In Villainous: Wicked to the Core, each player takes control of one of three Disney characters, each one a villain in a different Disney movie, specifically the Evil Queen from Snow White, Hades from Hercules, and Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog. Each player has their own villain deck, fate deck, player board, and 3D character.

On a turn, the active player moves their character to a different location on their player board, takes one or more of the actions visible on that space (often by playing cards from their hand), then refills their hand to four cards. Cards are allies, items, effects, and conditions. You need to use your cards to fulfill your unique win condition.

One of the actions allows you to choose another player, draw two cards from that player's fate deck, then play one of them on that player's board, covering two of the four action spaces on one of that player's locations. The fate deck contains heroes, items, and effects from that villain's movie, and these cards allow other players to mess with that particular villain.

Villainous: Wicked to the Core is playable on its own, and its characters can also face off against those in the Villainous base game from 2018.

Deck List

Hades - Fate Deck

6 Effect Cards (2 Go the Distance, 2 Gospel Truth, 2 Lightning Bolt)
2 Item Cards (2 Medallions)
7 Hero Cards (1 Hercules, 1 Megara, 1 Zeus, 1 Hera, 1 Hermes, 1 Pegasus, 1 Phil)

Hades - Villain Deck

12 Effect Cards (3 Planets Align, 3 Get Ready to Rumble!, 2 Achilles’ Heel, 2 Eye of the Fates, 2 I Rule!)
4 Item Cards (3 Mortality Potion, 1 Chariot)
5 Ally Cards (1 Pain, 1 Panic, 1 Hydra, 1 Nessus, 1 Cerberus)
5 Titan Cards (1 Arges, 1 Pyros, 1 Stratos, 1 Lythos, 1 Hydros)
4 Conditions (2 Ruthless, 2 Rage)

Evil Queen - Fate Deck

4 Effect Cards (2 Love’s First Kiss, 2 Woodland Creatures)
3 Item Cards (2 Pickaxe, 1 Wishing Well)
8 Hero Cards (1 Snow White, 1 Doc, 1 Happy, 1 Grumpy, 1 Sleepy, 1 Sneezy, 1 Bashful, 1 Dopey)

Evil Queen - Villain Deck

12 Effect Cards (5 Take a Bite, 3 I’ll Fix Ya!, 2 Thunderbolt, 2 Black Magic)
5 Item Cards (2 Magic Tomes, 1 Magic Mirror, 1 The Box, 1 Throne)
1 Ally Card (1 Huntsman)
8 Ingredient Cards (2 Mummy Dust, 2 Scream of Fright, 2 Old Hag’s Cackle, 2 Black of Night)
4 Condition Cards (2 Jealousy, 2 Vanity)

Dr. Facilier - Fate Deck

6 Effect Cards (3 Evening Star, 3 Almost There)
0 Item Cards
9 Hero Cards (1 Tiana, 1 Naveen, 1 Charlotte, 1 Big Daddy La Bouff, 1 Eudora, 1 Louis, 1 Ray, 1 Mama Odie, 1 Juju)

Dr. Facilier - Villain Deck

10 Effect Cards (3 Friends on the Other Side, 3 The Cards Will Tell, 3 Sleight of Hand, 1 Rule New Orleans)
5 Item Cards (2 Frog Form, 1 Talisman, 1 Illusion Powder, 1 Cane)
8 Ally Cards (3 Voodoo Dolls, 3 Shadow Spirits, 1 Lawrence, 1 Shadow Man)
3 Ally/Item Cards (3 Masked Spirits)
4 Condition Cards (2 Desperation and 2 Terror)