Basic Rules of The Genius

These are the main rules of The Genius. They are applied to every season, unless stated the contrary. These rules are explained by Bandage Man at the beggining of first episode of each season.

Main Rules
Players will play a total of 12 rounds of games, with 1 person eliminated every round. The person who survives until the end will be the end.

Each round consists of Main Match and Death Match. Each player participates in Main Match and a winner and Elimination Candidate is determined.

The winner or winners of Main Match will receive a Token of Life which grants immunity from Death Match. The last place player in Main Match will choose another player to face in Death Match. The Death Match is a 1-on-1 game to decide who is eliminated. The loser of Death Match will be eliminated, and his garnets will be given to the winner of Death Match.

Players can play games in any way they want. However, violence and thieft is not allowed. Since Season 3, players who commit any act of violence or thieft will come last in that Main Match.

Garnets
Each garnet is worth $1 000. The champion's garnets will be exchanged for real money in the end. If they have 100 garnets, the prize money will be $100 000. If they have more garnets, the prize will be greater.

Season changes
These changes were applied only in reffered seasons. For example, Token of Imortality (see below) was only used in Rule Breaker.

Eliminated player's Garnets (Seasons 3 and 4)
In Seasons 1 and 2, Death Match loser's garnets were transferred to Death Match's winner. However, since Season 3, the garnets owned by Death Match players will be left with the dealers before Death Match. The surviving player's garnets will be returned and eliminated player's garnets will be removed. In Season 3, instead of getting eliminated player's garnets Death Match's winner gained one Black Garnet.

Black Garnets and Black Missions (Season 3)
Black Garnets will give players a chance to survive during critical times. Unlike normal garnets, Black Garnets have a special function. If a player presents three black garnets before Death Match, they can attempt a Black Mission. There are three different types of Black Missions: Memory, Mathematics and Observation. Player will be able to attempt one of them of their choosing. If a player successfully completes a Black Mission, they will be exempt from Death Match. Then, they will select one player without a Token of Life to send to Death Match instead.

Death Match locker (Season 3)
At the beggining of every episode of third season, dealer locked an envelope with a Death Match written in it in a special locker in main hall. The locker was unlocked after every Main Match and round's Death Match was revealed.