Force of Will


Force of Will is a trading card game by Force of Will Co., Ltd. It was first released in Japan in December 2012 and later released to English speaking countries in 2013. The game is similar to. The game has a tournament circuit.

Game overview

Player are in control of a main deck of 40–60 cards composed of resonators, chants, additions and regalia. They win the game by either reducing their opponents' life points to zero or below or if a player must draw a card and is not able to. As a resource the games uses "Will" which is usually produced by "Magic Stone"- cards who are stored in a separate pile of cards called the "Magic Stone Deck". A special type of card is the "Ruler"/"J-Ruler", a special creature card in the "Ruler Zone". The ruler can be “rested” to call a Magic Stone from the Deck or it can enter the regular field for combat by using the "Judgment" Ability.

Story

The story of Force of Will is printed in the lore of its cards and also written on several sites in different languages. It is a high fantasy story with many references to myths, fairy tales, and history. For example a main protagonist of the story is Grimm, named after the Brothers Grimm and a main antagonist is Nyarlathotep, a reference to a being from the works of H.P. Lovecraft.

Availability

As a collectible card game Force of Will is sold in Booster Boxes and pre-structured decks and collections who are separated into clusters. Only the two newest clusters of Booster Boxes are legal in standard play. The older ones are legal for "Wanderer Format". A booster box contains a number of packs with randomized cards, while the pre-structured decks and collections are set with a fixed amount of cards of a specific type. Cards come in different rarities and versions. The rarity can differ from "common" to "super rare" and a special rarity for "Ruler Cards". The number of versions differs from cluster to cluster. Versions of the same card can be full-art, foil or monochrome. Some cards are also given away as promotions and they often have different artwork from the original card.

Cluster and sets

The following series have already been published: