Luck & Logic (ラクエンロジック, Raku en Rojikku) is a media franchise created by Bushiroad with five other companies: Bandai Visual, Doga Kobo, Nitroplus, Lantis, and Yuhodo. It consists of a trading card game, with the first products released on February 28, 2016, and an anime television series by Doga Kobo.
In the year L.C. 922, mankind faces an unprecedented crisis. Following the conclusion of a hundred-year war on the mythical world of Tetra-Heaven, the losing demon gods sought a safe haven and invaded the human world Septpia. The government forced to fight by employing logicalists belonging to the Another Logic Counter Agency (ALCA), a special police that protects the streets from foreigners of another world. Logicalists are given a special power that allows them to enter a trance with goddesses from the other world. One day, Yoshichika Tsurugi, a civilian who is lacking "Logic" and lives peacefully with his family, meets the beautiful goddess Athena while helping people escape from a demon god attack. She wields the "Logic" that Yoshichika should have lost. This leads Yoshichika to an unexpected destiny with Athena. To the young logicalists whose natures are of "luck" and "logic", the future of the world has been entrusted.
It has been a year since the demon gods attacked the city of Naien and the world is at peace once again. Liones Yelistratova, a princess from a small country, begins her study at a school which is a special facility run by ALCA who trains logicalists to protect the peace of the world. Liones has a lot of unique classmates in Class 1-S. They include Nina Alexandrovna, a mature but loner student who takes pride as a logicalist; Mahiro Kyobashi, a student with talents for technology and likes searching for foreigners; and Yayoi Tachibana, the elegant class representative.
A 12-episode anime television series by Doga Kobo aired from January 9[6] to March 26, 2016. The opening theme is "STORY" by Kenshō Ono and the ending theme is "Meiyaku no Kanata" (盟約の彼方) by Emi Nitta.[7]
A new 12-episode television series titled Hina Logi ~from Luck & Logic~ (ひなろじ〜from Luck & Logic〜) aired from July 1[8][9][3] to September 23, 2017. Funimation has streamed both series in North America.[10] Muse Communication licensed both series in Southeast Asia.[11]
The Luck & Logic trading card game was officially released in Japan on January 28, 2016. Trial deck 1 and 2, Brave Logic and Rinne Logic respectively, as well as the first booster expansion, Growth & Genesis, was released in English on June 24, 2016. Booster set 5, Trance Re:union, was the last set released for English edition of the game, which was released on March 31, 2017.
Luck & Logic is played between two players with pre-constructed decks. Players take turns playing cards, using abilities, and initiating battles. The game ends when one of two win conditions are met.
There are two win conditions in Luck & Logic. A player wins by destroying all six of his opponent's gates or when his opponent refreshes twice. Refreshing is the act of shuffling one's drop zone (discard pile) back into the deck.
These decks consist of 60 cards in total, 50 cards in the main deck and 10 cards in the gate deck. The main deck contains member, tactics, and paradox cards, and the gate deck must consist of exactly 10 gate cards. You may have up to four cards of the same name in the main deck, and up to two cards of the same Gate number in the gate deck.
There are three types of members in Luck & Logic: Logicalists, Foreigners, and Tranceunions.
Logicalists and Foreigners are members that can combine through Trance to form Tranceunions. These members can be played from hand or "sortied" by paying its cost using "stock," as long as its level is equal to or less than the number of cards in the player's level zone. Tranceunions may have a Logic Drive ability that can be played in the main phase, as long as the Tranceunion has "soul" under it. Tranceunions obtain "soul" when they are played through the Trance method. If they are played from the hand without using Trance, they do not have "soul" and cannot use their Logic Drive.
Tactics cards are "event" cards that can be played during a battle, and they give the player's member an advantage in the battle.
Paradoxes are horizontal cards that, like Tactics cards, can be played during a battle. These paradoxes change the rules of the battle and may swing the outcome of the battle.
These are the cards that make up the gate deck. The gate cards are placed face-down on every circle. When a gate is destroyed, it is flipped face-up. Destroying all of the opponent's gates is a win condition.