Lost Souls
The souls players collect from bosses in the card game The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls.
In The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls, the card game designed by Edmund McMillen with Danielle McMillen and Tyler Glaiel, players control characters such as Isaac, Judas, Maggy or Cain and defeat bosses to collect Lost Souls. The first player to acquire four souls wins, which gives the game its name.
Quick Facts
- Game
- The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls (card game, 2018)
- Win condition
- First player to four souls
- Bonus
- 3 bonus soul cards in the basic edition
Lore & Background
Souls come mainly from bosses. When a player kills a monster they gain rewards such as loot or money; if the monster is a boss, they gain a soul or souls on top. The basic edition includes 3 bonus soul cards for advanced play alongside eleven characters, 107 monster cards, 104 loot cards and 105 treasure cards.
Reader's Guide
On a turn a player may buy one item from the shop for 10¢, attack a monster and play one loot card. To attack they roll a die and must meet or beat the value on the monster card; a miss means the player takes damage instead. A player who dies ends their turn, discards an item, a loot card and 1¢, and deactivates their character and items. Players may work together against bosses, but only one of them reaches four souls first.
Did You Know?
- The Kickstarter for Four Souls hit its $50,000 goal within the first hour and a half and ended with 38,335 backers pledging $2,650,875.
- The Requiem expansion, launched in 2021 alongside Repentance, adds all 17 tainted characters.
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