Part 1: TCG Post

Every trader must have a TCG post. Personal websites and livejournals generally work best, although anything is okay as long as it's viewable to the public and easy to navigate. Try out FreeWebs if you need free space.

TCG Posts are basically your space on the internet to display your cards and logs.

Most players will include some stats like their name, level and card count on the front page of their post. You can then split up the rest into parts to display certain cards. For example, my personal TCG post is split up into collecting/keeping cards, might trade/trading cards, and mastered cards. Just be sure to keep it simple and easy to look through.

One of the most important parts of TCG playing is keeping a log. These logs tell me how you acquired all your cards. They should include a date, and whatever activity it was when you earned each card. For example:
2009.05.26: won Puzzle game, got keio14. traded romeo05 for color15 with Mary-sue. won Slots game, got aura02, prism08.

You can check out my personal TCG post Joyful to see a full example of what a TCG post should contain. Of course, the specifics and details are all up to you, but the main point is to display your cards and log cleanly.


Part 2: Earning Cards

1. You will first earn cards through- what else?- your starter pack! Just for joining, you will receive 2 cards from your choice deck, 5 random cards, and 6 random candies!

2. Once you've been taken off the pending list, you can take update freebies. Please don't take any freebies from updates made before you were taken off of pending though!

3. The most effective way of earning cards: games! By playing the various games that are available, you will receive prizes for winning. Instructions on how to play the games and what kind of rewards you will receive are shown on the individual game pages.

4. Another important method of earning the cards is trading with fellow members. When another player has a card you need to master a deck, you can ask them to trade for a card in your collection. After agreement, you can then delete the card you're trading away from your TCG post and add in your new card!

5. After all that trading and gaming has paid off, you will have mastered a deck, which comes with rewards! For a normal deck mastery, you will receive 1 choice card, 2 random cards, and 4 random candies. And note, when you've mastered a deck, those cards are basically locked and you're not allowed to trade them ever again.

6. Another relatively easy way to gain cards is by leveling up! There are 10 levels the you can progress through, based on your card count and number of masteries! Below shows the requirements for each level:


Levels 1 - 3, you will receive 1 choice card, 3 random cards, 4 random candies.
Levels 4 - 7, you will receive 1 choice card, 5 random cards, 6 random candies.
Levels 8 - 10, you will receive 2 choice cards, 5 random cards, 10 random candies.
Every 200 cards and 10 masteries onward, you will receive 2 choice cards, 5 random cards, and 14 random candies.

7. Now, you've seen candies everywhere in the rewards, yes? You must be wondering what they are! Candies are the form of currency at Ikeboys and can be used to purchase all kinds of cards that you'd want! Below are the 7 different types of candy offered:


Yay rainbow! Learn more on how to exchange these candies for cards that you want over at the shop!
Note: Candies cannot be traded between members!

8. Birthdays! When you fill out a form on your birthday over at the Forms Page, you will receive an extra special present just for you that'll consist of 1 choice card, 1 random card, and 3 choice candies!

9. Finally, there are also referral points! When a new member signs up and states you as their referrer, you will receive 2 random cards and 2 random candies for helping the TCG out!~