Real Species · Real Science · Real Adventure

Indo-Pacific Legends · Series I

A trading card game built entirely from verified marine biology — 72 species, from the sunlit reef to the deepest trench on Earth. Play a round, and you've quietly learned something real.

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Why Players Love It

More Than a Card Game

Stat on every card — speed, depth, size, family, habitat, common name, scientific name — is drawn from real biological data. Families discover the ocean together. Divers relearn what they thought they knew.

Collectors hold something built to last a lifetime.

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Real Science

72 species, every fact verified against peer-reviewed marine biology. Learning happens without anyone trying.

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Family Adventure

Multiple ways to play with no additional cards. One deck grows with your family for years, not one afternoon.

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Built To Last

Built for sun, surf, and sea: Play freely right at the water’s edge, rinse clean, and pack up without worrying about wear and tear.

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Expand Your Collection

We've got some incredible expansion packs and secret, limited editions coming your way soon!

Before It Was a Game

A Memory, Not a Mechanic

As a kid, maybe you knelt at a tide pool and pointed at a shape that turned out to be alive. Or you stood at an aquarium glass a little too long, and a parent waited without checking the time.

Your first dive, you saw a dozen things you couldn't name. You came up describing shapes with your hands instead of words. Certified or first-timer, play this game once and the next dive will feel completely different. Learning the ocean has never been this much fun.

That's where this deck actually starts — not in a design studio, but in that particular quiet a person gets when the ocean shows them something they didn't know was real.

This game doesn't ask for a screen, a login, or a charge cable. It asks for a table or a patch of floor, a handful of players, and about ten minutes. Long after tonight is forgotten, the deck will still be exactly where you left it — ready for a ten-year-old who hasn't discovered it yet, or a grandparent remembering a dive they made decades ago. Few things left in a house still do that.

Inside Every Deck

One Edition.
Full Luxury.

There's no upsell tier here. Every box — whether you buy one or ten — ships with the complete collector's treatment.

  • 72 cards.
  • Premium metallic finish.
  • Magnetic-close presentation box.
  • Illustrated rulebook, three game modes to play.
Common16 cards
Uncommon12 cards
Rare12 cards
Epic12 cards
Legendary8 cards
Ultra Legendary12 cards
72 Verified Species
Rule-Book Coming Soon ↓
How To Read Your Card

Six Numbers, One Real Animal

Nature is the world's greatest game designer. Every creature in The Deep begins with real science—its size, speed, habitat, depth, and natural defenses are all inspired by verified marine biology. Where gameplay requires balance, we've made thoughtful adjustments to attributes like toxin power or special abilities, always respecting the true character of each species.

Our goal isn't just to create a fun game—it's to spark curiosity about the remarkable life that already exists beneath the waves.

DIVER'S EDITION · SERIES I · TQ-001 ★★★★★ LEGENDARY
Blue-ringed octopus card art
Blue-Ringed Octopus
CEPHALOPOD TIDAL POOLS
68SPEED
22ARMOR
99TOXIN
30mDEPTH
12cmLENGTH
95POWER
97
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Card Number & Series - DIVER'S EDITION · SERIES I · TQ-001

Identifies the card and settles disputes at the table.

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Rarity Stars - ★★★★★

One to six stars — sets the tiebreaker order across every game mode.

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Type (Phylum) & Habitat - CEPHALOPOD TIDAL POOLS

Learn real family names of the species and where it can be most commonly found in the ocean.

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Six Combat Stats - Speed, Armor, Toxin, Depth, Length, Power

The numbers every gameplay mode is built on. Toxin, Armor, Power are best suited to balance the gameplay, while Speed, Depth and Length are approximate stats inspired from real world facts and research.

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Overall Power - 97

A single master number at the bottom right corner — the final tiebreaker when everything else is equal.

A Quiet Note

Some of These Cards Are Running Out of Time

Certain species in this deck — the Great Hammerhead, the Whale Shark, the Napoleon Wrasse, the Hawksbill Turtle, the Coelacanth — are currently listed as critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable. We didn't add a warning label to their cards.

Many of these species are losing the only homes they've ever known — driven out by pollution, overfishing, and coral bleaching that human activity has accelerated far beyond nature's ability to recover. Reefs that once pulsed with color and life are falling silent, left behind as pale, empty graveyards of coral skeletons where almost nothing survives. Half the world's coral has died since 1985. We're not asking you to do anything with that fact. We just didn't think it should be left out.

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Single Deck

The complete 72-card collection.
Single Deck Presentation Box
Early Bird Price for first 500 Customers Only!
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10-Deck Pack

For families, classrooms, and dive clubs.
10-Deck Pack Box
Early Bird Price for first 250 Customers Only!
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50-Deck Pack

Best value for Dive Shops/Schools & Dive Clubs.
50-Deck Bulk Pack
Early Bird Price for first 100 Customers Only!
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A Word From The Creators

As a scuba diving instructor myself and my wife who is proud to be a dive master, we have spent years exploring the incredible world beneath the waves.
During a visit to an aquarium in Lausanne, Switzerland, my young nephew was fascinated by every fish he saw. Then I told him there was one more fish right in front of him — a perfectly camouflaged scorpionfish.

He searched for what felt like forever before finally spotting it. The excitement on his face was unforgettable. He immediately began asking the names of every creature around us.
I knew many of them, but not all.
That's when we realized there had to be a more engaging way to learn about marine life.

TIDAL QUEST was created to make learning feel like an adventure, not a lesson. By simply playing, you'll begin recognizing real marine species, so that one day, when you make your first dive, the underwater world already feels familiar.
We believe people protect what they understand, and they understand what they learn to love.

So play, discover, and fall in love with the ocean. Every card you learn is another step toward protecting the extraordinary world beneath the surface.
Thank you for purchasing our game!