History Main / CardsOfPower

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* Twisted Fate in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' fights with magical cards. His signature ability is imbuing his next attack with one of three effects: blue card (mana regen), red card (area-of-effect damage) and gold card (instant stun). He also talks like a Southern poker player.

* The early ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'' games had, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Personas]], summoned from cards.

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* ''Anime/DigimonTamers'': A drawing of a Digimon created by Takato went through a card swiper, causing the Digimon portrayed, Guilmon, to become real. Any other tamer could power up his digimon by swiping a card in his digivice.

* The early ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'' games had monsters summoned from cards... though ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' seems to favor pseudo-suicide as a method of demon-summon. For some reason Tarot-cards and related motifs are still hanging around in the more recent games, and influence what monsters you can create through fusion, among other things, but there's no indication that those cards are actual physical objects, rather than just a fanciful way of showing your progress with the various Links...
** In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' they are back to using cards, which the characters attack to summon their Personas. Yuu/MC crushes it in his hand, Chie kicks the card, etc.

* Nina the Fortune Teller from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'' naturally had a Tarot Deck she could wield as her penultimate weapon for the chapter she and her sister star in. While the cards' stats are left wanting by more powerful weapons from chapter five, many players will keep them around rather than sell them for the various useful effects actually using the cards like an item in battle would have (such as the Sun card completely replenishing your party's hp and mp). Naturally, being a luck based item, there were also negative effects the deck could grant, most notably that of the [[TotalPartyKill Tower card]].

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Hearthstone}}]]'': The card Deck of Wonders is based on the Deck of Many Things from ''Dungeons & Dragons''. It shuffles five cards into your deck that cast random spells when drawn.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Basil Hawkins has a deck of tarot cards, which, when presented during a battle, creates a variety of different effects depending on which card he draws and whether he draws it rightside-up or upside-down. Since some of them benefit himself and some of them benefit his opponents, and Hawkins cannot know the order of the cards to use them, doing so turns any battle into a LuckBasedMission. However, Hawkins has memorized all of the effects and is well-prepared for any of them to come up, especially the ones that put him at a disadvantage.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. The Midnight Crew's have playing cards that become weapons (and vice versa).

** In ''Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiSuperheroTaisen'', the Goseigers even loan some of their cards to the aforementioned Kamen Riders to help them deal with a powerful enemy.

A form of AncientArtifact, Cards of Power are small, rigid pieces of paper or cardboard which possess paranormal or magical powers. The abilities they possess vary widely from one narrative to another. In some works, they can summon creatures or monsters. In others, they are used to cast spells or as a TransformationTrinket. They are also often tarot cards and may use TarotMotifs.

* Twisted Fate in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' fights with magical cards. And talks like a Southern poker player.

* In three separate ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series (''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'', ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' and ''Series/KamenRiderDecade''), cards are used to give the heroes weapons. In the case of the last one, the hero also inserts a card into his [[TransformationTrinket transforming belt]] in order to Henshin. ''Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight'', being an adaptation of ''Ryuki'', also qualifies.

** In ''Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiSuperheroTaisen'', the Goseigers even loan some of their cards to the card-based Kamen Riders.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', supervillain Jackady (Simonsayz in the English dub) uses a magical deck of cards to control people.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', Jacques Grimault (Simon in the English dub) is a hypnotist who uses cards in his trick. Later in the episode, he gets turned into supervillain Jackady (or Simonsayz), who uses his now-magical deck of cards to control people.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', Jacques Grimault (Simon in the English dub) is a hypnotist who uses cards in his trick. Later in the episode, he gets turned into supervillain Jackady (or Simonsayz), who uses his now-magical deck of cards to control people.