The Bleach Trading Card Game is a collectible card game from Score Entertainment, and is based off of the anime and manga series of the same name.

Overview
The Bleach Trading Card Game is played with two people. Each player must have a total of at least sixty-one cards: a Guardian card, a sixty-card 'main deck' and a Side Deck consisting of a number of energy cards dictated by your Guardian card. There are two ways to win: deplete your opponent's Power (printed on their Guardian card) to zero, or if your opponent attempts to draw or discard a card from their deck and fails.

A standard player's turn in the game consists of three steps: The Resource Step, the Main Step and the End Step. The Resource Step has players drawing cards and putting Energy cards into play, the Main Step is where players can attack and play cards, and the End Step is a formal conclusion to the turn.

Card Types
There are six different types of cards in the Bleach Trading Card Game:

Guardian cards represent the personas of characters in the Bleach universe. Each Guardian has a Power rating that represents the total amount of damage they can take. Each Guardian also has a set of numbers on the left side of the card that represent how much of a particular Energy card that the Guardian can have in their energy deck. Finally, Guardians each have Effects that can be used as indicated on the card. (Effects that require a cost will have the requirements bolded)
In addition to regular versions, there are also special Hi-Tech cards that are variants of the regular Guardian cards. These are exclusive to the preconstructed starter decks.

Energy cards are the only cards that can be placed in the Side Deck. Energy cards are what players use to pay costs and play their cards. There are currently three kinds of Energy: Mind Energy, Body Energy and Spirit Energy.

Character cards can represent anyone and anything from Bleach, whether it be Humans, Soul Reapers or Hollows. Character cards (and the three other types of cards) have a Cost that needs to be payed upon playing the card. Characters also have Traits, which are keywords that determine if specific abilities can be used. The most important area of a Character card is the right side of the card. Each Character can have up to three Stats which they use to attack and inflict Power damage to the opponent. Some Characters may also have Effects. Characters have a White background.
There are currently six stats that Characters can use: AGI (Agility), FOR (Fortitude), INT (Intelligence), SPP (Spiritual Pressure), STR (Strength) and QCK (Quickness).

Events have a number of varying abilities. Some Events may require you to have Characters with certain Traits in play in order to use them. Events have a Blue background.

Items need to be equipped to Characters in order to be used, and can represent important items in the Bleach universe (such as Zanpakuto). Items may need to be equipped to a certain Character or someone with a certain Trait in order to use them. Items have a Red background.

Battlegrounds represent locations in the human world and Soul Society. They have a constant effect that can effect either one or all players. Battlegrounds have a green background.

Turn Progression
Resource Step
Cards are returned from depleted (sideways) back to upright positions. The active player draws a card from their deck, then may choose whether to draw another card or place a card from their side deck in play, then may choose whether to draw yet another card or place another energy card into play.

Main Step
The active player may play any card from his hand, use powers on cards in play, or attack with characters. These can be done in any order, as long as the player has the cards to do so.

End Step
The formal end of a turn. Temporary effects are ended, and control is switched over to another player.