Super Auto Pets mechanics

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I’ve been playing a lot of Super Auto Pets recently. I was kinda late to play it because last year when it came out I was quite auto battler fatigued, so I couldn’t bring myself to try it. But I finally tried it like 2 months ago and have about 100 hours in it since then and I really really like it.

This is a good place for me to write this post because my thoughts on it are freshest, and I’ve already gotten most analytical insights I’ll get even though I’m going to keep playing it for hundreds of hours more most likely. And this happens because there are diminishing returns to such insights, since I’ve learned the most from the first 100 hours and subsequent ones will each teach less.

One example of this is that I distinctly remember the first ~10-20 hours of SAP feeling alien to me. I don’t think I’ve ever played a game that had quite this combination of mechanics (and by mechanics I mean what each unit does, not the fact that it’s an auto battler or that it has a rerolling shop) so they all felt very distinctly weird to me until it all started connecting.

So I’m going to spend this post going over every unit in the game and generalizing the mechanics. SAP has a lot of unique and good ideas that are very easily transferable to any game that is built around a rerolling shop (like SNKRX, Brotato, Just King, Underlords, TFT, etc) so it’s worth it to go through it thoroughly.

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Ant

The most sensible way of dividing SAP’s mechanics are in terms of triggers and effects. In the ant’s case, its trigger is faint and its effect is a stat change to a random ally. It also seems from the ant’s effect that effects in general should have two variables: what the effect is and its target.

Both the faint trigger and the stat change effect also behave differently depending on whether they happen in or out of combat. They are temporary for the former and permanent for the latter. This particular idea is something that is game specific that I’m going to largely ignore, even though it applies to a lot of the game’s mechanics.

This is because I can easily imagine a game where the difference between in and out of combat are irrelevant. For instance, if in your rerolling shop game units always die permanently when they die, then it makes no sense for there to be a difference in how faint behaves.

The same goes for another trigger like hurt. If units are always hurt permanently when they are hurt, then it makes no sense for the hurt trigger to behave differently. So given that this is game specific and it has no effect on the mechanic itself whatsoever, it can be safely ignored.

So from the ant we could start with something like this:

Trigger	Description
Faint	when a unit dies

Effect	Description
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat

Effect target	Description
Random ally	a random ally

The way to build a unit generally is to take one thing from each table. So the ant would be something like:

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: random ally

And the point of laying out the game’s mechanics in tables like this is that it makes it easier to visualize and then iterate upon, provided you’ve chosen the right level of abstraction for your tables. In this case, triggers and effects are very obviously right, so it will work OK.

Beaver

Trigger	Description
Faint	when the unit dies
Sell	when the unit is sold

Effect target	Description
N random allies	where N >= 1

Just a small change from the previous random ally effect target to avoid having to repeat it in the table for multiple targets. The beaver would look like this:

• Trigger: sell
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 2 random allies

I’m not going to repeat this for every unit. For units where a new trigger/effect/effect target exists, I’ll just add the new element and it will be bolded like this. And for units that can be built from elements that were previously added then I’ll show how they should be built instead.

Cricket

Effect	Description
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Summon	summons another unit

Duck

Effect target	Description
All shop units
N random allies	where N >= 1

Fish

Trigger	Description
Faint	when the unit dies
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold

Horse

Here we have a new effect type which has a condition (until the end of battle) attached to it. I know that the right move is to separate conditions into their own table because there are going to be more (at least I think so), so that’s what I’ll do here.

Trigger	Description
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Faint	when the unit dies
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold

Effect condition	Description
Until the end of battle	the effect will persist until the next battle ends

Effect target	Description
All shop units
All summoned allies
N random allies	where N >= 1

The problem with ally summoned is that it inherently ties itself to the effect target, in this case, the ally that was summoned. This makes it less composable, so initially I decided to add an N summoned allies effect target instead to see how it goes.

The problem with N summoned allies though is that it was just wrong. For instance, if we wanted to describe the horse using it we could do something like “Ally summoned -> Give 1 summoned ally +N attack until the end of battle”. But this is wrong, because it implies that the horse only gives the buff to 1 summoned ally, instead of any ally that is summoned.

Which means that I actually needed to add all summoned allies instead as an effect target. But can all summoned allies be composed with triggers other than ally summoned? Kind of. I can initially imagine a unit like “Level-up -> Give all summoned allies +N attack”. The problem is that this wouldn’t be immediate, because unless a unit is summoned when the level up happens nothing will happen since there will be no targets.

A way to fix this is to add an effect condition like this turn. So we would change our imagined unit to “Level-up -> Give all allies summoned this turn +N attack”. This makes what it does clear and also seems to compose well with other triggers. This also makes the N summoned allies effect target work, for instance “Level-up -> Give 2 allies summoned this turn +N attack”.

This little derail is a good example of why it’s good to go through a game’s mechanics like this. You can’t ignore details and you also get the opportunity to think very clearly about the game and how you would use its ideas in your own games.

For the types of games that I want to make, which are build heavy games, I’m also always looking at the question of “how can this mechanic be made more composable” because when you manage to answer that question correctly you get a lot of gameplay out of relatively simple coding.

Mosquito

Trigger	Description
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Faint	when the unit dies
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts

Effect	Description
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Summon	summons another unit

Effect target	Description
All shop units
All summoned allies
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random enemies	where N >= 1

Otter

Trigger	Description
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Buy	when the unit is bought
Faint	when the unit dies
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts

Pig

Effect	Description
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Summon	summons another unit

Because this is meant for other games, we can more generally define any non-unit stat such as gold as a “player resource”.

Beetle

Trigger	Description
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
Faint	when the unit dies
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts

Effect target	Description
All shop units
All summoned allies
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random enemies	where N >= 1

Because this is meant for other games, we’re calling “shop food” an item instead, since it’s a more general description of the same idea for most rerolling shop games.

Bluebird

Trigger	Description
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Faint	when the unit dies
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts

Ladybug

Trigger	Description
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Faint	when the unit dies
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts

Effect target	Description
All shop units
All summoned allies
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it

Cockroach

Trigger	Description
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Faint	when the unit dies
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts

Effect	Description
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Summon	summons another unit

Duckling

The first unit where nothing new is needed to describe it. It can be described as:

• Trigger: sell
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 1st shop unit

Frog

Effect	Description
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Summon	summons another unit

Effect target	Description
All shop units
All summoned allies
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

For SAP specifically there’s a distinction between swapping of stats between multiple units (such as with the frog) vs. swapping of stats within a single unit (such as with lollipop). As these are different effects they should be separate in the effects table.

Hummingbird

Effect target	Description
All shop units
All summoned allies
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

“Strawberry friend” is too specific to SAP to be useful, so instead the more general classed ally is used, which means an ally of a given specific class, since auto battlers generally have the auto-chess class mechanic.

Iguana

Trigger	Description
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts

Effect target	Description
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Similarly to ally summoned, enemies summoned and enemies pushed tie themselves to the effect target, making them less composable. The fix is the same as before.

Kiwi

Nothing new.

• Trigger: sell
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 1 random classed ally

Mouse

Effect	Description
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Summon	summons another unit

Pillbug

Trigger	Description
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Effect target	Description
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

This has a SAP specific concept that also happens to work for SNKRX, but that might not necessarily work for other shop rerolling games, which is “behind”. For games where “behind” doesn’t make sense it can be changed to “to the left/right/up/down” or whatever other type of unit neighborhood set up that makes sense.

Seahorse

Effect	Description
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Summon	summons another unit

Chinchilla

Nothing new.

• Trigger: sell
• Effect: summon

Frilled Dragon

Effect condition	Description
Per specific ally	applies the effect based on the number of allies of a specific type
Until the end of battle	the effect will persist until the next battle ends

Kind of a weird condition, but this is the most composable version of it I think. Another variation of it would be per classed ally, which would apply based on the number of allies of a given class.

Marmoset

Effect	Description
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Summon	summons another unit

Moth

Effect target	Description
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Apple

Items should be described just like units but focused on their effects, generally because they don’t have triggers. You could try to describe them in a more complex manner, because you could also try to take into account when they’re held vs. when they apply instantly, but that adds unnecessary complexity for little gain.

So the apple, for instance, can just be described by its effect, which is a simple stat change.

Honey

• Effect: summon

Peach

• Effect: stat change

Strawberry

Effect	Description
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Summon	summons another unit

Keeping up with the theme that strawberry is equivalent to classes in other auto battlers, it makes sense to add the classify effect, which acts very similarly to items in Underlods that can add a new class to a unit.

Bacon

• Effect: stat change

Cookie

• Effect: stat change
• Effect condition: until end of battle

And with this all tier 1 pets and foods are done. It should go faster for the next tiers because a lot of the mechanics have already been covered.

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Crab

Effect	Description
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Summon	summons another unit

Effect target	Description
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
Most healthy ally
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Dodo

Effect	Description
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Summon	summons another unit

Effect target	Description
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
Most healthy ally
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Elephant

Trigger	Description
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Effect	Description
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Summon	summons another unit

The elephant is the first unit that has multiple effects. There are multiple ways of handling multiple effects, I’m personally just going to assume the simplest possible things: either the unit has multiple chains of “trigger -> effect + condition -> target”, or a single “trigger -> effect + condition -> effect + condition -> … -> target”. The elephant happens to be the latter, which would go like “before attack -> deal damage -> repeat -> 1 ally behind”.

Flamingo

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 2 allies behind

Not sure if there’s a difference between “faint” and “before faint”, but I don’t think there is.

Hedgehog

Effect target	Description
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All units
Most healthy ally
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Peacock

Trigger	Description
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Rat

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: summon

Technically there should be two different summon types, one for allies and one for enemies, but because summoning enemies seems kind of really specific to SAP I’m just not going to bother.

Shrimp

Trigger	Description
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Faint

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: summon

For all summoned units the specific type of unit that is summoned is decided directly by the summon effect, since there’s no real composability benefit to specifying it in any of the other tables.

Swan

• Trigger: start of turn
• Effect: player resource change

Bat

Effect	Description
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Summon	summons another unit

Dromedary

• Trigger: start of turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 1st and 2nd shop units

Tabby Cat

• Trigger: consumes item
• Effect: stat change
• Effect condition: until end of battle
• Effect target: all allies

Effect target	Description
All allies
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All units
Most healthy ally
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Atlantic Puffin

• Trigger: start of battle
• Effect: deal damage
• Effect condition: per specific ally (strawberry)
• Effect target: 1 random enemy

Dove

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 2 random classed allies

Guinea Pig

• Trigger: buy
• Effect: summon

Jellyfish

Trigger	Description
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Any level-up	when any ally levels up
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Koala

Trigger	Description
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally hurt	when any ally is hurt
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Any level-up	when any ally levels up
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Effect condition	Description
Limit triggers	applies the effect up to a max # of times per turn
Per specific ally	applies the effect based on the number of allies of a specific type
Until the end of battle	the effect will persist until the next battle ends

Panda

• Trigger: start of battle
• Effect: give stat
• Effect target: 1 ally in front

Panda has 2 effects, the first giving its stats, and the second is fainting. This is interesting because faint is a trigger, but sometimes it’s also an effect, like this in this case. The pill can be implemented in the same way in that its effect is fainting.

Effect	Description
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Faint	makes the unit faint
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Summon	summons another unit

Pug

Effect	Description
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Faint	makes the unit faint
Give experience	gives experience to a unit
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Summon	summons another unit

Salamander

Trigger	Description
Ally bought	when any ally is bought
Ally hurt	when any ally is hurt
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Any level-up	when any ally levels up
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Effect condition	Description
If specific ally	applies the effect if the ally passes a condition
Limit triggers	applies the effect up to a max # of times per turn
Per specific ally	applies the effect based on the number of allies of a specific type
Until the end of battle	the effect will persist until the next battle ends

Effect target	Description
All allies
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All units
Any hurt
Any bought
Most healthy ally
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

any hurt and any bought are the more composable versions of the units that are tied with ally hurt and ally bought, like the ally summoned situation.

Stork

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: summon

Yak

1. • Trigger: end turn
   • Effect: deal damage
   • Effect target: self
2. • Trigger: end turn
   • Effect: stat change
   • Effect target: self

Frigatebird

• Trigger: buy
• Effect: stat change
• Effect condition: if specific ally
• Effect target: 1 random ally

Gold Fish

Effect	Description
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Discount	decreases a unit's cost
Faint	makes the unit faint
Give experience	gives experience to a unit
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Summon	summons another unit

Raccoon

Effect	Description
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Discount	decreases a unit’s cost
Faint	makes the unit faint
Give experience	gives experience to a unit
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Steal item	steals item from a unit
Summon	summons another unit

Toucan

Effect	Description
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Discount	decreases a unit’s cost
Faint	makes the unit faint
Give experience	gives experience to a unit
Give item	gives your item to a unit
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Steal item	steals item from a unit
Summon	summons another unit

Wombat

Effect	Description
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Copy ability	copies another unit's ability
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Discount	decreases a unit’s cost
Faint	makes the unit faint
Give experience	gives experience to a unit
Give item	gives your item to a unit
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Steal item	steals item from a unit
Summon	summons another unit

Effect target	Description
All allies
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All units
Any hurt
Any bought
Highest tier enemy
Most healthy ally
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Cupcake

• Effect: stat change
• Effect condition: until end of battle

Meat Bone

This one’s a little weird, but if I were to implement it like a unit it would be something like:

• Trigger: attack
• Effect: deal damage

It’s dealing extra damage on each attack, so this makes sense.

Trigger	Description
Ally bought	when any ally is bought
Ally hurt	when any ally is hurt
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Attack	when the unit attacks
Any level-up	when any ally levels up
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Pill

• Effect: faint

As mentioned in the panda section.

Broccoli

• Effect: stat change

Fried Shrimp

• Effect: stat change

Croissant

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change

This is the kind of item where we have to ignore the fact that its effect can only happen while it’s held.

Tier 3

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Tier 2
Tier 3
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Tier 5
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Badger

Effect target	Description
All allies
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All units
Any hurt
Any bought
Highest tier enemy
Most healthy ally
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Blowfish

• Trigger: hurt
• Effect: deal damage
• Effect target: 1 random enemy

Camel

• Trigger: hurt
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 1 ally behind

Dog

• Trigger: ally summoned
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: self

Giraffe

• Trigger: end turn
• EFfect: stat change
• Effect target: N allies in front

Kangaroo

Trigger	Description
Ally ahead attacks	when an ally in front attacks
Ally bought	when any ally is bought
Ally hurt	when any ally is hurt
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Attack|when the unit attacks
Any level-up	when any ally levels up
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Ox

Trigger	Description
Ally ahead attacks	when an ally in front attacks
Ally ahead faints	when an ally in front faints
Ally bought	when any ally is bought
Ally hurt	when any ally is hurt
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Attack|when the unit attacks
Any level-up	when any ally levels up
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Effect	Description
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Copy ability	copies another unit’s ability
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Discount	decreases a unit’s cost
Faint	makes the unit faint
Gain item	gains a specific item
Give experience	gives experience to a unit
Give item	gives your item to a unit
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Steal item	steals item from a unit
Summon	summons another unit

Rabbit

Trigger	Description
Ally ahead attacks	when an ally in front attacks
Ally ahead faints	when an ally in front faints
Ally bought	when any ally is bought
Ally consumes item	when an ally is given an item
Ally hurt	when any ally is hurt
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Attack|when the unit attacks
Any level-up	when any ally levels up
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Effect target	Description
All allies
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All units
Any that consumed item
Any hurt
Any bought
Highest tier enemy
Most healthy ally
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Sheep

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: summon

Snail

Effect condition	Description
If lost battle	applies the effect if the previous battle was lost
If specific ally	applies the effect if the ally passes a condition
Limit triggers	applies the effect up to a max # of times per turn
Per specific ally	applies the effect based on the number of allies of a specific type
Until the end of battle	the effect will persist until the next battle ends

Turtle

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: gain item
• Effect target: N allies behind

Hatching Chick

1. • Trigger: end turn
   • Effect: stat change
   • Effect condition: until end of battle
   • Effect target: 1 ally ahead
2. • Trigger: end turn
   • Effect: stat change
   • Effect target: 1 ally ahead
3. • Trigger: start of turn
   • Effect: give experience
   • Effect target: 1 ally ahead

Owl

• Trigger: sell
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 1 random ally

Puppy

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat gain
• Effect condition: if player resource (gold) >= 2
• Effect target: self

Effect condition	Description
If lost battle	applies the effect if the previous battle was lost
If player resource	applies the effect if a player's resource passes a condition
If specific ally	applies the effect if the ally passes a condition
Limit triggers	applies the effect up to a max # of times per turn
Per specific ally	applies the effect based on the number of allies of a specific type
Until the end of battle	the effect will persist until the next battle ends

Tropical Fish

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: two adjacent allies

Blobfish

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: give experience
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 1 ally behind

Capybara

Trigger	Description
Ally ahead attacks	when an ally in front attacks
Ally ahead faints	when an ally in front faints
Ally bought	when any ally is bought
Ally consumes item	when an ally is given an item
Ally hurt	when any ally is hurt
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Attack	when the unit attacks
Any level-up	when any ally levels up
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Roll	when the shop is rerolled
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Effect target	Description
All allies
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All unfrozen shop units
All units
Any that consumed item
Any hurt
Any bought
Highest tier enemy
Most healthy ally
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Cassowary

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect condition: per specific ally (strawberry)
• Effect target: N random classed allies

Clownfish

• Trigger: any level-up
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: any levelled up

Effect target	Description
All allies
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All unfrozen shop units
All units
Any bought
Any hurt
Any levelled up
Any that consumed item
Highest tier enemy
Most healthy ally
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Leech

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: deal damage
• Effect target: 1 ally ahead

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: self

Okapi

• Trigger: roll
• Effect: stat change
• Effect condition: until end of battle
• Effect condition: limit triggers
• Effect target: self

Starfish

• Trigger: ally sold
• Effect: stat change
• Effect condition: if specific ally
• Effect target: 1 random ally

Toad

• Trigger: enemy hurt
• Effect: status effect
• Effect condition: limit triggers
• Effect target: any enemy hurt

Trigger	Description
Ally ahead attacks	when an ally in front attacks
Ally ahead faints	when an ally in front faints
Ally bought	when any ally is bought
Ally consumes item	when an ally is given an item
Ally hurt	when any ally is hurt
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Attack	when the unit attacks
Any level-up	when any ally levels up
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy hurt	when an enemy is hurt
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Roll	when the shop is rerolled
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Effect target	Description
All allies
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All unfrozen shop units
All units
Any bought
Any enemy hurt
Any hurt
Any levelled up
Any that consumed item
Highest tier enemy
Most healthy ally
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Woodpecker

Effect target	Description
All allies
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All unfrozen shop units
All units
Any bought
Any enemy hurt
Any hurt
Any levelled up
Any that consumed item
Highest tier enemy
Most healthy ally
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N units in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Aardvark

• Trigger: enemy summoned
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: self

Bear

Effect target	Description
All allies
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All unfrozen shop units
All units
Any bought
Any enemy hurt
Any hurt
Any levelled up
Any that consumed item
Highest tier enemy
Most healthy ally
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N adjacent units	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N units in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Emperor Tamarin

• Trigger: sell
• Effect: stat give
• Effect target: 1st shop unit

Seagull

Effect	Description
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Copy ability	copies another unit’s ability
Copy item to	copies this unit's item to another unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Discount	decreases a unit’s cost
Faint	makes the unit faint
Gain item	gains a specific item
Give experience	gives experience to a unit
Give item	gives your item to a unit
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Steal item	steals item from a unit
Summon	summons another unit

Wasp

• Trigger: upgrade shop tier
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: self

Garlic

Like the meat bone, you could describe this in terms of its trigger and effect. I would do it like this:

• Trigger: hurt
• Effect: take less damage

So whenever this unit takes damage, it will take less damage.

Effect	Description
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Copy ability	copies another unit’s ability
Copy item to	copies this unit’s item to another unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Discount	decreases a unit’s cost
Faint	makes the unit faint
Gain item	gains a specific item
Give experience	gives experience to a unit
Give item	gives your item to a unit
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Steal item	steals item from a unit
Summon	summons another unit
Take less damage	takes less damage from the next attack

Salad Bowl

• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 2 random allies

Cucumber

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change

Lollipop

Effect	Description
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Copy ability	copies another unit’s ability
Copy item to	copies this unit’s item to another unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Discount	decreases a unit’s cost
Faint	makes the unit faint
Gain item	gains a specific item
Give experience	gives experience to a unit
Give item	gives your item to a unit
Single stat swap	swaps stats within a unit
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Steal item	steals item from a unit
Summon	summons another unit
Take less damage	takes less damage from the next attack

Pineapple

This is essentially dealing more damage when the ability deals damage, so something like:

• Trigger: ability damage
• Effect: deal damage

Trigger	Description
Ability damage	when the unit's ability deals damage
Ally ahead attacks	when an ally in front attacks
Ally ahead faints	when an ally in front faints
Ally bought	when any ally is bought
Ally consumes item	when an ally is given an item
Ally hurt	when any ally is hurt
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Attack	when the unit attacks
Any level-up	when any ally levels up
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy hurt	when an enemy is hurt
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Roll	when the shop is rerolled
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Tier 4

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Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 4
Tier 6
Tier 5
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Bison

Effect condition	Description
If any specific ally	applies the effect if at least one ally passes a condition
If lost battle	applies the effect if the previous battle was lost
If player resource	applies the effect if a player’s resource passes a condition
If specific ally	applies the effect if the ally passes a condition
Limit triggers	applies the effect up to a max # of times per turn
Per specific ally	applies the effect based on the number of allies of a specific type
Until the end of battle	the effect will persist until the next battle ends

Deer

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: summon

Dolphin

Effect target	Description
All allies
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All unfrozen shop units
All units
Any bought
Any enemy hurt
Any hurt
Any levelled up
Any that consumed item
Highest tier enemy
Least healthy ally
Most healthy ally
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N adjacent units	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N units in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Hippo

Trigger	Description
Ability damage	when the unit’s ability deals damage
Ally ahead attacks	when an ally in front attacks
Ally ahead faints	when an ally in front faints
Ally bought	when any ally is bought
Ally consumes item	when an ally is given an item
Ally hurt	when any ally is hurt
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Attack	when the unit attacks
Any level-up	when any ally levels up
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy hurt	when an enemy is hurt
Enemy killed	when the enemy is killed as a result of this unit's attack
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Roll	when the shop is rerolled
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Parrot

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: copy ability
• Effect condition: until end of battle
• Effect target: 1 friend ahead

Penguin

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect condition: if specific ally
• Effect target: 3 specific allies

Effect target	Description
All allies
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All unfrozen shop units
All units
Any bought
Any enemy hurt
Any hurt
Any levelled up
Any that consumed item
Highest tier enemy
Least healthy ally
Most healthy ally
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N adjacent units	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N units in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
N specific allies	where N >= 1, ally specified in effect condition
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Rooster

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: summon

Skunk

• Trigger: start of battle
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: most healthy enemy

Effect target	Description
All allies
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All unfrozen shop units
All units
Any bought
Any enemy hurt
Any hurt
Any levelled up
Any that consumed item
Highest tier enemy
Least healthy ally
Most healthy ally
Most healthy enemy
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N adjacent units	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N units in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
N specific allies	where N >= 1, ally specified in effect condition
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Squirrel

Effect	Description
Add shop item	adds an additional item to the shop
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Copy ability	copies another unit’s ability
Copy item to	copies this unit’s item to another unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Discount unit	decreases a shop unit’s cost
Discount item	decreases a shop item's cost
Faint	makes the unit faint
Gain item	gains a specific item
Give experience	gives experience to a unit
Give item	gives your item to a unit
Single stat swap	swaps stats within a unit
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Steal item	steals item from a unit
Summon	summons another unit
Take less damage	takes less damage from the next attack

Whale

• Trigger: start of battle
• Effect: faint
• Effect target: 1 friend ahead

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: summon

This is a weird one because it has to store the unit it kills. I could try to encapsulate that into a composable mechanic, like “copy unit”, but I think it’s best to just go for something simpler like “summon”, which would summon a specific unit, and then that specific unit is specified to be the one it killed at a lower level of abstraction.

Worm

• Trigger: consumes item
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: self

Buffalo

• Trigger: ally bought
• Effect: stat change
• Effect condition: limit triggers
• Effect target: self

Caterpillar

• Trigger: start of turn
• Effect: give experience
• Effect target: self

• Trigger: start of battle
• Effect: transform
• Effect target: self

• Trigger: start of battle
• Effect: stat copy
• Effect target: strongest ally

Effect	Description
Add shop item	adds an additional item to the shop
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Copy ability	copies another unit’s ability
Copy item to	copies this unit’s item to another unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Discount unit	decreases a shop unit’s cost
Discount item	decreases a shop item’s cost
Faint	makes the unit faint
Gain item	gains a specific item
Give experience	gives experience to a unit
Give item	gives your item to a unit
Single stat swap	swaps stats within a unit
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Steal item	steals item from a unit
Summon	summons another unit
Take less damage	takes less damage from the next attack
Transform	transforms into another unit

Effect target	Description
All allies
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All unfrozen shop units
All units
Any bought
Any enemy hurt
Any hurt
Any levelled up
Any that consumed item
Highest tier enemy
Least healthy ally
Most healthy ally
Most healthy enemy
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N adjacent units	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N units in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
N specific allies	where N >= 1, ally specified in effect condition
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Strongest ally
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Llama

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect condition: if player resource (number of pets) <= 4
• Effect target: self

Lobster

• Trigger: ally summoned
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: any ally summoned

Microbe

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: status effect
• Effect target: all units

Anteater

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: summon

Crow

• Trigger: sell
• Effect: replace shop item

Donkey

• Trigger: ally faints
• Effect: push enemy
• Effect target: 5th enemy

Trigger	Description
Ability damage	when the unit’s ability deals damage
Ally ahead attacks	when an ally in front attacks
Ally ahead faints	when an ally in front faints
Ally bought	when any ally is bought
Ally consumes item	when an ally is given an item
Ally faints	when an ally faints
Ally hurt	when any ally is hurt
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Attack	when the unit attacks
Any level-up	when any ally levels up
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy hurt	when an enemy is hurt
Enemy killed	when the enemy is killed as a result of this unit’s attack
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Roll	when the shop is rerolled
Sell	when the unit is sold
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Effect target	Description
All allies
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All unfrozen shop units
All units
Any bought
Any enemy hurt
Any hurt
Any levelled up
Any that consumed item
Highest tier enemy
Least healthy ally
Most healthy ally
Most healthy enemy
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth enemy	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N adjacent units	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N units in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
N specific allies	where N >= 1, ally specified in effect condition
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Strongest ally
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Eel

• Trigger: start of battle
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: self

Hawk

• Trigger: start of battle
• Effect: deal damage
• Effect target: Nth enemy, where N = this unit’s position

Orangutan

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: least healthy ally

Pelican

• Trigger: end turn, start of battle
• Effect: stat change
• Effect condition: if specific ally
• Effect target: random classed ally

Platypus

• Trigger: sell
• Effect: summon

Praying Mantis

• Trigger: start of turn
• Effect: kill
• Effect target: two adjacent allies

• Trigger: start of turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: self

Effect	Description
Add shop item	adds an additional item to the shop
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Copy ability	copies another unit’s ability
Copy item to	copies this unit’s item to another unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Discount unit	decreases a shop unit’s cost
Discount item	decreases a shop item’s cost
Faint	makes the unit faint
Gain item	gains a specific item
Give experience	gives experience to a unit
Give item	gives your item to a unit
Kill	deals damage and kill a unit
Single stat swap	swaps stats within a unit
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Steal item	steals item from a unit
Summon	summons another unit
Take less damage	takes less damage from the next attack
Transform	transforms into another unit

Armadillo

• Trigger: hurt, faint
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: all allies

Dragonfly

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 1 random ally of each level

Effect target	Description
All allies
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All unfrozen shop units
All units
Any bought
Any enemy hurt
Any hurt
Any levelled up
Any that consumed item
Highest tier enemy
Least healthy ally
Most healthy ally
Most healthy enemy
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth enemy	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N adjacent units	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N units in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random allies of each level	where N >= 1
N random allies of each tier	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
N specific allies	where N >= 1, ally specified in effect condition
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Strongest ally
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Jerboa

• Trigger: consumes item
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: all allies

Lynx

• Trigger: start of battle
• Effect: deal damage
• Effect target: 1 random enemy

Mole

• Trigger: buy
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: two adjacent allies

Porcupine

• Trigger: hurt
• Effect: deal damage
• Effect target: attacking enemy

Effect target	Description
All allies
All shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All unfrozen shop units
All units
Any bought
Any enemy hurt
Any hurt
Any levelled up
Any that consumed item
Attacking enemy	the enemy that just attacked this unit
Highest tier enemy
Least healthy ally
Most healthy ally
Most healthy enemy
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth enemy	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N adjacent units	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N units in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random allies of each level	where N >= 1
N random allies of each tier	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
N specific allies	where N >= 1, ally specified in effect condition
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Strongest ally
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Canned Food

• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: all shop units
• Effect target: all future shop units

Effect target	Description
All allies
All shop units
All future shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All unfrozen shop units
All units
Any bought
Any enemy hurt
Any hurt
Any levelled up
Any that consumed item
Attacking enemy	the enemy that just attacked this unit
Highest tier enemy
Least healthy ally
Most healthy ally
Most healthy enemy
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth enemy	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N adjacent units	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N units in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random allies of each level	where N >= 1
N random allies of each tier	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
N specific allies	where N >= 1, ally specified in effect condition
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Strongest ally
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Pear

• Effect: stat change

Cheese

• Trigger: attack
• Effect: double damage (100%)
• Effect: remove item

Effect	Description
Add shop item	adds an additional item to the shop
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Copy ability	copies another unit’s ability
Copy item to	copies this unit’s item to another unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Double damage	chance to deal double damage to a unit
Discount unit	decreases a shop unit’s cost
Discount item	decreases a shop item’s cost
Faint	makes the unit faint
Gain item	gains a specific item
Give experience	gives experience to a unit
Give item	gives your item to a unit
Kill	deals damage and kill a unit
Single stat swap	swaps stats within a unit
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Remove item	removes this unit's held item
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Steal item	steals item from a unit
Summon	summons another unit
Take less damage	takes less damage from the next attack
Transform	transforms into another unit

Grapes

• Trigger: start of turn
• Effect: player resource change

Fortune Cookie

• Trigger: attack
• Effect: double damage (50%)

Tier 6

Start
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 4
Tier 6
Tier 5
Final tables
Rerolling shop genre

Boar

• Trigger: before attack
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: self

Cat

Effect	Description
Add shop item	adds an additional item to the shop
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Copy ability	copies another unit’s ability
Copy item to	copies this unit’s item to another unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Double damage	chance to deal double damage to a unit
Discount unit	decreases a shop unit’s cost
Discount item	decreases a shop item’s cost
Faint	makes the unit faint
Gain item	gains a specific item
Give experience	gives experience to a unit
Give item	gives your item to a unit
Item effectiveness	add, sub, mul or div to item effectiveness
Kill	deals damage and kill a unit
Single stat swap	swaps stats within a unit
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Remove item	removes this unit’s held item
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Steal item	steals item from a unit
Summon	summons another unit
Take less damage	takes less damage from the next attack
Transform	transforms into another unit

Dragon

Trigger	Description
Ability damage	when the unit’s ability deals damage
Ally ahead attacks	when an ally in front attacks
Ally ahead faints	when an ally in front faints
Ally bought	when any ally is bought
Ally consumes item	when an ally is given an item
Ally faints	when an ally faints
Ally hurt	when any ally is hurt
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Attack	when the unit attacks
Any level-up	when any ally levels up
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy hurt	when an enemy is hurt
Enemy killed	when the enemy is killed as a result of this unit’s attack
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Roll	when the shop is rerolled
Sell	when the unit is sold
Specific ally bought	when a specific ally or type of ally is bought
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Fly

• Trigger: ally faints
• Effect: summon
• Effect condition: limit triggers

Gorilla

• Trigger: hurt
• Effect: give item
• Effect condition: limit triggers
• Effect target: self

Leopard

• Trigger: start of battle
• Effect: deal damage
• Effect target: 1 random enemy

Mammoth

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: all allies

Snake

• Trigger: ally ahead attacks
• Effect: deal damage
• Effect target: 1 random enemy

Tiger

• Trigger: ally ahead uses ability
• Effect: repeat

The tiger makes another unit repeat their ability, which makes representing it in this system kind of awkward. Still, “ally ahead uses ability” is a fairly composable trigger so it should be added.

Trigger	Description
Ability damage	when the unit’s ability deals damage
Ally ahead attacks	when an ally in front attacks
Ally ahead faints	when an ally in front faints
Ally ahead uses ability	when an ally in front uses its ability
Ally bought	when any ally is bought
Ally consumes item	when an ally is given an item
Ally faints	when an ally faints
Ally hurt	when any ally is hurt
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Attack	when the unit attacks
Any level-up	when any ally levels up
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy hurt	when an enemy is hurt
Enemy killed	when the enemy is killed as a result of this unit’s attack
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Roll	when the shop is rerolled
Sell	when the unit is sold
Specific ally bought	when a specific ally or type of ally is bought
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Octopus

• Trigger: before attack
• Effect: deal damage
• Effect target: 2 random enemies

Sauropod

• Trigger: item bought
• Effect: player resource change
• Effect condition: limit triggers

Tyrannosaurus

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect condition: if player resource (gold) >= 3
• Effect target: all allies

Hammershark

• Trigger: start of turn
• Effect: player resource change
• Effect condition: if any specific ally

Komodo

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect: shuffle
• Effect target: all allies ahead

Effect	Description
Add shop item	adds an additional item to the shop
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Copy ability	copies another unit’s ability
Copy item to	copies this unit’s item to another unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Double damage	chance to deal double damage to a unit
Discount unit	decreases a shop unit’s cost
Discount item	decreases a shop item’s cost
Faint	makes the unit faint
Gain item	gains a specific item
Give experience	gives experience to a unit
Give item	gives your item to a unit
Item effectiveness	add, sub, mul or div to item effectiveness
Kill	deals damage and kill a unit
Single stat swap	swaps stats within a unit
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Remove item	removes this unit’s held item
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Shuffle	changes the positions of multiple units
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Steal item	steals item from a unit
Summon	summons another unit
Take less damage	takes less damage from the next attack
Transform	transforms into another unit

Effect target	Description
All allies
All allies ahead
All shop units
All future shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All unfrozen shop units
All units
Any bought
Any enemy hurt
Any hurt
Any levelled up
Any that consumed item
Attacking enemy	the enemy that just attacked this unit
Highest tier enemy
Least healthy ally
Most healthy ally
Most healthy enemy
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth enemy	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N adjacent units	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N units in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random allies of each level	where N >= 1
N random allies of each tier	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
N specific allies	where N >= 1, ally specified in effect condition
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Strongest ally
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Orca

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: summon

Ostrich

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect condition: per specific ally
• Effect target: self

Piranha

• Trigger: hurt, faint
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: all allies

Reindeer

• Trigger: before attack
• Effect: give item
• Effect condition: limit triggers
• Effect target: self

Sabertooth Tiger

• Trigger: hurt
• Effect: summon

Spinosaurus

• Trigger: ally faints
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 1 random ally

Stegosaurus

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect condition: until end of battle
• Effect condition: per turn number
• Effect target: 1 ally ahead

Effect condition	Description
If any specific ally	applies the effect if at least one ally passes a condition
If lost battle	applies the effect if the previous battle was lost
If player resource	applies the effect if a player’s resource passes a condition
If specific ally	applies the effect if the ally passes a condition
Limit triggers	applies the effect up to a max # of times per turn
Per turn number	applies the effect based on the number of turns
Per specific ally	applies the effect based on the number of allies of a specific type
Until the end of battle	the effect will persist until the next battle ends

Velociraptor

• Trigger: start of battle
• Effect: give item
• Effect target: 1 random classed ally

Alpaca

• Trigger: ally summoned
• Effect: give experience
• Effect condition: limit triggers
• Effect target: any summoned ally

Lioness

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: all shop units, all future shop units

Tapir

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: summon

Walrus

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: give item
• Effect target: N random allies

White Tiger

• Trigger: start of battle
• Effect: set level
• Effect target: N allies behind

Effect	Description
Add shop item	adds an additional item to the shop
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Copy ability	copies another unit’s ability
Copy item to	copies this unit’s item to another unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Double damage	chance to deal double damage to a unit
Discount unit	decreases a shop unit’s cost
Discount item	decreases a shop item’s cost
Faint	makes the unit faint
Gain item	gains a specific item
Give experience	gives experience to a unit
Give item	gives your item to a unit
Item effectiveness	add, sub, mul or div to item effectiveness
Kill	deals damage and kill a unit
Single stat swap	swaps stats within a unit
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Remove item	removes this unit’s held item
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Set level	sets the unit's level to a specific value
Shuffle	changes the positions of multiple units
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Steal item	steals item from a unit
Summon	summons another unit
Take less damage	takes less damage from the next attack
Transform	transforms into another unit

Melon

• Trigger: damage taken
• Effect: take less damage
• Effect: remove item

Trigger	Description
Ability damage	when the unit’s ability deals damage
Ally ahead attacks	when an ally in front attacks
Ally ahead faints	when an ally in front faints
Ally ahead uses ability	when an ally in front uses its ability
Ally bought	when any ally is bought
Ally consumes item	when an ally is given an item
Ally faints	when an ally faints
Ally hurt	when any ally is hurt
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Attack	when the unit attacks
Any level-up	when any ally levels up
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
Damage taken	when the unit takes damage
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy hurt	when an enemy is hurt
Enemy killed	when the enemy is killed as a result of this unit’s attack
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Roll	when the shop is rerolled
Sell	when the unit is sold
Specific ally bought	when a specific ally or type of ally is bought
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Mushroom

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: summon

Pizza

• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 2 random allies

Steak

• Trigger: attack
• Effect: deal damage
• Effect: remove item

Hot Dog

• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 2 random allies

Orange

• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 2 random allies

Popcorn

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: summon

Chicken Leg

• Effect: stat change

Soft Ice

• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: all allies

Tier 5

Start
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 4
Tier 6
Tier 5
Final tables
Rerolling shop genre

By mistake I did tier 6 before tier 5, but the order doesn’t matter so I can’t be bothered to fix it.

Cow

• Trigger: buy
• Effect: replace item

Crocodile

• Trigger: start of battle
• Effect: deal damage
• Effect: repeat
• Effect target: 5th enemy

Monkey

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 1st ally

Rhino

• Trigger: enemy killed
• Effect: deal damage
• Effect target: 1st enemy

Scorpion

• Trigger: summoned
• Effect: give item
• Effect target: self

Trigger	Description
Ability damage	when the unit’s ability deals damage
Ally ahead attacks	when an ally in front attacks
Ally ahead faints	when an ally in front faints
Ally ahead uses ability	when an ally in front uses its ability
Ally bought	when any ally is bought
Ally consumes item	when an ally is given an item
Ally faints	when an ally faints
Ally hurt	when any ally is hurt
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Attack	when the unit attacks
Any level-up	when any ally levels up
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
Damage taken	when the unit takes damage
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy hurt	when an enemy is hurt
Enemy killed	when the enemy is killed as a result of this unit’s attack
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Roll	when the shop is rerolled
Sell	when the unit is sold
Specific ally bought	when a specific ally or type of ally is bought
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Summoned	when this unit is summoned
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Seal

• Trigger: consumes item
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 2 random allies

Shark

• Trigger: ally faints
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: self

Turkey

• Trigger: ally summoned
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: any summoned ally

Chicken

• Trigger: specific ally bought
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: all shop units, all future shop units

Eagle

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: summon

Goat

• Trigger: ally bought
• Effect: player resource change
• Effect condition: limit triggers

Poodle

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 1 random ally of each tier

Fox

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: steal item

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: steal item
• Effect: item effectiveness

Hamster

• Trigger: roll
• Effect: player resource change
• Effect condition: limit triggers

Lion

• Trigger: start of battle
• Effect: stat change
• Effect condition: if highest tier ally
• Effect target: self

Effect condition	Description
If any specific ally	applies the effect if at least one ally passes a condition
If highest tier ally	applies the effect if this is the highest tier unit
If lost battle	applies the effect if the previous battle was lost
If player resource	applies the effect if a player’s resource passes a condition
If specific ally	applies the effect if the ally passes a condition
Limit triggers	applies the effect up to a max # of times per turn
Per turn number	applies the effect based on the number of turns
Per specific ally	applies the effect based on the number of allies of a specific type
Until the end of battle	the effect will persist until the next battle ends

Polar Bear

• Trigger: start of turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 1 random frozen shop unit

Effect target	Description
All allies
All allies ahead
All shop units
All future shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All unfrozen shop units
All units
Any bought
Any enemy hurt
Any hurt
Any levelled up
Any that consumed item
Attacking enemy	the enemy that just attacked this unit
Highest tier enemy
Least healthy ally
Most healthy ally
Most healthy enemy
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth enemy	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N adjacent units	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N units in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random allies of each level	where N >= 1
N random allies of each tier	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
N random frozen shop units	where N >= 1
N specific allies	where N >= 1, ally specified in effect condition
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Strongest ally
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Shoebill

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: all classed allies

Siberian Husky

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change
• EFfect target: all specific allies

Effect target	Description
All allies
All allies ahead
All classed allies	classed ally = of a specific class
All specific allies	specific ally = ally that passes a specific condition
All shop units
All future shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All unfrozen shop units
All units
Any bought
Any enemy hurt
Any hurt
Any levelled up
Any that consumed item
Attacking enemy	the enemy that just attacked this unit
Highest tier enemy
Least healthy ally
Most healthy ally
Most healthy enemy
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth enemy	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N adjacent units	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N units in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random allies of each level	where N >= 1
N random allies of each tier	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
N random frozen shop units	where N >= 1
N specific allies	where N >= 1, ally specified in effect condition
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Strongest ally
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Swordfish

• Trigger: start of battle
• Effect: deal damage
• Effect target: most healthy enemy, self

Triceratops

• Trigger: hurt
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 1 random ally

Vulture

• Trigger: ally faints
• Effect: deal damage
• Effect target: 1 random enemy

• Trigger: buy, sell
• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 1 random ally

Hyena

• Trigger: start of battle
• Effect: stat swap
• Effect target: all units

• Trigger: start of battle
• Effect: shuffle
• Effect target: all units

• Trigger: start of battle
• Effect: stat swap, shuffle
• Effect target: all units

Lionfish

• Trigger: before ally attack
• Effect: status effect
• Effect condition: limit triggers
• Effect target: enemy about to be attacked

Trigger	Description
Ability damage	when the unit’s ability deals damage
Ally ahead attacks	when an ally in front attacks
Ally ahead faints	when an ally in front faints
Ally ahead uses ability	when an ally in front uses its ability
Ally bought	when any ally is bought
Ally consumes item	when an ally is given an item
Ally faints	when an ally faints
Ally hurt	when any ally is hurt
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Attack	when the unit attacks
Any level-up	when any ally levels up
Before ally attack	before an ally is about to attack
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
Damage taken	when the unit takes damage
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy hurt	when an enemy is hurt
Enemy killed	when the enemy is killed as a result of this unit’s attack
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Roll	when the shop is rerolled
Sell	when the unit is sold
Specific ally bought	when a specific ally or type of ally is bought
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Summoned	when this unit is summoned
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Effect target	Description
All allies
All allies ahead
All classed allies	classed ally = of a specific class
All specific allies	specific ally = ally that passes a specific condition
All shop units
All future shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All unfrozen shop units
All units
Any bought
Any enemy hurt
Any hurt
Any levelled up
Any that consumed item
Attacking enemy	the enemy that just attacked this unit
Enemy about to be attacked
Highest tier enemy
Least healthy ally
Most healthy ally
Most healthy enemy
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth enemy	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N adjacent units	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N units in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random allies of each level	where N >= 1
N random allies of each tier	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
N random frozen shop units	where N >= 1
N specific allies	where N >= 1, ally specified in effect condition
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Strongest ally
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

Moose

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change
• Effect condition: mult lowest tier ally
• Effect target: 1 ally behind

Effect condition	Description
If any specific ally	applies the effect if at least one ally passes a condition
If highest tier ally	applies the effect if this is the highest tier unit
If lost battle	applies the effect if the previous battle was lost
If player resource	applies the effect if a player’s resource passes a condition
If specific ally	applies the effect if the ally passes a condition
Limit triggers	applies the effect up to a max # of times per turn
Mult lowest tier ally	multiplies the effect with lowest ally tier
Per turn number	applies the effect based on the number of turns
Per specific ally	applies the effect based on the number of allies of a specific type
Until the end of battle	the effect will persist until the next battle ends

Chili

• Trigger: attack
• Effect: deal damage behind

Effect	Description
Add shop item	adds an additional item to the shop
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Copy ability	copies another unit’s ability
Copy item to	copies this unit’s item to another unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Deal damage behind	deals damage to the unit behind the one that is attacked
Double damage	chance to deal double damage to a unit
Discount unit	decreases a shop unit’s cost
Discount item	decreases a shop item’s cost
Faint	makes the unit faint
Gain item	gains a specific item
Give experience	gives experience to a unit
Give item	gives your item to a unit
Item effectiveness	add, sub, mul or div to item effectiveness
Kill	deals damage and kill a unit
Single stat swap	swaps stats within a unit
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Remove item	removes this unit’s held item
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Set level	sets the unit’s level to a specific value
Shuffle	changes the positions of multiple units
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Steal item	steals item from a unit
Summon	summons another unit
Take less damage	takes less damage from the next attack
Transform	transforms into another unit

Chocolate

• Effect: give experience

Sushi

• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 3 random allies

Carrot

• Trigger: end turn
• Effect: stat change

Pepper

• Trigger: damage taken
• Effect: take less damage
• Effect: remove item

Stew

• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 3 random allies

Taco

• Effect: stat change
• Effect target: 3 random allies

Lemon

• Trigger: damage taken
• Effect: take less damage

Final tables

Start

OK, so now that this is all done we have a few tables that contain all the triggers, effects, effect conditions and effect targets that SAP uses. This is what the tables look like:

Trigger	Description
Ability damage	when the unit’s ability deals damage
Ally ahead attacks	when an ally in front attacks
Ally ahead faints	when an ally in front faints
Ally ahead uses ability	when an ally in front uses its ability
Ally bought	when any ally is bought
Ally consumes item	when an ally is given an item
Ally faints	when an ally faints
Ally hurt	when any ally is hurt
Ally sold	when an ally is sold
Ally summoned	when an ally is summoned
Attack	when the unit attacks
Any level-up	when any ally levels up
Before ally attack	before an ally is about to attack
Before attack	before the unit is about to attack
Buy	when the unit is bought
Consumes item	when the unit is given an item
Damage taken	when the unit takes damage
End turn	when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle
Enemy hurt	when an enemy is hurt
Enemy killed	when the enemy is killed as a result of this unit’s attack
Enemy summoned	when an enemy is summoned
Enemy pushed	when an enemy is pushed
Faint	when the unit dies
Hurt	when the unit is hit
Item bought	when an item is bought
Level-up	when the unit levels up
Roll	when the shop is rerolled
Sell	when the unit is sold
Specific ally bought	when a specific ally or type of ally is bought
Start of battle	when the battle starts
Start of turn	when the turn (shop round) starts
Summoned	when this unit is summoned
Upgrade shop tier	when the shop levels up

Effect	Description
Add shop item	adds an additional item to the shop
Classify	adds a class to a unit
Copy ability	copies another unit’s ability
Copy item to	copies this unit’s item to another unit
Deal damage	deals damage to a unit
Deal damage behind	deals damage to the unit behind the one that is attacked
Double damage	chance to deal double damage to a unit
Discount unit	decreases a shop unit’s cost
Discount item	decreases a shop item’s cost
Faint	makes the unit faint
Gain item	gains a specific item
Give experience	gives experience to a unit
Give item	gives your item to a unit
Item effectiveness	add, sub, mul or div to item effectiveness
Kill	deals damage and kill a unit
Single stat swap	swaps stats within a unit
Multiple stat swap	swaps stats between multiple units
Player resource change	add, sub, mul or div of a player resource value
Push enemy	pushes an enemy to a different position
Repeat	repeats the effect its attached to
Replace item	replaces shop items with other items
Remove item	removes this unit’s held item
Roll shop	rolls the shop
Set level	sets the unit’s level to a specific value
Shuffle	changes the positions of multiple units
Stat change	add, sub, mul or div of a stat
Stat copy	copies a stat from another unit
Stat give	gives a stat to another unit
Stat set	sets a stat to a specific value
Status effect	applies a status effect to a unit
Steal item	steals item from a unit
Summon	summons another unit
Take less damage	takes less damage from the next attack
Transform	transforms into another unit

Effect condition	Description
If any specific ally	applies the effect if at least one ally passes a condition
If highest tier ally	applies the effect if this is the highest tier unit
If lost battle	applies the effect if the previous battle was lost
If player resource	applies the effect if a player’s resource passes a condition
If specific ally	applies the effect if the ally passes a condition
Limit triggers	applies the effect up to a max # of times per turn
Mult lowest tier ally	multiplies the effect with lowest ally tier
Per turn number	applies the effect based on the number of turns
Per specific ally	applies the effect based on the number of allies of a specific type
Until the end of battle	the effect will persist until the next battle ends

Effect target	Description
All allies
All allies ahead
All classed allies	classed ally = of a specific class
All specific allies	specific ally = ally that passes a specific condition
All shop units
All future shop units
All summoned allies
All pushed enemies
All summoned enemies
All unfrozen shop units
All units
Any bought
Any enemy hurt
Any hurt
Any levelled up
Any that consumed item
Attacking enemy	the enemy that just attacked this unit
Enemy about to be attacked
Highest tier enemy
Least healthy ally
Most healthy ally
Most healthy enemy
Nth ally	where N >= 1
Nth enemy	where N >= 1
Nth shop unit	where N >= 1
N adjacent units	where N >= 1
N allies behind	where N >= 1
N allies in front	where N >= 1
N units in front	where N >= 1
N random allies	where N >= 1
N random allies of each level	where N >= 1
N random allies of each tier	where N >= 1
N random classed allies	where N >= 1, classed ally = of a specific class
N random enemies	where N >= 1
N random frozen shop units	where N >= 1
N specific allies	where N >= 1, ally specified in effect condition
Self	applies to the unit that triggered it
Strongest ally
Two adjacent units	applies to 2 units adjacent to the one that triggered it
Two adjacent allies	applies to 2 allies adjacent to the one that triggered it

We could do some refactoring here. Removing some things that are repetitive, adding some that are missing that are obvious, and so on. For instance, there are effect targets for “least healthy ally”, “most healthy ally” and “most healthy enemy”. There’s obviously one missing, which is “least healthy enemy”.

Similarly, we can see that often there are effect targets for allies, enemies and shop units. So we could add “most healthy shop unit”, “least healthy shop unit” as well. We can also see that there’s a distinction between frozen and unfrozen shop units, so we could add “most healthy frozen/unfrozen shop unit”, “least healthy frozen/unfrozen shop unit”. There’s also “strongest ally”, which is a different calculation than “most healthy”. And it’s also missing “strongest enemy”, “strongest shop unit”, etc.

You get my point, right? We can go from the things that SAP uses to a lot more that come obviously from just looking at the list. One of the benefits of doing an exercise like this is that if you choose the right level of abstraction, just looking at the tables generated gives you a lot of ideas for new gameplay.

Another benefit is that you can now just combine things from the different tables to create new units. There’s a total of 33 triggers, 34 effects, 10 effect conditions and 40 effect targets. So I’m just going to go on random.org and generate 3 random numbers from 1-33, 1-34 and 1-40. I’m going to omit effect conditions from this because they’re too specific, so it’s best to add them manually depending on what comes out.

The numbers: 13, 5, 11. This corresponds to:

• Trigger: before ally attack
• Effect: deal damage
• Effect target: all units

Well this sounds disgusting. But I can imagine it working if you keep the damage real low and add some limits. Something like:

Locust - 1/1 - Tier 3

Lv.1: Before friend attack -> Deal 1 damage to all pets. Works 2 times per turn.
Lv.2: Before friend attack -> Deal 1 damage to all pets. Works 4 times per turn.
Lv.3: Before friend attack -> Deal 1 damage to all pets. Works 6 times per turn.

It’s a locust because of locust swarms that deal lots of small damage! Maybe it would be cool? Let’s try another. The numbers were: 19, 24, 9. This corresponds to:

• Trigger: enemy hurt
• Effect: set level
• Effect target: all summoned enemies

This sounds positively weird and way too specific, but maybe something like:

Panther - 5/5 - Tier 2

Lv.1: Enemy hurt -> Decreases the level of summoned enemies by 1.
Lv.2: Enemy hurt -> Decreases the level of summoned enemies by 2.
Lv.3: Enemy hurt -> Decreases the level of summoned enemies by 3.

Doesn’t seem very cool or useful to me… I chose panther because it’s kind of the opposite of white tiger… Let’s try a last one. Numbers: 23, 14, 15. This is:

• Trigger: faint
• Effect: item effectiveness
• Effect target: any hurt

This one initially doesn’t seem to make much sense but I think it’s cool. The first thing to notice is that for any other unit that uses “item effectiveness” it doesn’t really have a target. So we can safely ignore the effect target for this one, which is good because it doesn’t make much sense anyway.

So we’re left with something that increases item effectiveness when it dies. Which means we could go for a canned food type of deal but instead of increasing the stats of shop units, it increases the stats of shop foods. The only thing left to consider is that this would have to happen only outside of combat, but there are other units with the “outside of combat” modifier. So we could go for something like:

Can’t think of an animal - 3/2 - Tier 2

Lv.1: Faint outside of combat -> Give all current shop foods +2 to attack and health effects.
Lv.2: Faint outside of combat -> Give all current shop foods +4 to attack and health effects.
Lv.3: Faint outside of combat -> Give all current shop foods +8 to attack and health effects.

So whenever you make this unit faint outside of combat (via pill, praying mantis, etc) it gives any current food shop a bonus to its attack and/or health effects. If there’s a pear on the shop and you sell this unit at Lv.2, then the pear will give a total of 6 attack and health instead of the original 2.

Of course you could change this to give it to all current and future shop foods, like the canned food, but then you’d have to find mess around with it more to balance it properly.

Rerolling shop genre

All of this shows that Super Auto Pets is both very cleverly designed and also very expandable. It has a clear set of composable parts that work well together, but most importantly, that work well on any rerolling shop game. Rerolling shop games generally have the following features:

• There’s a shop that offers units and can be rerolled
• The shop has levels and can be levelled up
• Units can be bought, sold, locked
• Units have levels and can be combined to level up
• Units have positions in relation to one another
• Units can hold items
• There’s a distinction between shop phase and combat phase

Maybe there are a few I’m forgetting, but the more of these features a game has, the more it can use SAP’s mechanics. For instance, in SNKRX the ability to freeze individual units doesn’t exist, which means that I can’t make any effects that make use of the frozen/unfrozen distinction.

In both SNKRX and Brotato, the units (which are the guns in Brotato) can’t hold items, which means that we can’t use any effects that have to do with items. In Just King, on the other hand, units can hold items, which means that things like “copy item”, “give item”, “item bought”, etc, can be used by it.

In pretty much all rerolling shop games units have positions relative to each other, which means that all effects having to do with “ahead”, “behind”, “nth position”, “adjacent” and so on can be used by them.

The point being that because SAP covers so much ground for all common ideas that exist in rerolling shop games, it can safely be used as solid ground to build from. Of course, a lot of its ideas exist in other games too. Lots of card games by definition will have notions of triggers and effects, and its not uncommon to see, for instance, a “trigger: hurt” out in the wild.

But what makes SAP unique to me is that it combines ideas specific to rerolling shop games and builds upon them in a very thorough and creative way. So if you’re making a rerolling shop game you should 1000% play SAP and get used to its mechanics, because using them will very easily make your game better.

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