Infinite Dvorak deck

The Infinite Dvorak Deck
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.)
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This deck is under construction. Anyone is welcome to contribute - check the talk page to find out more.

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:

Superpower set, Token set

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, 1301-1400, 1401-1500, 1501-1600, 1601-1700, 1701-1800, 1801-1900, 1901-2000, 2001-2100, 2101-2200, 2201-2300, 2301-2400, 2401-2500, 2501-2600, 2601-2700, 2701-2800, 2801-2900, 2901-3000, 3001-3100, 3101-3200, 3201-3300, 3301-3400, 3401-3500, 3501-3600, 3601-3700, 3701-3800.

Laser Dutch Auction (LDA)

Thing

Comes into play with 20 Cost tokens on it. Destroy a Cost token, or LDA, at the beginning of your turn. Any player may buy LDA, during his/her turn, by paying you one Money token for each Cost token on LDA.
Action: Destroy a Cost token to destroy target nonliving Thing.
Action Destroy 2 Cost tokens to destroy target living Thing.

Card by Goldenboots

d6-1

Variable Activity Level

Thing

At the beginning of your turn, roll a d6 or destroy this. If you rolled the die, subtract 1 and take that many Action/Thing plays this turn. Odd plays are Things, even plays are Actions. If you rolled a 1, destroy this. If this is destroyed, any player may claim it. If more than one claim it, roll a die to determine the new owner.

Expected value 1.5 Things, 1 Action.

Card by Goldenboots

M1

Coin on a string

Thing

This counts as a money token. You may use abilities that require you to destroy one money token for free.

Card by gill_smoke

G14

Recycling Center

Thing

Action: shuffle a thing you control into the draw pile and create a money token.

Card by gill_smoke

R21

Derissive Comment

Action Reaction

Discard to prevent an action of living thing. When played as an action destroy a money token.

Card by gill_smoke

8A

Handy Hostage

Reaction - Evil

Play in response to another player's Action. Choose a Thing belonging to that Player. That player either destroys the Thing or prevents the Action.

Card by Bucky

9A

Golden Apple

Thing

Action:Give control of Golden Apple to a random opponent and take an extra turn.

Card by Bucky

Watermelon

Thing

When this is destroyed, put a Watermelon Juice Token on every thing in play.

If you can eat one without getting it all over yourself, you're doing it wrong.

Card by ChippyYYZ

Reincarnation

Thing

Whenever a card is discarded or destroyed, its controller or discarder draws a card at the end of the turn, unless doing so would cause this effect to recur infinitely.

"Why should I care about what I am next time? I still don't know what I am this time!"
-Gonzo The Great

Card by ChippyYYZ

The Void Flows Through Me

Thing

Cards that are removed from the game go into your hand instead.

Card by ChippyYYZ

P(W) = 0

You Win if...

Action

You win, if when you play this, you control "Hungry Ghost" and "Bishop Pin" while an opponent controls "When me and Grandpa used to Hunt Dinosaurs", and an opponent (maybe the same one) controls exactly 17 Money tokens. Otherwise, draw a card, and play another Action.

As deck size -> infinity, the probability of this happening goes to 0

Card by Goldenboots

M19

Capital Gains

Action

For every non token thing with a corner value in play draw a card then for every non token thing without a corner value in play discard a card.

Card by gill_smoke

C12

Corner the Market

Action

Take control of all things with corner values

Card by gill_smoke

4R

Corrosive Thoughts

Thing

You may play this on another player. At the beginning of your turn discard a card. At the end of your turn discard a card if able otherwise destroy this card.

There is much hate in you

Card by gill_smoke

Inexorably Advancing Wall Of Ice

Thing

Every 1000 turns, you may destroy target thing. Destroy this if Global Warming is in play.

With credit to xkcd.

Card by ChippyYYZ

Death Beckons

Action

Put all living things in the discard pile.

Who's that bell tolling for?

Card by ChippyYYZ

Fatal Mistake

Action

Play in response to an opponent's action destroying a non-blue thing. Destroy all things, each player discards his hand, and eliminate the player who played the previous action.

Should've cut the blue wire.

Card by ChippyYYZ

0A

Dampening Field

Thing

Whenever an opponent plays a Thing during their turn, the turn ends.

Card by Bucky

0B

Bucky's Advocate

Thing

You may destroy this in response to an Action to prevent that Action.

Card by Bucky

0C

Recklessness

Thing

You may take an extra action during each of your turns. When you take the extra action, discard a card at random.

Card by Bucky

You May Already Be a Winner

Thing

If this card is ever indestructible, it is also uneditable. You win, if you control Hungry Ghost and Bishop Pin while opponent(s) control When me and Grandpa used to Hunt Dinosaurs, and The Red Wheelbarrow
Action Edit this card to change a boldface Thing name to the name of another Thing that is not now in play.

But probably not.

Card by Goldenboots

0D

Summon

Action

Look at the top 15 cards of the draw pile. If any of them are Things, put one of them into play. Then shuffle the draw pile.

Card by Bucky

0E

Unintended Consequences

Thing

You may play this into the control of any player

Whenever you play a Thing, swap two tokens of different types belonging to different players if possible.

Card by Bucky

0F

Reparation

Reaction

Play in response to another player destroying one of your Things. They give you two cards from their hand.

Card by Bucky

Energy Capacitor

Thing

At the end of your turn, create an Energy Token on this card.
Remove X Energy Tokens:
X=2: Draw a card.
X=3: Play an extra Action
X=5: Take an extra turn.
X=X: Gain X Energy Tokens (not on this card).

Card by ChippyYYZ

Ctrl-Alt-Del

Action

Play at any time. Counter an Action or put a Thing in the discard pile.

Card by ChippyYYZ

Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder

Thing

Players may not look at cards they draw or at their hands. If a player would play a card, they play a random card instead. All targets are chosen randomly. Unless this came into play this turn, destroy this thing at the end your turn.

Card by ChippyYYZ

0G

Destroy All Things

Action

Do what the title says.

Card by Bucky

0H

Magnet

Thing

When this comes into play, gain control of all tokens of any one type.

Card by Bucky

0I

Colony Ship

Thing-Unit

Thing: Discard a card, destroy this and make three copies of a Thing named "Mech Worker" from the Infinite Dvorak Deck archive and put them into play.

It's on page 19

Card by Bucky

Corrupted Bootsector

Thing

When this card comes into play, return it to your hand.

Card by Kevan

CC2

Copycat

Thing Person

When this comes into play replace the rules text with a thing in play, if there are no things in play then the rules text is now blank

"What's the deal? If I stop too quick you'll bump into me" -Bub

Card by gill_smoke

M9

Calmer Heads Will Prevail

Action

If you have more money tokens then everybody else put together you win otherwise collect 10 money tokens.

Card by gill_smoke

Z20

Body Shop

Thing

Action: Destroy 5 zombie tokens put a thing in play into your hand.

"I ain't taking my car there" -Bub

Card by gill_smoke

Trash Compactor

Thing

Action: Destroy a Thing which refers to a token or Thing type that is not currently in play, and draw five cards.

Card by Kevan

0J

Scavenger Bot

Thing - Worker Unit

Action:Move a random card in the discard pile to your hand.

Card by Bucky

0K

Soul Fragment

Thing

When you play this, choose an opponent. If they are eliminated, you are also eliminated.

Action:Use the Action ability of a Thing belonging to the chosen player.

Card by Bucky

0L

Demotivational Poster

Thing

Whenever an opponent reads this, they discard a card.
Action:Do nothing.

Dvorak:Shouldn't you be working now?

Card by Bucky

o_0

"...The Heck?"

Action

Create a new player named The Juggernaut. This player immediately destroys all things and removes himself from the game.

Dude, who was that guy?

Card by ChippyYYZ

Wronski Feint

Action

When you play this card, throw it and announce that the last one to touch it is eliminated. Don't tell them you're lying. Take an extra turn.

Dear Reader: He was lying.

Card by ChippyYYZ

The Oldest Trick In The Book

Action

Exchange the control of two things.

References
^The Book, Vol. 1, pg. 5

Card by ChippyYYZ

0M

Campaign for Conformity

Action

If you control at least 10 Things, and all of your Things have the same name, you win the game.

Card by Bucky

0N

Reconstitute

Action

Destroy any number of your tokens. Choose a Thing in the discard pile with a number of words in its name equal to the number of tokens you destroyed and put it into play.

Card by Bucky

0O

Secondary Keystone

Thing

To keep your universe running smoothly even if the primary Keystone goes down.

Card by Bucky

E2

Replace the voices with light

Action

Destroy all living things, create an energy for each thing destroyed.

Card by gill_smoke

R20

Twin Strike

Action Reaction

Discard this card when you use a destroy effect, pick 2 targets instead of one. When played as an action destroy 2 living things.

Card by gill_smoke

R19

Careful Strike

Action Reaction

Discard this card when an action would be blocked, Blocked action proceeds. When played as an action destroy a living thing.

Card by gill_smoke

0P

Parody

Action

Change one word on a Thing's Action ability until the end of the turn. Then use that Action ability once.

Card by Bucky

0Q

Auto-Nuker

Thing

Whenever a player draws a card, Auto-Nuker destroys all of their Things

Card by Bucky

0R

Restrictor Node

Thing-Node

Your opponents' maximum hand size is reduced by the number of Nodes you control.

Card by Bucky

Shanghi

Thing (rule)

All players may use the discard pile as a draw pile but must take 2 cards when they do.

I'll buy that card too -Bub

Card by gill_smoke

Screw all ya all

Action

Every player except you discards their hand, if they had no cards in thier hand destroy all things they control instead.

Card by gill_smoke

If I can hit it say hunh.

Action

Before revaling this card to play say the title of the card aloud as fast as you can, every player who questions what you said destroys a thing they control. in an online game a random player destroys a thing they control.

Card by gill_smoke

0S

Corner Erosion

Thing

Action:Destroy a thing with a zero in its cornervalue.

Action:Decrease all numbers in target Thing's cornervalue by one.

Card by Bucky

0T

Bottled Surprise

Thing

When Bottled Surprise is destroyed, draw three cards and immediately play them.

Be careful, it might be radioactive.

Card by Bucky

0U

Glitch Beam

Action

Change target Thing's text to "Any player may spend a token to destroy this at any time".

That wasn't supposed to happen

Card by Bucky

: )

Eye Of The Basilisk

Action

Replace a thing with a Stone Token.
If an opponent would cause you to reveal this card from your hand, they are eliminated.

Card by ChippyYYZ

Bottled Zombie Gas

Thing

When this is destroyed, Replace all living things in play with Zombie Tokens.

And you thought Bottled Fart was gross.

Card by ChippyYYZ

Elemental Breakdown

Thing

Whenever a thing in play has a title that can be spelled using elemental symbols from the periodic table, destroy it and replace it with Tokens whose names are those elements' symbols.

Kryptonite becomes Kr, Y, Pt, O, Ni, and Te Tokens.

Card by ChippyYYZ

5-7-5

Compulsory Haiku

Action

Choose a Target Thing

Reduce the text's syllables

To just seventeen.

As the ducks fly South/Eliminated players/Kick target winner.

Card by Goldenboots

Z19

Chop Shop

Thing

Action: Destoy all zombie tokens you control reveal a card from the draw pile for every zombie token destroyed, put things into you hand, discard the rest.

"I just don't trust them" -Bub

Card by gill_smoke

Z18

Killing Fields

Thing

Whenever a living thing is destroyed put a body token on killing fields. Action (global): Destroy a body token create a zombie token

The wind whispers of fear and hate. The war has killed love. And those that confess to the Angka are punished, and no one dare ask where they go. Here, only the silent survive. -Dith Pran

Card by gill_smoke

Screw your neighbor

Action

In turn order All players destroy a thing of the next player.

Card by gill_smoke

Unintended Consequences

Thing

Whenever anyone plays an Action card, they must draw and reveal a card; if it's an Action, they must play it immediately. Otherwise, they must discard it.

Card by Kevan

0V

Midget's Rights Group

Thing

Other players' cards cannot target the player with the fewest cards in his hand or that player's things.

I stand on the shoulders of the midgets who came before me.

Card by Bucky

0W

R2 Reprint

Action

Create and play a Thing with the same text and tile as target Thing but with a cornervalue of 'R2'

Card by Bucky

0X

Real Life Calls

Action

Remove yourself from the game. You may return to the game at any later time before it ends. You retain any Things in play and cards in hand you had when you left.

Card by Bucky

J7

Hikikomori

Thing

Put over a living thing it considered blank Action: You may destroy this card by destroying 10 therapy tokens. Action and Thing: create a therapy token.

Card by gill_smoke

J6

Otaku

Thing

Attach to a living thing, it gains the following rules text Action: Create an obsessive token.

Card by gill_smoke

8Q

Cross Quarter Days

Thing

Action: Destroy this card and all day tokens to take aditional action for every day token destroyed Thing: create day token.

Card by gill_smoke

0Y

Elemental Jewel of Earth

Thing-Jewel

Things with Earth tokens on them cannot be destroyed
Action:Gain an Earth token

Action:Move an Earth Token onto a non-Jewel Thing.

Earth, protect my kin

Card by Bucky

0Z

Retrospective Musings

Thing

At the start of your turn, destroy this, then draw one card for every card by Bucky in the discard pile that has a cornervalue in number-letter format.

Card by Bucky

Russian Roulette

Action

In an order of your choosing, roll a six-sided die for each non-Token Thing on the table. Stop if you roll a six, and destroy the Thing you were rolling for.

Card by Kevan

Charity Ray

Action

Choose a number and an opponent. That opponent gives that number of things he controls to other players.

Card by ChippyYYZ

Negative Plane

Thing - Universe

Things go to the discard pile when played. Things that are discarded may be put into play instead.
Destroy effects may target Things in the discard pile. A Thing destroyed in this way is returned to play under its destroyer's control.

Card by ChippyYYZ

Goalie

Thing

If you would be targeted by an action, destroy Goalie and prevent that action.

For the record, this a Soccer/Football Goalie, not Hockey.

Card by ChippyYYZ

stet

Red Ink Shortage

Thing

Any attempt to edit a card's text requires the player to pay for the red ink in one of these ways: (1) discard an Action from hand (2) destroy a red Thing he/she controlls (3) sacrificing a Money token. If a card demands an edit and its controller can't pay for the red ink, either the card is destroyed or the player's other Things are destroyed, by vote of the player's opponents.

Card by Goldenboots

1W

Time Dilator

Thing

If you ever take four turns in a row, you win the game.
At the end of your turn, you may discard three cards and destroy two of your Tokens to take an extra turn.

Card by Bucky

2W

Voltraiser

Thing

If you ever control 25 Energy Tokens at the start of your turn, you win the game.
Action:Gain an Energy Token

Card by Bucky

Prison Break

Action

Look at an opponent's hand - take a Thing card from it (if there's one there) and put it into play under your control.

Card by Kevan

Coins on Elastic

Thing

If you ever discard a card, return it to your hand immediately.

Card by Kevan

MMA Tourny

Action

Remove all living things in play with destroy effects from the game shuffle them deal one to every player.

Card by gill_smoke

M12

Ring of Dark Errie Vaporous Etheralness

Thing

Attach to a living thing, they can't be the target of destroy effects.

"There is no limit to how many redundant adjectives you can have." - Corrigan

Card by gill_smoke

Out of thin Air

Action

Put a copy of a non thing non action card from the Archive into play

Red Herring and FNORD come to mind

Card by gill_smoke

Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?

Thing

Whenever an opponent plays an Action, you may discard a card from your hand. If it's an Action card, negate the effects of their Action.

Card by Kevan

Seen It

Thing

If an opponent plays an Action card which you have already seen being played or have seen in their hand, earlier this game, then its card text is considered to be blank.

Card by Kevan

Floodwaters

Thing

If there are five more Water tokens than Sandbag tokens in play, destroy all Things. Action: Put a Sandbag or Water token into play. Any player may play this ability.

Card by Kevan

3W

Mercy Rule

Thing

When you play this, draw two cards.

Each player's score is equal to the number of Tokens they control, plus five times the number of other Things they control, plus five times the number of cards in their hand.

Action:Eliminate a player whose score is less than yours by at least 50. Any player may use this Action.

Card by Bucky

Food Chain

Thing

Action: Destroy a token, if there are more tokens of a single different type in play.

Card by Kevan

4W

Hellraiser

Thing

If you ever control 20 Fire Tokens at the start of your turn, you win the game.
Whenever you destroy an opponent's Thing or make an opponent discard a card, gain a Fire token.

Card by Bucky

5W

Fundraiser

Thing

If you ever control 30 Money Tokens at the start of your turn, you win the game.
At the start of each of your turns, gain a Money token.

Card by Bucky

Z21

Zombified Friend

Thing

You may play this on another player, whenever a living thing you control uses an ability replace the card with a Zombie token.

"You OK? You don't look so good Ted" -Ted's ex Friend

Card by gill_smoke

4M

Magic Mart

Thing

Action (global): destroy all your money tokens with a minimum of 10. Create a copy of a magic related card from the archive.

Ray guns are not magic -Bucky

Card by gill_smoke

CC3

Token Copycat

Thing

Whenever an opponent creates token, This card does too. Whenever an opponent destroy tokens they own so do you, if you cannot destroy the right kind of token you may substitute a different type otherwise destroy this card.

Card by gill_smoke

6W

The Good Stuff

Thing

If you ever control 40 Things at the start of your turn, you win the game.
Thing:Gain a Token.

Card by Bucky

7W

No Finger Left Behind

Thing

Your maximum hand size is increased by 2.
If any player has 10 or more cards in your hand, they win the game.

Card by Bucky

Pocket Mulching II: Attack of the Vegans

Action

Remove target card in the discard pile from the game. Gain a Mulch token. If you control three Mulch tokens, you win the game.

Oh, it's so decomposed!

Card by jtwe

Electrodynamic Thingulator

Thing

When you play a card with a corner value, you may choose a number in that card's corner value. If you do, gain that many tokens of any type of your choice.

It works using the most advanced shoobulatative principles.

Card by jtwe

The Big Book of Pirate Insults

Thing

Action: Gain an Insult token.

Action: Roll an eight-sided die. If your roll is less than or equal to the number of Insult tokens you control, destroy target Thing.

You fight like a dairy farmer!

Card by jtwe

Elevenses

Action

Draw as many cards as there are players. Give one card to each opponent, from the cards you just drew.

Card by Kevan

8W

Landfill Contract

Thing

When this comes into play, shuffle the discard pile into the deck.
Action:Discard a card, then draw a card.
When the discard pile contains at least 20 cards, you win the game.

Card by Bucky

9S

Time Bomb

Thing

Play into another player's control
At the start of each of your turns, decrease all numbers in this card's cornervalue by 1. If its cornervalue is ever '0S', you are eliminated.

Card by Bucky

Wanted Poster

Thing

Whenever a Thing is destroyed, the player whose turn it is may destroy this Thing and draw three cards.

Card by Kevan

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