Burn a card's metal (uses 1 of your burn limit) to trigger its effect — coins, damage, mission points, healing, card draw, and more.
• Vial: play a card sideways for quick coins without using a burn.
• Flare: burn beyond your limit; that metal stays spent until Refreshed (discard a card to refresh).
• Atium (wild): spend an Atium token to power any card for free.

Resources this turn

• Coins — buy cards from the Market and Atium cards.
• Damage — send it at the Lord Ruler (→ LR) or at his minions to break shields.
• Mission points — spend on any Mission track (12 tops a track).
• Burns / Atium — your fuel. Healing applies immediately.

The Lord Ruler acts

When you end your turn he flips a card: an Adversary (a minion that damages you each turn until you break its shields) or an Edict (Dominance rises, he heals for each open Mission, and the Market is purged).

The 8 metals

Steel·PUSH, Iron·PULL, Pewter·DEFENDER, Tin·SENSE, Bronze·SEEK, Copper·CLOUD, Zinc·RIOT, Brass·SOOTHE — plus wild Atium.

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