What are the best CCGs (collectible card games) on Android?

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What are the best CCGs (collectible card games) on Android?

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Best CCGs (collectible card games) on Android	Price	Price	Steam Rating
83 Shadowverse	-	-	-
-- Eternal	-	Free	-
-- Gwent: The Witcher Card Game	FREE	-	-
68 Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft	Free	-	-
-- Elder Scrolls: Legends	-	-	Mostly Positive

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score 117 · Answer 1

Shadowverse

Top Pro

Generous with free packs

Playing the solo stories, completing missions, and login events reward you with lots of tickets that can be exchanged one-for-one for booster packs. See More

Top Con

Censorship

The game is full of unnecessary censorship. See More

EnterprisingCaerIbormeith's Experience

The AI does a fair amount of thinking. It's patient and skillful. All_around brutal card_crawl. See More

Top Pro

Includes a fully voice-acted solo story

Top Con

Free packs only give bad cards

For a decent deck you need to spend money. See More

Top Pro

Useful crafting system

The game gives out enough materials to craft a few powerful cards to finish up a pretty decent deck, or if you're fine scraping a lot of cards you can get enough to make a moderately expensive deck. See More

Top Pro

Deeper strategy than Hearthstone

After playing both franchises for months, one could see the depth of strategy Shadowverse offers that Hearthstone lacks. See More

Top Pro

Most cards in an online card game

Strategic, competitive. See More

Top Pro

Great Hearthstone alternative

If you want something like Hearthstone but not Hearthstone, this game is for you. See More

Top Pro

Very, very generous to players

You start off with 40 (10 per expansion so far) packs with 8 cards each. Around 5 legendaries. This is amazing compared to Hearthstone. The daily rewards, quest rewards, etc. are also a lot more generous. See More

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score 32 · Answer 2

Eternal

Top Pro

Respects your time

The game's reward structure understands that players want to be competitive without spending tons of money. Rewards can even randomly upgrade to higher tiers. See More

Top Con

Variance can lose you games

Sometimes you just don't draw enough Power. See More

DecorousBudai's Experience

It is CCG where the main products is not to sell you cards but rather "vanity" items. What I mean is that you don't need to buy booster to have fun. The game itself is generous, e.g. you get one booster for the first win of the day (The booster has a comparable size as a Magic booster) Imagine MtG Arena would give you a booster for free everyday. Regarding "grind" the "grind" feels almost noexistent for me The gameplay is like MtG. So if you like CCG and don't want to spend much money and "Grind" time I reccomed this game. See More

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Top Pro

Frequent balance changes and diverse metagame

Devs are not afraid to frequently buff or reasonably nerf cards to balance the metagame See More

Top Con

Mana screw happens

There are elements in the design to help prevent it, but you will still randomly lose games to drawing little or too much mana. See More

Top Pro

Sweet spot between MtG and Hearthstone

This game is not as complex and deep as MtG, but still it requires a lot more of strategic thinking and deck-building skills than HS. At the same time, a game of Eternal can usually be finished within 10 minutes. See More

Top Con

Casual play is not casual play

With the addition of the casual play option this is where most of the play seems to happen. Most of the decks you will face in casual play are the exact same decks you will face in the ranked play and many will be the same masters and tournament decks you will see in ranked. With fewer players playing in Ranked more players are playing in casual so new player with limited card inventory will face decks stacked with legendary cards in casual play. See More

Top Pro

Exceptional limited (draft) format

Draft allows you to keep the cards you pick and earn some extra rewards. Unique mechanics allow signalling and signal-reading in draft while still allowing you to draft on your own time (no waiting for pod or passing). See More

Top Con

Requires waiting for a full board

Most of the time you have to wait to fill your board with the correct units before attacking. This makes the game quite slow and clumsy. See More

Top Pro

Community is mostly kind

Eternal's subreddit and discord server tend to be mature and respectful. People you friend in game are more likely to talk about how cool your deck is than to give you salt. See More

Top Con

Card art may be unappealing to some

While some of the art is appealing, the design of the card eliminates completely the attractiveness that the art could have. See More

Top Pro

Huge variety of deck types

You can win with weapons, spells, units, and strategies of all kinds. Brewers and casual players can explore a near-infinite variety of fun decks without tanking their win rate. See More

Top Pro

Rewards thoughtful gamers

Many lines of decision making and careful deck management require you to always be on point. See More

Top Pro

Generous on rewards

The game is very generous on rewards and plays very fast once you're used to it. It's not a money sink like many of the CCGs you encounter nowadays. See More

Top Pro

Very friendly to free to play players

Rewards for playing vs AI help new/inexperienced players not get obliterated in constructed, and keeping cards you draft helps you build the collection you want without simply opening packs. See More

Top Pro

Pack system is generous

Instead of trading cards with other players, there is a recycling/crafting system for handling duplicate cards and obtaining cards you want. Every pack gives you "shiftstone" on top of whatever cards you open, making it easier to craft expensive cards than in other games. See More

Top Pro

Beautiful and user friendly UI

The PC UI is incredibly smooth, and although the mobile/tablet UI is a little sluggish, it is still better than some other games. See More

Top Pro

Explores unexplored design space

Complex and interesting card design that makes the most of its medium. See More

Top Pro

Regular updates and content

Updates and promos once a month every month since open beta. See More

Top Pro

Card art is attractive and inclusive

Art is simpler than Magic's, but leans toward realism over cartoons. Women are represented in a respectful and diverse way. See More

Top Pro

The dev team is motivated to make this a great game

Many professional MtG players on the dev team have ensured an eye for overall balance and metagame health throughout beta testing. See More

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score 17 · Answer 3

Gwent: The Witcher Card Game

Top Pro

Easy to build up a collection

Game allows you to get a good 2-3 packs a day, easily get a legendary in 2-3 days of playtime. See More

Top Con

Bad "friend" system

Currently, there are no rewards for matches with friends and you cannot spectate your friend's games. See More

ExcellentAntaeus's Experience

https://www.playgwent.com/invite-a-friend/ATDKAYC94B See More

Top Pro

Very strategic

A good deck synergy and perfect decisions are needed for success in this game. See More

Top Con

The coin flip

At the start of each match, a coin is flipped to determine who plays first. Currently, going first is usually a huge disadvantage. See More

Top Pro

Limited RNG

Unlike in many other CCGs, luck doesn't play too noticeable of a role in Gwent. The cards you play and decisions you make create a lasting impact on the outcome of a match. When you lose, you know where you went wrong, and you learn. Matches feel rewarding and fair, knowing you won or lost because of your own decisions. See More

Top Pro

Beautiful card art

This is the only CCG that can compete with MtG in terms of art. See More

Top Pro

Great in-game music and atmosphere

The dark atmosphere and the folk music are outstanding! See More

Top Pro

Great for Free to Play

The game gives you a lot for free. It's easy to be competitive and it's free to play (F2P). See More

Top Pro

Unique concept

The mechanics of Gwent are different from other CCGs in which you need to destroy your opponent. Instead, you carefully build your army, while trying to prevent your opponent from doing the same. See More

Top Pro

You need to think before you play

Especially when you get to higher rankings, you can't just slap your cards on the table. You have to think before every move. See More

Top Pro

Players are able to choose the last card of every keg (card pack)

Every keg gives 4 random cards, and a choice from 3 cards. This makes the card pack process significantly less RNG-based, allowing you to more easily get the cards you need without having to craft them. See More

Top Pro

Nice community

The community is usually not toxic and nice to everyone. There is also a lot of discussion about game and strategic aspects from pros, streamers and gamers. See More

Top Pro

Great starting decks

Unlike many other CCG's, the starter decks actually feel very competitive with 4 legendaries each, one from the faction and three neutrals. See More

Top Pro

People who enjoyed the Witcher games will probably enjoy this one as well

The game was originally built-in Witcher 3 as a minigame. All the cards reference Witcher characters and events. See More

Top Pro

Feel of making progress

You get new cards every day, get rewards for doing challenges, for leveling, and for ranking up. See More

Top Pro

Generous and skillful developers

The devs are incredibly generous with the rewards for playing daily and achieving ranks in ranked play. Also the ingame skill and the deckbuilding is decisive for success, and not RNG (there is some, but not that oppressive usually). See More

Top Pro

Good developer support

The developers of the game are always in contact with the fans and updating the game constantly. See More

Top Pro

Addictive, has this "one more game" feeling

"Oh, few more games and I'll level up and get a reward. Oh, a new rank is close, I should keep playing. Oh, the daily tier is almost done". You get the idea. See More

Top Pro

You get to play all your cards, any time

Say goodbye to your opponent defeating you before you could pull off that sweet combo. See More

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score 46 · Answer 4

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

Top Con

Huge money sink

Although you can "technically" play for free, Hearthstone is very stingy on rewards. To get the limit of 100 paltry coins free a day, you have to win 30 games vs mostly players who have much better cards than you. It can take a new player 6 to 8(or more) hours to accomplish this. And after all this you get a pack of 5 cards that are often completely worthless to any viable deck. It's possible to get cards like "Angry Chicken"(worthless card) as the "Rare" card several times. You can also get a bunch of cards you already have a lot of. See More

Top Pro

Frequent card balances and game updates

The Hearthstone team is always looking at their data and community reaction towards cards and the state of the game, and they have made many card and game changes/updates to balance and improve the game for all players. See More

Top Con

Luck is more rewarding than skill

When you lose a game in Hearthstone you don't learn anything because you generally can't play around most of the cards, most of the cards have random effects you have no control over it whatsoever. See More

Top Pro

Entertaining voice acting

The voice work really adds to the game and makes it entertaining to play. See More

Top Con

Simplistic and unintuitive card design

Very little mechanical depth, most of the complexity is based on random numbers. See More

Top Pro

Polished overall aesthetic

Possibly the most polished user Interface of digital CCGs. Unified and fun art style and flavor text. See More

Top Con

Additional "Cards" must be paid for if not earned by continuously playing

There is a bit of a grind in earning new cards, so for those that do not want to spend the large amount of time needed to earn quality cards they will need to be purchased, which can get expensive. See More

Top Pro

Brawl events, that don't require you to follow "the meta"

You can take advantage of weekly brawl events that give you a certain set of cards (so no need to pay to stay competitive). It keeps the game fresh, fun and fairly "casual". See More

Top Con

The reward system is not significant enough

Hearthstone's reward system is very lackluster, providing little to nothing of significance to the casual or excessive player. There will be times when you feel heavily rewarded by the game, but these times are few and far between and if you are driven by rewards you will likely lose attraction to this game quickly. See More

Top Pro

Familiar characters from Warcraft 3 and World of warcraft

The characters used in Hearthstone are all from the lore of the Warcraft series, making for a familiar universe for fans of the series. See More

Top Con

Sometimes unfair matchmaking

Sometimes players will be matched up with people who clearly have been playing longer. See More

Top Pro

Free to play that doesn't exploit

Yes it's free to play, but it's designed to easily continue to play and have fun without having to feel like you HAVE to pay. At the same time, after playing a while you'll probably want to. See More

Top Con

Match manipulation and it is pay-to-win

Top Pro

Great if you don't take it too seriously

HS is meant to be fun, lighthearted, and generally casual. It requires a lot of time and money investment if you wish to play seriously. See More

Top Con

Dependent on Battle.net infrastructure, not playable offline

The game requires a connection with Battle.net servers from the developers, and thus can't be played offline. See More

Top Pro

Multi-platform

Available on mobile and on PC. This makes a great commute companion (provided you have internet) as well as a game that is easily picked up where you last left off no matter the device being used at the time. See More

Top Con

Some mechanics based on random numbers

Random effects in the game use a random number generator, which causes an uncertainty of all outcomes. See More

Top Pro

Active community

It has a lot of players due to Blizzard's fanbase which means finding multiplayer matches is not all that difficult. See More

Top Con

Ridiculously bloated

Over 4 GB data installed on ones device. Which is quite a lot of room, something many might not have to spare. See More

Top Pro

You won't be cursed at in the chat

Interaction with opponent limited to simple pre-made phrases, so you don't have to see how many 1337 gamers had their way with you or your mother. Or deal with the spam about free decks, new hacks etc. See More

Top Con

Poor port

Plays much better on PC. Sluggish and crashes often on mobile, sometimes connections can be difficult to make as well. See More

Top Pro

Great even for casual players

Hearthstone has a friendly learning curve that makes picking it up and getting started easy for people who don't want to spend a lot of time learning rules and tricks. See More

Top Pro

Near-perfect balance between going first or second

There's no significant first-turn or second-turn advantage in Hearthstone. The player going second gets an extra card from his deck as well as "The Coin", a card that gives one extra mana crystal for one turn. This subverts the advantage that would be gained otherwise by the player going first. See More

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score 31 · Answer 5

Elder Scrolls: Legends

Top Pro

It is unique and not a clone to any game

Lane mechanics are unique and fun. You have two boards to play on, allowing for most versatile gameplay. See More

Top Con

Lane mechanic is underutilized outside of single-player campaign

Standard games have a "normal" lane (no rules) and a "shadow" lane (creatures that enter it gain stealth). Outside the campaign, nearly all games are standard games. See More

Theodore Lief Gannon's Experience

I've been a huge Elder Scrolls fan since the franchise began, so of course I gave this a shot. My initial impression was "this is just a Hearthstone clone," and while it definitely is, the details make all the difference. The lane mechanic alone makes this a completely different game tactically, and that's only one of many great new ideas they've added. Deck building also provides more interesting choices. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

Top Pro

Accessible

Game is F2P friendly due to generous leveling system and starting campaign. See More

Top Con

The two lines can have a snowball effect * PLEASE EXPLAIN?

The two lines separation can have a snowball effect that will lead to an imminent loss. Played extensively, can someone explain this comment? See More

Top Pro

Multiple summon lanes with different mechanics

The play field is divided into multiple lanes, with different mechanics. Creatures are summoned to a specific lane, and can only attack within the same lane. This is augmented by a "move" mechanic which shifts a creature from one lane to another. See More

Top Con

Bad UI

The UI feels like that of a game released in the 1990s in a bad way. See More

Top Pro

Has Elder Scrolls lore

Even for people that never played card games, if you loved elder scrolls lore you will love this. See More

Top Con

Very similar to Hearthstone

ES: Legends obviously started as a direct Hearthstone clone. It has some great new ideas added on top, but if you're looking for fresh core mechanics it doesn't offer much. See More

Top Pro

Single player friendly

For those who don't want to play ladder, ESL offers both a story mode, and a solo arena. See More

Top Pro

Strategic depth

Rune System, the shadow lane, decrease of ping compared to other ccgs leads to a game that requires tougher decision making. See More

Top Pro

Little RNG

Most RNG is related to card draw/deck variance, with a couple exceptions mostly on unique legendaries. See More

Top Pro

Rewarding

Strictly Better Rewards than Hearthstone, and packs cost the same amount. See More

Top Pro

Mature art style

Art on cards looks great, and isn't overly cartoony. See More

Top Pro

Interactive with opponents

Unlike in Hearthstone, there is a lot of interaction and choices with the cards and your opponent. Pirate Warriors, face hunter, solitaire/miracle rogue, to name a few. See More

Top Pro

Attribute-based deck bulding

Each card has zero, one, two or three attributes associated with it. Your deck may contain up to two attributes and 50 cards or three attributes and 75 cards. This creates a similar card pool restriction to Hearthstone's classes, but allows a wider range of deck archetypes. See More

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score 17 · Answer 6

Mabinogi duel

Top Pro

Unique gameplay

Gameplay has some really unique features. You start the battle with all of your deck in hand, so you can reliably put your strategy in play. You can re-use your cards from graveyard (with paying HP and increasing its cost). During the battle you gain XP and can level-up, to increase your hp, resources and cards' strength. A lot of cards have some good combos with others. Also you can pick one of many unlockable heroes, which give bonuses to your decks. See More

Top Con

Requires large screen

Some UI elements are too small to read/tap on smaller screens. See More

Top Pro

Optimization

Runs pretty good even on outdated smartphones. See More

Top Con

Some cards are REALLY hard to obtain

Mutant cards (regular cards with different camp/stats) are random and very rare. The only reliable way to get them is to buy them from another player. See More

Top Pro

Deckbuilding possibilities

All cards belongs to one of five camps (light, dark, gold, nature or mana). You deck can combine up to 3 camps to create unique combinations. See More

Top Pro

Campaign mode

Game have 90-mission singleplayer campaign; besides from plot and challenging missions (from simple battles to puzzles), it rewards player with basic cards and provide a nice tutorial - from basics of game to some more complicated mechanics and card combinations. See More

Top Pro

Easy-to-build decks

You need only 12 card to assemble a deck; with only starter, singleplayer-campaign rewards and few boosters you can easily make a playable deck for pvp. See More

Top Pro

Design and graphics

Menus, cards and UI have smooth modern-looking design. See More

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score 44 · Answer 7

Shadow Era

Top Pro

Amazing artwork

The card artwork is of a very high standard and all cards are available in a full-art foil version too. See More

Top Con

New sets are implemented too slowly

GenerousLofn's Experience

Best card game I ever played regardless of the breaks I take I will always come back. The art is amazingly well done and pleasing to the eye. Also the majority of matches I play are enjoyable regardless of win or lose. See More

Top Pro

Free-to-play done well

The game is free to play but all cards in the game can be earned with free play. There is no need to buy cards if you don't want to, though purchasing them can help you build a better deck much quicker. See More

Top Con

Lackluster design

The graphics often seem like they are a less priority over other aspects of the game. The UI often falls into this problem too, which can make for a frustrating experience in that it can be difficult to know how to do certain tasks due to a poor layout and graphics. See More

CredibleAsterion's Experience

I play it since 2013, I tried other CCGs, I find shadow Era is the best while i installed n uninstalled others. See More

Top Pro

Sacrifice card mechanic

Each turn the player has the option of sacrificing a card. These sacrificed cards have the ability to add up so that mid to late game they earn the player the ability to spend more power per turn. See More

Top Con

Poor deck customization

The deck customization in Shadow Era - Trading Card Game is lacking many useful features that other card games do utilize, such as sorting cards by types. See More

Michele Kolodi's Experience

Simply the best card game out there. Tried many other similar games but Shadow Era seems to be better in almost every aspect, might need some UI/UX tweks, but it is the secondary thing and it will be eventually fixed... See More

Top Pro

One account usable across Android/iOS/PC/Mac

Whatever platform you register on, you can grow and access your collection and decks on any of the platforms, so you can use whichever you prefer at the time. See More

SharpCheuksin's Experience

Great game. One of the best f2p ones out there See More

Top Pro

Unique Sacrifice Mana system

Shadow Era tests its players by having them decide which cards to sacrifice in order to gain resources (mana) one time at the start of each turn. No easy buildup of resources (mana) here. When you want to make plays, you have to plan them out strategically. See More

PoliteMafdet's Experience

Great game See More

Top Pro

Good deck balance

Many TCGs often have unbalanced decks where one specific deck can trump most others, with devs being slow to correct this. Shadow Era does not have this issue as the devs spend a great amount of time making sure all the deck combinations have good balance. See More

Top Pro

Over 600 cards (approx 250 legal per hero)

The card pool has grown to a very decent size, spread across Neutral, two factions (Human/Shadow) and seven classes (Warrior, Mage, Hunter, Priest, Rogue, Wulven and Elemental). Each of the 32 heroes belongs to a faction/class combination, where they can use Neutral cards and cards from the faction or class. This gives each hero access to approximately 250 cards, which allows for great variety of decks. See More

Top Pro

Very limited RNG

Aside from a handful of cards from the original set that had "at random" on them, the developers have gone out of their way to bring more control into the hands of players. Effects will specify they damage "the ally with the lowest health", for example, and on a tie there is a Standard Resolution Order (the ally closer to the hero takes priority), so you always know which one will be affected. Sometimes in other games you might think the RNG is skewed/faked, but that can't happen in Shadow Era. This means the main element of randomness and luck is the shuffle of the deck, which is how a card game should be. See More

Top Pro

No rotation of sets (all cards still legal)

In all modes, all your cards are legal. No cards are rotated out of Standard play and the developer has said they have no intention to ever bring in rotation. See More

Top Pro

Devs listen and interact with community

The main developer, Gondorian, often comments on questions on the official forums, and interacts with the player community on the Telegram messenger app. See More

Top Pro

Vibrant Tournament scene with prizes

There are a variety of player and developer organized tournaments, with prizes rewarded by devs, in both competitive and casual formats provides opportunities for players of all skill levels. It all culminates in the annual World Championship, a brilliant display of skill and deck building. See More

Top Pro

New free Single-player Campaign mode being updated regularly

There are already 120 missions to play through with dialogue, telling the story from the very beginning, for 10 Human heroes and 2 Shadow heroes (at the time of writing). Over time, more dialogue is being added to other missions for the remaining 6 Human heroes and 14 Shadow heroes, and then more maps with more missions will be added in future. The campaign mode is completely free and gives generous rewards for playing. See More

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score 13 · Answer 8

Legends of Runeterra

Top Pro

Very affordable

Can complete collection without spending money, given time. See More

Top Con

Early stages

This may not be a con for everyone, but the game has been out for less than a year (released 04/2020). Its not as established as some of the others and there aren't as many cards yet. See More

CourageousTawrich's Experience

I've always loved card games, but none of them fit my preferences. I really wanted to love Hearthstone, for example, but found it to be really expensive and disliked the low interaction during other players turns. These are the things that Runeterra won me over with. It's possible to get (and I have done this) a complete card collection without spending money. This is possible because they are prioritising cosmetics for monetisation. There's an engaging back and forth during gameplay, where you try to outwit your opponent. When I lose, I can typically see other calls I could have made, which would have been better. This makes my wins even more satisfying. Beyond this, I like the game's artstyle and design around champions (even though I never played LOL, which this game is based on). I've found the meta to be diverse, with regular updates stopping any deck from being too dominant. I literally use all of the 30 deck slots they give us and wish for more! See More

Top Pro

Very interactive

Strong back and forth, as you can respond immediately to most plays your opponent makes. See More

Top Pro

Regular updates

The developers listen to the community, when there's feedback. There are regular card releases and balance adjustments. See More

Top Pro

Beautiful art style

Top Pro

Strong meta diversity

Lots of viable decks, with different playstyles. See More

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Com

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score 33 · Answer 9

Deck Heroes: Legacy

Top Con

Some cards too difficult to obtain without paying

Even though the game is free to play, some cards are pretty much locked behind a paywal, forcing serious players to eventually spend real money on the game if they want to compete See More

Top Pro

High quality art

The art gets its inspiration from WoW and HoMM and is quite high quality. Definitely a pleasure to look at. See More

LogicalPerkunas's Experience

Your valuable diamonds will draw garbage cards most of the time See More

Top Con

The game is unplayable without spending crazy amounts of money

The only way is to invest in an event which costs thousands of gems and will give you back the same amount plus an extra, and some premium random cards. Having in mind that there are a LOT of premium cards and that you need several copies to make them worth it, it is pretty impossible to make a decent deck, even if you try hard. See More

Top Pro

Different game modes

There's so much to do in the game - Mazes for farming, Arena for PVP and rankings, Raids for stealing other players' currency, and more. See More

Top Pro

Four different factions

There are four different factions the player can build their decks with, Faen, Humans, Neanders and Mortii. Though most factions work best when using them and them only. See More

Top Pro

Shuffled deck allows for more strategy

By forcing the player to use a shuffled deck the most powerful cards may not be able to be used at first. This means the deck needs to me more balanced overall as well as the player needs to be more watchful of the opponent's plays to counter adequately. See More

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score 10 · Answer 10

Krosmaga

Top Pro

Great aesthetic

Top Con

Not updated anymore

Specs

Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

Genre:CCG, Tower Defense, Strategy

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Top Pro

Interesting and unique mechanics

Top Pro

Easy to learn, hard to master

Top Pro

Extended, cross-media universe from Ankama

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score 11 · Answer 11

Pokémon Trading Card Game Online

Top Pro

You get in-game cards by buying real-world cards

Cards can be won and bought with won in-game currency but you don't buy currency with real-world money like other games. Instead when you buy cards in the real-world you get a code for the equivalent amount of cards in-game, theme decks give you the exact same cards, and promo boxes gets you those promo cards. See More

Top Con

Cannot play with friends

Unless you do it like the stream snipers. See More

TactfulAdikia's Experience

my experience was ''very hard''. no good. See More

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score 8 · Answer 12

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

Top Con

Way too expensive

Really you can only enjoy this game if you're loaded. If you can't afford putting in thousands of dollars into this game then have fun getting absolutely destroyed on the ladder. See More

Top Pro

Nice graphics

Graphics and sprites are rendered for most cards in isometric 3D, along with crisp anime graphics for characters and cards makes for a visually appealing game. See More

FunnyAnshar's Experience

The design is amazing and the voice acting of the original actors is very cool. However the game is insanely not F2P friendly to the point where online play is pointless unless you're incredibly rich. I understand that it's a card game and that you have to buy cards in real life to play but this game goes way beyond that, I've spent $80 on one box and got NOTHING. No UR'S, SR's. It's insanely ridiculous, if you're looking to play yugioh competitively, for the love of God don't get scammed and play Master Duel instead. See More

Top Con

Card Changes

Due to the 3 card nature of the game, many common cards have been changed or omitted from the game entirely. See More

Top Pro

Free

The game can be played for free and in-game currency earned to purchase new cards. See More

Top Con

Only 3 Monster/Trap Card Zones

Official rules designate 6 zones but this mobile iteration only allows 3 of each. See More

Top Pro

Fairly well updated

Game is frequently updated with new cards and strategies See More

Top Con

Censorship

The game is full of unnecessary censorship. See More

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score 13 · Answer 13

HEX: Shards of Fate

Top Pro

True TCG

Cards can be traded with other players and have real-world value. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Mixed

Top Pro

Auction house to buy and sell cards

A huge amount of cards for just a few pieces of ingame currency. See More

Top Pro

Very profitable compared to other games

Thanks to player Platinum:Gold market, While grinding in HEx you will net around $1/hour whereas in Hearthstone the same time will only see a return of around 20¢/hour. See More

Top Pro

Depth

Complex interactions between cards and several game phases add a lot of depth to this game. See More

Top Pro

Cash tournaments

5000$ every two months, 1000$ every weekend. See More

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score 7 · Answer 14

Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Generation

Top Con

Censorship

The game is full of unnecessary censorship. See More

Top Pro

Over +6000 cards

Tons of playtime can be spent in the game trying to collect the majority of cards due to how many are available. See More

Top Con

Difficult to obtain worthwhile cards without paying

The majority of good cards are extremely difficult to earn in the game through gameplay, they will need to be purchased, which makes for a game that is often considered pay to win, as those with money will be able to spend it on better cards than those that play for free. See More

Top Con

Online only

You must be connected to the internet to play. Difficult to boot up any time for a cheeky game if you are without much data. See More

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score 11 · Answer 15

Pokemon Shuffle

score 10 · Answer 16

Summoners War

Top Con

Can be considered pay to win

High end players who have purchased cards with cash will have a better chance than those that play for free as their earned cards will never be as good. See More

Top Pro

Extremely deep

Top Con

Not a classic card game

It's not a card game. It is more like a collectible Final Fantasy type game. See More

Top Pro

Feels like an RPG

There is less focus on multiple cards and more focus on your individual heroes. See More

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score 5 · Answer 17

Urban Rivals

Top Con

There not so many hype about this game.

I want to help people find this awesome game through millions marketing investments of other card games(seems like they have more donate money in marketing). So lets play Interesting intellectual games, not games of luck and money. See More

Top Pro

You play vs HUMAN not his Deck

All gameplay based on mindgames with your opponent. If you can trick your opponent - you win. Deck can impact your game - but you will always have variant to win, there are always some win condition that you can realize. See More

Roman Levchenko's Experience

Hi, i played most modern card games. But best of all card games that i've ever seen is Urban Rivals, where you play vs human - not vs his deck. If you predict your opponent move you can win Every deck, there not so big impact of rare and expensive cards. You still can trick your opponent. Give it a try and im sure it will take one of top places in your list. Their site: https://www.urban-rivals.com/ See More

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score 3 · Answer 18

17 Games Considered

My Recommendation for Shadowverse

My Recommendation for Shadowverse

Generous with free packs

Censorship

Includes a fully voice-acted solo story

Free packs only give bad cards

Useful crafting system

Deeper strategy than Hearthstone

Most cards in an online card game

Great Hearthstone alternative

Very, very generous to players

My Recommendation for Eternal

My Recommendation for Eternal

Respects your time

Variance can lose you games

Frequent balance changes and diverse metagame

Mana screw happens

Sweet spot between MtG and Hearthstone

Casual play is not casual play

Exceptional limited (draft) format

Requires waiting for a full board

Community is mostly kind

Card art may be unappealing to some

Huge variety of deck types

Rewards thoughtful gamers

Generous on rewards

Very friendly to free to play players

Pack system is generous

Beautiful and user friendly UI

Explores unexplored design space

Regular updates and content

Card art is attractive and inclusive

The dev team is motivated to make this a great game

My Recommendation for Gwent: The Witcher Card Game

My Recommendation for Gwent: The Witcher Card Game

Easy to build up a collection

Bad "friend" system

Very strategic

The coin flip

Limited RNG

Beautiful card art

Great in-game music and atmosphere

Great for Free to Play

Unique concept

You need to think before you play

Players are able to choose the last card of every keg (card pack)

Nice community

Great starting decks

People who enjoyed the Witcher games will probably enjoy this one as well

Feel of making progress

Generous and skillful developers

Good developer support

Addictive, has this "one more game" feeling

You get to play all your cards, any time

My Recommendation for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

My Recommendation for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

Huge money sink

Frequent card balances and game updates

Luck is more rewarding than skill

Entertaining voice acting

Simplistic and unintuitive card design

Polished overall aesthetic

Additional "Cards" must be paid for if not earned by continuously playing

Brawl events, that don't require you to follow "the meta"

The reward system is not significant enough

Familiar characters from Warcraft 3 and World of warcraft

Sometimes unfair matchmaking

Free to play that doesn't exploit

Match manipulation and it is pay-to-win

Great if you don't take it too seriously

Dependent on Battle.net infrastructure, not playable offline

Multi-platform

Some mechanics based on random numbers

Active community

Ridiculously bloated

You won't be cursed at in the chat

Poor port

Great even for casual players

Near-perfect balance between going first or second