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A Link (リンク, Rinku) is a term used in the Genso Suikoden Card Stories TCG. Links are what allow successive character cards to be played in the game.

Overview

There are nine link groups in the game, named in alphabetical order from A to I. They broadly represent a character's personal ties. Each non-Mastermind character card (a card from the Leader, Commoner, Craftman or Free types) has one or more of these links.

If there are no pre-existing links (i.e., when a mission card is first played) then only a Leader card can be deployed. Once a Leader card is played, only a card with at least one matching link is able to be deployed following it. This continues on, with the following card needed to match at least one of the combined links of the previous cards.

Collaborative characters tend to have high number of links, while powerful, authorative, or lone characters tend to have lower amounts of links.

Lists

References

Genso Suikoden Card Stories Official Rule Book 1st Edition, page 13

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-A '''Link''' (リンク, ''Rinku'') is a term used in [[Genso Suikoden Card Stories]]. Links are what allow successive character cards to be played in the game.
+A '''Link''' (リンク, ''Rinku'') is a term used in the [[Genso Suikoden Card Stories TCG]]. Links are what allow successive [[character card]]s to be played in the game.
 ==Overview==
-There are nine link groups in the game, named in alphabetical order from A to I. Each character card (a card from the Leader, Commoner, Craftman or Free types) has one or more of these links. Once a Leader card is played, only a card with at least one matching link is able to be played with it. This continues on, with the following card needed to match at least one of the second cards links and so on.
+There are nine link groups in the game, named in alphabetical order from A to I. They broadly represent a character's personal ties. Each non-[[Mastermind card|Mastermind]] [[character card]] (a card from the [[Leader card|Leader]], [[Commoner card|Commoner]], [[Craftman card|Craftman]] or [[Free card|Free]] types) has one or more of these links.
-==Example==
+If there are no pre-existing links (i.e., when a mission card is first played) then only a Leader card can be deployed. Once a Leader card is played, only a card with at least one matching link is able to be deployed following it. This continues on, with the following card needed to match at least one of the combined links of the previous cards.
-[[File:Link example chart.png|left|200px]]The Leader card [[McDohl (Booster Pack Vol.2 13)|McDohl]] has links in groups A, B, E and G. Once played to lead a Mission or Facilities card, the next character card must have one of those links.
-You may wish to follow up with the card [[Yuber (Starter Box & Booster Pack Vol.1 69)|Yuber]] but its links are C and H, neither of which are shared with McDohl, so it cannot be played. The Free card [[Mina (Booster Pack Vol.2 38)|Mina]], however, has links in E, H and I. Thus, it can be played following the McDohl card, as they share the E link.
+Collaborative characters tend to have high number of links, while powerful, authorative, or lone characters tend to have lower amounts of links.
-As Mina has links in E, H and I you can now play the Yuber card following it, as they share the H link, even though Yuber shares no links with the original McDohl card. If you wished to follow Yuber with the card [[Lorelai (Starter Box & Booster Pack Vol.1 146)|Lorelai]], you could not as even though it shares the A link with McDohl and the E link with Mina, the next card must be played off of the card preceding it, in this case Yuber's C and H links. So, in this case, you would have to play the card [[Zaj (Booster Pack Vol.2 47)|Zaj]], which shares the C link. From there, a card with the C or I link must be played.
-In this way, your range of options can be controlled and expanded or restricted depending on what cards you use to take advantage of the links available. This continues until the Mission or Facilities card is complete. Each Mission or Facilities card is a unique chain with no mixing or dependency on other chains elsewhere on the field.
 ==Lists==
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 * [[:Category:I link cards]]
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+==References==
+# [[Genso Suikoden Card Stories Official Rule Book 1st Edition]], page 13
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