Regulations
Last Update: Dec 19th, 2025
With the release of MP03, the information
included in this document or web page will appear in the floor rules document.
To organize a
tournament, the tournament organizer has to choose a format. Formats have each
one specific deckbuilding rules, which vary depending if they are “constructed”
or “limited”.
In constructed
formats, players bring the cards they need to play the tournament from their
collection, using cards that adhere to the deckbuilding rules of that format.
The constructed formats of Force of Will are: Wanderer, Paradox, Arcana
Battle Colosseum, or Origin.
In limited formats,
players use cards from unopened booster packs that they get at the beginning of
the tournament. Limited formats differ from the normal deck constructing rules
and the required number of cards. The limited formats of Force of Will
are: Sealed, or Draft sealed.
To know more about the
formats of Force of Will, check the following list:
Wanderer
Wanderer is a constructed format of Force of Will. The maximum
and minimum number of players in a game of Wanderer is two. In Wanderer,
players can use all cards from the Grimm Cluster onwards, as long as they
belong to a set or they are a reprint of a card that belongs to a set.
Ex. The promotional card "Force of Will the Movie"
(FOWMOVIE-01) do not belong to any set, so it is not permitted for play in
Wanderer.
Ex. The promotional card "Hamelin’s Pied Piper" (PR2015-011)
is a reprint of card CMF-043, which belongs to Crimson Moon’s Fairy Tale (CMF),
so it is permitted for play.
Ex. The promotional card "Vacuus, Member of the Twelve Sacred
Knights" (T1 Buy a Box,) belongs to Thoth of the Trinity (TTT), so it is
permitted for play.
Paradox
Paradox is a constructed format of Force of Will. The maximum and
minimum number of players in a game of Paradox is two. This format is based on
cluster rotation. In Paradox, players can use cards from the last three
clusters released, and from the latest Masterpiece collection released. Cards
in Memory Collection sets, or cards that share a
name with a card with the general type “Paradoxical” printed in the last
three clusters, cannot be used in Paradox unless they belong to a set of
the last three clusters, or they are a reprint of a card that belongs to a set
of the last three clusters.
The clusters and Masterpiece collection that can be used in Paradox (as
Dec 12th, 2025) are: Hero Cluster, Masterpiece Collection 02, Trinity Cluster,
Evil Cluster
Arcana Battle
Colosseum
Arcana Battle
Colosseum (also called ABC), and its most intense game mode variant, Arcana Battle
Colosseum: Defiance (also called ABC:D) is a constructed format of Force of Will. There are no maximum
number of players in a game of Arcana Battle Colosseum, although the minimum
number of players is two.
To know more about the deckbuilding rules of Arcana Battle Colosseum,
check the following link: https://www.fowtcg.com/pdf/abc.pdf
Origin
Origin is a constructed format of Force of Will. The maximum and
minimum number of players in a game of Origin is two. In Origin, players can
use all cards from the Valhalla Cluster onwards. There are two ways to play an
Origin game: Valhalla Origin, a format with “Lifebreak”, and Bifrost Origin, a
format without “Lifebreak”.
To know more about “Lifebreak”, check the following link: https://www.fowtcg.com/pdf/c.pdf
Sealed
Sealed is a limited
format of Force of Will. The maximum and minimum number of players in a
game of Sealed is two. In Sealed, players use cards from a predetermined number
of unopened booster packs that they get at the beginning of the tournament to
build their deck, and any other cards provided by the Tournament Organizer (including
magic stones with the “Basic” supertype, and ruler(s) with the “Basic”
supertype). In Sealed, players should use the following rules:
- They cannot use
cards from their collection.
- Their starting ruler
should be a ruler with the “Basic” supertype.
- Their deck must
contain at least twenty cards.
- Their magic stone
deck must contain at least eight cards.
- Their decks may have
more than four copies of any card with the same name.
Draft Sealed
Draft Sealed is a limited format of Force of Will. The maximum
and minimum number of players in a game of Draft Sealed is two. In Draft
Sealed, players are divided into groups, and they use cards from a
predetermined number of unopened booster packs that they get at the beginning
of the tournament to build their deck, but, different than Sealed, rather than
opening all packs, they apply the following rules:
Players are divided
into groups of four to eight persons (preferably, six). Those groups are
called “Pod(s)”. Each pod sits in a circle around a table, and each player
receives a predetermined number of unopened booster packs. Then, players
perform the following process:
– 1 – Each player
opens one of their packs. If a player opens a pack and it contains a
double-sided card, they must reveal that card to all players in the pod.
– 2 – Each player
picks a card from the booster pack they have opened, and puts it in front of
themselves, face-down.
– 3 – Each player
passes the remaining cards from the booster pack they have opened to the next
player in clockwise direction, face-down. This way, each player should receive
cards from another player.
– 4 – Repeat the steps
2 and 3 until players cannot pass cards to another player from the first
booster pack.
– 5 – Repeat the steps
1, 2, 3, and 4 until all booster packs have been opened. When passing cards to
the next player, pods should alternate the direction. They should pass in
clockwise direction for the entirety of the first, third, fifth, etc… booster packs.
For the second, fourth, sixth, etc… booster packs, they should pass the booster
pack in a counter-clockwise direction.
When the previous
process has finished, each player uses the cards put in front of themselves to
build their deck, and any other cards provided by the Tournament Organizer (including
magic stones with the “Basic” supertype, and ruler(s) with the “Basic”
supertype). In Draft Sealed, players should use the following rules:
- They cannot use
cards from their collection.
- Their starting ruler
should be a ruler with the “Basic” supertype.
- Their deck must
contain at least twenty cards.
- Their magic stone
deck must contain at least eight cards.
- Their decks may have
more than four copies of any card with the same name.
Players only play games against other players in their pod. The
Tournament Organizer may ignore this rule if it is announced clearly before the
beginning of the tournament.
Banned List and
Combination Banned List
The use of certain
cards may be prohibited in various ways in constructed formats (limited formats
don’t have prohibited cards):
- Banned –
Players cannot use cards that are banned in their decks, starting cards, and
sideboard.
- Combination
Banned – Players cannot use cards of each specific pairs of cards in a
combination ban simultaneously between their decks, starting cards, and
sideboard.
To know more about the
cards included in the Banned list or in the Combination Banned List of
Wanderer, Paradox, or Arcana Battle Colosseum, check the following link: https://www.fowtcg.com/posts/9
Cluster Division
ABC Deck set:
1.
(2023 Decks) ABC-WB, ABC-WD,
ABC-RG, ABC-RD, ABC-BG
2.
(2024 Decks) ABC-SD01,
ABC-SD02, ABC-SD03, ABC-SD04, ABC-SD05, ABC-SD06,
ABC-SD07, ABC-SD08, ABC-SD09, ABC-SD10, ABC-SD11
Extra sets:
1.
VIN001: Vingolf
01: Engage Knights
2.
VIN002: Vingolf
02: Valkyria Chronicles
3.
VIN003: Vingolf
03: Ruler All Stars
4.
GITS2045: Ghost
in the Shell SAC_2045 (including card SOUVENIR038)
5.
GITS2045SD:
Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 Starter Deck (including card SOUVENIR039)
6.
Ruler Collection
Set
7.
ATD: Antechamber
of the Ten Dimensions
Masterpiece
Collection sets:
1.
MP01: MASTERPIECE 01
“Pilgrim-Memories”
2.
MP02: MASTERPIECE 02 “Fates
Reunited!”
3.
MP03:
MASTERPIECE 03 “Dimensional Hope”
Memory Collection
sets:
1.
MC01, MC02, MC03, MC04, MC05,
MC06, MC07, MC08, MC09
Starter Decks set:
1.
ESD1: Valgott Deck
2.
ESD2: Matelda Deck
Sets:
1.
DRC: Descent into the Raven’s
Catacombs (including cards DRC-Video 01 to 10)
2.
JRV: Journey to
Ravidra
Starter Decks set:
3.
TSD1: Lehen Deck
4.
TSD2: Yokoshima Deck
Sets:
3.
TTT: Thoth of the Trinity
4.
TSR: The Battle at the Sacred
Ruins
5.
TUE: Timeless Eclipse of the Underworld
6.
TOP: Ten Oaths of
Protopaterpolis’ War
Starter Decks set:
1.
HSD: Hero Cluster Aristella Starter
Deck
2.
HSD: Hero Cluster Asuka
Starter Deck
Sets:
1. NEW: A New World Emerges…
2. TUS: The Underworld of Secrets
3. TWS: the War of the Suns
4. CMB: Crimson Moon’s Battleground
5. CST: Clash of the Star Trees
6. JRP: Judgment of the Rogue Planet
Starter Decks set:
1.
DSD: Duel Cluster Tales Starter
Deck
2.
DSD: Duel Cluster Villains Starter
Deck
Sets:
1.
GOG: Game of Gods
2.
GRL: Game of Gods Reloaded
3.
GRV: Game of Gods Revolution
Sets:
1.
EDL: The Epic of the Dragon
Lord
2.
MSW: The Magic Stone War –
Zero
3.
ROL: Rebirth of Legend
4.
ADW: Assault into the Demonic
World
5.
TST: The Seventh
Starter Decks set:
1.
SDA01: Alice Origin Faria
Starter Deck
2.
SDA01: Alice Origin Melgis
Starter Deck
3.
SDA02: Alice Origin Valentina
Starter Deck
4.
SDA02: Alice Origin Pricia
Starter Deck
Sets:
1.
AO1: Alice Origin Ⅰ
2.
AO2: Alice Origin Ⅱ
3.
AO3: Alice Origin Ⅲ
4.
PofA: Prologue of Attoractia
Starter Decks set:
1.
SDV1: New Valhalla Entry Set
[Light]
2.
SDV2: New Valhalla Entry Set
[Fire]
3.
SDV3: New Valhalla Entry Set
[Water]
4.
SDV4: New Valhalla Entry Set [Wind]
5.
SDV5: New Valhalla Entry Set
[Darkness]
Sets:
1.
NDR: New Dawn Rises
2.
SNV: The Strangers of New
Valhalla
3.
AOA: Awakening of the Ancients
4.
DBV: The Decisive Battle of
Valhalla
Starter Decks set:
1.
SDR1: King of the Mountain
2.
SDR2: Blood of the Dragons
3.
SDR3: Below the Waves
4.
SDR4: Elemental Surge
5.
SDR5: Children of the Night
6.
SDR6: The Lost Tomes
Sets:
1.
ACN: Ancients Nights
2.
ADK: Advent of the Demon King
3.
TSW: The Time Spinning Witch
4.
WOM: Winds of the Ominous Moon
Starter Decks set:
1.
SDL1: Fairy Tale Force
2.
SDL2: Rage of R’lyeh
3.
SDL3: Malefic Ice
4.
SDL4: Swarming Elves
5.
SDL5: Vampiric Hunger
Sets:
1.
CFC: Curse of the Frozen
Casket
2.
LEL: Legacy Lost
3.
RDE: Return of the Dragon
Emperor
4.
EBW: Echoes of the New World
Starter Decks set:
1.
VS01: Faria, the Sacred Queen
and Melgis, the Flame King
Sets:
1.
SKL: The Seven Kings of the
Lands
2.
TTW: The Twilight Wanderer
3.
TMS: The Moonlit Savior
4.
BFA: Battle for Attoractia
Sets:
1.
CMF: Crimson Moon’s Fairy Tale
2.
TAT: The Castle of Heaven and
The Two Towers
3.
MPR: The Moon Priestess
Returns
4.
MOA: The Millennia of Ages
Starter Decks set:
1.
S: Knights of the Round Table
2.
S: Wolves of the Raging Flames
3.
S: Royal Palace of the Roaring
Seas
4.
S: Magic Circle of the Hurricane
5.
S: Jet Black Phantom
Sets:
1.
1: The Dawn of Valhalla
2.
2: The War of Valhalla
3.
3: The Shaft of Light of
Valhalla
