Battle Card (Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam)

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Battle Cards are items introduced in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, being the spiritual successor the Badge system in the previous games. They are used in battle and have a plethora of effects: examples include temporarily boosting a certain stat, healing the party, reducing a specific group of enemy's Level, dealing damage to a specific group of enemies and boosting EXP and Coins earned at the end of the battle.

Battle Cards are introduced in Twinsy Tropics's dungeon. After freeing a Paper Goomba, the player receives their first cards. After that, previously unavaible Card Shops will officially open, and they can be also obtained by clearing Lakitu Centre quests or sometimes retrieved from defeated enemies.

In the menu, the player can set up a deck from his Battle Card collection from the Battle Card option. A deck can only contain 10 cards: no more, no less. Only one deck can be set up at a time. From this menu, the player can also clear its deck, restore it to the last setting, or make one randomly.

In battle

Once a deck is set up, it will show up in the Touch Screen in battle. Their effects can be used in exchange of Star Points: up to 20 of them can be obtained at once (30 with a Rank-Up Bonus). Each card uses a different amount of Star Points, from just one to about a dozen of them. Star Points can be obtained by succesfully attacking enemies and obtaining ranks like Great and Excellent: however, ordinary attacks can only add up to about a third of a Star Point, while Bros. Attacks and Trio Attacks can grant up to 3 Star Points at once.Template:Refneeded If a player doesn't want to use a card, they can turn it over to discard it. The status of a player's deck carries over battles.

Up to three cards can be dealt at once. If three of them are present at once, no more will come out, and the player has to use one or turn it over. When all 10 cards are used, they are shuffled again and the cycle repeats.

Other kinds of Battle Cards

Shiny Battle Cards

Shiny Battle Cards are a variation of ordinary Battle Cards. They are rarely dropped by enemies and are never sold in Card Shops. Their effects are similar to an ordinary Battle Card, however cost half of its Star Points (rounded up) and have a slightly stronger effect at the same time.

After Battle Cards are introduced, Shiny Battle Cards can be dropped by enemies at anytime. The player can learn about their effect by taliking to the rightmost Toad in a Card Shop-

Character Cards

Character Cards are a system similar to Battle Cards, but work with amiibos. To get started, one must first get a ? Card. ? Cards come in two variations: LV 1 ? Cards and LV 2 ? Cards. The second type is rarer but produces stronger cards. They are rarely dropped by enemies or alternatively bought for 200 and 800 Coins, respectively. From the menu, the player can make a random Character Card of the ? Card's level by scanning an amiibo. In battle, the player can scan an amiibo, pick a card and use it. That card can't be used again until the battle ends.

Two variations of them exist. The first is Duo Character Cards. If the game alerts the player they can make one, they have to scan a different amiibo (no data will be written on it) and the card will be obtained. They are more powerful than more card and feature an artwork of two characters at once.

Sparkle Character Cards are also stronger version of Character Cards, but are made differently. If the player has two amiibos and both of them have a certain card, they can both be scanned to make a card with similar, but amplified effect, and register it on both amiibos. They are shiny too, making them similar to Shiny Battle Cards. However, the player can only make one per day.

The first ? Cards are dropped by defeating Petey Piranha: after that, they can be freely bought and used. Mario and Luigi have 26 different cards, while Peach, Yoshi, Toad and Bowser all have 23 of them, having one less LV 1 Character Card, LV 2 Character Card and LV 2 Duo Character Card.

Enemies' Battle Cards

Some bosses also have their custom Battle Card decks. Some of them are Larry Koopa and Ludwig von Koopa, fought respectively in Twinsy Tropics and Neo Bowser Castle. They also have a personal Star Points counter (Dark Star Points in-game), which works similarly to the player's: if they fail to dodge enemy attacks and get hit, the counter goes up. Battle Cards are as well used by spending Dark Star Points and have different effects, including giving the Mini status to the party, reducing the party's ATK or DEF party, or hitting the party with 180 damage.

List of Battle Cards

Image	Location	Price/type	Star Points needed	Effect
	Card Shop	450 Coins	6	Restores 30% of all your characters' HP.
	???	Shiny Battle Card	5	Restores 20% of all your characters' HP.
	???	Shiny Battle Card	4	Restores 50% of all your characters' HP.
	Card Shop	600 Coins	8	Restores 30% of all your characters' BP.
	???	Shiny Battle Card	4	Restores 30% of all your characters' BP.
	???	Shiny Battle Card	6	Restores 50% of all your characters' BP.
	Card Shop	900 Coins	9	Ressurrects fallen party members with 25% of their HP.
	Card Shop	600 Coins	4	Raises your characters' POW by 25% for a limited time.
	Dropped by Monty Moles	Shiny Battle Card	2	Raises your characters' POW by 25% for a limited time.
	Given by Paper Goomba	N/A	3	Raises your characters' POW by 20% for a limited time.
	Card Shop	450 Coins	3	Raises your characters' DEF by 30% for a limited time.
	Given by Paper Goomba	N/A	2	Raises your characters' DEF by 25% for a limited time.
	Card Shop	450 Coins	4	Raises your characters' SPEED by 25% for a limited time.
	Given by Paper Goomba	N/A	3	Raises your characters' SPEED by 20% for a limited time.
	Card Shop	600 Coins	6	Raises the damage that player characters and enemies deal by 25% for a limited time.
	Card Shop	450 Coins	3	Lowers enemies' POW by 20% for a limited time.
	Card Shop	1200 Coins	5	Lowers enemies' POW by 30% for a limited time.
	Card Shop	450 Coins	3	Lowers enemies' DEF by 20% for a limited time.
	Card Shop	1200 Coins	5	Lowers enemies' DEF by 30% for a limited time.
	Card Shop	300 Coins	3	Lowers enemies' SPEED by 20% for a limited time.
	Card Shop	800 Coins	5	Lowers enemies' SPEED by 30% for a limited time.
	Card Shop	750 Coins	5	Can transform standard enemies into Goombas. Has a chance of failure.
	Dropped by Monty Moles	Shiny Battle Card	3	Can transform standard enemies into Goombas. Has a chance of failure.
	Card Shop	900 Coins	8	Lowers Piranha Plant enemies' levels by 5.
	Card Shop	2400 Coins	9	Lowers the Koopalings' levels by 5.
	Card Shop	4800 Coins	10	Lowers Bowser's and Bowser Jr.'s levels by 5.
	Card Shop	750 Coins	2	Boosts the Star Points you earn per succesful action by 50% for a time.
	Given by Paper Goomba	N/A	2	Boosts the Star Points you earn per succesful action by 25% for a time.
	Given by Paper Goomba	N/A	1	Boosts your Star Points by 20% if you avoid the next enemy attack.
	Given by Lakitu after clearing 20 quests	N/A	3	Boosts your Star Points by 50% if you avoid the next enemy attack.
	Card Sbop	1050 Coins	2	Deals damage to each of your characters equal to 50% of their max HP, and grants up to 6 Star Points.
	Card Shop	750 Coins	2	Takes a small number of your Coins (based on your level) in exchange for up to 6 Star Points.
	Given by Paper Goomba	N/A	4	Hits all enemies with 20 damage.
	Card Shop	600 Coins	6	Hits all enemies with 30 damage.
	Card Shop	1600 Coins	7	Hits all enemies with 60 damage.
	Given by Paper Goomba	N/A	5	Hits all enemies 3 times with 10 damage.
	Card Shop	1200 Coins	9	Hits all enemies 4 times with 15 damage.
	Card Shop	3200 Coins	11	Hits all enemies 5 times with 20 damage.
	Card Shop	450 Coins	6	Hits all spiky monsters with 50 damage.
	Card Shop	450 Coins	6	Hits all flying monsters with 50 damage.
	Given by Paper Goomba	N/A	4	Hits all paper monsters with 30 damage.
	Card Shop	600 Coins	6	Hits all paper monsters with 50 damage.
	Card Shop	1200 Coins	8	Hits all shiny paper monsters with 100 damage.
	Card Shop	600 Coins	6	Hits all shelled monsters with 50 damage.
	Card Shop	1200 Coins	2	Defeats Goombas.
	Card Shop	750 Coins	6	Nullifies all damage to your party 2 times.
	Given by Paper Goomba	N/A	4	Nullifies all damage to your party once when using Emergency Block.
	Card Shop	600 Coins	5	Nullifies all damage to your party 2 times when using Emergency Block.
	Card Shop	450 Coins	4	Nullifies 1 instance of damage over 50 to your party.
	Card Shop	300 Coins	3	For a limited time, reduces all damage by an addition 40% when using Emergency Block.
	Card Shop	450 Coins	4	Earns twice the EXP when defeating an enemy with this attack.
	Card Shop	1200 Coins	4	Earns twice the Coins when defeating an enemy with this attack.
	Given by Paper Goomba	N/A	4	Increases the EXP earned after battle by 25%.
	Card Shop	600 Coins	5	Increases the EXP earned after battle by 50%.
	Given by Paper Goomba	N/A	4	Increases the Coins earned after battle by 25%.
	Card Shop	1600 Coins	5	Increases the Coins earned after battle by 50%.
	Card Shop	1600 Coins	6	Maxes out Paper Mario's copies.

List of amiibo Cards

Mario

Image/Artwork used	Card type	Effect
	LV 1 Card	Nullifies all damage to your party once.
	LV 1 Card	Removes status effects from all your characters.
	LV 1 Card	Increases the card earned after battle by 30%.

Luigi

Image/Artwork used	Card type	Effect
	LV 1 Card	Removes status effects from all your characters.
File:Small Luigi Artwork - New Super Luigi U.png	LV 1 Card	Doubles your chance of Lucky Hits.

Peach

Image/Artwork used	Card type	Effect
	LV 1 Card	Restores 30% of the user's BP.
File:PrincessToadstoolSMB.gif	LV 1 Card	Doubles your chances of Lucky Hits.

Yoshi

Image/Artwork used	Card type	Effect
	LV 1 Card	Restores 30% of the user's HP.
File:MnL Yoshispecies.jpg	LV 1 Card	Removes status effects from all your characters.
	LV 1 Card	Gives 1 consumable item as a present. What you'll get is a surprise.
	LV 2 Card	Quadruples your chances of Lucky Hits.

Toad

Image/Artwork used	Card type	Effect
	LV 1 Card	Lowers enemies' DEF by 20% for a limited time.
File:Mushroom retainer.gif	LV 1 Card	Can transform standard enemies into Mushrooms. Has a chance of failure.
File:Toad Artwork - Mario Party 9.png	LV 2 Card	Triggers a Lucky Attacks. Using a Lucky Attack right away guarantees a Lucky Hit.

Bowser

Image/Artwork used	Card type	Effect
	LV 1 Card	Increases POW in proportion to the damage you've taken in the battle.
File:BowserSMB.png	LV 1 Card	Raises the damage that player characters and enemies deal by 25% for a limited time.
File:Pprbwsr.png	LV 2 Card	Maxes out Paper Mario's copies.
	LV 2 Card	Forces an enemy to drop an item it's carrying.

Trivia

• One of the amiibo Cards that can be created with a Bowser amiibo has a picture of Antasma on the front. This is because the card uses artwork from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, where both characters are featured in some of the same pieces of artwork.
• Just like Stickers in Paper Mario: Sticker Star, shiny Battle Cards can change the angle of the reflection by tilting the system.

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