Doctor Who: Worlds Apart Basics — Attacking & Blocking
In this article we will cover the combat mechanics of the Worlds Apart TCG:
- Understanding which card types can and can’t attack.
- Playing a Creature.
- Attacking with a Creature.
- Blocking with a Creature.
There are 8 card types in Worlds Apart, all of which cost from 0–15 Artron Energy to cast (shown by the blue number in the upper right), but only 2 of them have attack and health values, meaning only those 2 card types can attack and block.
We will cover the other 6 types in later articles, for now let’s focus on those 2:
Creatures & Companions
Creatures come in many shapes and sizes, but what they all have in common is that if their Health (displayed in the lower right symbol) reaches 0, they die and enter the past as shown in the previous article.
Most Creatures can also deal combat damage, unless their Attack Power (displayed in the lower left symbol) is 0. However, if they are still alive, they can still block enemy Creatures.
As seen on our Pterodactyl here, some Creatures have the Flight keyword, meaning they can only be blocked by other Creatures with Flight. We will dive deeper into Keywords and…
