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Mantis

A colorfully cutthroat card game of rainbows and revenge.

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$13.19 $19.99 In stock

Category: Games

DESIGNED FOR BOTH KIDS AND ADULTS WITH THE EASY-TO-LEARN FUN OF A CLASSIC MATCHING GAME AND THE DEPTH OF GIN RUMMY.

There are only two rules: Steal or Score. You collect matching sets of cards by stealing from your opponents. You feel good about things, then not so good about things as opponents steal your cards back. Repeat this emotional rollercoaster until somebody wins the game.

what’s in the box?

Mantis comes with 105 Cards featuring new, original mantis shrimp artwork

Plus one instruction manual that you will probably skim.

Mantis game box with cards fanned out

Hey! Reading is the worst way to learn how to play again. Watch this instead:

Card backs guide showing colorful rainbow card designs

quick step guide

Fan of three illustrated monster character cards

Collect Matching Cards Or Steal Cards from your opponents

Rainbow arching over fluffy clouds

feel pretty good about things

Mantis shrimp spraying a rainbow from the clouds

Have those cards be stolen

Mantis shrimp shooting a rainbow over the clouds

Feel Not So good about things

Colorful mantis shrimp creature

Repeat this emotional rollercoaster until somebody wins

Customer Reviews (4.6 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Abigail ★★★★★

We played this at game night with my 8-year-old niece and my dad, and everyone caught on in about two minutes. The steal mechanic gets properly cutthroat once you realize you can swipe a whole set someone's been hoarding, and the games stay short enough to run it back over and over.

Timothy I. ★★★★★

The steal-or-score mechanic is so clever—my 8-year-old picked it up in one round, but my dad and I still find ourselves plotting sneaky steals over gin rummy-like hands. Card quality feels sturdy enough for the nightly shuffling it’s been getting.

Steven ★★★★★

We've played this every night since it arrived, even the kids picked up the steal-or-score rule in minutes. It's got that perfect mix of fast matching and real strategy that makes it feel like a lighter gin rummy, and no two games play the same.

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