Melder — Player Wiki#

The complete reference for Melder (0.1.0-alpha) — a tile-melding roguelike: Rummikub's set-building fused with run-based scoring, relics and an economy.

Melder — Complete Rules#

The full ruleset as implemented. Companion pages: Relics · Consumables · Bosses · Decks · Editions & Vouchers

Melder is a tile-melding roguelike: Rummikub's set-building fused with a Balatro-style run structure — blinds, relics, an economy, and exponential scoring.

1. Tiles & Groups#

The pool holds numbered tiles 1–13 in four colors (red, blue, orange, black), two copies each, plus Wild (joker) tiles. You play tiles from your hand into groups on the board. Exactly two group shapes exist:

Wilds substitute for any tile. In a run, a wild's position fixes which number it represents. No wilds on the first play of a run (see §3).

2. The Turn — Place, then Score#

Scoring is two-phase; you bank first, cash in once:

1. Place — select tiles, place a valid group. Its face values are banked as Chips; the group's shape adds Mult (below). Nothing scores yet — keep placing to stack the turn.
2. Score (a "play") — the single scoring moment. Banked Chips × total Mult, relics fire, the result adds to your blind score, and your plays-left ticks down.

Group Mult table:

The formula:

turn score = ⌊ Chips × (1 + Σ group mults) × relic effects × boss factor ⌋

Worked example: Set of three 7s (21 chips, +2.0) + Run 4-5-6 (15 chips, +1.5) → 36 chips × (1+2.0+1.5) = 36 × 4.5 = 162 before relics.

The POTENTIAL readout previews only Chips × group-Mult — relic effects stay hidden until you Score, so the real number beats the preview.

Left-panel readouts (below POTENTIAL, each appears only when relevant):

• ⚡ RUNE · this turn — pending one-turn rune buffs (×Chips / ×Mult / +Mult from The Star, Moon, Sun, Rune of Power) that will apply when you Score.
• 💎 HAND LEVELS — your permanent gem upgrades per group type, shown as level + accumulated bonus (e.g. Runs of 3 · Lv2 · +40c +2m). Cuts raise these forever; Black Hole adds 3 levels to All Groups at once.

Sound: the 🔊 button in the top-left corner (or the M key) mutes/unmutes everything from any screen; per-channel sliders live in ⚙ Settings.

Save backup: ⚙ Settings → ⬇ Export Save downloads your complete progress (current run, lifetime stats, deck unlocks, settings) as one file; ⬆ Import Save restores it — on another device, another browser, or after clearing browser data. Import replaces everything, so it asks twice.

Hand reset on score: after a scoring play (that doesn't clear the blind), your remaining hand recycles into the pool and you draw a fresh 14. This is the core tempo decision: cash out now and lose your half-built melds, or keep building. (The Water boss blocks this reset.)

3. The Opening Meld (30-point rule)#

Your first scoring play of each blind must bank ≥ 30 chips of face value (spreadable across several groups) and may contain no wilds. Until it's met you cannot rearrange board tiles.

4. Board Rearrangement#

Board tiles persist between turns and are raw material:

• Lift board tiles by clicking; recombine them with hand tiles into new groups. Every group on the board must remain valid (3+ tiles) after your rearrangement — stranded tiles must merge somewhere legal, or RESET undoes to the last valid arrangement.
• Drop into a meld: with board tiles lifted, click another meld's plate to put them straight into it (a run takes the tile at its place in the sequence; a set takes it at the end). The classic move works: a same-colour 7 dropped into 5-6-7-8-9 splits it into 5-6-7 and 7-8-9. Hand tiles are not dropped this way — new tiles score as the melds you place them in, so they go through Place.
• Nothing is final until you Score. Every move on the table between two scores is one step in that turn's transaction, and each step can be taken back. The table may be broken mid-turn (short melds, a lone tile); it only has to be legal when you Score. RESET undoes your newest steps until the table is legal again — it never takes back a valid placement.
• Scoring order is yours: melds score left→right, top→bottom, and you can drag a meld's plate (⠿) or any tile vertically to reorder whole melds, or drag a Set tile sideways to reorder within it. Order matters to relics like Chain Reaction (every 3rd tile) and Double Tap (first tile of each group). Runs keep their internal number order.

5. Patina — The Board Remembers#

Every meld on the table ages by one for each scoring play it survives untouched. Any change to it — lifting a tile, merging into it, reordering its tiles — starts it over at zero. A meld's age is remembered by its exact tiles in order, so a rebuilt meld is a new meld even if it lands in the same place.

On its own, ageing changes nothing. Three relics use it:

The Patina relics pay chips from the table, not a rescoring of old melds — in Melder only the groups placed this play score. Ages, counters and the lock all survive a save and reload. The Plant boss (relics off) switches the lock and the payouts off for that blind. A first Settled meld, a first craze and a first lock each show a one-time hint.

6. Dies — Arithmetic Surgery#

A Die is a one-use item (it sits in your item bar like a Scroll) that changes what a tile is. A rank on a card is a label; a Melder tile's 1–13 is a quantity, and a Die does arithmetic on it. Select the tile or tiles it works on first, then use the Die.

Conservative Dies keep the total pip value of your tiles; generative ones change it, which is why they are rarer in the shop.

Capstones (tiles above 13)#

A numbered tile worth 14 to 26 is a Capstone (its face says CAP). One rule:

A Capstone sits on top of a run of its own colour. One per run. The run underneath must be legal on its own - three tiles or more. It scores in full.

• Red 4-5-6 + red 18 is legal. Red 12-13-14 is not (the run underneath is only 12-13); red 11-12-13 + 14 is. Removing a Capstone never breaks a meld.
• To play one: select the run on the table and the Capstone in your hand, then Place. That rebuilds the meld, so its Patina age starts over; a Foundation meld refuses it.
• A wild never stands for a Capstone. Three Capstones of one value in different colours are an ordinary set (no wilds).
• A Capstone cannot be fused again (26 is the ceiling). The Mirror refuses it, the Ratchet leaves it, the Cleaver splits it back into two tiles of 13 or less.
• Capstones vanish when the ante ends (the bag is rebuilt).

The bag runs down#

The table is cleared only when an ante ends, so inside an ante the bag thins. The bag's count turns amber at 20 tiles and red, reading LOW, at 10, with one warning per blind. Fresh hands are dealt from the bag, Draw stops at zero, and an empty bag with an empty hand - before the blind is beaten - ends the run. Beating the blind with your last tiles wins first.

• Dies work on the table too: a tile in a meld can be split, fused or mirrored. Legality is by value — a 7 mirrored to 7 changes nothing, a 5 mirrored to 9 inside 5-6-7-8 leaves 6-7-8-9, still a run.
• A Die on a tile in a meld touches that meld (Patina: its age starts over, Yellowing's count with it), even if the values end where they began.
• A Die is part of your turn: nothing is final until you Score, and Reset takes a Die back and returns it to your bar. It cannot be used while a score is resolving, and never on the Foundation meld.

7. Run Structure — Antes & Blinds#

Beat 9 Antes; each is three blinds:

Ante base targets: 300 · 800 · 2,800 · 6,000 · 11,000 · 20,000 · 35,000 · 50,000 · 65,000. Deck modifiers can raise targets further (e.g. Obsidian ×1.5).

You have limited plays (scores) and draws per blind (deck-dependent; baseline 3 plays / 5 draws / 3 discards / hand 14). Failing to reach the target before plays run out ends the run. Ante 9's boss is always The Final Boss.

Boss blinds stay hidden until after the pre-boss shop, then the FIGHT card reveals the boss (its theme music loops) — FIGHT starts the blind. See Bosses.

Deadlock: if the pool is empty and no legal move exists, the run ends on the deadlock screen (a first-blind, zero-plays deadlock grants a consolation free reroll next run).

8. Economy#

Money buys relics, consumables, packs and vouchers in the shop.

Shop: 2 relics (rarity-weighted by ante) · 2 consumables · 2 vouchers · packs · Reroll (cost rises). Sell owned relics for half cost. Spare wilds sell for $2 each - any you own, hand or bag (bag wilds sell first).

9. Tile Finishes#

Tiles can carry one permanent finish (corner badge; hover for details). Applied by Scrolls, packs, and some relics:

10. Enchantments#

A second, stackable tile mark (colored dot, bottom-left; applied by Spirit items). One enchantment per tile:

11. Retriggers#

Retriggered tiles score their chips again (and re-fire their finish). Sources: Echo Enchantments, and retrigger relics (7-tiles, first-tile-per-group, every 3rd tile, high tiles, last play, Fizzing Potion's 5-play countdown). Retrigger counts stack across sources.

12. Relics — two-pass scoring#

Owned relics fire every scoring turn, left to right, in two passes: additive relics (+Chips/+Mult) first, then ×Mult relics — so multipliers always apply to your fully-boosted base. Drag relics in the topbar to reorder. Echo Chamber runs the whole sequence twice; The Ceremony disables a random relic each blind. Full list: Relics.

13. Consumables#

Four types, held in limited item slots (2 base): Cuts (permanent group bonuses), Runes (one-turn swings, used mid-play, cleared after the turn), Scrolls (tile modifiers), Spirits (disruptive one-shots). Full list: Consumables.

14. Decks, Unlocks & Profile#

Nine decks modify your starting rules (Decks). Unlocks are sequential: each full win (Ante 9) unlocks the next deck in order. The 📊 Profile (landing page) tracks lifetime wins/losses, best records (best run, best single turn, deepest ante, fastest win, most melds), and your last 10 runs with copyable seeds — the same seed replays the same run.

15. Seeds & Fairness#

Every run is driven by one seed (shown bottom-left and on end screens). The shop, the packs, the boss pick and the bag shuffles each draw from their own stream of that seed, keyed by ante and blind, so two players on the same seed see the same shops and bosses even when they play differently (only relics you already own are left out of the shop). Side bets (section 18) never touch the seed: a seeded run deals the same tiles whether you bet or not. Bot/QA tooling and the daily-challenge future both hang off this.

16. Keyboard Controls#

Controller (Steam Deck, any pad the browser sees): D-pad / left stick move the cursor; A selects (or drops lifted tiles into the focused meld); X places; Y scores; B resets; LB / RB slide a tile along its meld or the rack; LT / RT move the whole meld in scoring order; Select draws; Start opens help. Every table operation is reachable this way.

17. Big Scores Break the Board#

A single Score past a fixed line makes the table give way. It is presentation only: no tile, meld or relic is lost, and the pieces snap back afterwards.

Beating a deck's final boss shatters the screen for real: DECK BEATEN is stamped across the pieces and Mr. Meldy, the wild-tile mascot, leaps up cheering over the ending theme. Mr. Meldy also opens the game, juggling relics before the title is dealt out of the tile bag; any click or key skips it.

The sound for all of this is levelled with the rest of the game (every music track plays at the same loudness; the win and the ending sit a little above) - see the Sound & Music Review, linked from the wiki home.

18. Side Bets#

As each new blind begins (from the second blind of a run; never in the guided tutorial), the table offers three side bets on how you will clear it. Take one and the stake leaves your purse at once; clear the blind and meet the bet and it pays back the stake times its multiplier, listed on the cash-out screen. Miss it and the stake is lost. No bet - or simply playing on - skips the offer.

Stake: $3 + $2 per ante (capped at what you hold). A bet in play shows as a chip under the top bar, and it survives Save & Continue.

Offers are random (not from the run's seed). Only plays that actually score count toward runs only / sets only / long meld.

Generated from Melder 0.1.0-alpha game data.

Relics#

Melder has 131 relics. They sit in the topbar and fire every scoring turn, left to right, in two passes: additive effects first (+Chips, +Mult), then ×Mult effects — so a ×2 always multiplies your already-boosted total. Buy them in the shop, sell for half cost; drag to reorder (order matters!).

Common (30)#

	Relic	Cost	Effect
	Relic	$5	+6 Mult always
	Amber Glow	$5	+5 Mult per Amber tile in scored groups
	Tile Matcher	$5	x1.5 Mult if any Set scored this turn
	Run Streak	$5	x1.5 Mult if any Run scored this turn
	Hoarder	$4	+3 Chips for each tile you are still holding when you score (wilds not counted)
	Wallflower	$5	+5 Mult per color in hand that is NOT in any scored group
	Ripple	$4	+5 Chips per tile across all scored groups
	Modest Gains	$5	x2 Mult if every group played has exactly 3 tiles
	Collector	$5	+30 Chips per group played this turn
	Blue Relic	$4	+3 Chips for each tile still in the bag
	The Twin	$5	x2 Mult when you place exactly 2 groups this turn
	Tax Man ⚠BANE	$4	Lose $1 at the start of each blind, but x2 Mult when scoring
	Grim Mask	$4	+30 Chips per tile numbered 10+ when scored
	Sage	$4	Each tile numbered 1 scored gives +20 Chips and +4 Mult
	Balanced Scales	$4	+4 Mult per even-numbered tile (2,4,6,8,10,12) scored
	Wild Card	$4	+30 Chips per odd-numbered tile (1,3,5,7,9,11,13) scored
	Walkie Talkie	$4	Tiles numbered 4 or 10 give +10 Chips and +4 Mult when scored
	Smiley Face	$4	+5 Mult per tile numbered 11-13 scored
	War Flag	$5	+30 Chips for each remaining draw this blind
	Peak Ascent	$5	+15 Mult when you have 0 draws remaining
	Painted Glass	$4	+3 Mult for each relic you own
	Gold Mine	$6	Earn $5 at the end of each blind
	Cascade	$5	+1 Mult for each group scored this entire run (tracked, caps at 50)
	Underdog	$5	Lowest tile number in hand x2 added to Mult
	Smudged Tile	$4	+0 to +23 Mult (random each scoring)
	Crowd Favorite	$5	Permanently gains +4 Mult when you skip a shop pack
	Lucky Charm	$4	x3 Mult always. 1 in 1000 chance to be destroyed at end of blind
	Pareidolia	$5	Sets ignore color rules — any tiles with the same number form a valid set
	Toll Booth	$4	+$1 per group placed this turn
	Melting Ice	$4	+80 Chips, loses 20 per blind - melts away after 4 blinds (sell it before then!)

Uncommon (57)#

	Relic	Cost	Effect
	Patience	$6	x1.5 Mult if you have 8+ tiles in hand after placing
	Full House	$6	+10 Mult if hand contains all 4 colors after placing
	Twin Sets	$6	x2 Mult if a Set of 3 was scored
	Twin Runs	$6	x2.5 Mult if a Set of 4 was scored
	Full Spread	$6	x2 Mult if a Run of 4+ tiles was scored
	The Runner	$6	+4 Mult per tile in the longest Run scored
	Golden Ratio	$7	+12 Mult per tile valued 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 or 13 scored
	High Roller	$6	+5 Mult per tile valued 10-13 scored
	Low Rider	$6	+8 Mult per tile valued 1-3 scored
	The Dualist	$6	x3 Mult if both a Set AND a Run scored this turn
	The Banker	$6	+1 Mult for every 5 Chips scored this turn
	Square Relic	$5	+30 Chips for each group that has exactly 4 tiles
	Ice Cream	$5	+200 Chips, -15 per group already scored this blind
	Consortium	$6	Permanently gains +2 Mult each time any Set is scored
	Hologram	$7	Gains +0.5 Mult each time a tile is drawn
	Green Relic	$5	+1 Mult per scoring turn used, -1 per draw-only turn this blind
	Superposition	$7	x3 Mult if any group contains both a 1 and a 13
	Mirror	$7	Highest-value group score is added again as Chips
	Mirror Image	$7	After scoring, a copy of a random scored tile is added to your hand
	The Extender	$7	+1 Play this blind when you score a group of 5+ tiles
	Blade Dancer	$6	+4 Mult for each other relic you own
	Hit List	$6	x2 Mult if the most frequent tile color scored matches the daily target color
	Loan Shark ⚠BANE	$3	Lose $2 at the start of each blind, but x4 Mult when scoring
	Liquidator	$6	Earn +$3 extra whenever you sell a relic (including this one)
	Haggler	$5	Rerolling the shop costs $1 less (stacks with Telescope perk)
	The Arranger	$6	+3 Mult for each relic that changed position this round
	Wild Hoarder	$7	+10 Mult for each wild tile you are still holding when you score
	Drama Masks	$6	Retrigger all tiles numbered 10+ when scored (count their chips and effects twice)
	Paper Clip	$4	Retrigger the first tile in each scored group 2 additional times
	Dusk	$5	Retrigger all scored tiles on your last play of the blind
	Low Roller	$6	Retrigger all tiles numbered 2, 3, 4, or 5 when scored
	Echo Hand	$5	Retrigger all held-in-hand effects (Steel, Gold tile bonuses fire twice)
	Fizzing Potion	$6	Retrigger all scored tiles for the next 5 plays (then self-destructs)
	Star Map	$6	Gains x0.1 Mult every time a Cut card is used
	Hiker	$5	Every scored tile permanently gains +5 Chips (tracked per tile)
	Card Sharp	$6	x3 Mult if you play the same group type (set/run) as last turn this blind
	Quick Study	$5	Permanently gains +2 Mult per shop reroll this run
	Gold Rush	$6	+3 Chips for every $1 you have
	Gold Weave	$7	+4 Mult for every $5 you have
	Tumbler	$6	x3 Mult on your final play of the blind
	Vampire	$7	Gains x0.1 Mult per finished tile scored; strips the finish
	Last Stand	$5	Prevents game over if scored at least 25% of blind target; self-destructs
	Photograph	$5	First tile numbered 13 scored gives x2 Mult
	Lucky Cat	$6	Gains x0.2 Mult every time a Lucky tile triggers successfully
	Weathering	$6	+4 Mult for each tile drawn from the bag this ante
	Safety Net	$6	Gains +3 Mult whenever both sets and runs are scored in same turn
	Nest Egg	$5	+$8 when acquired (one-time)
	Golden Goose	$6	+$1 per play used this blind
	Dividend	$6	Interest cap +$3
	Double Seven	$5	7-tiles retrigger once
	Snowball	$5	+1 Mult permanently per blind won
	Green Thumb	$5	+2 Chips permanently per tile discarded (max +40)
	Run Master	$5	Runs get +15 Chips
	Set Master	$5	Sets get +4 Mult
	Fragile Power	$5	x3 Mult — 1 in 4 chance to break after each blind
	Yellowing	$6	Untouched melds gain +1 Chips per play and pay it every play. At +6 a meld crazes and SHATTERS back into the bag
	Foundation	$5	Your oldest meld is set in stone: it cannot be rearranged. It can still shatter

Rare (36)#

	Relic	Cost	Effect
	Snake Eyes	$8	Each 1 held in hand gives x1.5 Mult
	Blackboard	$7	x4 Mult if all remaining hand tiles are Black after playing
	Tile Lord	$8	Each 13 held in hand gives x2 Mult
	Lucky 7	$8	x4 Mult if any group scored contains a 7
	Rainbow Rack	$9	x3 Mult if any group contains tiles of all 4 colors (set of 4!)
	Obelisk	$8	Gains x0.3 Mult each time you play the same group type consecutively
	Long Haul	$8	x5 Mult if any Run has 6+ tiles
	The Chameleon	$8	Runs can include one tile of any color (rainbow runs allowed)
	Quick Draw	$8	Runs can skip one number (e.g. 3-5-6-7 is a valid run)
	Four-Fold	$7	Sets of 4 gain x2.5 extra Mult on top of base x2
	Sharpener	$7	+2 Mult permanently for each blind beaten this run
	Campfire	$7	Gains +2 Mult each time you sell a relic (grows over the run)
	Accelerator	$8	Earn +$3 extra per blind beaten (gold accumulates across the run)
	The Multiplier	$9	All other relics that add +Mult give triple their bonus (applied after all others)
	Copycat	$8	Copies the effect of the relic immediately to its right (same effect again)
	Dark Offering ⚠BANE	$2	Lose 1 play per blind (minimum 1 remaining), but x5 Mult when scoring
	Wild Dealer	$9	At the start of each blind, a Rummikub wild tile is added to your hand
	Absolution	$14	Nullifies all active Bane effects while owned. If sold, banes return.
	The Quadro	$8	x2 Mult if you place exactly 2 groups this turn and both share a tile number
	Rainbow	$8	x3 Mult if you score exactly 3 groups this turn
	The Family	$8	x4 Mult if you score a Set of 4
	Sequence Master	$8	x3 Mult if you score a Run of 5+
	Daredevil ⚠BANE	$7	+250 Chips, but -1 Play per blind
	Talent Scout	$8	Each Uncommon relic you own gives x1.5 Mult
	Driver's License	$7	x3 Mult if you have 8+ finished tiles across hand and board
	Mirror Meld	$8	If first play of blind has only 1 group of 3 tiles, copy those tiles to your hand
	Hit the Road	$8	Gains x0.5 Mult for every tile destroyed this blind
	Piggy Bank	$7	Stores $1 per blind beaten — sell to cash out
	Carbon Copy	$8	First group each turn scores twice
	Double Tap	$7	First tile in each group retriggers
	Mosaic	$7	x1.5 Mult if you play a tile of your most-held color (shown live on the relic)
	Long Game	$7	+5 Chips per tile in group beyond 3
	Board Lord	$7	+1 Mult per group on the board
	Color Pair	$7	x2 Mult if any group has exactly 2 colors
	The Spectrum	$8	x3 Mult if any group has 3+ colors
	Slow Cure	$8	Vitrified melds (untouched for 4+ plays) score their tile value again every play

Mythic (5)#

	Relic	Cost	Effect
	Canio	$0	Gains x1 Mult permanently whenever a tile is destroyed
	Triboulet	$0	Tiles numbered 12 and 13 each give x2 Mult when scored
	Yorick	$0	Gains x1 Mult every 15 tiles scored (permanent, tracked)
	Chicot	$0	Disables the effect of every Boss Blind
	Perkeo	$0	Creates a Negative copy of 1 random consumable at the end of each shop visit

Legendary (3)#

	Relic	Cost	Effect
	Echo Chamber	$0	All relic effects fire twice
	Chain Reaction	$0	Every 3rd tile retriggers
	Ancient Rune	$0	x4 Mult (always active)

⚠BANE relics carry a persistent downside. Order matters: drag relics in the topbar so your ×Mult relics fire after your +Chips/+Mult ones (the game already runs additive-then-multiplicative passes automatically).

Generated from Melder 0.1.0-alpha game data.

Consumables#

62 items across five types. You hold 2 item slots by default (perks raise it); click one in the bar to use it — Runes during a play, everything else anytime.

Cuts (10)#

Permanent bonuses to a group type. Applied instantly and pays on every qualifying group for the rest of the run. (Observatory perks amplify these.)

	Name	Cost	Effect
	Brilliant	$4	+20 Chips & +1 Mult to Runs of 3
	Cushion	$4	+20 Chips & +1 Mult to Sets of 3
	Step	$5	+25 Chips & +2 Mult to Runs of 4+
	Trillion	$5	+25 Chips & +2 Mult to Sets of 4
	Rose	$3	+10 Chips & +0.5 Mult to ALL groups
	Pavilion	$6	+30 Chips & +2 Mult when both Set AND Run scored same turn
	Cabochon	$6	+30 Chips & +3 Mult to groups of 5+ tiles
	Point	$4	+15 Chips & +1 Mult to single-group turns
	Prism	$5	+40 Chips to all groups (chip-focused)
	Baguette	$6	+3 Mult to all groups (mult-focused)

Runes (7)#

One-turn swings, used mid-play — double chips, ×Mult, or instant gold. The effect clears after the turn it boosts.

	Name	Cost	Effect
	Rune of the Star	$3	Use during play: doubles all Chips scored this turn
	Rune of the Moon	$3	Use during play: adds +10 Mult to this turn
	Rune of the Sun	$4	Use during play: x2 Mult this turn
	Rune of the World	$5	Use during play: +$5 gold immediately
	Rune of Power	$6	Use during play: x3 Mult this turn
	Rune of Abundance	$5	+1 Play this blind
	Rune of Sight	$4	Draw 3 extra tiles immediately

Scrolls (22)#

Tile modifiers — apply finishes, transform, destroy, duplicate or recolor tiles.

	Name	Cost	Effect
	Scroll of Shimmer	$4	Applies a Foil finish to a random tile (+20 Chips when scored)
	Scroll of Valor	$4	Applies a Bonus finish to a random tile (+30 Chips when scored)
	Scroll of Fury	$5	Applies a Mult finish to a random tile (+4 Mult when scored)
	Scroll of Chaos	$5	Applies a Wild finish to a random tile (counts as any color)
	Scroll of Fragility	$5	Applies a Glass finish to a random tile (x2 Mult, 25% shatter chance)
	Scroll of Tempering	$6	Applies a Steel finish to a random tile (x1.5 Mult when scored or held in hand)
	Scroll of Earth	$6	Cracks a random tile into a Geode (+50 Chips, fills any gap)
	Scroll of Midas	$5	Applies a Minted finish to a random tile (+$1 held at blind end)
	Scroll of Fortune	$5	Applies a Lucky finish to a random tile (1/5: +20 Mult, 1/15: +$3)
	Scroll of Lustre	$6	Applies a Lustre finish to a random tile (x1.5 Mult when scored)
	Scroll of Gilding	$5	Applies a Gilded finish to a random tile (+$1 when scored)
	Scroll of Dyeing	$4	Change up to 2 random tiles to a random color
	Scroll of Strength	$5	+1 to a random tile number (max 13)
	Scroll of Decay	$3	-1 to a random tile number (min 1)
	Scroll of the Hermit	$4	Double your gold (max $30)
	Scroll of Judgement	$6	Creates a random Relic if you have an empty slot
	Scroll of the Fool	$3	Recreates the last consumable you used this run
	Scroll of Flame	$3	Destroy 1 random tile from hand, gain $6
	Scroll of Swap	$4	Swap the number of 2 random tiles in hand
	Scroll of the Tower	$5	Destroy all tiles numbered below 4, gain $2 per tile destroyed
	Scroll of Lovers	$5	Applies one random finish to 2 random tiles
	Scroll of Wheel	$4	1 in 4 chance of a Coin Enchantment on ALL hand tiles; otherwise +$8

Spirits (19)#

Powerful, disruptive one-shots — relic/economy/hand manipulation with real trade-offs.

	Name	Cost	Effect
	Phantom	$5	Destroy 1 random tile, add 3 random finished tiles to hand
	Wraith	$4	Create a random Rare relic. Set gold to $0
	Specter	$4	Convert all hand tiles to one random color
	Banshee	$4	Destroy 3 random tiles, gain $18
	Counterfeit	$1	A misprinted banknote — worth anywhere from -$10 to +$10
	Revenant	$6	Copy a random relic you own. Destroy all other jokers
	Poltergeist	$5	Convert all hand tiles to one random number (1-13)
	Apparition	$8	Create a random Mythic relic!
	Eclipse	$7	Level up ALL Cut bonuses by 1 (all group types gain +10 Chips, +1 Mult)
	Coin Enchantment	$5	Enchant a random tile with Coin (+$3 when it scores)
	Echo Enchantment	$6	Enchant a random tile with Echo (retrigger — it scores twice)
	Facet Enchantment	$5	Enchant a random tile with Facet (creates a Cut card when scored in your final play)
	Quill Enchantment	$5	Enchant a random tile with Quill (creates a Scroll when the tile is destroyed)
	Cryptid	$6	Create 2 copies of a random tile in your hand
	Black Hole	$8	Level up ALL Cut bonuses by 3 (massive permanent boost)
	Soul	$7	Create a random Mythic relic (same as Apparition but from a different pool chance)
	Aura	$5	Add a random edition (Polished/Holographic/Chromatic) to a random relic
	Trance	$5	Enchant 2 random tiles in hand with random Enchantments
	Medium	$6	Force the next boss blind to be a specific one (random easy boss)

Dies (4)#

Arithmetic surgery — one-use tools that change what a tile IS. Select the tile(s) first, then use the Die; it is part of your turn (Reset takes it back), never during a score, never on a Foundation meld, and it touches the meld it lands in.

	Name	Cost	Effect
	Cleaver	$5	Split ONE selected tile into two of its colour that add up to it — you choose the split. Works on the table too.
	Crucible	$5	Fuse TWO selected tiles of the same colour into ONE worth their sum. Above 13 it is a CAPSTONE: it sits on top of any run of its colour and scores in full.
	Mirror	$7	ONE selected tile becomes 14 minus its value: a 1 is a 13, a 4 a 10, a 7 stays. Not a Capstone.
	Ratchet	$7	+1 to every tile of one colour in your hand (the colour of a selected tile, or pick one; 13s stay).

Generated from Melder 0.1.0-alpha game data.

Bosses#

Every ante's third blind is a Boss Blind: 2× the base target plus a unique restriction, hidden until the FIGHT card after the shop. Ante 9 is always The Final Boss. Counters: the Mythic relic Chicot disables every boss effect; the spirit Medium forces the next boss to be The Needle; the Director's Cut perks reroll a boss once per ante.

	Boss	Antes	Effect
	The Needle	1–5	Sets score half chips — runs are king this round
	The Head	1–4	Red tiles are worth 0 chips
	The Club	2–4	Black tiles are worth 0 chips
	The Silence	3–5	Suggest is disabled this round
	The Window	3–5	Blue tiles are worth 0 chips
	The Serpent	2–7	Groups must contain at least 4 tiles
	The Goad	5–7	Yellow tiles are worth 0 chips
	The Flint	3–9	All scoring is halved this round
	The Water	3–9	Drawing tiles is disabled this round
	The Plant	4–9	Relic effects are disabled this round
	The Eye	4–9	All groups played each turn must share the same type (all sets or all runs)
	The Mark	5–9	Boss target is 3× base instead of 2×
	The Tooth	6–9	Lose 3 blind-score points per tile remaining in hand when ending a turn
	The Psychic	7–9	Groups must contain exactly 4 tiles
	The Heart	7–9	One random relic is disabled each play
	THE FINAL BOSS	9–9	All scoring is halved · 1 random relic disabled per play

Generated from Melder 0.1.0-alpha game data.

Decks#

Chosen before each run; each modifies your starting rules. Unlocks are sequential: the Nth deck unlocks after N-1 total wins (any deck). Baseline: 3 plays · 5 draws · 3 discards · hand 14 · 3 relic slots · target ×1.

Ante base targets: A1 300 · A2 800 · A3 2,800 · A4 6,000 · A5 11,000 · A6 20,000 · A7 35,000 · A8 50,000 · A9 65,000 (Small ×1 → Big ×1.5 → Boss ×2).

Quartz#

+1 play, +1 draw, +1 relic slot, +$2 draft, 1 free reroll

Obsidian#

Standard deck — no modifiers

Hematite#

+2 board size, board groups +1 chip each, −1 draw

Amber#

Start with $20 extra, +$2 interest cap, −1 play

Garnet#

Hand size −3, all tiles +3 chips, +1 play

Sapphire#

x2 group mult, 1/3 chance groups fizzle, +1 discard

Emerald#

+2 relic slots, 4 relics in shop, −1 play, −$5 draft

Ruby#

x2 mult first group, +25% blind targets, −1 play after Ante 3

Painite#

−1 relic slot, x1.5 blind targets, +1 reroll, shop items +$2

Generated from Melder 0.1.0-alpha game data.

Editions & Perks#

Relic Editions#

Shop relics can roll an edition — a permanent frame upgrade on that copy:

	Edition	Effect
	Polished	+50 Chips
	Holographic	+10 Mult
	Chromatic	x1.5 Mult
	Negative	+1 Relic slot
	Crowned	+$3 per round

Negative uncaps your relic count (the extra slot belongs to the relic itself). Gilded pays its +$ at every blind payout.

Perks (Vouchers)#

Permanent run upgrades in the shop's perk row. Tier-2 perks appear only after you own their Tier-1 prerequisite.

Tier 1#

	Perk	Cost	Effect
	Passport	$8	Wilds may be used in your opening meld (they still count 0 toward the 30)
	Overstock	$10	+1 Play per blind (permanent)
	Wasteful	$8	+1 Draw per blind (permanent)
	Paint Brush	$10	+1 Relic slot (up to 6)
	Clearance Sale	$6	All shop items cost $2 less
	Telescope	$8	Reroll cost never increases
	Seed Money	$8	Interest cap raised to $10 per blind
	Cut Merchant	$6	Cut cards appear 2x more often in the shop
	Scroll Merchant	$6	Scroll cards appear 2x more often in the shop
	Hone	$7	Finished tiles appear 2x more often in packs
	Grabber	$10	+1 additional Play per blind (permanent)
	Palette	$8	+2 hand size (hold more tiles)
	Director's Cut	$10	Reroll Boss Blind once per Ante ($10)
	Magic Trick	$7	Individual tiles can be purchased from the shop
	Hieroglyph	$10	-1 Ante requirement, but -1 Play each blind
	Crystal Ball	$8	Spirit cards appear 2x more often in the shop
	Blank	$6	Copies the effect of the last perk bought this run
	Omen Globe	$10	Every pack contains an extra Spirit card choice
	Observatory	$8	Cut cards give x1.5 to their group type bonus when used
	Nacho Tong	$7	+1 consumable slot (up to 4)
	Recyclomancy	$8	Selling relics gives +$2 bonus
	Advisor	$6	+2 Suggest uses per blind (3 → 5)

Tier 2#

	Perk	Cost	Effect
	Overstock Plus (requires Overstock)	$10	+1 more Play per blind (permanent)
	Wasteful Plus (requires Wasteful)	$8	+1 more Draw per blind (permanent)
	Antimatter (requires Paint Brush)	$12	+1 additional Relic slot (up to 7)
	Liquidation (requires Clearance Sale)	$6	All shop items cost $3 less (replaces Clearance)
	Money Tree (requires Seed Money)	$10	Interest cap raised to $20 per blind
	Glow Up (requires Hone)	$8	Finished tiles appear 4x more often in packs
	Palette Plus (requires Palette)	$10	+2 more hand size
	Director's Redux (requires Director's Cut)	$12	Reroll Boss Blind for free once per Ante
	Nacho Plus (requires Nacho Tong)	$10	+1 more consumable slot (up to 5)
	Planetarium (requires Observatory)	$10	Cut card bonuses are doubled
	Periscope (requires Telescope)	$10	Rerolls cost $0 (free rerolls!)
	Grand Advisor (requires Advisor)	$10	+3 more Suggest uses per blind (5 → 8)