Learn - NEON

How to Play NEON

Your Mission
Starts Here

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Making a deck

In order to play NEON, each player obviously need a deck! Here is what you need to have a complete deck to play with:

Step 1 - Choose your hero

Choose the hero that appeals to you the most! Your choice will then determine what cards you can put in your deck. Look for the icon in the top right corner. You can put cards with that symbol in your deck, as well as generic cards which have the asterisk symbol.

Step 2 - Chose 5 Evos

Evos stay with you all game and are always available. Chose 5 of them to add to your deck. This part should be easy, since there are only 5 evos currently available for each hero, but in the future, more options will be added!

Step 3 - Create your deck

A deck is made of exactly 40 cards. You can add 2 copies of any card that can be played by your hero. You can also have 2 copies of all versions of a card if you need redundancy, up to 6 times the same card. Try to find the cards that work well for your hero and your playstyle!

Before you play

Now that both players have their decks ready, here are additional things you need to have before starting the game:

A way to track resources

Each player starts the game with 80 life, have 4 movement points per round, and may gain other resources during the game. Make sure you have a way to track these! Either a pen and paper, dice, tokens, a digital app, or any combination of these.

An arena to play on

NEON is played on a 3x6 grid battlefield. You can either print one, draw one on a piece of paper, or use one of our official playmats! Make sure both players have their own side of the battlefield with plenty of space to place their decks, discard pile, backups, hero and evos.

Your smile

Don't forget to have fun! NEON is a game made to be enjoyed, not stressed over. Make sure to keep a positive attitude, and remember that winning isn't everything. Always try to be the player you would like to play against!

Start of Game Setup

Both players reveal and place their hero on the center of their half of the battlefield
The starting player is decided randomly (we suggest flipping a coin or rolling a die, the winner chooses who goes first)
Both players choose 3 Evos they will have available throughout the game, then they reveal them at the same time
Both players may now change up to 15 cards from their deck for cards in their sideboard (don't forget that your final deck must be exactly 40 cards)

Round 1, Fight!

A round starts
Each player draws 4 cards
For each card a player backuped, they may place it in their hand or discard it to draw another card
The starting player, decided earlier, starts his turn
The turn player may move 1 square during his turn, before or after doing any action
The turn player may play any action card or activate any Hero or Evo action-speed ability
As long as the turn player has cards in hand, they must do something

That's either moving, playing an action
Playing or activating an action includes:

Playing an action card
Activating an action-speed ability
Backing up a card, which you play face down, up to two

Playing or activating an action that has Continue does not count
If you have no card in hand, you may just pass the turn

When an action is played or activated, the opposing player gets priority to play Reaction cards or activate Reactive abilities

Reactions cannot be reacted to with Reactions, they resolve before other Reactions can be played or activated
The turn player then gets priority to play or activate Reactions
This priority is passed between the two players until both players don't do anything during their priority
At any time when a Reaction is played, the opposing player may play Instants in response

Instants can be responded to with Instants, creating a stack of Instants
Instant priority works the same as Reaction priority
When both players pass priority while a stack of Instants exists, it then resolves, starting with the last played and ending with the first played

When the turn player ends his turn, the opposing player then starts his turn
When both players have no cards in hand and both players end their turns without doing anything, the round ends, and the next round begins