Exquisite Corpse deck

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Exquisite Corpse
Designers Eric, Kevan, Tyrethali, Nev, Edward
Date 2nd February 2002
Players 2+
This is an untested deck. Its cards are complete, but it hasn't yet been tested.
To play Dvorak: Draw five cards each and leave the rest as a draw pile. On your turn, draw a card from the draw pile and play one Thing and/or one Action. (See the full rules.)
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A deck created using the Exquisite Corpse method of surrealist art - the first player made four cards, passing only the fourth to the next person, who created four inspired from it, and so on.

Card List

Exquisite Dead Guy
Thing
Action: Bury (destroy) Exquisite Dead Guy. Search the deck for a Treasure Map card, and put it into your hand. Shuffle the deck afterwards.
Card by Eric
Treasure Map
Action
Take control of the Exquisite Dead Guy if he is in play.
Card by Eric
Egyptian Curse
Action
Ancient Scroll. Destroy one thing in play.
Card by Eric
Close Examination
Action
Play only if you control the Exquisite Dead Guy. Search the deck for an Ancient Scroll, and put it into your hand. Shuffle the deck afterwards.
Card by Eric
Ancient Scroll of Anubis
Thing
Action: Discard half of your hand (rounding up). Send a Corpse to the discard pile from play, or return one to play (under anyone's control) from the discard pile.
Card by Kevan
Autopsy Saw
Thing
Action: If you control a Corpse, draw a card.
Card by Kevan
Graveyard Shift
Action
Shuffle the discard pile into the draw pile. Everyone draws a card (starting with you).
Card by Kevan
Bandaged Mummy
Thing
Action: Destroy Bandaged Mummy. Any Player may replace it with a Corpse from their hand - if they don't, you may search the draw pile for a Corpse and put it into play.
Card by Kevan
Voodoo Zombie Corpse
Thing
Draw a card when you play Voodoo Zombie Corpse. If you have less than two cards in your hand at any time, destroy Voodoo Zombie Corpse.
Card by Tyrethali
Embalming Fluid
Thing
If any action or effect would destroy a Corpse, you may choose to destroy Embalming Fluid instead.
Card by Tyrethali
Vin Nouveau
Action
Draw three cards, then, if you have no Corpses in play, discard a card at random.
Card by Tyrethali
Wrath of the Ankgou
Action
Each player must discard a card for each Corpse they control, or, if they cannot, destroy that Corpse.
Card by Tyrethali
Vodun Charm
Thing
Action: Destroy X Corpses you control to force another player to either discard cards from their hand or destroy Corpses they control in any combination equal to X.
Card by Nev
Vengeful Wraith
Action
Play out of turn when you are negatively affected by another player's Action. Take control of one Corpse they control.
Card by Nev
Flaming Brand
Action
Destroy any one Corpse in play.
Card by Nev
Bone Rattle
Thing
While you control Bone Rattle, Corpses under your control may not be affected by any Actions or Thing effects except to be destroyed.
Card by Nev
Ludwig van Beethoven's Body
Thing
(Corpse) Action: Shuffle a card from your hand into the draw pile, then draw a card. "Roll over, Beethoven..."
Card by Edward
Mahatma Gandhi's Body
Thing
(Corpse) Action: Until your next turn, no Player may take Actions that affect you or your Things, except those that would affect this card.
Card by Edward
The Final Trumpet
Action
Whoever has four or more Corpses in play, and the most Corpses of any player, wins at the start of your next turn. If no one satisfies both conditions at that time, the game continues.
Card by Edward
Grave Robber
Action
Take control of a Corpse belonging to another Player.
Card by Edward
Burial
Action
Destroy a Corpse.
Card by Kevan
Body-Snatching
Action
Gain control of a Corpse from elsewhere in play, or from the discard pile.
Card by Kevan
Ancient Scroll of Mysterious Symbols
Thing
Action: A chosen Player draws a card and plays it immediately.
Card by Kevan
Igor
Thing
You may turn Igor into a Corpse at any time; if you do so, destroy him at the end of the turn. Action: Draw and reveal a card; if it is not a Corpse, discard it.
Card by Kevan
Lightning Bolt
Action
Play on a Corpse you control. That Corpse gains "Action: Force a player to discard a card from their hand."
Card by Nev
Frau Bloucher
Action
All players must whinny like a horse.
Card by Nev
Wanderlust
Action
Play on any Corpse in play. That corpse gains "Action: At the end of this Corpse's controlling player's turn, this Corpse passes into the control of the player to the left."
Card by Nev
Groping Hand
Thing
Counts as a Corpse. Action: Randomly choose a card from another player's hand and place it in yours.
Card by Nev
Necropolis
Thing
Whenever any other player plays a corpse, you may draw a card. If you do so, reveal that card to all players.
Card by Tyrethali
Scavenger Birds
Thing
Any player may discard two cards to destroy any corpse. If this ability is used more than once per turn, destroy Scavenger Birds.
Card by Tyrethali
Morbid Scarecrow
Thing
Counts as a corpse. If you own Scavenger Birds, destroy them. Your corpses may not be destroyed by Scavenger Birds.
Card by Tyrethali
Organized Graverobbing
Action
You may play any number of cards during your next turn.
Card by Tyrethali
Musical Graves
Action
Shuffle all Corpses in play into a common pile, then randomly place one Corpse under each player's control for every Corpse he/she had in play before.
Card by Edward
Frankensteining
Action
Destroy a Corpse you control to draw three cards.
Card by Edward
Holy Water
Thing
Action: Choose a Corpse. That Corpse's card text is considered blank until the beginning of your next turn, but remains a Corpse.
Card by Edward
Douglas Adams's Body
Thing
(Corpse) Action: Don't Panic! You must have taken no other Actions and played no Things this turn. End your turn. After your next turn, take another turn. This ability may be used only once each time Douglas Adams's Body comes under a Player's control.
Card by Edward