Infinite Dvorak deck
From Dvorak - A Blank-Card Game
| 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.) | |
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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 usually have individual types (such as "Energy" or "Goblin"); if a token has a type, that's also 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, 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, 3801-3900, 3901-4000, 4001-4100, 4101-4200.
Temple
Thing
When this comes into play, you may choose its colour.
Action: Destroy a money or gold token and create the card "Priest" that is adjacent to this card in the archive (4201-4300) and put it into play. Assign it the colour of this card.
Action: Destroy a money or gold token and create the card "Priest" that is adjacent to this card in the archive (4201-4300) and put it into play. Assign it the colour of this card.
Card by Pongo
Priest
Thing
When this comes into play, create 8 faith tokens on it. At the start of your turn, if this card has fewer than 8 faith tokens on it, create such a token on this card. If this card has 8 or more faith tokens on it, you may at the start of your turn move a thing in play into your control and destroy all the faith tokens on this card. Change that thing's colour to the colour of this card.
Wololo!
Wololo!
Card by Pongo
Pathetic Loser
Thing Person
Owner may not use action abilities. Owner may not destroy this card. Action and Thing: Pass this card to another player.
Even if you left him at a Dominican Brothel for 2 weeks he would still need more love. -RB
Even if you left him at a Dominican Brothel for 2 weeks he would still need more love. -RB
Card by gill_smoke
Upskirting
Action
Discard this card to take cards from Up Someone's Else's Sleeve to your hand. When played as an action destroy a thing you control to play this card. create a money token for every card Up Your Sleeve or put a card Up Your Sleeve.
Card by gill_smoke
Poker Shootout
Action
Eliminate a player with things Up Their Sleeve, if there are no such players you are eliminated.
I say your a cheat. -Pecos Bill
I say your a cheat. -Pecos Bill
Card by gill_smoke
Buckyball
Thing
Every time you play a card with creator "Bucky" create a carbon token on this card. If this card has 60 carbon tokens on it, you win the game.
Card by Pongo
Wormhole To An Alternate Reality
Action
Go to the Dvorak Website and hit "Random Page" until you find a deck other than The Infinite Dvorak Deck or one of its subsets. Remove all cards from the game and start a new game using that deck.
Card by ChippyYYZ
So Old It's New
Action
If there are at least 20 cards in the discard pile, place the bottom two into your hand.
Card by ChippyYYZ
6K
Chronomaster's BoonAction
Return up to two of a player's non-Token Things to their hand OR destroy all Tokens OR shuffle the discard pile and put it on top of the draw pile
As dangerous today as it was a century from now.
As dangerous today as it was a century from now.
Card by Bucky
7K
The Network's BoonAction
Gain a Node token. Then draw a card for each Node you control OR destroy a Thing for each Node you control OR take an extra Action for each Node you control.
Card by Bucky
0K
Bottled BoonThing
When Bottled Boon is destroyed, draw two cards OR play a Thing and an Action from your hand OR gain three Energy tokens.
Card by Bucky
TV
Sham WowThing
Action: discard a card take control of another players thing. Action: draw a card.
I can't make this stuff up. -Vince Offer
I can't make this stuff up. -Vince Offer
Card by gill_smoke
Sham Stakes
Action
Up to 8 players in turn order ante a token for the purse. Players may make additional side bets with tokens. To determine the winner in turn order each player who anted a token flips a coin tallying up heads. The first player to reach a tally of 8 heads is the winner and takes the purse. Side bets are resolved at this time.
Who do you like in this race?
Who do you like in this race?
Card by gill_smoke
4K
Secret HideawayThing
When Secret Hideaway comes into play, attach it to another Thing.
At the end of your turn, move this card and the attached Thing to Up Your Sleeve.
At the start of your turn, if Secret Hideaway and the attached Thing are Up Your Sleeve, return them to play.
At the end of your turn, move this card and the attached Thing to Up Your Sleeve.
At the start of your turn, if Secret Hideaway and the attached Thing are Up Your Sleeve, return them to play.
Card by Bucky
9K
Bucky's BoonAction
Look at target player's hand and force them to discard any one card not created by Bucky OR remove all text from target Thing until the end of the turn and take an extra Action OR draw two cards and immediately play them.
Card by Bucky
H6
Benny the magic BunnyThing Person
Once per turn you may exchange a thing in play with one from your hand. Action: Create a copy of a hat from the archive and put it in your hand. (there's a number of them on page 13)
Card by gill_smoke
A+
Parent Teacher ConferenceThing rule
At the end of your turn destroy this card and return the things under it to their original owners. When you play this card put 2 Living Things under this card and pass the stack to another player.
Card by gill_smoke
S5
Immunity ChallengeThing rule
Players with immunity tokens may not be eliminated. At the beginning of your turn Remove all immunity tokens Roll a 6 sided die and give an immunity tokens according to this list: 1 players with the most cards in their hands. 2 players with the most things. 3 players with the most living things. 4 players with the most things with action abilities. 5 the last player to play an action card. 6 the last player to play a thing.
Card by gill_smoke
Lack of Phonetic Appeal
Thing
When this card comes into play, destroy all cards with "boon" in the title. No cards with "boon" in the title may be played.
Card by Pongo
Con Man's Boon
Action
Look at the top 5 cards of the deck and put any of them Up Your Sleeve and the rest on top of the deck in any order OR Put all cards Up Your Sleeve into your hand and take an extra Action or Thing OR give each player a money token and gain control of all money tokens in play.
Card by ChippyYYZ
Goodbye, Mr Chips
Thing
Cards created by ChippyYYZ may not be played.
With the obvious exception of this one.
With the obvious exception of this one.
Card by ChippyYYZ
Broken Slurpee Machine
Thing
Negate the effects of cards that allow players to draw or play multiple cards. Control of Things cannot be changed. Cards may not be moved from one player's hand into another player's hand.
"Aw, man. Busted again."
"Aw, man. Busted again."
Card by Corrigan
Shovel
Thing
Whenever a Thing is destroyed, you may discard one card from your hand to remove it from play entirely instead.
Action: Remove one Thing you control from play.
Action: Return one removed Thing to play.
Action: Remove one Thing you control from play.
Action: Return one removed Thing to play.
Card by Corrigan
Hamster Strike
Action
Look at another player's hand. If there is an Action in their hand, play it as if it were your card.
Card by Corrigan
Fear of God
Thing
If this card is destroyed, you may return it to your hand instead. You may destroy any thing with religious or spiritual content at any time.
Card by Pongo
Gill's Smokes
Thing
Action: Play three cards by Gill Smoke from your hand.
You sometimes wonder what that guy's smoking.
You sometimes wonder what that guy's smoking.
Card by Pongo
Cthulhu's Boon
Action
Remove five things from the game OR give a player an insanity token and eliminate them if they still have one at the start of your next turn.
Card by Pongo
1J
Chained PromulgThing-Beast
When Chained Promulg comes into play, put a token on it whose type is your name.
If at any time Chained Promulg does not have a token on it whose type is your name, you are eliminated.
Action:Destroy a living Thing (besides this)
It recognizes its handler. Anyone else gets eaten.
If at any time Chained Promulg does not have a token on it whose type is your name, you are eliminated.
Action:Destroy a living Thing (besides this)
It recognizes its handler. Anyone else gets eaten.
Card by Bucky
2J
Trained PromulgThing-Beast
At the start of your turn, Trained Promulg destroys and eats one of your other Things. If it can't, it eats you (and you are eliminated).
Action:Target opponent discards a card to feed Trained Promulg. If they can't, it eats them (and they are eliminated)
Action:Target opponent discards a card to feed Trained Promulg. If they can't, it eats them (and they are eliminated)
Card by Bucky
Whisper of Yog-Sothoth
Action
Play five Lovecraftian cards from the archive that are not Whisper of Yog-Sothoth. Cards may be played repeatedly. Things are put into play as copies with "treat as a token when destroyed" appended to their text.
Through the voids of time and space that faintest sound can be heard.
Through the voids of time and space that faintest sound can be heard.
Card by Pongo
Sylar
Thing
If Sylar is destroyed, you may retain it if it has a "destroy a Thing" action ability.
Action: Play an action. If it destroys a thing, add all action abilities of the thing destroyed to this card, where they remain until this card is destroyed.
You're broken. I can fix you.
Action: Play an action. If it destroys a thing, add all action abilities of the thing destroyed to this card, where they remain until this card is destroyed.
You're broken. I can fix you.
Card by Pongo
The Gostak's Boon
Action
Ask an opponent to define any undefined words on this card before playing it.
Distim a Dosh OR each opponent Distims a Dosh OR each player Distims a Dosh currently in their hands.
Distim a Dosh OR each opponent Distims a Dosh OR each player Distims a Dosh currently in their hands.
Card by ChippyYYZ
David Blaine's Boon
Action
Replace a word on any number of things with Ace Of Clubs OR look at a player's hand and replace one card in it with a blank Thing called Orange Soda OR replace a thing with a Token whose type is the name of that thing.
Card by ChippyYYZ
The Garbage Collector's Boon
Action
This card's text is the combined text of the bottom 3 Actions of the discard pile, each separated by "OR".
Card by ChippyYYZ
3J
Gift PartyAction
Reveal one card per player from the top of the draw pile, plus two more. Each player chooses a card from the revealed cards and puts it in your hand. Put the remaining cards in the discard pile.
Card by Bucky
4J
Impending DoomAction
At the start of each of your turns, you may reveal this card from your hand to gain a Suspense token.
Destroy five of your Suspense tokens and eliminate an opponent OR do nothing.
Destroy five of your Suspense tokens and eliminate an opponent OR do nothing.
Card by Bucky
Brigstocke's Boon
Action
Play immediately in response an annoying git-wizard: force the player of it to destroy all their things OR force them to discard their hand.
Card by Pongo
Told You They Were Good For Something
Thing
If you have at least three cards in play or in your hand that make reference to cards or mechanics very unlikely to arise in a game of Infinite Dvorak, you win.
If at any time a reference to unlikely cards or mechanics actually has an effect on the game, its controller/player wins.
If at any time a reference to unlikely cards or mechanics actually has an effect on the game, its controller/player wins.
Card by ChippyYYZ
Cambodian Communism
Action
Create a new player called The Government. The Government immediately takes control of all things and eliminates all other players.
Card by ChippyYYZ
5J
Explosive BarrelsThing
Whenever a Token belonging to an opponent is destroyed, that Opponent destroys another Thing they control.
Card by Bucky
6J
SlaughterhouseThing
Thing:Gain a Meat Token.
Thing:Destroy a Living Thing you control and gain 3 Meat Tokens.
Thing:Destroy a Living Thing you control and gain 3 Meat Tokens.
Card by Bucky
Joe's Trickery
Action
Play this at any time, even to interrupt a card being played.
Replace the text of any card with the following.
"Deep, articulate tone and classic semi-hollowbody style are the hallmarks of the Epiphone Jack Casady Signature Bass. Anyone may discard a card by Tweed Cap to revert this card's text to normal."
Replace the text of any card with the following.
"Deep, articulate tone and classic semi-hollowbody style are the hallmarks of the Epiphone Jack Casady Signature Bass. Anyone may discard a card by Tweed Cap to revert this card's text to normal."
Card by ChippyYYZ
Somali Pirates
Thing
Thing: create a pirate token. Action: destroy 3 pirate tokens take another player's token. Action: destroy 5 pirate tokens take another player's thing. Action: Destroy 7 pirate tokens take a card from another player's hand.
Card by gill_smoke
William Brambridge
Thing Person
As long as this is in play no other player may take control of your things Action: Destroy a pirate.
That whole Tripoli part, that was me.
That whole Tripoli part, that was me.
Card by gill_smoke
Lazytown Pirates
Thing
Action: Create a loli token, if you do not already have one.
Action: If you have a loli token, destroy an opponent's token and put a booty token into play.
YOU ARE A PIRATE!
Action: If you have a loli token, destroy an opponent's token and put a booty token into play.
YOU ARE A PIRATE!
Card by Pongo
Pirate-Global Average Temperature Correlation
Thing
If there are no traditional-style pirates in play, at the beginning of each turn, remove the top card of the deck from the game.
Card by Pongo, "Global Warming" by ChippyYYZ Al Gore
7J
Token PressThing
When you play this, put a token of any type on it.
Thing:Gain a Token that is the same type as a token on this Thing.
Action:Change the type of a Token on this Thing.
Thing:Gain a Token that is the same type as a token on this Thing.
Action:Change the type of a Token on this Thing.
Card by Bucky
8J
Transmutation RayAction
Change target Token's type, draw a card, and take another Action.
Card by Bucky
Pirate's Boon
Action
Take 10 gold or money tokens from an opponent OR put 10 rum tokens into play.
Card by Pongo
The Pirate Bay
Thing
Action (Global): Copy a card from the deck archive into your hand.
Card by Pongo
Somalian Ninjas
Thing
Action: Create a ninja token. Thing: Destroy 3 ninja tokens take another player's token. Thing: Destroy 5 ninja tokens take another player's thing. Thing: Destroy 7 ninja tokens take a card from another player's hand.
Less well-kown than Somalian pirates, but just as deadly.
Less well-kown than Somalian pirates, but just as deadly.
Card by Pongo, stolen from gill_smoke
Poisson's Boon
Action
Flip a coin until it turns up heads. Draw cards equal to the number of flips OR Play exactly the number of cards equal to the number of flips OR Create money tokens equal to the number of flips.
what's the odds for 20 flips before a heads?
what's the odds for 20 flips before a heads?
Card by gill_smoke
Mandy's Boon
Action
Play an additional 2 actions this turn OR draw a card OR create a blood token OR create a money token
Mandy becons you to spin the wheel -Zynga
Mandy becons you to spin the wheel -Zynga
Card by gill_smoke
Gamer's Boon
Action
Take 3 cards from the discard pile and yout them in your hand OR create 1 extra life token OR create 3 blood tokens OR create 5 energy tokens OR 7 zombie tokens OR 10 money tokens OR copy a weapon Thing from the archive an put it in your hand.
Card by gill_smoke
Boon Synthesizer
Thing
Action: Create a new action. Its title must end with "Boon" and its text must be the texts of at least two actions in your hand, each text separated by "OR".
Card by Pongo
Revenge of the Regulars
Action
Destroy all cards not by Binarius, Bucky, CashCrazed, ChippyYYZ, Corrigan, gill_smoke, Goldenboots, Jtwe, Kevan, Pongo, Zaratustra, or Zt.
Card by Pongo
Anti-Vanity
Thing
Cards that reference users of the Dvorak Game Wiki in their title, instruction, or flavour text may not be played. Destroy all such cards when this comes into play.
Card by Pongo
