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Water and Prestige

Two economies drive every fight: water keeps a fighter alive, prestige wins the crowd. They live at opposite ends of the arena.

Water

Water is the resource that pays for cards. Each card shows its cost in water (top-right corner, in water drops).
Water is only paid at the end of the round, during the water debt phase — never mid-round. Damage is the only thing that resolves in real time.
Every card played lands in the water debt pile: instant cards go straight there on play; duration cards go there when they expire off the burn-down track.
Water is refilled at the edge of the map — see Board and Movement.

At the end of the round, total the water costs in the debt pile — that is the water debt — and pay it from your water supply.
If you can't pay your debt, you are on your last legs.
After paying, the debt pile goes to the discard pile.
Whether last legs can be recovered (e.g. by paying the debt late) is unresolved — see Open Questions.

Prestige is the score. The theme of the game: entertain the crowd, don't die.
Holding the center hex earns the most prestige.
Fighting in the outer ring is frowned upon — the crowd wants a show, not a marathon.
Cards carry prestige points (bottom-right corner). Attacks earn more; so do fancy flips.
How prestige converts to victory is unresolved — see Open Questions.