Bible TCG Formats
Discover The Different Ways To Play!
The same core game can be played in several different ways, from competitive constructed Matches to Booster Pack battles and Multiplayer Games.
Some Formats begin with a Deck you've built beforehand. Others ask you to open Packs, Draft Verses, improvise with what you find, or face several Players at once.
Each Format changes certain rules for Deckbuilding, setup, Faith, Players, or victory conditions, while everything else continues to follow the normal rules.
Classic Format
Build Your Deck. Master The Game!
Classic is the main constructed Format and the standard competitive way to play.
Two Players each bring an 80-Verse Deck containing a 66-Verse Main Deck and a 14-Verse Side Deck. Matches are normally best-of-three, with Sideboarding between Games.
The first Player to reach 20 Bible Points wins each game, while running out of Verses when you need to Draw also causes you to lose. Classic is the Format at the center of competitive Deckbuilding, strategy, Decklists, rankings, and organized play.
Showdown Format
Open A Pack And Start Playing!
Showdown turns a single Booster Pack into an entire game, making it one of the fastest and easiest ways to sit down and Play.
Each Player opens one Booster Pack, shuffles those Verses together without looking through them first, and begins with just one Verse in Hand. There are no Mulligans.
Every Player receives unlimited Faith of every Age, allowing any Verse in the Pack to be Played regardless of its normal Faith Cost or Age requirement. Reach 10 Bible Points to win, or win when your Opponent must Draw from an empty Bible.
Draft Format
Open, Choose, Pass, And Build!
Draft combines opening Booster Packs, choosing Verses, building a Deck, and then playing normal Duels.
Each Player opens a Pack, chooses one Verse, and passes the remaining Verses to the next Player. The process continues until every Verse has been drafted, with the passing direction reversing for each new Pack.
Three Packs is the standard Draft and creates a 39-Verse Deck. Players also choose either Era Faith or Act Faith for the Draft, giving them more flexibility when building from the Ages they happen to find.
Free-For-All Format
Each Turn Brings A New Opponent!
Free-For-All is a Multiplayer Format for three to six Players, with everyone competing individually.
At the beginning of your Turn, one of the other Players is randomly determined as your Facing Opponent.
The first Player to reach 20 Bible Points wins. Because your Facing Opponent can change from Turn to Turn, Free-For-All rewards adaptable positioning and forces you to prepare for more than one possible threat.
Teams Format
Share The Storyline. Win Together!
Teams is a two-versus-two Multiplayer Format that uses Classic's constructed rules with a shared Storyline and Bible Point total for each team.
Each Player brings their own 80-Verse Deck, containing a 66-Verse Main Deck and a 14-Verse Side Deck. Teammates share five Storyline Slots but keep their own Hand, Bible, Faith Area, and Exile. Turns alternate between teams, with each Player controlling their own cards.
A team wins when its shared total reaches 20 Bible Points. If either teammate fails a required Draw from their own Bible, both teammates lose together. Matches are normally played until one team wins two Games, with each Player Sideboarding from their own Deck between Games.
Leader Format
Choose Who Will Lead Your Deck!
Leader is a Multiplayer Format for three or four Players built around one special Being Verse chosen as your Leader.
Each Player brings an 80-Verse Deck, with the Leader beginning face up in the Leader Zone and the remaining 79 Verses becoming the Bible. Leader is also a singleton Format, so only one copy of each same-named Verse may appear in the Deck.
Your Leader determines your permitted card pool and can be Played repeatedly from the Leader Zone for an increasing Faith Cost. Reach 20 Bible Points or 20 Leader Points to win and leave the game while the remaining Players continue. Reaching Negative 20 Bible Points also causes defeat.
Choose Your Format
Play The Game Your Way!
Classic is the complete constructed Duel experience. Showdown turns a single Booster Pack into an immediate battle, while Draft turns opening Packs into a Deckbuilding challenge.
Free-For-All creates constantly changing Multiplayer matchups, while Leader builds an entirely different Multiplayer strategy around one chosen Being.
You don't need to choose only one. Each Format tests a different part of your skill and gives you a different way to experience the game.