Arcane Engine

A Tarot Auto-Battler

How to Play

The Basics

Buy cards from the shop and place up to 5 into the Leyline. Click Run Engine to execute them from left to right.

Suits (Minor Arcana)

  • ⚔️ Swords: Deal flat damage to the Boss.
  • 🪄 Wands: Apply Poison (damage over time) to the Boss.
  • 🍷 Cups: Gain temporary Shields to absorb Boss attacks.
  • 🪙 Pentacles: Gain Gold to buy better cards.

Court Cards (Modifiers)

  • Page: Echoes (duplicates) the effect of the previous card.
  • Knight: Cleaves: Doubles the damage of the next combat card.
  • Queen: Converts all Shields into a massive damage burst.
  • King: Loops the engine for a second pass (once per turn).

Mechanics

Cup Overflow: Every 5 excess shields at the end of a turn heals you for 1 HP.

Doom Clock: Defeat the Boss before the clock reaches zero!

Selling Cards: Drag garbage cards to the Sell Zone to gain 2 Gold.

Game Over

The Arcane Engine has shattered.

The Hierophant
HP: 100/100
Doom Clock: 10
🪄 Poison: 0
Next Attack: 15 DMG
HP: 50
Shields: 0
Gold: 25

Backpack

Sell Zone (+2g)

Shop