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Final Fantasy Trading Card Game (Opus)

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The Final Fantasy Trading Card Game was developed by Square Enix in 2011. The purpose of this project was to allow audiences to experience a trading card game (TCD) featuring iconic Final Fantasy characters. Fans can collect and build decks featuring their favorite characters and battle their friends for supremacy.

The game was originally released exclusively in Japan from 2011 to 2015, a period known as the Chapter series. This period produced 1898 unique cards for players to collect. Square Enix introduced the game to North American and European audiences in 2016 with the release of the Opus Series. The first set in this series features 216 unique cards to collect. Although the two systems are similar, the cards are not interchangeable between series.

The Opus sets of The Final Fantasy Trading Card Game were designed for North American and European players. Starting with Opus 1, the new set changed the abilities and power of various cards to make the new set distinct from the original Chapter series.

Players have the option of building their collection via booster packs or pre-built starter decks. Each booster pack contains 12 cards with one foil card. There are over 15 starter decks for collectors to hunt for, each offering unique themes for players to try out.

Gameplay

The goal of each game is to defeat your opponent by placing seven cards in the opponent's damage zone. Each turn, players can choose to spend their Crystal Points (CP) to play cards from their hand. Crystal Points can be obtained by Dulling a card. This is done by turning a card sideways, which provides one Crystal Point corresponding with that card element.

The other option is to discard a card from your hand. This action provides two CP points of the corresponding element. Playing a card requires that a player pays at least one corresponding element for each card. The remaining cost can be paid with any available elements. However, Light and Dark cards do not have an element requirement. As such, they cannot be discarded for CP.

Combat in the game happens via attacking and blocking. A player attacks using their Forwards. This gives their opponent the option to defend with their own Forward or allow the attack to go through. If two Forwards enter combat, the weakest one is destroyed and sent to the Break Zone. If the attack is unblocked, it deals one damage to the opposing player. If a player takes damage, they must discard the equivalent number of cards into the damage zone.

Each turn plays out in Stacks, which means that cards are registered in the order they are played. Whenever a player plays a card or ability, they must first announce the card and the target. This gives their opponent an opportunity to respond to the card before it enters the battlefield. Character cards can only be played if there are no other cards in the stack.

Set Release Information

Set Name

Pre-Release Date

Release Date

Unique Cards in Set

Opus I

No Pre-Release

October 28, 2016

216

Opus II

No Pre-Release

March 24, 2017

148

Opus III

No Pre-Release

July 21, 2017

160

Opus IV

November 25, 2017

December 01, 2017

148

Opus V

March 17, 2018

March 23, 2018

166

Opus VI

July 07, 2018

July 13, 2018

130

Opus VII

October 27, 2018

November 02, 2018

138

Opus VIII

March 16, 2019

March 22, 2019

148

Opus IX

July 13, 2019

July 19, 2019

124

Opus X

November 01, 2019

November 08, 2019

162

Opus XI

March 20, 2020

March 27, 2020

160

Opus XII

October 31, 2020

November 06, 2020

128

Opus XIII

March 20, 2021

March 26, 2021

128

Opus XIV

July 31, 2021

August 06, 2021

130

Crystal Dominion

November 20, 2021

November 26, 2021

130

Emissaries of Light

April 15, 2022

April 15, 2022

130

Rebellion's Call

August 06, 2022

August 12, 2022

130

Resurgence of Power

December 03, 2022

December 09, 2022

130

From Nightmares

March 18, 2023

March 24, 2023

128

Dawn of Heroes

July 22, 2023

July 28, 2023

130

Beyond Destiny

November 10, 2023

November 17, 2023

124

Hidden Hope

March 15, 2024

March 22, 2024

154

Hidden Trials

Not Announced Yet

Expected August 02, 2024

162

Hidden Legends

Not Announced Yet

Expected November 15, 2024

126

This page written by: Cameron Mcfarland with contributions by: Samina

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