Topps Total Football 23/24 - Skills and Abilities

A list of all cards, their skills and abilities can be found at this link: Card Ability ListTo filter the sheet go to Data > Filter views...

What are the different skill types?

Accuracy - Accuracy players use both their technical and mental abilities to gain their advantage. Accuracy players look to capitalize on th...

What are the different abilities?

NOTE: A card's ability can only be triggered once per turn. FAST - This card can be played during the Final Phase and does not count against...

What do the different ability icons mean?

Support - Triggers on back row, applied to card in-front.Ball Interactions - Playmaker (Triggers on pass) Longball (Can pass anywhere) First...

How do I build a deck?

▪        Your deck is made up of a 20 card deck of player cards.▪      ...

How does the game start?

Each user draws a 5 card hand from their shuffled deck and gains 5 energy.To start the game, each user flips the top card of their deck. The...

What does it mean when a card is Exhausted or Ready?

A card can be Ready or Exhausted.When a rule says to exhaust a card, it means to mark that card as exhausted (not ready).When a rule says to...

"What does it mean when a card is Stunned?"

A card can be stunned. This means the card is removed from play and placed in its own team’s discard pile.

What is a Player Boost?

You cannot have two cards with the same name in play at the same time. When a card in your hand has the same name as a card already in play,...

What are the turn phases?

Each round of the game is made up of 6 phases, which happen in the following order:1.        Attacke...

What is the Attacker’s Positioning Phase?

The attacker is the team that has possession of the ball. During the positioning phase, the user may make as many actions as they are able.T...

What is the Defender’s Positioning Phase?

The defender may make as many actions as they wish. The actions they may make are:Play cards: You may pay the energy cost on a card in your ...

What happens in the Final Phase for the Defender or the Attacker?

After both users have concluded their positioning phase, the attacker gets to make one additional action (any of the actions described in th...

What are FAST cards?

This special type of card is indicated by the ability FAST being listed on the card.Unlike other cards, FAST cards may be played during the ...

What is a Loose Ball?

Whenever the ball is on a space with no card or where the card is not ready, the ball is ‘loose’.For example, the ball is loose at the start...

What special abilities do Goalkeepers have?

Goalkeepers are incredibly powerful FAST cards that help prevent your opponent from scoring, but work differently from other cards.▪ &n...

How do I begin an attack?

To begin an attack, the attacker must have a card that is Ready and in possession of the ball. No actions can be made while resolving an att...

How do I defend an attack?

The defending card is the closest card on the defending team directly opposite the attacking card with possession.If the defender has just o...

What is a Skill Flip?

A Skill Flip occurs during the attack resolution: both players flip a card off the top of their respective decks and their skill is added to...

What does “Undefended” mean?

If the defender has no cards in either the front or back line, opposite the attacking card, there is no defending card and the attack automa...

How do I win a round?

Compare the Attack stat of the attacking card to the Defence stat of the defending card once the Skill Flip takes place.If Attack > Defen...

What are turn timers, round limits and strikes?

Each user has a time limit for which they can take an action. Every time you are presented with an action to take, you are also presented wi...

What happens at the end of a round?

If you succeed in the Resolving an Attack phase, and the ball is not in the final third then the ball advances into the final third and...

What is a Training Match?

In this casual game mode, take on our training AI opponent. Learn the intricacies of Total Football gameplay, test out new cards, try new de...

What is a Friendly Match?

This game mode is a step-up from the Training Match, but is not as competitive as the competition match.In this game mode, you take on other...

What is a Competition Match?

The Total Football competition is a weekly competition where users all over the world compete to become the best Topps Total Football player...

What are the tiebreakers on Competitive Mode?

 Points → Goal Difference → Goals Scored → Rounds Played → Completion TimePoints: The total points accumalated from your Win/Draw/LossG...

What happens at half-time?

At the mid-way point of the game (start of Turn 5) the game will be reset.The score will carry over to the second half.Both players will shu...

What is Injury Time?

In the event of a goal on Turn 3 or 7, after the kickoff there is no opportunity to score a goal before half time/match end. This means that...