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Decks and house rules

Pick a printed deck, mix in expansions, build your own and tune the table rules.

  • 6 base decks
  • 5 expansions
  • Up to 20 custom decks
  • The host sets the rules

Printed decks

The host picks one base deck for the table. Base Second Edition is the default.

  • First Generation and Second Edition: the classic game.
  • Control and Chaos: protective tricks or destructive mayhem, plus Ultimate Unicorns.
  • Travel Deck: a compact 56-card game for 2 to 4 players. Stables start empty.
  • NSFW Base Deck: the adults-only base game, marked 21+.
  • Base Deck, First Generation boxBase Deck, First Generation127 cards
  • Base Deck, Second Edition boxBase Deck, Second Edition127 cards
  • Control Base Deck boxControl Base Deck150 cards
  • Chaos Base Deck boxChaos Base Deck150 cards
  • Travel Deck, v2 boxTravel Deck, v256 cards

Expansions

Expansions add cards to a base deck. Mix several, as long as each one fits that deck.

  • Adventures: pirates, explorers and risky choices.
  • Rainbow Apocalypse: adorable combos and apocalyptic mayhem.
  • Dragons: Dragon magic, protective spells and fiery Unicorns.
  • Unicorns of Legend: heroic Unicorns, powerful spells and medieval mischief.
  • NSFW Expansion: adults-only cards, marked 21+.
  • Adventures Expansion, Second Edition boxAdventures Expansion, Second Edition54 cards
  • Rainbow Apocalypse Expansion, Second Edition boxRainbow Apocalypse Expansion, Second Edition54 cards
  • Dragons Expansion, Second Edition boxDragons Expansion, Second Edition54 cards
  • Unicorns of Legend Expansion, Second Edition boxUnicorns of Legend Expansion, Second Edition54 cards

The Travel Deck doesn't take expansions.

Custom decks

Signed-in players can assemble custom decks from every printed set, including opt-in 21+ cards.

  • Save up to 20 decks.
  • At least 8 Baby Unicorns, so every seat can start with one.
  • At least 40 cards outside the Nursery, to deal opening hands.
  • At most 250 cards in total, and no more copies of a card than one printed product has.

Start from a printed deck, then make it yours.

House rules

Optional house rules for this match. Only the host can change them.

  • Neigh response window: 5 to 20 seconds. The default is 10.
  • Target declaration: Easy names targets before anyone Neighs. Advanced, the default, names them after the card survives.
  • Discard pile visibility: the whole pile, or only the top card.
  • Survive one round: reach the winning count, then hold it until your next turn after every rival has played.

21+ content

Some decks, expansions and cards are adults-only. They are hidden until you turn them on.

Signed-in players can turn on 21+ decks and cards in settings after confirming they are at least 21. The choice follows your account.

Turn it off any time to hide 21+ content again.