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.) | |
 Print this deck | |
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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, 1301-1400, 1401-1500, 1501-1600, 1601-1700, 1701-1800, 1801-1900, 1901-2000, 2001-2100, 2101-2200, 2201-2300, 2301-2400.
mentalist
Thing
Thing: trigger another living thing's action ability under your control.<br\>
"You are under my control"
"You are under my control"
Card by gill_smoke
Svengali
Thing
Attach to another living thing. If Svengali would leave play the other card is destroyed.
Card by gill_smoke
Hunger Strike
Thing
You may not draw cards. If you have no cards in your hand at the beginning of your turn, you win. Thing and Action: Discard a card.
Card by Binarius
Pringles Cantenna
Thing
Name an opponent when this card enters play. Their Things also apply to you as if you controlled them, but you may not use those Things' Action abilities.
Card by Binarius
Library Card
Thing
Action: Put one Thing from the draw pile into play under your control. After having it in play for 3 of your turns, you may return it to the draw pile and then shuffle it, or discard one card at the beginning of each of your turns as long as you have it. If the Thing is destroyed, discard your hand. If an opponent takes control of it, they must discard a card each of their turns.
Card by Corrigan
I Hate You All!
Thing
Action: Create a Spite token and give it to another player. If a player has 3 or more Spite tokens, their maximum hand size is 3.
Card by Corrigan
8R
Parasite NodeThing-Node
Action:Draw a card for each Node you control, then destroy one of your Nodes.
Card by Bucky
9R
Fabricator NodeThing-Node
Action:Gain one copy of target Token for each Node in play.
Card by Bucky
Forgot About Corr
Action
If there are no Things by Corrigan in play, any opponent who cannot produce a card by Corrigan from their hand must discard their hand in shame.
Card by Binarius
Formulaic Insult Contest
Action
Choose a noun, verb, adjective or adverb. Each player reveals all the cards in his/her hand with that word in their titles. The player who reveals the most cards gets to take control of up to 3 Things.
"Yo mamma's so fat she got diabetes!"
"Yo mamma's so fat she got diabetes!"
Card by Corrigan
Giant Happy Spider Friend
Thing
Your hand size is eight.
Action: Remove target living Thing's Action ability. After five turns, it is destroyed.
Action: Remove target living Thing's Action ability. After five turns, it is destroyed.
Card by Corrigan
Where is the Internet?
Thing
No players may draw cards.
"Where is that thing? I've heard that it's in my computer, but it's so small.
"Where is that thing? I've heard that it's in my computer, but it's so small.
Card by Corrigan
Ten Million Years Later
Action
Destroy all Things and replace each of them with a Dust token.
Card by Kevan
Freedom of Information Act request
Action - Reaction
Play as an opponets card would go to the discard pile, place in your hand instead.
Card by gill_smoke
Horror of the Infinite
Thing
Cards that refer to specific types of Thing cannot be played. If any Things (except this one) refer to specific types of Thing, destroy them.
Card by Kevan
Modest Abundance
Thing
Whenever a player would draw a card, they instead draw cards until they have three in their hand. (If they already have three or more cards in their hand, they skip that draw.)
Card by Kevan
Mixed Bag
Action
Put ten tokens into play under your control, each of a different type.
Card by Kevan
Clean Slate
Action
All players discard their hand. Shuffle discard pile into draw pile. Then all players redraw hand.
Card by NARF
Big Red Button
Action
Every player chooses a number from 1 to 6. Roll a six sided die. If anyone chose the number rolled, make them discard their hand. Numbers can be shared by multiple people.
Card by NARF
Just Visiting
Reaction
Play immediately when one of your Things is to be destroyed. Put it back under your control at the beginning of your next turn.
Card by Binarius
Deep Thought
Thing
When you draw this card, you must play it immediately. At the end of your turn, put this card on the bottom of the draw pile. The second time this card is played, you and the player who played it first both win.
Card by Binarius
Soul
Thing Soul
The soul of a homicidal maniac.
Card by Depressi added by gill_smoke
Soul
Thing Soul
The soul of an innocent child.
Card by Depressi added by gill_smoke
New Strategy
Action
Discard your hand, and draw three new cards.
Card by Depressi added by gill_smoke
No Corner For YOU!
Thing
This thing cannot be destroyed. All cards with corner values must be discarded immediately unless expressly stated against by the card.
Card by NARF
Action Lock
Thing
If you draw this card, you must play it at the next available chance. You are not be able to play actions if there is someway not to play actions while this card lives. If you have a full hand of actions, you must either skip your turn or discard.
Card by NARF
Thing Lock
Thing
If you draw this card, you must play it at the next available chance. You are not be able to play things if there is someway not to play things while this card lives. If you have a full hand of things, you must either skip your turn or discard.
Card by NARF
N8
Limited AmmunitionThing
Whenever a Thing uses an Action ability, the player who controls it must destroy a Thing (including tokens) they control.
Card by Corrigan
Mongol Go-Go!
Action
Each player destroys 3 Things and gives control of 1 Thing they control to a different player.
Card by Corrigan
The Best Breakfast Ever
Action
Discard 2 cards, then draw 5 cards and discard 1 card.
"I had to discard a card for it, so it must be really really great, right?"
"I had to discard a card for it, so it must be really really great, right?"
Card by Corrigan
Destiny
Action
Both you and a target player must write down a number between one and ten. You both show your numbers at once. If your number is higher, that player is eliminated. If their number is higher, you are eliminated. If the numbers are the same, shuffle Destiny back into the draw deck.
Card by redtoast
Magistrate of Prepostery
Thing
Action: Everyone secretly picks a number from one to ten. The highest number draws a card; the lowest number discards a card. If two players match numbers, they exchange that many cards, either in play or in their hand. Everyone gets as many Confetti Tokens as the number they chose.
Card by redtoast
3
Condorcet ParadoxAction
All players vote "Yes" or "No" (or abstain) on the proposition: "All players without a card stating a winning or losing condition in their hand or under their control now win the game". If "Yes" wins, the proposition decides the game. If "No" wins, all players who voted "No" must discard a card. Tie: nothing happens.
Card by Goldenboots
Headhunter
Thing - Party Member
Whenever you destroy a Thing, create a Head token. If you control ten Head tokens, this card gains the text "Action - Head Cane: Eliminate an opponent."
Card by Binarius
Brick
Thing
Play into target opponent's control. Your hand size is decreased by one.
Card by Binarius
Custer's Last Stand
Reaction
Play immediately in response to one of your Things being destroyed by an opponent. Destroy one more, along with two of that opponent's.
Card by Binarius
Rain Dance
Action
Before revealing this card say: "Hallawullawalla!", dance around the table and show your tongue to all other players. If somebody asks you, if you are crazy, they are eliminated.
Card by Zt
The Necronomicon
Thing
Play this face down into target player's control and tell the player: "This is so scary, I cannot even show you." If this card is looked at or destroyed by his owner, the owner is eliminated.
You may spice up your every day conversation using fancy words like: "eldritch", "hideous" and "blasphemous".
You may spice up your every day conversation using fancy words like: "eldritch", "hideous" and "blasphemous".
Card by Zt
Nepth Charge
Thing
Action: Take control of another player's Thing, placing a Brain Rot token on it as t comes into your possession. Every subequent turn, place another Brain Rot token on that controlled card. When a controlled Thing has five Brain Rot tokens on it, discard that Thing.
Card by redtoast
Clairvoyance
Action
Look at the top four cards of the draw pile and rearrange them as you see fit.
Card by Binarius
Crotchety Old Geezer
Thing
Action: Return a Thing that an opponent played during their last turn to their hand, and return Crochety Old Geezer to your hand. You may not use this ability on the same turn in which you play this card.
Card by Binarius
÷
Rend AsunderAction
Identify two of target opponent's Things. They must either allow you to choose one and take control of it, or destroy them both.
Card by Binarius
B3
KentsibThing Brick
Discard your hand when you play this card. At the start of each of your turns, destroy the Opponent-controlled Thing that's comes first alphabetically.
Card by Depressi added by gill_smoke
3B
HaikuThing Brick
Action: Draw until you have a full hand.
Card by Depressi added by gill_smoke
B4
CypherThing Brick
At the end of their turn, every Opponent must give you a card from their hand.
Card by Depressi added by gill_smoke
Evil!
Evil HandThing
You may play this under an opponent's control.
During your turn you have to slap yourself in the face once. If you forget it, you are eliminated.
Action: Look at the top two cards of the draw pile and rearrange them, if you wish so.
During your turn you have to slap yourself in the face once. If you forget it, you are eliminated.
Action: Look at the top two cards of the draw pile and rearrange them, if you wish so.
Card by Zt
Stephen King stole my ideas!
Action
Play this in response to an action. The action is considered to be played by you now, with you making any decisions for it.
Card by Zt
>>
Rune of HasteAction
Discard n cards. Then choose an Action or Thing ability and use it 2ⁿ times, with you making any decisions for it.
Card by Zt
B2
Aardvark townThing Brick
Draw an extra card each turn.
Card by Depressi added by gill_smoke
B1
QuigglispThing Brick
Action: Destroy any of your active Things, and draw three cards.
Card by Depressi added by gill_smoke
2B
BiggleyThing Brick
Your maximum hand size is now seven.
Card by Depressi added by gill_smoke
OBE
Out of Body ExperienceAction
All opponents reveal their hands. Then choose a card from a target opponent and take it.
That's not an OBE, that's just robbery!
That's not an OBE, that's just robbery!
Card by Zt
I'm on the Astral Plane Now and All You Suckers Down There Can Bite Me
Thing
Human things cannot target you or the things you control.
He's truly reached enlightenment.
He's truly reached enlightenment.
Card by Zt
CCC
The Combo CardAction
Choose one:
+ Gain a token of any type and name.
OR
+ Use any Action ability two times with you making any decisions for it.
OR
Card by Zt
1S
TurbodriveThing
At any time during your turn, you may discard an Action to draw a card.
Card by Bucky
2S
CombodriveThing
At any time during your turn, you may discard a card with a Cornervalue and draw a card. If that card's cornervalue shares a symbol with the cornervalue of a Thing you control, draw an additional card.
Card by Bucky
3S
Food DriveThing
At any time during your turn, you may discard an edible Thing from your hand to draw a card.
Action: gain a Food token.
Action: gain a Food token.
Card by Bucky
Going Rogue
Action
Choose a Thing, and a player. That player must either immediately play an Action card or Action ability to destroy the Thing, or give control of the Thing to you.
Card by Kevan
Penalty Shootout
Thing
When this comes into play, put a Football token into play and have every player draw a card. Action: Give a Football token you control to an opponent. They must either play a Thing from their hand immediately, or lose the game. Any player who controls a Football token may use this ability.
Card by Kevan
Mr. Universe
Thing
Mr. Universe counts as both living and electronic. Your hand size limit is increased by three. You may not control living Things other than this one. If you play any card dealing with zombies, you win.
Card by Binarius
High Noon
Action
You and target opponent each roll a die, and the higher number wins. The winner may destroy a number of the loser's Things equal to the difference between the rolls; if the difference is six or more, the loser is eliminated. Before you roll, you may discard cards from your hand; your die roll is increased by 1 for each.
Card by Binarius
Reality Glitch
Action
Each player chooses a Thing in play, and creates a copy of it under their control.
Card by Kevan
Imperial Walker
Thing
Whenver a thing uses an ability that would effect walker, the enemy card is destroyed after it uses the ability, even if Imperial Walker is dead.
Card by Kevan
Inflation
Thing
Action: Pick a token type. Each player destroys half the tokens they control of that type (rounding down).
Card by Kevan
Hall of Mirrors
Thing
Whenever a player plays an Action card, each of their opponents may then play a copy of that card.
Card by Kevan
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You never know...Action
Ask target player, if she wants all her things destroyed. If she answers "yes", destroy them. If she answers "no", nothing happens.
Card by Zt
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You never know... Part 2Action
Ask target player, if she wants all her things destroyed. If she answers "no", destroy them. If she answers "yes", nothing happens.
Card by Zt
?
You never know... Part 3Action
Ask target player, if she wants to discard her hand. If she answers "yes", she has to discard it. If she answers "no", nothing happens.
Card by Zt
Cyclops
Thing Monster
May play on another player, Owner may only play an action or a thing each of thier turns but not both.
Card by gill_smoke
Vermlix
Thing Dragon
Comes into play with 10 money tokens on it. if one of his money tokens are destroyed, destroy 2 random things you control. <br\>Thing: Create a new money token on this card. <br\>Action: Destroy target thing.
"There's a dragon up there"
"There's a dragon up there"
Card by gill_smoke
Hmm?
Action
Cause the Action of another player to be repeated exactly as it just happened (i.e., targeting the same player with the exact same effect). Can be played whenever another player uses an Action.
Card by redtoast
Ah!
Action
Draw as many cards as another player just drew. Can be played whenever another player draws one or more cards.
Card by redtoast
Aha.
Action
Repeat the action of another player as though you had played the Action (i.e., not exactly as it occurred; you may choose a different player and any actions required of you by the Action must be done again). Can be played whenever another player uses an Action.
Card by redtoast
4S
EMP BlastAction
All other players discard a card at random. If a player discards a card with a cornervalue containing a '4' or an 'S', they discard an additional card at random.
Card by Bucky
5S
Corner the MarketAction
Choose a symbol. Gain control of all Things with a cornervalue containing that symbol.
Card by Bucky
6S
Junkyard RaiderThing
Action: Move the top card of the draw pile to the discard pile. If it has a cornervalue containing a '5' or an 'S', move it to your hand instead.
Card by Bucky
Pre-World War Parents
Thing
During any opponent's turn you may destroy a curfew token you control to prevent a thing from being played. The thing is put in the discard pile. After you used this ability don't use it till the beginning of the next player's turn.
Action: Gain a curfew token.
"Can I go study latin, please?" "No! Eat your spinach first!"
Action: Gain a curfew token.
"Can I go study latin, please?" "No! Eat your spinach first!"
Card by Zt
Graveyard
Thing
Action and Thing: Take a card from the discard pile and put it under Graveyard.
Action and Thing: Play a card from under Graveyard as if it were in your hand. If it was an action, it goes back to the discard pile after being played.
Action and Thing: Play a card from under Graveyard as if it were in your hand. If it was an action, it goes back to the discard pile after being played.
Card by Zt
Bzzz
Hive QueenThing
If you control ten or more honey tokens and no player other than you controls
living things, you win.
Action and Thing: Create a Bee card with text: "At the beginning of your turn you may destroy a living thing."
Action and Thing: Put a honey token into play.
Stop them before it's too late!
Action and Thing: Create a Bee card with text: "At the beginning of your turn you may destroy a living thing."
Action and Thing: Put a honey token into play.
Stop them before it's too late!
Card by Zt
The Prisoner
Thing Person
All attempts to destroy or change ownership fail. <br\>Action: Take control of any card with a cornervalue
"You are number six"-Number One
"You are number six"-Number One
Card by gill_smoke
Soothsayer
Thing Person
Action: Add or remove a hex token on a thing in play. things with hex tokens may not use Action or Thing abilities
"Beware the Ides of March"
"Beware the Ides of March"
Card by gill_smoke
Captain Collosal
Thing Person
Comes into play with 10 hit tokens on it. If Captain Collosal would be destroyed remove a hit token instead. All destroy effects of opponets must target Captain Collosal first.
Card by gill_smoke
LSD
Lucy in the Sky with DiamondsAction
Play this at the very beginning of your turn. In this turn, you draw the top card of the discard pile, discard cards to the top of the draw pile, play things and actions for another player you choose and you lose, if you win.
Card by Zt
Archivist
Action
If you were the last person to archive the Infinite Dvorak cards on the wiki, prove this to other players and draw five cards. Otherwise, this card has no effect.
Card by Kevan
Ricochet
Action
Play in response to a Thing being destroyed. Pick a non-Token thing at random, from all the others in play - that Thing is destroyed instead.
Card by Kevan
Rocket Launcher
Thing
When this comes into play, put three Ammo tokens into play. Action: Destroy an Ammo token you control, to destroy a Thing.
Card by Kevan
Z1
Cloak of PolymorphThing
Play this onto target thing. As long as Cloak of Polymorph is in play, the thing it was played onto has all types and colours and belongs to all classes. (That means the thing is living and undead and inanimate and a robot and female and male
etc. at the same time!)
Card by Zt
Z2
Talking WallsThing
You may play this under an opponent's control. When this comes into play, turn all non-token things you control face down. As long as a thing is face down it's simply not there. At the beginning of your turn you may put one of your things face up again.
Card by Zt
Z3
TechnocracyThing
As long as this is in play, all instances of "Action:" on the things you control read "Action or Thing:"
Card by Zt
Lucky Bastard
Thing Person
As long as lucky bastard is in play owner decides the fate of all random events
Card by gill_smoke
Toodles
Thing Person
If Owner controls a tooth they win the game. <br\>Action: Make a shiny token.
"She thinks she's the freaken tooth fairy" -Bub
"She thinks she's the freaken tooth fairy" -Bub
Card by gill_smoke
Commercialism
Thing
At the beginning of each player's turn, they must either put a Thing into play from their hand, take a non-token Thing they control back into their hand, or lose the game.
Card by Kevan
Fuel Injection
Thing
You may destroy this card at any time, to play a card immediately from your hand.
Card by Kevan
Albert Camus
Thing
Action: Generate a zombie token.
"How do you know he didn't summon zombies? You don't even know who he was!"
"How do you know he didn't summon zombies? You don't even know who he was!"
Card by Zt
Buccaneers
Thing
Instead of drawing a card, you may play an extra thing.
Action: Gain control of a ship (spaceships are fine, too).
Action: Gain control of a ship (spaceships are fine, too).
Card by Zt
2C
Blatant Violation Of Infinite Dvorak Rule #4Action
Play in response to any action with effects that wear off or occur at the end of a turn. Those effects instead wear off/occur at the end of that player's next turn, at which point you must discard your hand for violating rule 4.
Card by ChippyYYZ
3C
Cloak of NilmorphThing
Play this onto a thing. Equipped thing has no types or colors. It is neither male, female, living, undead, blue, red, etc.
Card by ChippyYYZ
4C
E Unum PluribusAction
If you control only one thing, create four copies of that thing.
Card by ChippyYYZ
∞
Blue Sky CatastropheThing
At the conclusion of every player's turn, they must reveal the top card of the draw pile and place it in the discard pile. Count the number of lines in that card's ruletext, and count that far through the normal order of play to find out who takes a turn next.
Card by Binarius
Ghost in the Machine
Thing
Action: Pick a random Thing from all those with Action abilities, other than this one. Activate that ability as if you controlled the Thing.
Card by Kevan
Conjoined Twin
Thing
At the end of your turn, take another turn (but don't take another one at the end of that one). If this card is destroyed, you lose the game.
Card by Kevan
