Flesh and Blood card types and anatomy

Every card in the pool is one of 17 types, carries a few symbols on its frame, and most carry a pitch colour. The 5,304 cards of the dataset, read that way.

The card types

The dataset files every card under one type, by membership against LSS's type words (a card typed Attack and Action is an attack action). The code is what the card database filters on.

Hero hero

166 cards

The card you play as: its life, intellect, class and talents decide what the deck may hold. Adult heroes for Classic Constructed, young heroes for Blitz and Silver Age.

all Hero cards

Demi-Hero demi-hero

9 cards

A form a hero turns into during the game, with its own life and text; it waits outside the deck until the hero calls for it.

all Demi-Hero cards

Mentor mentor

7 cards

A hero-like card from the ready-made and learn-to-play products, with rules of its own in the product it ships in; a handful exist.

all Mentor cards

Weapon weapon

119 cards

Held in a hand slot, one-handed or two-handed, and attacking turn after turn as long as it stays in play.

all Weapon cards

Equipment equipment

601 cards

Worn in a slot (head, chest, arms, legs) from the start of the game; its defense and abilities last until it is destroyed.

all Equipment cards

Attack Action attack-action

2,159 cards

The heart of a turn: an action card that attacks, with power and defense printed, usually for the turn's action point.

all Attack Action cards

Action action

1,353 cards

A non-attack action card played on your turn: auras, items and effects that set the turn up.

all Action cards

Attack Reaction attack-reaction

206 cards

Played from the hand during your own attack, after blocks are declared, to push the attack through.

all Attack Reaction cards

Defense Reaction defense-reaction

131 cards

Played from the hand while you are attacked, after blocks are declared, to add defense or an effect.

all Defense Reaction cards

Instant instant

344 cards

Playable at almost any moment on either turn, without an action point.

all Instant cards

Block block

77 cards

A card that only defends: it has defense and nothing to play from the hand.

all Block cards

Ally ally

24 cards

A companion that stays in the arena with its own life and attacks on its own.

all Ally cards

Token token

44 cards

Created by other cards during the game; tokens are not deck cards, every set ships them.

all Token cards

Resource resource

19 cards

A card whose job is to be pitched or held for its resources, Gold and the shards among them.

all Resource cards

Event event

39 cards

A card standing for a tournament or story event, with rules text for a format or a season.

all Event cards

Macro macro

5 cards

A card that names a bundle of game actions other cards refer to; five exist.

all Macro cards

Placeholder placeholder

1 cards

A stand-in entry the dataset keeps for a card with no printing of its own.

Dragons of Legend

all Placeholder cards

The equipment and weapon slots

A hero wears one piece of equipment per body slot and holds weapons in the two hand slots; a two-handed weapon takes both. The count is cards that name the slot.

Slot	What goes there	Cards
1H	A one-handed weapon, the other hand free for a second or an off-hand	41
2H	A two-handed weapon, both hands	79
Off-Hand	A shield or an off-hand item beside a one-handed weapon	28
Head	Helmets, hoods, crowns	148
Chest	Armour, robes, tunics	141
Arms	Bracers, gauntlets, gloves	155
Legs	Boots, greaves, leggings	119

The symbols on the card

Card text and the frame use a handful of symbols; here they are as our card pages draw them.

Resource: The cost of a card, paid by pitching other cards from the hand; each pitched card gives its colour's value.
Power: The damage an attack deals if it is not blocked for enough.
Defense: What a card blocks for when it is put in front of an attack.
Life: A hero's life total; at zero the hero loses.
Intellect: How many cards a hero draws back up to at the end of the turn.
Chi: The Mystic talent's own counter, gathered and spent by Mystic cards.
Tap: Turn a card sideways to use it; it stays used until it untaps.
Untap: Set a tapped card upright again, usually at the start of your turn.

The pitch colours

The strip at the top left of a card is its pitch value: red pitches for 1, yellow for 2, blue for 3. Cards without a strip, heroes, equipment, weapons and tokens, cannot be pitched.

Red, pitch 1 · 1,534 cards
Yellow, pitch 2 · 1,317 cards
Blue, pitch 3 · 1,461 cards
No pitch · 992 cards

Where the rules live

These are plain-words readings of the card frame, not the rules. The Comprehensive Rules and its glossary, the tournament rules and every policy are on LSS's Rules and Policy Centre; the release notes behind our keywords page explain each new mechanic.

Counts are cards in the dataset at its last refresh, one per card whatever its printings. Card names and images © Legend Story Studios.