Infinite Dvorak deck
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| The Infinite Dvorak Deck | |
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| Designer | Everyone |
| Date | March 2007 and onwards |
| Players | 2+ |
| Although this is an unfinished deck, it is still playable. | |
| 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.) | |
 Print this deck | |
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| Cards 1-100 |
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| Cards 101-200 |
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| Cards 201-300 |
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| Cards 301-400 |
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| Cards 401-500 |
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| Cards 501-600 |
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| Cards 601-700 |
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| Cards 701-800 |
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| Cards 801-900 |
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| Cards 901-1000 |
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| Cards 1001-1100 |
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| Cards 1101-1200 |
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| Cards 1201-1300 |
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The Infinite Dvorak Deck is an ever-expanding card game, which anyone can add cards to. There's no coherent theme, and cards can be original, inspired by anything, copied from other Dvorak decks, or even dragged in verbatim from other card games.
The only rules to adding cards are:-
- Don't add more than three cards at a time; give someone else a chance to add some, before you add any more. And make sure you put your cards at the bottom of the page.
- Don't change other people's cards. If something seems ambiguous or broken, tell them on the talk page. (There's an option to filter specified users' cards out when you export the deck to play with, so don't worry too much if someone's cards are irredeemably unplayable.)
- Cards shouldn't refer to other cards. Remember that the deck is infinite! Cards should avoid making any specific references to other cards or mechanics, because they might never see those specific cards during play, particularly if you think of the deck as infinite. You should word your mechanics as generically as possible - a fishing rod card that said "gain control of a fish" would be useless in a game where no fish cards came up, whereas one that said "gain control of a living Thing" would probably see some use in any game that it got drawn in.
- (A good test is to open a random archive page of the Infinite Dvorak Deck, and see how many of its cards your new card could apply to. If there are only one or two cards that you could play it on, then you should probably word it more generically.)
- No special rules. This deck has no Special Rules aside from the two described below; it's all on the cards. Cards should not create Special Rules (or any equivalent "invisible" effect that significantly outlives the lifetime of the card); players should only have to read the cards on the table to know what's going on.
- Values in the corners of cards are meaningless, unless there's another card in play that somehow gives them meaning.
Whenever anyone's feeling insane enough to play a game of it, they can export it to the Dvorak Engine, or possibly Apprentice (if it's possible to make decks that contain every card of a set).
Special Rules
The only rules that this deck uses in addition to the basic Dvorak rules are:-
- Tokens exist. Some cards can create or destroy or manipulate "tokens", which you should represent with whatever coins or counters you have to hand. Tokens count as Things, but if a token is destroyed or otherwise removed from play, it's removed from the game entirely. Tokens may or may not have individual types (such as "energy" or "goblin"); if a token has a type, it's considered to be its name, otherwise its name is just "Token".
- If there's an ambiguity, vote on it. For example: if a card says to destroy a "living" Thing, and a player is wondering if it'll work against a "zombie" card, the players should take a vote to determine whether or not the zombie counts as living. If a majority decision can't be reached, resolve it randomly.
Selected Sets
If you'd prefer a more compact subset of the deck, you may appreciate one of the following:
Card List
- The earlier cards of this deck have been archived: 1-100, 101-200, 201-300, 301-400, 401-500, 501-600, 601-700, 701-800, 801-900, 901-1000, 1001-1100, 1101-1200, 1201-1300.
Engineered Plague
Action
Pick a letter. Destroy all Things with that letter in their title.
Card by Kevan
Dumpster Dive
Action
Take a random Thing card from the discard pile and put it into your hand. Shuffle the discard pile afterwards.
Card by Kevan
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iBotThing
Action: Get an iPod (or other mp3 player) and pick a random song. Destroy a number of Things equal to the song's length in minutes.
At the beginning of each turn of yours, you must discard a card or destroy iBot.
At the beginning of each turn of yours, you must discard a card or destroy iBot.
Card by Corrigan
Jump the Shark
Action
Destroy a Thing which has either been in play for 5 or more turns or has used its Action ability 3 or more times.
Card by Corrigan
Fire at the Library
Action
Put the top 30 cards on the draw pile into the discard pile.
Card by Corrigan
Clockpunk
Thing
Whenever a Thing uses its Action ability, put a Rundown token on it. Things with Rundown tokens cannot use their Action abilities. Any player may take an Action to remove a Rundown token from a Thing.
Card by Kevan
Evil Ventriloquist
Thing
Action: A chosen opponent gives you a card, if they have one, which you must play immediately.
Card by Kevan
TORNADO!
Action
Take all the cards on the field and in everyone's hands, turn all of them facedown, mix them up and place cards equal to the number of cards on the field, on the field, with each player recieving cards equal to the number of cards originally on his/her side of the field. Do the same thing, replacing "on the field" or " on his/her side of the field" with "in the players' hands", or "in his/her hand", respectfully. Then destroy every third card that was redistributed in this manner.
"HOLY COW!!!".
"HOLY COW!!!".
Card by Nm8r
All or Nothing
Thing
Players may not play cards normally, but may still activate Action abilities. As an Action, any player may play the entire contents of their hand, in an order of their choosing.
Card by Kevan
Side Effects
Thing
Whenever an opponent plays an Action card, you may draw and reveal a card - if it's an Action, you may play it immediately. Otherwise discard it.
Card by Kevan
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HTTP 404 Not FoundAction
Shuffle the draw pile and put the top card from the deck into the discard pile. Then remove one card from each opponent's hand and put them into the discard pile.
Card by jftsang
Master Plan
Thing
When this card comes into play, draw twenty cards. You may not draw cards while this is in play. If your hand becomes empty, you lose the game.
Card by Kevan
Favour Generation Device
Thing
If you have seven Favour tokens, you win the game. Action: Give a non-Token Thing you control to an opponent, and gain a Favour token.
Card by Kevan
Market Forces
Action
Randomly redistribute all tokens in play: if a Token is on a Thing, it is moved onto a random Thing; each other Token is given to a random player.
Card by Kevan
Bowman
thing
Action: You may destroy 1 thing. This card ignores any card that says you may not destroy things
Card by Eric F.
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Saruman's Icy stormAction
Everyone else loses their turn and no-one can destroy opponents' things.
"There is a fell voice in the air" says Legolas
"There is a fell voice in the air" says Legolas
Card by Eric F.
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Shower of ArrowsAction
Roll a dice. Destroy the number of things as on the dice. If they don't have enough things they lose their turn.
Card by Eric F.
Minefield
Thing
Whenever a Thing comes into play, its controlled must discard their hand.
Card by Kevan
Peasant's Revolt
Action
Destroy a number of non-token Things equal to the number of tokens in play.
Card by Kevan
Snowball
Thing
At the beginning of your turn, destroy one Thing in play (other than Snow tokens) for each Snow token you control. When Snowball leaves play, discard your hand.
Action: Gain a Snow token.
Action: Gain a Snow token.
Card by jtwe
Magic Hat
Thing
Action: Discard a card to have target player gain a token of any type you choose.
"Again? That trick never works!"
"Again? That trick never works!"
Card by jtwe
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Pie in the FaceThing
You may destroy another Thing you control to give control of this card to any player. If you destroy a food-related Thing in this way, draw a card.
Your maximum hand size is reduced by 4.
Your maximum hand size is reduced by 4.
Card by jtwe
Repossession
Action
Take a thing belonging to any player except yourself from play to your hand.
Card by Pongo
Entanglement
Action
Choose any two things in play. Until one of the things is (therefore both of the things are) destroyed, any action that effects one thing effects the other, if it can be applied.
Card by Pongo
Minor mana potion
thing
Action: Play an action card. If you do not have one the draw cards from the deck until you do and play it.
Card by Eric F.
Sonic wave
action
The opponant must remove all cards from play until the end of your turn.
Card by eric F.
Panic Attack
Action
Starting with you, each player immediately plays a random card from their hand, if they have one.
Card by Kevan
Birds of a Feather
Thing
Whenever a non-token Thing enters play which shares a first letter with a Thing already in play, the controller of the new Thing may draw a card.
Card by Kevan
Curse of Despair
Thing
Beneficial effects of all cards are cancelled. This card & its tokens are immune to effects of other cards. Anyone may play living things onto this card. Things played onto this card lose all effects. If 3 living things are played onto this card, both this card & the things are destroyed. If 10 curse tokens are in play, you win.
Action: Create a curse token.
Action: Create a curse token.
Card by Pongo
Bunch of Flowers
Action
Choose an opponent. They may draw between one and ten cards - you may then draw one less than that number of cards.
Card by Kevan
Coughing Fit
Action
Throw in your hand face up, all cards displayed, then shuffle the draw pile and the discard pile into a new draw pile. Draw five cards from the top of that to make a new hand. Anyone (including yourself) may now draw a card from your discarded hand instead of drawing from the draw pile.
Card by Pongo
Strong Box
Action
Place five Vault Tokens on one of your Things. When that Thing is targeted for destruction, destroy a Vault token instead.
Card by Pongo
Processing Fee
Action
Play onto anyone who has played a card onto or affecting you last turn. You may take five money-related tokens from them and put them into play on your side or look at their hand and take one card of your choice; then put that card in your hand.
Card by Pongo
The Amazing Card Token Generator
Thing
Action: Discard a card, and put a Card token into play.
Card by Kevan
Haphazard Wiring
Thing
Whenever a player uses an Action ability, each other Action ability of a Thing controlled by that player is also triggered.
Card by Kevan
Priceless Ming Vase
Thing
When a player other than you destroys this, they must give you all their money-related tokens. If they have none they must throw in their hand and draw five further cards. In this case on your next turn you may draw from the discarded hand any cards you see fit. Discard the rest.
Card by Pongo
Pawn Shop
Thing
Action (Global): Any player may destroy two money-related tokens and add a card played onto Pawn Shop to their hand. Action: Place a Thing you have in play face up on the shop and create a Money token.
Card by Pongo
Circling Vulture
Thing
Whenever a Thing is destroyed, the controller of that Thing gains control of Circling Vulture. If the controller of Circling Vulture has no cards in their hand, they lose the game.
Card by Kevan
Missile Battery
Thing
Whenever an opponent plays an Action or Action ability, you may play one in response.
Card by Kevan
Jam Tomorrow
Action
Show your hand to an opponent. Gain control of a Thing they control.
Card by Kevan
Impractically Dangerous Hand-Size Increaser
Thing
Your hand size is increased by three. When this comes into play, discard your hand. Every turn roll a d6. If you get a 1, discard a card in your hand at random.
Card by Pongo
College
Thing
For every five Learning tokens you have, your hand size is increased by one.
Action: Create a Learning token.
Action: Create a Learning token.
Card by Pongo
Energy Devourer
Thing
When this comes into play, destroy all energy-related tokens. While this is in play, all effects of Things and Actions that would normally require electricity to work are nullified, and no energy-related tokens may be created.
Card by Pongo
