Board control is key to victory. While collecting shards is your ultimate goal, maintaining a strong presence with creatures and artifacts often leads to success. The best way to dominate the board is by using your creatures to fight and eliminate enemy threats.
The primary way to collect shards is by using your Creatures to Reap. This action sacrifices their ability to fight for the turn but grants you 1 shard. Another common method is playing cards that provide shards, usually found in Action cards.
In Dawnshard, each card belongs to one of six Worlds. Each turn, you can only play cards from a single World, chosen by the first card you play. There’s no mana system or complex resources—just pure strategic freedom. You can change the Active World at the start of each turn.
Dawnshard features three card types: Creatures, Actions, and Artifacts. Your hand refills to 5 cards at the end of each turn, so you’ll never be left empty-handed. Use your cards to control the battlefield, collect shards, and keep a close watch on your opponent’s shard pool!
The goal of a Dawnshard match is simple: be the first to start your turn with 10 Shards and claim victory. Shards can be earned in multiple ways—by using a creature’s Reap action, playing certain cards, or triggering special card effects.
