Beginners Guides

Beginner progress comes from recognizing a few repeatable decisions: whether the next fight requires damage or defense, how much HP a route is likely to cost, and whether a card improves the deck you have now. These guides teach those decisions before introducing narrow combos.

Start with pathing and card rewards, then add shop and potion planning. A first win does not require a perfect archetype; it requires enough immediate damage for early elites, a defensive answer for dangerous turns, and a deck that can draw its important cards on time.

Read the first three guides in order, play one run without forcing a build, and note the first fight where the deck stopped keeping pace. That failed job tells you which guide to open next.