1v1
Duel Format
Ratty Arcana presents
One shared pool. Two rivals. Siphon or be siphoned.
A 1v1 Dark-Tarot Duel
Enter the Rite
22
Major Arcana
8
Majors Per Game
4
Suits & Orbs
7
Card Hands
The Premise
One pool of energy.
It only ever moves.
Soul Siphon is a 1v1 card duel fought over a single shared pool of energy. Energy is never created or destroyed. It only flows between the two of you.
Strike your rival with a combo. Win the exchange and you siphon their energy into your orb, which glows brighter as it fills. Drain your rival's pool to nothing and you win the rite on the spot. Fast matches. No grinding.
The Turn
How Soul Siphon Is Played
I
Draw Your Hand
Seven cards from a deck of four suits, plus the Major Arcana and Orbs that bend the rules. No deckbuilding grind. Every hand is a fresh problem.
II
Attack, They Answer
Strike with poker-style combos. Orbs amplify combos that match their element. Win the exchange and you siphon their energy; lose it and it flows the other way.
III
Take the Pool
Energy only moves between rivals. Siphon your rival's pool to nothing — hold it all — and the rite is yours. Three paths to victory, none of them easy.
Four Suits · Four Orbs
Elements of the Siphon
The orbs you hold quietly strengthen every combo you play. An orb whose element matches a suit in your combo hits far harder. Line your suits up with your orbs and your strikes bite deep.
Embers
Will · Aggression
Tides
Emotion · Sustain
Daggers
Thought · Disruption
Spoils
Material · StabilityFate-Shifting Powers
The Major Arcana
Twenty-two Majors break the normal rules. Some are counters you save for when you're attacked; others empower your next strike or refill your hand. Eight are dealt into each game, so no two matches play the same.
