How to Play (Basic Rules)

Included with the Autobot Starter Set is a much more simplified, basic set of rules for the Transformers Trading Card Game meant to allow two players to match against each other using just what's included in the Starter Set. When playing with these rules, players ignore the text printed on all the cards.

(For the Advanced Rules, click here)

SETUP
Start with 2 TRANSFORMERS character cards with alt-mode sides face up in front of each player.

Shuffle the battle cards and put the deck between the players. Reshuffle the deck if it runs out of cards during play.

HOW TO WIN
KO all your opponent’s character cards to win the game.

Players take turns attacking each other’s character cards.

ON YOUR TURN

 * 1) You may flip one of your character cards to its other mode.
 * 2) Choose one of your character cards to be the attacker and one of your opponent’s character cards to be the defender. You can’t attack with the same character card 2 turns in a row unless your other one is KO’d.
 * 3) Attack—Flip over 2 battle cards from the top of the deck. Add the number of orange rectangles in the upper right corners of those cards to the orange Attack number on the attacker.
 * 4) Defense—Your opponent flips over 2 battle cards from the top of the deck and adds the number of blue rectangles in the upper right corners of those cards to the blue Defense number on the defender.
 * 5) Damage—Subtract the Defense total from the Attack total. Put that many damage counters on the defender. The defender is KO’d and out of the game if the number of damage counters on it is greater than or equal to its red Health number.
 * 6) End your turn.

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