Every card is a mission. Every mission makes a hero.
863 cards. 18 characters. One rule that changes everything: the rarest card never beats the fairest player.
A trading card game, with a job to do.
Squad Cards are a Trading Card Game (TCG) for children aged four to eleven, the same kind of collect-and-duel game as Pokémon or Match Attax. Every card carries a character, a real thing worth learning, and a QR code that unlocks a mission in the Squad app. Collect them. Trade them in the playground. Duel your mates. Scan them to unlock the story.
Collect
The founding advisory board meets monthly. You show up, report on what you committed to and what you delivered, and bring one useful introduction or opportunity to the team. This is the heartbeat of the role.
Play
A duelling game any child can learn in six steps, with a signature move no other card game has. Bring one card or bring thirty. It does not matter who owns more.A real contribution in your domain, a written view, a workshop, or a strategic call. And a check on build progress against what you're advising on.
Scan
A duelling game any child can learn in six steps, with a signature move no other card game has. Bring one card or bring thirty. It does not matter who owns more.
Eighteen characters. Twenty-one reasons to collect
Squad Cards are a Trading Card Game (TCG) for children aged four to eleven, the same kind of collect-and-duel game as Pokémon or Match Attax. Every card carries a character, a real thing worth learning, and a QR code that unlocks a mission in the Squad app. Collect them. Trade them in the playground. Duel your mates. Scan them to unlock the story.
17 Squad characters, 50 cards each.
Lobster Bob, with 13 Scenic Tours cards.
And the fleet: La Mula LAM-001-VE, Nellie PZ 1953 N and El Cóndor YV-528.
Three loops. One system.
The three loops feed each other. Trading spreads the cards. The duel makes them worth owning. The scan turns them into habits. A child who only collects is learning names. A child who does all three is doing missions without even noticing.
The Playground Loop
Buy a pack. Open it. Find a Legendary. Trade your spares with your mates at breaktime. The card that leaves your hand is still a card. Nothing is used up.
The Duel Loop
Two children, two cards, one number called out loud. Highest wins. That is the whole game, and it works whether you own five cards or five hundred.A real contribution in your domain, a written view, a workshop, or a strategic call. And a check on build progress against what you're advising on.
The Mission Loop
Scan the code. The character gives you a real mission that takes two to fifteen minutes. Do it for real. Come back and tell them.
Read a card in five seconds
Four pillars on the front. On the back, a QR code. Point a phone at it and the character's mission opens in the app.
Squad card
The four pillars
Every Squad character scores from 1 to 100 on Education, Health, Hygiene and Safety. Their strongest pillar is their job. Nurse Nicky's Health is 99, the best in the game, because she is the medic.
Lobster Bob and the fleet
Lobster Bob and his three vehicles do not carry pillars, because they run no camp. They carry three Tracks: Land, Sea and Air. La Mula LAM-001-VE rules the Land. Nellie PZ 1953 N rules the Sea. El Cóndor YV-528 rules the Air.
The teachable thing
Every card carries one real thing worth knowing. Not a fact to memorise. A thing to do.
The passport stamp
At the foot of the card, one stamp carries two numbers. The Mission Score is how much that mission mattered, and you can play it. The Tour Number is the journey count, pure adventure, and it only ever settles a tie.
On the back, a QR code
Hero Champion. Hero Guardian. Hero Commander. Hero Elite -- invitation only, zero misses. When you age out, you do not leave. You join Hero Legends. Your Evidence of Effort goes with you. All of it. Forever.
Lobster Bob
The four pillars
Every Squad character scores from 1 to 100 on Education, Health, Hygiene and Safety. Their strongest pillar is their job. Nurse Nicky's Health is 99, the best in the game, because she is the medic.
Lobster Bob and the fleet
Lobster Bob and his three vehicles do not carry pillars, because they run no camp. They carry three Tracks: Land, Sea and Air. La Mula LAM-001-VE rules the Land. Nellie PZ 1953 N rules the Sea. El Cóndor YV-528 rules the Air.
The teachable thing
Every card carries one real thing worth knowing. Not a fact to memorise. A thing to do.
The passport stamp
At the foot of the card, one stamp carries two numbers. The Mission Score is how much that mission mattered, and you can play it. The Tour Number is the journey count, pure adventure, and it only ever settles a tie.
On the back, a QR code
Hero Champion. Hero Guardian. Hero Commander. Hero Elite -- invitation only, zero misses. When you age out, you do not leave. You join Hero Legends. Your Evidence of Effort goes with you. All of it. Forever.
Five ways to find a card. The rarest never wins.
Five ways to find a card. Four you pull from packs, plus the Chaser, the special chase card with the most beautiful finish in the whole range. Every five-card pack guarantees at least one card better than Common, and we print the odds because we are not hiding them.
The four pillars
Every Squad character scores from 1 to 100 on Education, Health, Hygiene and Safety. Their strongest pillar is their job. Nurse Nicky's Health is 99, the best in the game, because she is the medic.
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Learn it in a minute.
Each player picks one card and holds it up.
The caller picks one stat and says it out loud, like Hygiene, 87.
If both cards are the same kind, the other player reads the same stat.
If one is a Squad card and one is a Lobster Bob card, the other reads the stat in the same spot. Slot 5, the Mission Score, is on every card and is the fairest to call.
Highest number wins. A tie? Check the Mission Score, higher wins. Still tied? Highest Tour Number wins.
Play ten duels. Most wins is the champion. Everyone keeps their own cards.
Each player picks one card and holds it up.
The caller picks one stat and says it out loud, like Hygiene, 87.
If both cards are the same kind, the other player reads the same stat.
If one is a Squad card and one is a Lobster Bob card, the other reads the stat in the same spot. Slot 5, the Mission Score, is on every card and is the fairest to call.
Highest number wins. A tie? Check the Mission Score, higher wins. Still tied? Highest Tour Number wins.
Play ten duels. Most wins is the champion. Everyone keeps their own cards.
Download the full Rules of Play
The rarest card never beats the fairest player
We researched the criticism aimed at Pokémon and the rest. Rarer cards win more. Bigger spenders win more. Parents and researchers call it gambling-adjacent, and they are right. We designed it out.
The playground is the point
Squad Cards are built to be traded hand to hand, with no app, no account and no adult in the way. Scanning a card never uses it up. A traded card still works for the child who receives it, and the child who gave it away keeps everything they unlocked. Every trade is a conversation, and every conversation is how another family finds out we exist.
A trading card game, with a job to do.
Squad Cards are a Trading Card Game (TCG) for children aged four to eleven, the same kind of collect-and-duel game as Pokémon or Match Attax. Every card carries a character, a real thing worth learning, and a QR code that unlocks a mission in the Squad app. Collect them. Trade them in the playground. Duel your mates. Scan them to unlock the story.
Point the camera at the card.
The card joins your child's digital collection.
The character sets a mini-mission: two to fifteen minutes, done for real, no gadgets needed.
Your child taps Mission Complete and earns Mission Points, which live only in the card collection and never touch their real routine record.
Soon, every card lives online too
When the Squad app launches, the cards do more. This part is in build and not ready yet, and the cards work brilliantly on their own until it lands. When it does, the Mission Trading Post is where the cards come alive online.
Do the missions in the app: scan a card and complete its real-world mission, tracked for you.
Keep every card digitally: your whole collection lives in the Trading Post, even the cards you have traded away in the playground.
Collect, play and trade online: find cards, play their missions, and keep your Hall of Fame up to date.
Every card has a story. Twice a week, we tell one
The Trading Post is the Squad's card show. Every Tuesday and Thursday, six minutes, one card: how to collect it, how to play it, how to trade it, and the mission it unlocks. The show arrives before the cards do, so your child walks into the playground already knowing how to win.
The Squad is already growing
Thousands of founding families have joined the waitlist.
Here is what they are saying, and why they want their child in the first pack.
The Squad is already growing
Thousands of founding families have joined the waitlist.
Here is what they are saying, and why they want their child in the first pack.
The premium keepsake. Fine-grain PU leather over a recycled board core, woven elastic strap, acid-free sleeves that protect every card.
The tough one. Water-resistant woven fabric, zip shut, built for a school bag.
The playground carry. Slim enough for a pocket, holds a duelling hand.
The premium keepsake. Fine-grain PU leather over a recycled board core, woven elastic strap, acid-free sleeves that protect every card.
The premium keepsake. Fine-grain PU leather over a recycled board core, woven elastic strap, acid-free sleeves that protect every card.
The premium keepsake. Fine-grain PU leather over a recycled board core, woven elastic strap, acid-free sleeves that protect every card.
FAQ
What are Squad Cards?
1. Who we are
Scrubbing Squad Limited ('Scrubbing Squad', 'we', 'us', 'our') is a company registered in England and Wales. Our registered address is 275 New North Road New North Road, #1203, London, England, N1 7AA Company registration number:16702880.
We operate scrubbingsquad.com and its subdomains. The commerce subdomain shop.scrubbingsquad.com is operated by Scrubbing Squad Limited via Shopify. Separate terms apply to purchases made through the shop - those terms are presented at checkout and are governed by Shopify's standard merchant terms alongside our own shop policies.
The Scrubbing Squad platform is currently in development. These terms govern your use of this website and the waitlist during the pre-launch period. Full platform terms, covering subscriptions, physical product activation, and the phygital ecosystem, will be issued separately when the platform opens.
Do I need anything else to use them?
Scrubbing Squad Limited ('Scrubbing Squad', 'we', 'us', 'our') is a company registered in England and Wales. Our registered address is 275 New North Road New North Road, #1203, London, England, N1 7AA Company registration number:16702880.
We operate scrubbingsquad.com and its subdomains. The commerce subdomain shop.scrubbingsquad.com is operated by Scrubbing Squad Limited via Shopify. Separate terms apply to purchases made through the shop - those terms are presented at checkout and are governed by Shopify's standard merchant terms alongside our own shop policies.
The Scrubbing Squad platform is currently in development. These terms govern your use of this website and the waitlist during the pre-launch period. Full platform terms, covering subscriptions, physical product activation, and the phygital ecosystem, will be issued separately when the platform opens.
Do rare cards win more?
Scrubbing Squad Limited ('Scrubbing Squad', 'we', 'us', 'our') is a company registered in England and Wales. Our registered address is 275 New North Road New North Road, #1203, London, England, N1 7AA Company registration number:16702880.
We operate scrubbingsquad.com and its subdomains. The commerce subdomain shop.scrubbingsquad.com is operated by Scrubbing Squad Limited via Shopify. Separate terms apply to purchases made through the shop - those terms are presented at checkout and are governed by Shopify's standard merchant terms alongside our own shop policies.
The Scrubbing Squad platform is currently in development. These terms govern your use of this website and the waitlist during the pre-launch period. Full platform terms, covering subscriptions, physical product activation, and the phygital ecosystem, will be issued separately when the platform opens.
What age are they for?
Scrubbing Squad Limited ('Scrubbing Squad', 'we', 'us', 'our') is a company registered in England and Wales. Our registered address is 275 New North Road New North Road, #1203, London, England, N1 7AA Company registration number:16702880.
We operate scrubbingsquad.com and its subdomains. The commerce subdomain shop.scrubbingsquad.com is operated by Scrubbing Squad Limited via Shopify. Separate terms apply to purchases made through the shop - those terms are presented at checkout and are governed by Shopify's standard merchant terms alongside our own shop policies.
The Scrubbing Squad platform is currently in development. These terms govern your use of this website and the waitlist during the pre-launch period. Full platform terms, covering subscriptions, physical product activation, and the phygital ecosystem, will be issued separately when the platform opens.
How many cards are there?
Scrubbing Squad Limited ('Scrubbing Squad', 'we', 'us', 'our') is a company registered in England and Wales. Our registered address is 275 New North Road New North Road, #1203, London, England, N1 7AA Company registration number:16702880.
We operate scrubbingsquad.com and its subdomains. The commerce subdomain shop.scrubbingsquad.com is operated by Scrubbing Squad Limited via Shopify. Separate terms apply to purchases made through the shop - those terms are presented at checkout and are governed by Shopify's standard merchant terms alongside our own shop policies.
The Scrubbing Squad platform is currently in development. These terms govern your use of this website and the waitlist during the pre-launch period. Full platform terms, covering subscriptions, physical product activation, and the phygital ecosystem, will be issued separately when the platform opens.
Do rare cards win more?
Collectible trading cards for children aged four to eleven. Collect them, trade them, duel with them, and scan them to unlock missions in the Squad app.
Is this gambling for children?
Collectible trading cards for children aged four to eleven. Collect them, trade them, duel with them, and scan them to unlock missions in the Squad app.
What if my child only has a few cards?
Collectible trading cards for children aged four to eleven. Collect them, trade them, duel with them, and scan them to unlock missions in the Squad app.
What is the Poverty Lock?
Collectible trading cards for children aged four to eleven. Collect them, trade them, duel with them, and scan them to unlock missions in the Squad app.
Can schools use them?
Collectible trading cards for children aged four to eleven. Collect them, trade them, duel with them, and scan them to unlock missions in the Squad app.
Does scanning use the card up ?
Collectible trading cards for children aged four to eleven. Collect them, trade them, duel with them, and scan them to unlock missions in the Squad app.
Do I need a subscription?
Collectible trading cards for children aged four to eleven. Collect them, trade them, duel with them, and scan them to unlock missions in the Squad app.
Do the cards track my child?
Collectible trading cards for children aged four to eleven. Collect them, trade them, duel with them, and scan them to unlock missions in the Squad app.
is the app ready?Is the app ready?
Collectible trading cards for children aged four to eleven. Collect them, trade them, duel with them, and scan them to unlock missions in the Squad app.
Be first in the playground.
Squad Cards launch with 98 cards, and then 85 more every month. Join the waitlist for first access to the launch packs, the founding collector's folder, and the cards that never come back.
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