Unveiling the Mechanism

Infinity Heroes is a simultaneous turn card game. But what does that mean? How does a game actually play out?

Each player’s objective is to reduce the enemy's life total to zero by playing unit and ability cards. Cards cost resources which automatically refill and increase at the start of each turn. Every turn a player also draws up to four cards from their current hero’s deck, meaning while the maximum hand size is only four, you always start each turn with enough options.

A large difference between Infinity Heroes (as well as Infinity Wars previously) with many other digital card games is that each player takes their turn at the same time, with a “Resolution Phase” playing out after each player confirms their moves.

Not only does this mean half the game is not waiting for your opponent, but also that there is a lot of tactical depth in attempting to predict what unknown moves your opponent might make and how to react.

Units are the main card type in the game, each having a resource cost, power, health, keywords, rules text and some pretty animated art.

Units are played onto the board usually starting in the “Safe Zone.” The next turn you can move that unit to the “Attack Zone” or the “Defense Zone.”

Units in the attack zone will automatically attempt to attack the enemy hero during the resolution phase. Likewise units in the defense zone will protect your hero from attacks, blocking enemies. Each zone has two or three slots and units can be moved between these to effect the order and thus sometime the outcome of combat.

When two units engage in combat, they permanently deal damage to each other equal to their power, with a unit with zero health being destroyed.

Finally each hero has to two ultimate cards, a unit and an ability. These powerful cards can often turn the tide of battle or provide powerful effects for a lower than usual cost. The catch however is that each type of ultimate card can only be used once per game. This makes your lineup of heroes important as you choose the ultimate card best for each situation.