# Alpha Clash — LLM knowledge index

Part of TCG Online (tcg.online). Generated from the canonical tcg-engines
rules skills and card catalog on 2026-10-08. Progressive
disclosure: start here, then fetch only the sections you need. All paths
are site-absolute.

## Sections

1. /alpha-clash/llm/rules.txt
   Alpha Clash Comprehensive Rulebook v8.0 — 8,031 lines, 497KB
   Complete comprehensive rules — use for rules, timing, layer, and keyword questions.

2. /alpha-clash/llm/glossary.txt
   Glossary — not tracked
   Alpha Clash glossary is Appendix A in the comprehensive rulebook; search the rules section.

3. /alpha-clash/llm/errata.txt
   Errata & Rulings — not tracked
   Alpha Clash errata and bans are in Appendix B of the v8.0 rules section; card rulings are in Appendix C. No separate errata corpus is indexed. The website list omits some later updates; see the source review in rules and https://alphaclashtcg.com/banerrata.

4. /alpha-clash/llm/tournament-policy.txt
   Tournament Policy — not tracked
   Tournament policy text is not indexed.

5. /alpha-clash/llm/cards.txt
   Card Catalog — 1,428 cards, 395KB
   One line per card: Name [id] | type | stats | rules text

## Single-file bundle

/alpha-clash/llm-full.txt — 565KB — rules + glossary + errata; includes a card name index; fetch cards.txt for full card text.
Fetch the bundle when your context budget allows; otherwise read sections individually.

## MCP server

Prefer the TCG Knowledge MCP server over scraping these files when your
client speaks MCP. It is read-only: comprehensive rules, errata, glossaries,
tournament policy, and card catalogs. Start with list_games.

Human guide: https://tcg.online/mcp
Remote HTTP: POST https://api.tcg.online/mcp (streamable HTTP, JSON-RPC, protocol 2025-06-18).
Staging host: https://staging-api.cardgoat.org/mcp
Remote config: { "mcpServers": { "tcg-knowledge": { "url": "https://api.tcg.online/mcp" } } }
Source: https://github.com/TheCardGoat/the-card-goat-online (tools/tcg-mcp-server/)
Stdio (local, requires Bun): { "mcpServers": { "tcg-knowledge": { "command": "bun", "args": ["tools/tcg-mcp-server/server.ts"] } } }
HTTP (self-host): bun tools/tcg-mcp-server/server.ts --http --port 8180
  then POST JSON-RPC to http://127.0.0.1:8180/mcp. GET /healthz for liveness.
Rate limited at 60 requests/min with burst 30.
Tools: list_games, list_rules_documents, search_rules, read_rules_document, search_glossary, search_cards, get_card, list_card_sets.

## Conventions

Card line format (cards.txt): Name [id] | type | stats | rules text