When comparing Faeria vs Eternal, the Slant community recommends Eternal for most people. In the question“What are the best digital Collectible Card Games on PC?” Eternal is ranked 2nd while Faeria is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Eternal is:
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).
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Pros
Pro PvE Content
Insane amount of PvE. There are games vs AI opponents, puzzles, a solo arena mode... and all of them provide gold or straight up packs as rewards.
Pro Unique gameplay
There are many unique mechanics in Faeria. If you don't know about them, look them up on YouTube. If anything should convince you to try this game, it's this.
Pro Easy to learn - hard to master
This is #1 requirement for successful competitive game and Faeria did this part very well. PvE content will help you understand how the game works and then it will be up to you have far you can get. You'll often have to think forward while facing multiple good options during your turn and RNG will not win you any games.
Pro Almost no RNG
RNG in Faeria is heavily reduced. It's still there like in every CCG but it won't win you any games.
For example there are no cards that deal from 5 to 8 damage.
Pro Beautiful art
Not only the cards but the Menu, HUD and board background are simply gorgeous.
Pro Very good balance
Of course, there are cards that are bad no matter how used, but most of them are in very good spot right now. There are cards that can be used in almost every deck, and there are cards that can be used only in specialized decks, but that doesn't mean that these cards are bad. Also, Legendary cards are not better than cards of lower rarity. Same goes for epic and rare. Legendary cards are often simply unique in what they do.
Pro Relatively fast progression
Compared to most other ccgs, Faeria allows you to build your collection significantly faster than most other card games. Recently after Faeria's official release the dev's improved the rate at which you gain cards as well.
Pro Available in 12 languages
English
French
German
Spanish
Portuguese
Russian
Portuguese-Brazil
Italian
Czech
Japanese
Korean
Traditional Chinese
Pro Creative deckbuilding
There are no classes or factions. It's not that simple but you can basically build your deck from any card you own.
Pro Frequent updates
Even after release, the game receives balance changes and new content quite often.
Pro Amazing community
The community in Faeria is one of the best there is. The reason for that is probably official Discord server, Hub and amazing devs.
Pro Multiplatform
Available on Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Android, iOS and possibly more to come. It has announced that it is coming to consoles as well, Switch included.
Pro Has it's own deck sharing website
The devs made a website called The Hub where you can share your deck and guides.
Pro e-Sports
Every month there is an official tournament with 3000$ prize.
Pro Great dev team
The dev team has listened to feedback so often and looks to improve the game constantly.
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).
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.
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.
Pro Frequent balance changes and diverse metagame
Devs are not afraid to frequently buff or reasonably nerf cards to balance the metagame.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pro Rewards thoughtful gamers
Many lines of decision making and careful deck management require you to always be on point.
Pro Very fast dev response to bugs and issues
Devs are active in discord channel and official forums.
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.
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.
Pro Regular updates and content
Updates and promos once a month every month since open beta.
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.
Pro Explores unexplored design space
Complex and interesting card design that makes the most of its medium.
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.
Cons
Con Mechanic of "storing mana" between turns leads to too burst-y gameplay
Con Starting hand size is very small
Games can sometimes be decided almost entirely by starting hand where you only get 3 cards as games can be over very quickly and you will see very few cards.
Con Can be addictive.
This game has so many different archetypes of decks, that a creative deck builder will lose themselves in the possibilities.
Con Heavily dependent on RNG
Con Static environments
The game features beautiful worlds but there is next to no animations bringing them to life.
Con Pay to win
Con It is a MTG clone minus any skill requirements
It has almost no way to out maneuver your opponent. Your draws decide the game. The screw/flood seen in MTG is made worse with the horrible design choice to use 75 card decks.
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.
Con Power Creep
This game was very enjoyable from its release right through its first 3 expansions. Afterwards the balance was thrown off by developers releasing powerful and more powerful cards with each set or adventure.
Con Hearthstone clone
Con Visually lacks in flair and drama that might be appealing to players of other games
Voice-overs for many cards were recently added in a patch, but only one game board and no interactions between particular entities (calling out relationships or rivals) can make the game feel "stale" or "bland" compared to the level of polish of, say, Hearthstone.
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.
Con Playing constructed is expensive
It takes a huge time or money commitment to have the most powerful cards for constructed. Many of the best decks require 10+ of the highest rarity card.
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.
Con Toxic community
Con Not a mobile-friendly game
Best played on a PC or a tablet. Playing on a phone can be difficult as it's a direct port from PC so text and images can be tiny. Not a problem if you're familiar with the game, but new players it will be frustrating.