Some essential entry conditions remain unverified. Check the documented endpoint and conditions of each step.
A guide based on official sources. We have not installed, signed in or played. · As of 2026-10-16
01 / PLAYWhat do you do in the game?
BLAST places cards on a sixteen-tile board and captures adjacent opponents through positioning and elemental relationships. The JP app retains the old TCG title under the same ID while describing Blast; Arise is separate.
Balance strong-card plays against energy and available tiles. Blast abilities include resource and use limits, making timing another decision alongside captures and future placement.
The announced Adventure branch adds puzzles, quests and bosses. Old closed-test Mint Pass, verification and Trinity scoring are not current public-entry rules. Read the announced health, deck and board outcomes separately. The download entry is identified; current account-to-first-duel controls remain unverified.
Prepare a deck and Blasts.
Spend energy on placement and adjacent captures.
Read board control, health and remaining cards before the next turn.
BLAST places cards on a four-by-four board and uses adjacent captures. A card's description is only part of the decision: its square determines which neighbours it can affect and which relationships it leaves for the opponent. Read the placement as the start of another decision, rather than an isolated gain.
Connect Blasts and energy with the remaining position
Placement and Blasts are constrained by energy and their applicable limits. Compare changing the board now with retaining a response, while reading health and remaining cards. Old Trinity scoring alone would misdescribe the objective. Historical test eligibility likewise does not define current general entry conditions.
Adventure is described through specific challenges
The Adventure announcement describes puzzles, quests and bosses, supplying a challenge-based context beyond opponent prediction. An editorial learning approach is to focus separately on adjacency, energy and remaining options. Dated anniversary events in the same announcement are not presented as still running.
The Steam preview reviewed on October 18 links a card’s Power to both its cost and capture strength. Elemental matchups, adjacent allied Affinity and Terrain can change the context. Read the chosen square and remaining Energy alongside the printed number; the page also describes sacrificing cards to regain Energy. This explains a documented resource trade-off, rather than a tested best move. These are preview rules for the unreleased Steam offering, not verification of current Japanese iOS balance.
The Steam description separates three Blast tiers: Level 1 is constrained by available Energy, Level 2 is listed at up to two uses per match, and Level 3 at one. Spending Energy now and retaining an ability for a later board state are separate decisions. The table keeps the documented limits visible; it does not verify every current app card or carry historical test eligibility into ordinary play.
A full board is not settled by capture count alone
The same Steam preview lists three routes: reduce opposing HP to zero, exhaust the opposing deck, or compare HP when the board is full. A chain capture should therefore be read against the objective it advances. Keep remaining HP, deck and empty squares in view rather than substituting older board-count scoring. Detailed tie handling and actual end-of-match behavior were not tested.
Unreleased Steam offering description, reviewed 18 October 2026. Current iOS rules are not verified here. On narrow screens, scroll the table sideways.
Tier
Documented limit
Decision to consider
Level 1
Available Energy
Energy left afterward
Level 2
Up to twice per match
Spend a use now or retain it
Level 3
Once per match
Commit the single use here?
A guide to documented limits, not an optimal timing or played result.
03 / COSTRequired entry cost and optional spending
iPhone/iPad / Japan App Store / BLAST
The Japan iOS publisher description explicitly offers free gameplay and progression through rewards, quests and events. Optional boosters are separate; starter quantities and initial login conditions remain unverified.
Basic card play is described as free; current starter quantities and initial account requirements are unverified. · [1]
Optional purchases
Boosters and event items are additional in-app purchases. · [1]
Assets and trading
Do not treat unresolved minting/Mint Pass fees as mandatory duel costs. · [2]
Ongoing costs
Check optional progression, event and Adventure products in current purchase screens; in-game energy is not a fixed cash charge. · [1]
Separate card play from Mint Passes, minting and markets. Historical closed-test eligibility does not establish current mandatory purchases or KYC. Initial wallet conditions are unverified.
04 / STARTOfficial entry and participation by edition
iPhone/iPad / Japan App Store / BLAST
Reviewed Japan App Store ID 1658799347, the BLAST description and iOS / iPadOS requirements. First authentication through to a match in the iOS app remains unverified; Web Portal login steps are not transferred.[1] · [4] · [6] · [7]
Web Portal Sign In shows Apple, Google, Epic Games, Steam and Facebook entries. Equivalence to first iOS authentication remains unverified. No provider authentication, terms acceptance or game launch was performed.
Product-purchase wallet and fiat conditions do not establish a mandatory wallet or cost for ordinary game entry. Personal Japanese eligibility and initial authentication order remain unverified.
An unresolved check for this offering, not a completed registration, authentication or play sequence.
If you choose additional features
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If you already play on mobile and want to continue on Epic, read the dedicated BLAST progression-sharing FAQ. [6]
The publisher FAQ on Epic describes using an existing mobile account on Epic and signing in with the same account to synchronize progression.
This covers an existing account. Japan iOS initial registration/sign-in controls, eligibility and successful synchronization remain unverified. Epic payment, refund and external-asset conditions are not transferred to Japan iOS.
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If considering BLAST-related products on the Portal, distinguish its payment conditions from normal Japan iOS admission. [7]
The terms updated January 20 and published January 24, 2025 describe a personal account for Portal purchases of TCG Blast products, a compatible wallet for cryptocurrency payments and third-party payment processing for fiat payments.
This covers optional Portal products and payments. It does not establish whether a wallet or product purchase is required for the first Japan iOS duel, or the registration screen order. The general Sites age clause is not a Japan-app minimum age. No purchase, registration or agreement acceptance was performed.
Japanese interface assessment: Not listed in the reviewed list / Within review window · 2026-09-30 · Cross The Ages / Apple App Store Japan (Official store)
Japan service eligibility: Not verified / Not verified
Where do you want to make decisions: hand or board?
Decisions in this game
Capture cards through adjacency and elemental matchups on a 16-square board. Consider the resulting board and remaining Energy and Blasts, not card strength alone.
These are editorial selection points inferred from official gameplay descriptions. Display order is not a rating; upcoming access and unknown conditions retain their offering scope.
Why compare this game Compare using cards now or banking them for future energy rather than board adjacency and elemental matchups.
Build future energy by deciding whether to play a card now or bank it. For players who want hand management during a match as well as deck construction beforehand.
The official March 2026 BLAST announcement explains the newer battle content. Compare the description for the same Japan App Store ID rather than choosing a mode solely from the historical TCG name. Its limited anniversary event is separate from current registration; a rename or announcement does not establish player growth.
What cost, language, wallet and Japan eligibility conditions apply to each edition?
iPhone/iPad / Japan App Store / BLAST: Availability: Playable now / Entry cost: Free start / Languages: English / Wallet at entry: Not verified / Eligibility from Japan: Not verified
How do I distinguish the retained TCG app name from BLAST?
The Japan App Store retains the TCG name under app ID 1658799347 while its body describes BLAST card battles. Check the publisher, app ID and current description together rather than relying on the title.
The reviewed app-language list names English and does not list Japanese. Localized store copy is separate; absence is not an explicit unsupported statement.
Does Portal sign-in establish the iPhone onboarding flow?
This observation covers the Web Portal’s authentication entry. Multiple provider choices are visible, but correspondence to first iOS BLAST login is unverified. Japanese Portal copy also does not establish Japanese game UI.
The dedicated BLAST FAQ on Epic describes using a mobile account on Epic and signing in with the same account to synchronize progress. It does not describe creating a separate account for first entry. Japan iOS registration/sign-in sequence, present eligibility and actual synchronization remain unverified; progression sharing does not establish them.
Are Portal purchase conditions the same as starting BLAST?
They cannot be treated as equivalent. The Portal terms updated January 20 and published January 24, 2025 describe an account for TCG Blast product purchases, a compatible wallet for cryptocurrency payments and third-party fiat payment processing. This concerns Portal purchases; normal Japan iOS admission, mandatory purchases or wallets for the first duel and initial authentication order remain unverified.
Japanese App Store · Cross The Ages: TCG (iOS edition)
The Japanese listing is labelled TCG. Reviews praise deckbuilding and strategy but criticize registration, play errors and tutorials. Most date to 2023–2024. They are not transferred to the BLAST-labelled listing in another region or newer modes.
STORE STAR RATING
4.2 / 5★★★★★★★★★★
Rating count
41 ratings
Observed
Japanese App Store · Cross The Ages: TCG (iOS edition)
Store stars include ratings without written text. Their population differs from the written-review sample below.
Positive share of classified reviews67/100Provisional · not an overall quality score
20 written reviews classified
Reviews used for this score 15 posts · Quoted here 3 posts
2023-04-15 – 2026-07-14 (JST)
Observed 2026-10-07
REVIEW SNAPSHOTBreakdown of sampled texts
20sampled texts
Positive10 texts
Negative5 texts
Mixed4 texts
Neutral1 texts
Unclear0 texts
This chart includes every sampled text. The positive rate above uses positive and negative texts only.
Positive
10 posts
Negative
5 posts
Mixed
4 posts
Neutral
1 posts
Unclear
0 posts
Original voices, with context
NegativeApp Store · Original rating 1/5
Short original excerpt
エラーでプレイできない
English translation Cannot play due to an error
Context · editorial summary A July 2026 opinion; persistence of the error has not been verified.
PositiveApp Store · Original rating 5/5
Short original excerpt
置く位置など考えることが多い
English translation There are many decisions, including placement
Context · editorial summary A 2023 review praises timing, placement and a sense of improvement.
MixedApp Store · Original rating 4/5
Short original excerpt
操作時のラグや反応の遅さ
English translation Lag and slow responses during controls
Context · editorial summary A mixed review acknowledges fun but requests more responsive controls.
Sample notes, scoring and all reviews
Posts concern the Japanese iOS listing for Cross The Ages: TCG, not other regions, PC, Android or other games. Historical bug, asset-value and earnings claims are unverified, and this is not an editorial playtest. The Japanese listing is labelled TCG; this sample is not transferred to the US BLAST-labelled listing or newer modes.
Separate metric: store star rating 4.2/5 · 41 ratings (including ratings without text) · A different population from this written-review sample.
Positive share = positive ÷ (positive + negative) × 100, rounded to an integer. Mixed, neutral and unclear posts are counted separately. This pilot withholds scores below 5 clear verdicts and marks fewer than 30 as provisional. These editorial thresholds do not establish statistical representativeness or an error margin.
Codex classified review titles and full text with recorded reasons; independent human validation has not been performed. Text sentiment can differ from stars or recommendation flags.
Up to 20 latest posts from the saved response are sampled, excluding future dates and duplicate IDs. Quotation selection does not determine the score. Source visibility and reviewer self-selection limit representativeness.
Written records returned 20 · Classified 20 · Outside the sample 0 (outside the latest-20 cap; none excluded for being negative)
App Store uses the latest-first feed for the stated storefront; Steam uses the English filter, all purchase types, recent order and the service’s off-topic filter. Returned text may be in another language. Scores are not pooled across platforms. Apple feed update times are shown in JST, not asserted as original posting dates. Recorded playtime can include loading screens.
Every classified post. Source links are listed at the end of the article.
Posted / updated
Text verdict
Source rating
Review ID
Negative
1/5
14301747377
Negative
1/5
11060096867
Negative
1/5
11048976409
Negative
1/5
10812643954
Mixed
5/5
10807366121
Positive
5/5
10758743757
Negative
1/5
10267776218
Mixed
4/5
10055203084
Positive
5/5
10021483502
Mixed
5/5
10014439612
Positive
5/5
9997572030
Mixed
4/5
9993345175
Positive
5/5
9992554984
Positive
5/5
9990677493
Neutral
5/5
9990630428
Positive
5/5
9908821077
Positive
5/5
9865992374
Positive
5/5
9828682514
Positive
5/5
9827962066
Positive
5/5
9824079798
These are reviewers’ experiences and opinions, not editorial playtests, reproduced bug reports or evidence of current price and access. They do not change the four existing rankings.
Dedicated BLAST Epic FAQ describes using an existing mobile account on Epic and the same account for progression sync. Japan iOS first authentication, registration eligibility and actual synchronization remain unverified. Desktop payment conditions are not applied to iOS.
Sites/Portal terms reached from the current footer. Publication January 24, 2025, body update January 20, 2025 and review October 9, 2026 are distinct. They describe Portal accounts for TCG Blast purchases, wallets for cryptocurrency payments and third-party processing for fiat payments. Normal Japan iOS admission, personal age, wallet requirements and authentication order remain unverified.
Steam app4307520 preview rules only. Not current iOS balance, cross-edition entry, free access, Japan eligibility or hands-on play.
Used for gameplay or background context in this article. Current access, cost and language conditions are assessed separately through field evidence for each offering.
Player review sources
Japanese App Store · Cross The Ages: TCG (iOS edition) · Observed 2026-10-07
