Paper-Rain was started in July of 2008 and was originally going to be a graphic design website I wanted to start. I had the domain Sukaii.net for a couple years and wanted to use the site as an online journal rather than my graphic port. I also had an itch to create a TCG, so I attempted by naming it Pandora. Games were created, cards were started and everything was going smoothly, then I lost interest in the name Pandora and wanted something different. So I found a use for Paper-Rain.net and made it into my new TCG site.

The TCG (trading card game) is based on all artbooks, manga and video games (no actual screenshots used) created into 60x78 cards. Each album contains 18 cards you can collect.

What are effort points? Well, to put it simply they are points awarded to you for your effort on the site. Playing games is a great way of earning EP, donating as well. You need to gather a certain number of EP to level up.

Each time you level up, you lose the EP you gained last rank and you start over.

Wait a minute! You had extra EP. Why not wait to level up and spend the extra EP you have? Paper-Rain has shops set up on the site that allow you to shop using your EP. You can buy card packages with random cards, or from a certain deck. You can also buy an answer to a game (this comes with rules) and album spaces! Just make sure you keep enough EP to level up.

To level up, you need to gain a certain number of effort points (EP), along with a certain number of cards. You can get EP from playing games and donating to the site.

; Wisp - You haven't started collecting yet. You need to send in your R.S.V.P.
; Esper - Starting rank, you need to gather 25 EP and 100 cards to advance.
; Soldier - Second rank, you need to gather 125 EP and 350 cards to advance.
; warrior - Third rank, you need to gather 350 EP and 500 cards to advance.
; Baron - Fourth rank, you need to gather 475 EP and 750 cards to advance.
; Viscount - Fifth rank, you need to gather 700 EP 1100 cards to advance.
; Legend - Final rank. You no longer need EP.

When you sign up, you will be able to hold 100 cards in your starter album. In order to hold more, you must obtain extra album space. You can get these by donating and participating in contests. Leveling up will also get you some extra space, though you will only get 100 more spaces for cards.

Having no room in your album makes it more challenging to master your decks. So make sure that you have enough space to collect!

You guessed it, we have card badges. You can obtain these badges from games, contests or just random giveaways. Save them! You can use them to purchase cards from the shops that will be set up on the site.