how to play

For casual play, you can just shuffle the Missions you want and draw randomly from here. Normally, you bring 3 different Missions you like together with your deck, and 2 per player chosen randomly from those will be used.

In competitive play, whoever has the Edge at the beginning of the match shuffles their 3 Mission cards, chooses one at random and puts it as the bottom of the Mission deck. Then, the other player does the same, putting one of their Mission cards on top of the first one. Repeat this procedure one more time for both players until you have a Mission deck with 4 cards. Do not look at the Mission cards that haven't been chosen.

Normally this isn’t possible because you cannot on purpose play or activate effects to move a Character with the same name as another in the same Mission. If any effect out of your control forces you to have two Characters with the same name in the same Mission, discard the new one without applying the effects.

Yes, but then you can’t play it anymore in that mission as long as the Character with the same name is there.

No, you need to have at least 1 Power to win and score a Mission.

When you actually have more Power than the opponent in that mission. In case of a tie, the player currently holding the Edge is winning the mission at that moment.

Like Normal effects, Instant effects are optional, continuous effects are always active.

Continuous Mission effects always have priority over player continuous effects. He will then have Power 5 if alone; Power 5 if there is a single Friendly character; Power 2 if there are 2 Friendly characters.

No, Tsunade’s effect replaces the normal defeat effects, so the hidden character goes to your hand instead of the discard where it would get revealed.

You count only the last opponent’s turn, so if you take multiple turns, you can’t move anybody with Shikamaru - Shadow Possession Jutsu.

No, they are optional but for the opponent, not for you. The opponent can choose if they want to draw / gain chakra.

No, once it locks its first target it stays with that, making its Power 0. That character will stay at 0 whatever happens while Rashomon is in play.

Who has the Edge breaks ties and applies first.

To play an upgrade you pay the difference between the previous character and the one you play. So you should pay 2. That cost gets reduced by 1 by Kurenai, so you end up paying 1. If you have additional reductions, it could end up upgrading for free (you don’t get Chakra back for over-discounting).

Yes, they do, if they have the required condition: for example, if you play Sakon - Black Seal, and you want to copy an ambush effect, you must play it while hidden. If you want to copy an Upgrade effect, you must play as Upgrade.

For all purposes that card is considered to be under your control like for the Take Control effects. This works also for all effects that allow you to use your opponent's card.

It says you must move, if able. In this case you are not able, so Naruto stays

in Sasuke’s Mission.

Yes, you can. Playing a card from Hidden condition is like playing it from hand, but locked to that Mission only.

Whenever a card leaves play, for example by being defeated or taken back to hand, all cards under that specific card are discarded.

Yes, you can always upgrade a character with a higher cost version.

If it gets Upgraded over, its now a single card with the top Character so it stays there.

Enemy means on the the opponent’s side. All opponent’s characters are considered Enemy Character.

Friendly means on your side. Your Characters are considered Friendly to all your other Characters. A character isn't a Friend of itself ;)

No, it has the same effect. The definitions will be aligned in future reprints.

Yes, it becomes Friendly while under your control. If it leaves play, for example being defeated or taken back to hand, it goes back to their owner keeping the current state, for example defeated or in hand.

The weakest character is the one with the lowest Power, while the strongest character is the one with the highest Power. Most effects target a single weakest or strongest character. If multiple characters are tied, you may choose which one is affected. Other effects target all the weakest or all the strongest characters. In that case, if there are multiple tied targets, the effect applies to all of them.

Check the number and expansion on the bottom of the card: cards with the same collection number count as the same card so you can’t have more than 2 of the same one in your deck, even if the illustration is different.

A Hidden Character is a normal Character with cost 0 and Power 0, without any Keyword or Faction. They can normally receive Power Tokens.

Characters with Power Tokens keep them if they change state between Hidden and not Hidden

You can put a hidden character in play only from your hand with the standard action, paying 1, or through an effect that allows you to do so. You can play in their mission a character that is already hidden in that mission.

You stop drawing even when an effect asks you to do so.

You cannot reorganise your discard pile. If an effect puts multiple cards in the discard pile, the controller of the effect decides in which order they get defeated, so the order the cards enter the discard pile.

When not specified, it means “ from hand”.