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Tableturf Battle is a collectible card game inspired by Turf War battles, but turn-based and designed for two players. Both players use the cards in their custom decks to add ink patterns to a grid-like board, competing to have the most ink on the board at the end of the game.

Tableturf Battle is popular in the Splatlands and can be played in Splatsville's Tableturf Battle Dojo.

History

Tableturf Battle was announced on 10 August 2022 during the Splatoon 3 Direct. More information will be revealed soon.

Cards

There are over 150 cards to collect. The cards are based on weapons, characters, and other Splatoon concepts such as Tower Control.

See also: List of Tableturf Battle cards in Splatoon 3

Splattershot Jr. card

Attributes

The face of every card shown so far has:

• a violet, yellow, or multi-colored name at the top,
• an illustration in the center,
• an 8-by-8 square grid containing an ink pattern in the lower-right corner,
• a number inside a violet, yellow, or multi-colored diamond in the lower-left corner, and
• a Special Attack cost, indicated by one to five Special Space squares at the bottom.

The ink pattern depicted in the grid is added to the board when the card is played. The ink comes in two different varieties. One variety is rarer than the other, appearing in the grid no more than once per card. These less-common ink spaces are called Special Spaces.

The number in the lower-left corner corresponds to the number of ink spaces in the pattern.

Cards have different rarities such as Common and Rare.

Each card has a sequence number that is not shown on the card but can be used for sorting. For example, the .52 Gal card is No. 7.

Acquiring cards

Every player receives a starter deck from Staff at the Tableturf Battle Dojo.

Players can earn packs of cards by increasing their Tableturf Battle rank, buy them from the catalog, or get them from the Shell-Out Machine. A pack contains five random cards. Players cannot own more than one copy of a card; duplicates are converted to Card-Bits. Players can spend Card-Bits to acquire new cards or upgrade the appearance of existing cards.

Decks

A deck contains 15 cards.

A player can save up to 16 decks, assigning a name and a card sleeve design to each one. Two different card sleeve designs have been shown: one bearing only the Tableturf Battle logo, and another featuring a large Ammo Knights logo and a smaller Tableturf Battle logo.

Rules

A game lasts 12 turns. Each turn, working simultaneously, both players choose a card from a hand of four cards and decide where to place that card's ink pattern on the board. Players may also pass.

Ink placement

A card's ink pattern must be placed orthogonally or diagonally adjacent to spaces that already contain the player's ink. On a normal turn, it cannot overlap existing ink.

If both players try to place their ink patterns in the same spot, one of two things happens:

• If the two cards have different numbers, then the card with the higher number is placed first, and the card with the lower number is placed second. The latter card's ink pattern covers up the former's.
• If the two cards have the same number, then both cards add their ink to the board; but the spaces where their ink patterns overlapped become neutral walls and cannot be inked again.

Special Spaces and Special Attacks

If one of a player's Special Spaces on the board becomes surrounded by the ink of either color and/or walls, that player earns a Special Point.

A player can spend Special Points to play a card as a Special Attack, allowing the card's ink pattern to replace existing ink. When a card is played as a Special Attack, its ink pattern must be placed orthogonally or diagonally adjacent to one of the player's own Special Spaces on the board.

Winning and rewards

The player with the most ink spaces on the board at the end of the game wins.

By winning games, players can increase their Tableturf Battle rank. Ranking up allows access to new opponents and can unlock new Splashtag and Emote options.

Opponents

Players can battle their way to the top by challenging the 'Splatsville locals', including a baby jelly (or someone named Baby Jelly) and Sheldon. These opponents are CPU-controlled.

A free update to Splatoon 3 will allow online play against other human players.

Boards

There are at least two different board shapes:

• a 9-by-26 rectangle (234 squares total), and
• a plus shape made from the union of a 7-by-23 rectangle and a 19-by-7 rectangle (245 squares total).

Quotes

“	Remember the discovery of the Tableturf Battle minigame in our Splatoon 3 Direct? SRL here - we wanted to make sure this competitive card game didn't get lost in the shuffle, so to speak. Collect cards, build out your deck, and see who can ink the most 2D table turf to win! Of course, Tableturf Battle is deeper than that, and we've discovered that an official manual exists! Nothing beats field research, but you can get a tentacle up by reading through the manual carefully before starting a battle. Did you even KNOW there are Special Attacks?	”
— @SplatoonNA on Twitter

Trivia

• Some cards have similar postures to weapon illustrations and promotional materials.

Gallery

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  Tableturf Battle card sleeve

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  Tableturf Battle card sleeve

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  Card List screen

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  Results screen

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  Tableturf Battle machines on the upper floor of the Battle Lobby.

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  Card illustrations

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  Card illustrations

Rules

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  Tableturf Battle: The Freshest Card Game

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  A One-on-One Turf War...with Cards!

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  Ink It All with Cards

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  The Rules of Inking

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  The Where and How of Inking

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  Special Points for You

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  Special Attacks Turn the Tide

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  Build Your Collection

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  Deck Out Your Cards