Glossary

Every word you meet in the night temple, in one place. Short, exact definitions you can come back to.

Elements

Same element? The number decides: When both cards share an element, the higher number wins. Numbers run from 2 to 12. The Power move adds +3 to your card for one round.
Same element, same number: a tie: The cards knock together and bounce back. Nobody takes a card, and the next round begins.
Shelf: The row of cards you have won in the current duel. It is empty at the start of every duel, and the first player whose shelf forms a winning shape wins.
Seal colour: Every card you win goes onto your shelf. The coloured dot in the corner of a card is its seal: red, blue, gold or purple. You win the duel the moment your shelf shows one of two shapes.
Winning shelf: Three cards of the same element, each with a different seal colour. One card of each element, with three different seal colours. Two cards with the same seal colour never count twice. A red fire and another red fire are still one red.
Clock: Every turn has a clock. The stronger the master, the less time you get: Peanut gives you 12 seconds, Tosby 9 and Huma 6. If the clock runs out, the master picks a card for you.

Peanut: Hasty Apprentice. The apprentice who runs before he walks. The temple's apprentice. Quick, scatterbrained, sweet; sometimes holds his cards upside down, but always smiles.
Tosby: Patient Master. The stone that the wind cannot move. Reads the shelves, closes the doors. Never hurries; never has. Every word a proverb.
Huma: Grand Master. The owl who reads you, not your cards. Watches your habits, not your card. Speaks little, is always right. The night is hers.
Shadow Master: A black belt is not enough. The shadows were waiting for you.
Sensei: The Sensei welcomes every new apprentice to the temple and returns each week with a special rule in the Weekly Sensei challenge.

White belt: The empty cup. You know the cycle and nothing else, which is exactly enough to begin. (0)
Yellow belt: The first light. You have won a few duels and started to see why. (40)
Orange belt: The spark. Your cards start to work together instead of one at a time. (100)
Green belt: The sprout. You play for your shelf, not just for the round. (180)
Blue belt: Deep water. You notice what the master's shelf needs, not only your own. (280)
Purple belt: Dusk. Your plans have more than one path, so a closed door does not stop you. (400)
Brown belt: Old wood. Patience has become a habit, and habits have become choices. (540)
Red belt: The ember. You can read a master while the master is reading you. (700)
Black belt: The night itself. Not an ending: the first belt with nothing after it but dans. (900)
Dan: Nine belts from white to black. After black, every 250 points is another dan. Losing never costs points, and winning streaks earn bonuses.

Ember Seal: +1 on fire cards. (Common)
Drop Seal: +1 on water cards. (Common)
Knot Seal: +1 on wood cards. (Common)
Hourglass: +2 seconds on the clock. (Common)
Mist Seal: One more Peek per duel. (Rare)
Echo Seal: One tie per duel goes to you. (Rare)
Ban Seal: Win a round and the master cannot play that element next round. Once per duel. (Epic)
Mirror Seal: Lose by 1 on the same element and it counts as a tie. Once per duel. (Epic)
Sensei Seal: Same-element ties go to you. (Legendary)

Temple Path: A run of duels against the masters in a fixed order, with boons along the way. Complete it for the Path Walker stamp.
Daily Seed: One run per day, and everyone plays the same run. Play seven days in a row for the Seven Nights stamp.
Weekly Sensei: Beat the Weekly Sensei, earn the belt of the week. Every week the Sensei plays with a different rule.