Getting started

Getting started

Your first ten minutes in Anime Card Duels, step by step - roll, build a team, win your first duel and find your way around.

Updated 11 Nov 2026

New accounts get a short tutorial that walks you through the core loop. This page follows the same steps and explains what each one is for, so you know what to do next when the tutorial ends.

1. Roll your first cards

Press ROLL on the roll bar at the bottom of the screen. Every roll gives you one card. Your first goal is 10 rolls.

  • Turn on AUTO ROLL to keep rolling without pressing anything.
  • Turn on Quick Roll to skip the pack animation and see a small card instead.
  • The counter on the Roll button fills up as you roll. When it is full, the next roll gets bonus Luck. See Rolling explained.

Rarer cards are stronger. Each card says how rare it is (“1 in …”).

2. Put your best cards in your Deck

Your Deck holds 4 cards. They are the cards that fight for you.

  1. Open the Deck.
  2. Press EQUIP BEST. The game picks your strongest cards.
  3. Come back after every few rolls and press it again.

3. Win your first duel

Your first fight is the Yellow Student in the Purple Forest, on Easy. The tutorial arrow and the Teleport button take you there.

  • Talk to the NPC and press the battle button.
  • Turn on Auto in the battle if you want your cards to fight by themselves.
  • Lost? Roll a few more times, press EQUIP BEST again and retry. Losing costs nothing.

Beating a story NPC on Easy also makes its card rollable from packs for good. See Story Mode.

4. Clear floor 1 of the Infinite Tower

Towers roll cards for you on every floor you clear. The tutorial asks you to clear floor 1 of the Infinite Tower. See Towers.

5. Roll a trait

The tutorial gives you free Trait Rerolls. Walk into the Traits circle and roll one. A trait makes a card stronger, and some traits also help your rolls.

6. Craft a potion

You also get 5 free Daniel cards. Go to Potion Crafting and turn them into a Luck Potion.

7. Use your items

The tutorial gives you a Realm Potion and a 1,000x Instant Roll. Open your Backpack and use both. Items you earn later go to the Backpack too.

8. Open the Teleport menu

The last step shows you the Teleport menu. It lists every place in the game: story worlds, towers, stands and modes. It has a search bar, so you can type “tower” or “rift” to jump straight there.

What to do after the tutorial

Short tips appear the first time you walk up to each stand. After that, this order works well:

  1. Keep rolling, and press EQUIP BEST often.
  2. Clear the story worlds on Easy, one stage at a time. Every stage opens the next one.
  3. Check the Quests button. Daily quests, weekly quests and quest lines pay potions and rerolls just for playing.
  4. Claim your Daily Login and Playtime Gifts from the gift button. See Daily, group and social rewards.
  5. Send spare cards on an Exploration. They bring back items even while you are offline.
  6. Spend your level points at Upgrades. Resetting them is free. See Card Index and Level Upgrades.
  7. Try Draft Mode early. Everyone uses the same card stats there, so a new player can win.

Where to find answers in the game

The Codex button in the top bar opens the game’s own wiki: every card, item, trait, mode and system, with a search bar. This website shows the same pages.

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