WIXOSS (pronounced wi-cross; Japanese: ウィクロス) is a Japanese Collectible Card Game developed and published by Takara Tomy, and a part of the WIXOSS franchise that includes the selector infected WIXOSS anime shows. The game debuted in 2014. Currently, the game is only produced in Japanese; a Chinese version was produced but has discontinued.
In WIXOSS, two players battle each other using an all-female cast of cards. There are seven types of cards, constructed into two decks: a 40-card Main Deck, and a 10-card LRIG deck. The seven types of cards are:
- LRIG: The player's main card that acts as the player's avatar. It's role and mechanics bear several similarities to the Vanguard in Cardfight!! Vanguard; players start the game with a level 0 LRIG, and once each turn can grow their LRIG, taking a LRIG with the same LRIG type but one higher level from the LRIG deck and placing it on top of the current LRIG (after paying the Grow Cost).
- SIGNI: The player's main support cards for the LRIG. SIGNI are summoned onto the field to fight alongside the LRIG. The limit on which SIGNI and how many SIGNI can be put onto the field is determined by the level and limit stats on the player's SIGNI: SIGNI on the field must have levels lower or equal to the LRIG's current level, and the sum of all SIGNI levels on the player's field cannot exceed the LRIG's limit stat.
- Resona: A special type of SIGNI in the LRIG deck that can be played when conditions are fulfilled.
- Spell, ARTS, Key, Piece: Cards with effects that take place immediately when activated. Spells are drawn from the Main Deck and activated from the hand, while ARTS, Key and Piece are in the LRIG deck and are activated from there. Keys stay on the field and apply their effects continuously, unlike the others.
SIGNI and spells make up all the cards in the Main Deck. LRIGs, ARTS, Resonas, Keys, and Pieces are stored in the LRIG deck, and no repeated cards are allowed in the LRIG deck. The cards in the LRIG deck can be looked at and used at any time, provided that their conditions and costs are fulfilled.
At the start of every game, players put the top 7 cards of their deck face down into the life cloth. Every time the player is directly attacked by SIGNI and LRIGs, the player will lose 1 life cloth (the life cloth is "crushed"). When all 7 are lost and the player is attacked, the player loses the game and the attacker wins the game. Whenever the player loses a life cloth, the removed card is checked if it has a Life Burst ability, which are triggered when they're crushed.
Cards have two kinds of costs in WIXOSS. The first is a generic "cost" which requires removing cards from the Ener Zone; the Ener Zone is filled once every turn, where the turn player can put one of their cards in the hand or a SIGNI on the field into the Ener Zone. The other cost is a "Coin" cost that is gained when the LRIG grows.
Cards in WIXOSS, just like Magic: The Gathering or Duel Masters, are also divided into five colors: White, Red, Blue, Green, and Black. These colors come into play when the player pays costs.
The game has three formats: All-Star, where all cards are usable, Key Selection (released in 2018), where only cards marked with a key or a Diva symbol are usable, and Diva Selection (released in 2020), where only cards marked with a Diva symbol are usable.
This game provides examples of:
- Comeback Mechanic: The Life Burst abilities, similar to the Shield Triggers from Duel Masters, are triggered when the player is damaged.
- Crossover: The game has a set of crossover cards with the Nijisanji Vtuber group, mainly the Female characters.
- Improbably Female Cast: All the cards in WIXOSS are girls.
