CardGame

The official name of the card game is Tetra Master. Many people all over the world play Tetra Mater. The only way to find out who plays is by challenging them. Tetra Master players never back down from a challenge. To challenge people, walk up to them and press the square button. If you challenge a person who isn't a player, he or she will probably just talk to you.

You need to know how to ply the card game to finish Final Fantasy IX, since you must compete and become a finalist in the Treno Card Tournament event. You can find cards in hidden treasure chests throughout the game, and you receive them after defeating monsters. Not all monsters will yield their own card after battle; some monsters drop the card of another monster after the battle.

Card Basics

Describing Tetra Master is actually more complicated than playing it! When the card game begins, you must select five cards to play. You can't play the game unless you have at least five cards. You should choose cards based on the number of arrows they have, and by the statistics shown on the card. Both features of cards are explained later.

After selecting five cards, a 4x4 grid appears. Anywhere from 0 to 6 tiles on the game table can be blocked off, preventing you and your opponent from placing a card here. A coin toss determines whether you or your opponent goes first.

Card Statistics

The first number is the card's attack power in hexadecimal, from o to e, with e being the highest.
The second statistic is the card's attack type. P is physical, M is Magical, X attacks the lowest defence number, and A attacks the l lowest number ont the card.
The third number is the card's physical defense in hexadecimal. The fourth number is the card's magical defense in hexadecimal.

When two cards battle, the newly-placed card attacks using the attack number and the attack type. The newly-placed card's attack number is compared to the corresponding defense number on the enemy card. The card with the highest number usually wins, although there is a small chance that a weaker card can still beat a stronger card.

You can raise the statistics on some cards by playing wiht the same cards over and over and winning numerous Tetra Master games with them.

Card Inventory

You can view your catalog of cards at any time by selecting the card option from the main menu. You can never carry more than 100 cards. You should always discard weaker cards in the hopes offinding stronger or rare carrds. A weaker card is one that has few arrows and low stats.

If you end up with more than 100 cards after a game of cards, you must throw away cards of your choice until you have 100. If you want to collect all 100 unique cards, you can only carry one of each card.

Rare Cards

There are some very rare cards you can only obtrain by searching certain areas of the game. If you pass up these opportunities, then you may not be able to collect all 100 rare cards.

You can find rare cards in other ways, such as by uncovering treasure chests during the Chocograph side quest. There are also rare cards to obtain for various weapons, towns,airships, for most of the Eidolons, and for several of the Boss monsters and the rare items.

Collector's Rank

As you collect cards, you gain prestige as a Tetra Master Player. This is measured by your collector's Rank, a number between zero and one thousand that is vewable in the card menu.

To get the maximum number of collecter's points, you must collect or capture one of every card type, and each card must have a qnique arrow arrangement. You must also play with each card enough times until they all level up to attack type A.