Abstract: The present invention includes a deck of playing cards for playing a card game comprising a plurality of spell cards and a plurality of trap cards. The spell cards are for offensive use by a player to inflict consequences to the player's opponent while the trap cards are for defensive use by a player to mitigate consequences of the spell cards. The spell cards and trap cards are intended to be combined and mixed into a single deck and then divided into player decks and distributed between the players. However, the use of spell cards is limited by a mana resource cost associated with each card and a corresponding mana resource availability of a spell caster desiring to use the spell cards. A plurality of cards in each player deck are removed from their respective player decks and used by each player to indicate available mana resources and exhausted mana resources.

Abstract: The present invention includes a deck of playing cards for playing a card game comprising a plurality of spell cards and a plurality of trap cards. The spell cards are for offensive use by a player to inflict consequences to the player's opponent while the trap cards are for defensive use by a player to mitigate consequences of the spell cards. The spell cards and trap cards are intended to be combined and mixed into a single deck and then divided into player decks and distributed between the players. However, the use of spell cards is limited by a mana resource cost associated with each card and a corresponding mana resource availability of a spell caster desiring to use the spell cards. A plurality of cards in each player deck are removed from their respective player decks and used by each player to indicate available mana resources and exhausted mana resources.