How to play Bakugan?

[Creator]

Learn to play Bakugan Brawl in this Bakugan Reboot RPG! Keep in mind that some of the rules differ from Bakugan TCG rules.

Before playing, please make sure you follow and understand all the rules here.

Each player begins with 40 Life Points, and the goal of winning the game is to reduce the opponent's Life Points to 0.

Each player may use 3 Bakugan, as many BakuCores, and as many cards (maximum three copies of the same card) they have through out the whole game. You and your opponent must disclose the 3 Bakugan you are planning to use.

You may use any faction-specific card for any of your Bakugan; however, the card's faction must be represented by one of the 3 chosen Bakugan. This means that if the card's faction does not match the faction of any of your 3 Bakugan, you can't use it.

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The phases are as follows:

Standby Phase > Roll Phase > Brawl Phase > Damage Phase > End Phase

Note: The player who created the brawl goes first; for later rounds, players will take turns starting each round. For example, if player 1 rolls their Bakugan first in round 1, then player 2 will roll their Bakugan first in round 2, and so on.

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Standby Phase: During the Standby Phase, each player can charge/increase 1 Energy per round (The max amount of Energy you can increase is by 1 per round). Although it is not required to charge Energy every turn, it is highly recommended to do so as Energies are required to be used to play Ability Cards. Energy works in a similar way to mana.
(e.g. You have 4 Energies. Fire Ball action card needs 1 Energy to play with; you use 1 Energy to play with it. You now have 3 Energy left.)

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Roll Phase: Right after the Standby Phase, each player summons their Bakugan by throwing them to the field ("Bakugan Brawl! Bakugan Stand!"). Starting from the Roll Phase, each player is allowed to play cards.

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Brawl Phase: Once each player's Bakugan is summoned and opened, the battle begins! Now this is right time to play cards and BakuCores to give your Bakugan a boost of the B-Power. Each player is allowed to use 1 BakuCore they have per round.

The Bakugan with the highest B-Power wins. However, if the B-Powers happen to be a tie, then the Bakugan with the highest Damage Rating wins instead (unless one of their Bakugan's B-Power is modified). If it still happens to be a tie, then all Bakugan return into ball form, and each player restarts their Roll Phase.

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Victory Phase: The Bakugan that wins the round becomes "Victor". The Victor Bakugan keeps its Bakugan form opened and their BakuCore(s) effects. Victor Bakugan cannot be used for next turns until their Bakugan closes into ball form. The other player that did not win the round closes their Bakugan and loses the BakuCore(s) effects, returning the BakuCore(s) to the field (which means the returned BakuCore(s) can be used again). The closed Bakugan may be used again for the next round.

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Damage Phase: Victor Bakugan deals damage to the opponent's Life Points using their Damage Rating. (e.g. Pyrus Dragonoid is the Victor and has a Damage Rating of 5. The opponent's Life Points loses 5 Life Points.)



During the Damage Phase, no players are allowed to play cards, except that the player losing Life Points can play Flip Cards, giving them a chance to counter or to stop the attack. This is your chance to avoid taking damage from losing a battle!

Team Attack: If a player wins the round and all three of their Bakugan are open, they deliver a devastating Team Attack! The Victor Bakugan combines the Damage Rating of each Bakugan on the team and all BakuCore effects they picked up to deal massive damage to the opponent's Life Points. After a Team Attack, all three Bakugan return to ball form and all their BakuCores to the field.

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End Phase: The round ends, and all used Energies are recharged and can be used again for the next round.
Tip: Before recharging your used Energies, you are allowed to use your unused Energies to play cards, such as Hero or Evo Cards! Both Hero and Evo Cards stay on the field and remain active.

[Zeno]

This next section is for players who need the rules to be broken down even further. Instead of simply regurgitating what was said, we will use application to illustrate what these rules mean.

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Setting up the Brawl:

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I want to brawl the Creator. The two of us agree to do so (either through the Shoutbox, Personal Messages, or Discord).

The starting player will navigate to the Battle Stadium board. That player will click on 'Create Thread', title it (Zeno vs Creator), and begin the brawl.

Both players have 40 Life Points. The player whose Life Points are reduced to 0 first will lose the brawl.

Players may only use 3 Bakugan per brawl. No exceptions. You can use as many BakuCore and cards as the brawl will allow (more on that later).

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During gameplay, players will follow these phases:

Standby Phase > Roll Phase > Brawl Phase > Damage Phase > End Phase

The entire process of going through the standby phase all the way to the end phase is one round. An easy way of looking at this: Zeno's Pandoxx defeats Creator's Cloptor ---> Creator takes damage --> Creator loses that round and they start again. This is a general way of looking at what a round is.

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Standby and Roll Phase:

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Each player will take turns going through the phases. Each round starts with the standby phase:

Zeno charges his energy by 1 point --> Zeno now has 1 energy

^ This is what the standby phase is for: increasing your energy count. While it is possible to increase your energy count outside of the standby phase, you will generally increase your energy count here.

Immediately after that, Zeno will go into the roll phase:

Bakugan brawl! Stand Haos Pandoxx (700B; 2 Damage Rating)!

^ This is what the roll phase is for. Now, it is the Creator's turn to go through the standby and roll phases:

Creator charges his energy by 1 point --> Creator now has 1 energy

Bakugan brawl! Stand Darkus Cloptor (600B; 2 Damage Rating)!

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Brawl Phase:

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When two opposing Bakugan are on the field, the brawl phase begins:

The Bakugan with the highest B-Power wins (unless a card effect says otherwise); therefore, players will play cards and/or use BakuCore to help their Bakugan win. Suppose this happens:

Creator plays Prismatic Shield (Energy Cost 1).

This card costs 1 energy point to activate. Creator would subtract 1 energy point from his overall total (which is 1 from earlier). He'll then apply the effect(s) of the card.

BakuCore(s) can also be used here once per round.

Also, you can play as many cards as your energy count would allow. So, if your energy count reaches 0, you're done playing cards. You also cannot play cards you cannot afford to play (playing a card with 5 energy cost when you only have 2 energy).

In the event of a tie, both players will have their Bakugan returned to them, and they will start from the roll phase. A tie is when both Bakugan match each other in both B-Power and Damage Rating.

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Damage Phase:

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Players transition to the damage phase when one of two things happen: (1) a player cannot play anything else, and his/her Bakugan has lower B-Power (or Damage Rating depending on certain card effects); or (2) a player willingly chooses to allow their Bakugan to lose. In either case, the phase will work like this:

Zeno's Pandoxx defeats Creator's Cloptor. Creator will now subtract 5 from his Life Points, because Pandoxx's Damage Rating is 5.
40 - 5 = 35.

The player who is about to be damaged can use Flip Cards during this time. Most of them have energy costs, so keep that in mind. When you use a flip card to stop an attack, you will not take damage from the victor Bakugan.

The Victor Bakugan stays on the field. The Victor Bakugan cannot be used until it is returned to its owner via card effect or after a team attack. The losing Bakugan returns to its owner and can be used again.

Team attacks are also done during this phase. This will happen when a player wins three battles, and has all three of their Bakugan on the field. Follow the instructions given above.

Note: The victory phase mentioned above is apart of this phase. You do not need to differentiate them; you can combine them into one.

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End Phase:

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During the end phase, players' energy returns to the maximum capacity. In the case of Creator, he used 1 energy to use a card, leaving him with 0 energy. Because of this phase, he gets it back, so he has 1 energy now.

Note: It is possible to still use cards (Hero or Evo cards) during this phase prior to regaining your energy.

With this phase ending, a new round starts. The player who went second will start the next round. Players will take turns going first through each round.

Players will repeat this process until one player reaches 0 Life Points or if in an instant win condition is reached (i.e., 3 days rule, Maximus Dragonoid's effect). The remaining player will win the game.