Description

Automated Actions

Planechase is a fan made App that lets you play this fantastic format everywhere, without the hassle to bring your physical planar deck.

It's uniqueness is related to the fact that the Apps implements a simulated deck with automated cards and actions.
During your games you will be able to interact with cards using menus and special buttons, so that all you will do is play!

Create your deck

The App features also the chance to create and save your own Planar decks, in order to select only the cards that you prefer or to set up a theme deck.
You can build an Innistrad or Dominaria only deck, or simply select the most chaotic cards to play the craziest games!

What is Planechase?

A fast explanation of this fantastic format.

Planechase is a card game and a variant of Magic: The Gathering with an emphasis on multi-player games. The set utilizes new oversized Plane cards, cards that are based on various locations (Planes) within the Magic multiverse, to modify the rules of gameplay.
To play Planechase you need a "planar die" (simulated by the App) that has four blank faces, one "Planeswalk" face with the "Planeswalker" symbol, and one "Chaos" face with its own symbol unique to Planechase.
During a player's main phase, that player can roll the planar die, with three possible outcomes.

The Planar Die

During a player's main phase, that player can roll the planar die, with three possible outcomes.

This die has four blank sides which have no effect. One side has the planeswalker symbol on it and the final side of the planar die shows the chaos symbol.
Each side has a specific effect, listed below.

  • A blank roll of the planar die does nothing.
  • If "Chaos" is rolled, the "Chaos" ability of the current plane card triggers.
  • If the "planeswalk" symbol is rolled, the player "planeswalks away" from the current plane (put it on the bottom of its owner's planar deck) and he or she reveals the top card of his or her planar deck, which becomes the new plane that has been "planeswalked to."
A player can roll the planar die as many times as he or she likes, but successive rolls cost an additional one mana for each time the planar die has been rolled this turn.

For a more in-depth explanation, you can check this video, made by The Professor (Tolarian Community College):

Check the Video

How to Play

Warning

Before beginning: this App is designed as a companion and lets you play Planechase anywhere. It provides a full Planechase experience, but can only be used during a real game of Magic The Gathering.

Be aware that, in order to play, you need a real MTG deck... You can use any!

Home

Start Screen

Tap the "Planeswalker" icon in the center in order to access the main menu.
In the top right, tap the "?" symbol if you need fast info about the app.

Home Menu

You can do many things from the main menu:

  • Tap the Play using all the Planechase cards button in order to start a new game using all the cards
  • Select one of your custom decks (The first time there are none)
  • Create a new Deck, by pressing Create a new deck
  • Open settings, by pressing the Gear icon

Game Screen

Once you start a game, you'll see the back of a Planechase card. Tap it to travel to the first plane!

This is the standard game screen. On the right, you can see the action buttons.
Here is a description, from top to bottom:

  • Dice: action for the in app Planar Die, this action rolls the dice!
    • The virtual Planar dice can be hidden in the game settings.
  • Travel: press the arrows buttons in order to travel to the next or previous Plane.

Special Actions

These are the automated special actions that you can do during a game.

Chaos

This is the Chaos button:
When a card features a special action on the planar deck, such as looking at the top cards, this button becomes visible.
Thouch this button to trigger the card's special action... Read the card in order to know when to do it: some cards require the button to be pressed as soon as the card is revealed, while other cards do not!

Counters

This is an example of a counter:
When a card features the possibility to put counters on it, these buttons becomes visible. Thouch the button to add a counter on it, and keep it pressed in order to remove one.

Deck Creation

This App lets you build your own planar decks. You can create a new deck by pressing Create a new deck from the main menu.

Deck Management

This screen contains the list of all the cards you selected for the deck.

From here, you can read the cards' text and remove them from the deck, as well as enter a new deck name and save it in order to play it.
On the top right, press the i button in order to see more info about the deck you're creating and check the deck limitation rules.

TIP: you can change the deck restrictions rules from the app's settings.

Card Selection

From here you can see the whole list of available cards. You can select, read their texts and search for any card you need from the search bar.
In order to add a card to your deck, select it and click on Add to deck in order to add the card to your deck.

In the list, all the cards that already are in your deck have the back of a Planechase card instead of its front.