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The Shuffle Bus played a pivotal role in driving fan-based competitive content for Ashes: Reborn from the game's launch until shortly after the final Time cycle's release in late 2022. Although the bulk of their biggest contributions were through video, Discor...

Direct reference material from Plaid Hat Games

Starting Off

Get started on your Ashes journey with help on what to buy, where and what to play!

Variants

Deckbuilding

A collection of theory on how to build a deck for Ashes PvP.

General Strategy

What do you do when your strongest unit is attacked? Why does it matter what you spend your dice on? These articles can provide guidance on how to build a strategy for every deck you play.

Red Rains

Competitive Scene Shufflebus (discontinued)

This collection focuses on the PvE version of Ashes.

Tournament Deck Lists

For posterity these are being cloned to The Jankyard's Ashes.live account. Rather than republish all of them, they are tracked in a Google Doc with the associated player and result (where available). ShuffleBus Deck Lists

Slashfest

Casual Play

A tournament using the Coal-Off game mode in Ashteki where both players play Coal using a randomly generated deck. The Coal-Off format was born of the idea that a player can win with Coal using a deck of thirty random cards. Coal’s Slash ability makes every c...

Common Confusion

Rulebook FAQ

Plaid Hat Games maintains a FAQ for Ashes Reborn, which can be found here. Other sources of confusion are listed below. Combat (Master set rules, page 10) "Blocking" vs "Guarding" Blocking is when one or more of your units intercept opposing unit(s) attacking ...

Where To Play

Learn to Play Starting Off

Ashteki https://ashteki.com/ The primary platform for online play. The majority of games and tournaments run by Ashes Discord members are played here. Felt Table https://felttable.com/ashes Felt Table is a fan created website to play card games against AI...

What To Buy - PvP

Learn to Play Starting Off

Ashes 1.0 vs Ashes Reborn 1.5 Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn was the original game developed by Isaac Vega in 2015. This game has been supplanted by Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Phoenixborn, developed by Nick Conley and released in 2021. Differences Ashes (201...

What To Play

Learn to Play Starting Off

Starting Off Precons https://wiki.ashes.live/books/learn-to-play/page/preconstructed-matchups ** Note this applies to player vs player ("pvp"). The Red Rains solo/coop game ("pve") has a campaign mode in which is it suggested you start with the precons. M...

Abbreviations

**Keep in alphabetical order Dice spreads are usually abbreviated using the following single letter assignments: N: Nature C: Ceremonial H: Charm D: Divine S: Sympathy I: Illusion T: Time These are abbreviations/short forms of terms or card names in A...

The Meta

The "meta" in Ashes is not as well defined as it is other card games such as Pokemon or Magic The Gathering. This is in part due to the depth and viability of the card pool for deck building, the nature of it being an extendable card game without rotation, and...

The Jankyard

Podcasts and Videos

Overview A podcast for Ashes Reborn, the extendable card game by Plaid Hat Games. We're here to talk about all things Ashes: news, events, the meta, and in particular what we like to call open-minded deck-building. Where to Listen YouTube: https://www....

Coal Roarkwin

The Lord of Iron, Coal is the Phoenixborn of Rustwatch. He is 514, born during the second century of the Sealed Age. He first appears in the Master Set's The Men of Iron and later in The Corpse of Viros. Alternate art Art from Master Set The Lord...

Jessa Na Ni

Jessa Na Ni is a Phoenixborn who uses blood directly in many of her magics, earning herself the name "The Red Queen". She first appears in the Master Set's The Bloodwoods Queen, and later as one of the ceremonial Phoenixborn in The Corpse of Viros. Alter...

Maeoni Viper

The Queen in Silver and Gold, Maeoni Viper is around 134 years old. She first appears in the Master Set's The Snakes in Silver, and has journeyed to Neverset to fight in The Blight of Neverset. Alternate art Art from The Snakes in Silver The Quee...

Noah Redmoon

Noah Redmoon is the last survivor of the Redmoon siblings, and the ruler of the ruined city of Viros. Called the Master of Shadows, he lived in an illusionary world until the Red Rains pulled forth a dragonic Chimera in his city. He first appeared in the Maste...

Saria Guideman