Card type
Leader
Always in play. Sets your life, colors, and the last life you have to defend.
- What it does
- Your captain. It is not in the 50-card deck. It attacks, takes the final hit, and tells you which colors you may play.
- When you play it
- Before the game starts — you choose one Leader and build the deck around its colors and life.
- Beginner trap
- Building a pile that ignores the Leader’s color. Off-color cards are not playable. Also: forgetting the Leader can attack every turn once it is ready.
A Leader is the card you put on the table first. It never goes to the trash from a normal KO the way a Character does — when life is gone, the next successful attack on the Leader ends the game.
The color icons on the Leader are a lock. Your 50 cards must match those colors. Dual-color Leaders open two piles and usually sit on 4 life instead of 5.
Leader effects are always on. Read the text before you shuffle. Some Leaders want you to trash cards, some want DON!! attached, some want a specific crew in play.
In this catalog a Leader printing is still a collectible row. Manga and AA Leaders are the same card for play — sleeve the cheap one if you are nervous.
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