Icarus Card Game

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Welcome to Icarus

Race your opponent to exactly 100 altitude without burning out above 100. A short tutorial walks you through ascending, playing, reacting, and targeting — against the bot.

Choose

Room

Name
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Room
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Settings

Altitude area color

Colors your altitude card row and the Ascend button. Yellow is reserved for Play.

Altitude tracker icon

Solo vs AI: the opponent climber matches the AI difficulty in the header (Casual / Strong / Master). Below you choose your icon—you can use the Bot artwork too.

Settings are saved for this browser session.

Discard pile

Public zone.

Echo Flight · discard options

Reactions you can copy with Echo Flight for this prompt (one row per card name). Dive appears only when your altitude is above 100; Whirlwind only when control can be seized.

Play stack

Play order this turn (earliest first). When cards chain (reactions, copies), abilities resolve from the most recent play back to the earliest.

    Quick Rules

    Goal

    • Ascend cards to gain altitude.
    • Exactly 100 wins instantly.
    • Above 100 burns out (you lose).

    Shared deck & discard

    All players use one deck and one discard pile. When you draw, you take from the top of the shared deck. Played and discarded cards go to the same discard pile everyone can see.

    Your turn

    • You start each turn with 1 Movement.
    • Spend 1 Movement to Ascend a card or Play it for its Ability.
    • Your turn ends when you have no Movement left or you press End Turn.

    Drawing

    • Draw 1 card when your turn ends.
    • If your hand is empty at turn end, draw 5 instead.

    Game end

    • 2–3 players: if the deck empties, highest altitude wins (most ascensions on a tie).
    • 4 players at the start: only exactly 100 or the last flyer still aloft after others burn out (even if some drop out later). When the deck empties, the discard is shuffled into a new deck.

    Ranked Path

    Titles are based on your Elo. The #1 player always holds The Sun.

    Cadet
    < 1000
    Novice title banner
    Novice
    1000–1999 (IV → I every 250)
    Frequent Flyer title banner
    Frequent Flyer
    2000–2999 (IV → I every 250)
    Aerial Acrobat title banner
    Aerial Acrobat
    3000–4999 (IV → I every 500)
    Wind Rider title banner
    Wind Rider
    5000–6999 (IV → I every 250)
    Sky High title banner
    Sky High
    7000–8999 (IV → I every 250)
    Sun Reacher title banner
    Sun Reacher
    9000+ (IV → I every 250)
    The Sun title banner
    The Sun
    Leaderboard #1 (any Elo)

    Card List

    Challenge Icarus AI

    Pick an opponent strength. Signed-in solo wins count toward your profile stats.

    Casual is forgiving. Master plays deep search and sharp reactions. Use 4 players to test FFA turn order and reactions locally.

    Sign in

    Save settings, track stats, and prepare for ranked play. Casual rooms and solo vs AI work without an account.

    Your username, game settings, and play stats are stored with your account.

    Choose your profile

    Pick a unique username and altitude tracker icon.

    Profile icon

    Shown on your altitude tracker in every mode.

    Profile

    Identity

    Profile icon

    Rank

    Rank points (Elo)
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    Leaderboard
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    Rank title
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    Next rank
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    Use Ranked in the lobby for random 1v1 matchmaking (Elo updates on verified wins). Casual MP stats count signed-in vs signed-in room games. Solo vs AI stats are recorded when a signed-in match finishes (expand Solo vs AI for each AI level).

    Play stats

    Mode Played Won Win %

    Player

    Identity

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    Play stats

    Mode Played Won Win %

    Rights & use

    This site and the Icarus digital prototype — including game rules, card text, artwork, sounds, and software — are protected by copyright and related rights.

    You may play here for personal, non-commercial enjoyment and share a link so others can play on this site.

    Without written permission, you may not copy, scrape, mirror, republish, redistribute, sell, sublicense, or create derivative works from any part of this project (including hosting your own copy, cloning the cards or rules, or reusing the art or code).

    If you want permission to use Icarus in another way (streaming assets, tournaments, ports, etc.), contact the rights holder before doing so.

    This notice does not grant any license beyond personal play on this site. It is not legal advice.