Abstract: A card game has a plurality of playing animal cards which has an image of an animal, a numerical value, and a description of a skill of the animal, and a second plurality of cards which are not playing cards but instead can add special skills to the playing cards, wherein the playing cards are, and include a description of special properties so that one of the playing cards of one player can win over another of the playing cards of another playing when the one card has a greater numerical value than the other card, while each of the special cards in combination with a respective one of the playing cards provides an additional advantage in the card game.