We take apart the concentration cards (light blue and purple), deal five of those for each one and two ki cards (yellow), shuffle the rest of the cards and put it aside, forming the drawing deck. During the game, the technique cards that we've already played will go upside down to the other side. Drawing deck and discard zone represent future and past, respectively.
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| Concentration. Back. |
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| Concentration. Obverse. |
Each player put their concentration cards to the right aside, showing the light blue side. If we lose concentration during the duel, we must flip that cards showing the purple side. If all cards are flipped, it means death.
Then, we'll put first two ki cards in horizontal, in front of our concentration cards. This represent the spirit, from there we'll get ki cards for each turn.
Immediately we'll draw a three cards hand, representing our mind. However, no warrior can plan more than five techniques at the same time, so we can't have more than five cards in our hand at any moment.
For the last, all the zone beside the concentration represents the body, wich is where we accumulate ki to use it after with the different techniques. We are ready to start.