Abstract: Trading card game and methods of play. A trading card game consisting of reserve of trading cards or a deck. Each card consists of an identical back surface and a face surface with different content thereon. The deck is comprised of four different types of trading cards: character (1), event (13) item (18), and relic (24) cards. Each type of trading card has a different unique playing ability. The goal of the game is to reduce the life points of your opponent to zero. In this game of strategy and chance, the players will construct a playing deck from a reserve of trading cards and will compete with other players using their reserve of cards or deck. The trading card game utilizes multi-purpose character cards (1) to bring into play the different cards needed to play the game and allow the player to reduce his/her opponent's life points to zero.