Redakai: Conquer the Kairu is an entertainment and gaming property created by Spin Master. It featured an animated TV show produced by Marathon Media and Zodiak Kids, directed and designed by Stephane Berry (Totally Spies!, Martin Mystery), which aired on Cartoon Network on July 16, 2011.[1] The Redakai Trading Card Game is set to release sometime in August 2011, featuring clear, plastic cards.
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The game of Redakai has two sets of rules, a set of "Basic rules" which plays much like a simple card game where the top card of a deck is flipped face-up to compare powers and another set of rules that utilize the full text on the cards. The cards are made of plastic instead of paper and use a system where several parts of the cards are clear to allow portions of the cards behind them to be revealed, much like the Wizards of the Coast game Hecatomb. The cards also use images created with Lenticular printing.
There are three types of cards: Characters, Monsters, and Attacks. Each player starts the game with three Characters. A player plays monsters on their own characters to change their abilities and defenses and play attacks on top of their opponent's characters in order to damage them. When the three yellow "health bars" on a character are filled in red, that character is knocked out. One must "KO" all three opposing characters to win the game. The game's power source, "Kairu", is how the cards are played in the full game.
The card game was released to hobby stores in June 2011 and saw a general release in August of that same year.
The 52 episode Redakai: Conquer the Kairu animated series produced by Marathon Media and Zodiak Kids , directed and designed by Stephane Berry debuted on Cartoon Network on July 16.[2] The series focuses on a 15 year old student of ancient martial arts, named Ky, who embarks on a quest to find the Kairu, a primordial alien energy source. Aided by his friends Maya and Boomer, Ky travels the world searching for the Kairu, while attempting to make sure that his extraterrestrial teenage adversaries don’t find it first.[3]
Spin Master has announced that Redakai will become a full franchise, featuring merchandise beyond the trading card game.[4]
Redakai has currently been in the process of distributing action figures including a card along with them.