When comparing Spellweaver vs Elder Scrolls: Legends, the Slant community recommends Spellweaver for most people. In the question“What are the best digital Collectible Card Games on PC?” Spellweaver is ranked 4th while Elder Scrolls: Legends is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Spellweaver is:
This game is more complex than most digital card games. For example, to summon a creature you need the resource cards, but you also need to be a certain level (levels can be added by discarding resource cards). This makes for more unique deck compositions, as you will need to decide if your deck will be a resource or level focused deck, or a mix of the two.
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Pros
Pro Advanced game mechanics makes for unique and strategic gameplay
This game is more complex than most digital card games. For example, to summon a creature you need the resource cards, but you also need to be a certain level (levels can be added by discarding resource cards). This makes for more unique deck compositions, as you will need to decide if your deck will be a resource or level focused deck, or a mix of the two.
Pro Supportive community that welcomes new players
Veteran players are very willing to welcome new players and help them learn the game.
Pro Quests add more depth to the game
In the map view, you can click on a location to take that area's quest. These quests unlock rewards, which can be cards or other unlocks. This adds more content to the game, and makes it feel more substantial than 'just' a digital card game.
Pro For all the MTG lovers
This game comes quite close to Eternal in terms of core game loop. However, Spellweaver was released before Eternal and doesn't have many of Eternal's flows.
Pro Recently released mobile version
The game got a mobile version in 2018.
Pro Impressive art
Pro Rewarding
Strictly Better Rewards than Hearthstone, and packs cost the same amount.
Pro Accessible
Game is F2P friendly due to generous leveling system, starting campaign
Pro Single player friendly
For those who don't want to play ladder, ESL offers both a story mode, and a solo arena.
Pro Has Elder Scrolls lore
Even for people that never played card games, if you loved elder scrolls lore you will love this.
Pro Mature art style
Art on cards looks great, and isn't overly cartoony.
Pro Strategic depth
Rune System, the shadow lane, decrease of ping compared to other ccgs leads to a game that requires tougher decision making.
Pro Little RNG
Most RNG is related to card draw/deck variance, with a couple exceptions mostly on unique legendaries.
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.
Cons
Con The UI
It can improve a lot. The UI needs an update, but game mechanics and creature combat animations are moreish
Con Advanced game mechanics punish learning players
It will take a while before new players are fully accustomed to the way to play Spellweaver. A single poor decision can cost you the match. But learn from each mistake and the long term game satisfaction is great.
Con F2P, but if you want to grind the whole collection it can take a couple months.
But in game rewards are generous compared to competing CCGs, and there are many powerful decks which can be built using lower rarity cards, new players can be competitive with vets on ladder using rush decks until the fill out their collection.
Con Bland card design
Con Bad UI
The UI feels like that of a game released in the 1990s in a bad way.
Con Bland board
Only one playmat to play on, and it doesn't "pop" like other games playmats do.
Con Region-locked on Steam
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Con The two lines can have a snowball effect
The two lines separation can have a snowball effect that will lead to an imminent loss.