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How to play

Build a Stable of Unicorns before your friends do, and wreck their plans on the way.

  • Race to 7 Unicorns
  • One action per turn
  • Hand limit: 7 cards
  • Neigh means no

The goal

Be the first player with 7 Unicorns in your Stable. With 6 to 8 players, you only need 6.

Your Stable is your play area. Your Unicorns, Upgrades and Downgrades all sit there, and Baby Unicorns count toward the total too.

If a card’s text conflicts with a general rule, the card wins.

Setting up

Baby Unicorn
  • Everyone starts with 5 cards in hand.
  • Baby Unicorns live in the Nursery, not the main deck.
  • When the game opens, everyone grabs a Baby Unicorn from the Nursery. First come, first served.
  • The Travel Deck skips the Babies: every Stable starts empty.

Your turn

  1. Beginning of turnResolve any card effects that trigger at the beginning of your turn.
  2. DrawDraw one card. The digital table does this for you.
  3. ActionPlay one card from your hand—or draw one more card instead.
  4. End of turnDiscard down to the 7-card hand limit, then pass the turn.

If the deck runs out, the discard pile is shuffled into a new deck.

The official Rules Reference Card: what to do on your turn, words you need to know and the types of cards.
The Rules Reference Card from the printed game.

Neigh means no

Instant
Instant

When another player tries to play a card, you can answer with a Neigh. Their card is stopped and goes to the discard pile.

  • A Neigh can be Neighed too, so chains get messy fast.
  • Odd number of Neighs: canceled. Even number: the original card resolves.
  • A Super Neigh ends the chain and cannot be Neighed.

Every opponent gets the same time to play or pass, keeping hands private.

Two-player duels

  • You still need 7 Unicorns to win.
  • With a printed deck, each player also starts with a Neigh in hand.
  • A few cards are removed from the deck in 2-player games.
  • Campaign duels are shorter: first to 6 Unicorns wins.

Read the full two-player rules