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  1. Our Game of the Year! (still a secret)
  2. Splendor
  3. The Amazing American Circus

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It's a niche but steadily growing community of people who love card games (be it Slay the Spire or something more casual).

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3 years ago*

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New holiday contest event! More info in the description!

3 years ago
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Bump - we are still open for recruitment for fans of cards games. We also have regular group exclusive giveaways!

P.S. we also just completed our top 8 card games of 2020 list.
Check it out >>>>> here

3 years ago
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New contest is up with a Fanatical $ bundle as a prize. Read the description!

3 years ago
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The ability to permanently modify cards when they move between zones. Stuff like giving a buff to a unit then reviving it in Eternal, or Remolding cards in MT. Stuff like cards growing in power by doing things other than upgrading, like Ritual Dagger in StS, also count for me

3 years ago
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I really like when cards have more than one function and different stats for each.

For example; do you use a card that's not great at defense to stop you getting some damage or do you save it in the hopes of using it for what it's good at?

3 years ago
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I love this mechanic as well. Games like Gloomhaven even take it to a whole new level, where each hard has 4 different effects to choose from. I wished there were more games that utilize this as it can vastly increase the tactical aspect of the game.

3 years ago
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I find humor to be the best part. I enjoy card games but it's so much better when you have fun reading the cards as well as playing them.

3 years ago
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This kinda reminds me of a boardgame where you stack several creature cards into one big creature. But then every card also has an adjective attached to it (like fluffy kitty). So when you end up reading, you can easily come up with something like: fluffy, playful, murderous alligator. It does nothing mechanically but it's fun :)

3 years ago
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My favorite mechanic in a card game is likely Flashback in Magic: the Gathering. The ability to get an additional usage of a card in a later turn or gain value from some sort of self-mill effect does a lot of powerful things while also feeling good to play with. Have not really delved into single-player card games, unfortunately.

3 years ago
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I like when the card illustrations are up for interpretation, like they have some metaphor to decipher that can be taken multiple ways. I was thinking of the game Mysterium, but there are probably others! It just gives a chance to really admire the artwork and think about it.

3 years ago
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Yeah, the artwork there is amazing! Same with other games of it's type like Dixxit and Detective club.

3 years ago
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Dixit is gorgeous! I had to look up Detective Club, and it looks awesome too. Thanks for letting me know about it!

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Happy to bring it up :D I did like Dixit a bit more that DC, but it's still a pretty good game by itself.

3 years ago
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I liked this one aspect on Artifact where with the right card and opponent, you could be in a losing situation, but then because you used the card in the correct moment, this one would escalate its properties throughout the game. It's a bit gamebreaking, i know. But it was still a fun situation, and one that would only happen to newer players.

3 years ago
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Stacking or cascading effects.

3 years ago
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The ability of paralyzing the enemy for a few seconds. It gives you a break to calm down and focus on a new strategy or stick with it if it was going well or even improve it.

3 years ago
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I remember back when I played yugioh, my favorite card was a very simple one. Gren Maju Da Eiza was a monster whose ATK/DEF was based on how many of my own cards had been banished from the game. Created an interesting gameplay style b/c it meant I regularly didn't have a graveyard during a time when graveyard decks were everywhere.

3 years ago
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It's not really a card-specific mechanic, but the orb mechanism in Slay the spire (only while playing the Defect) is really cool, in my opinion.

3 years ago
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Yeah that is a very cool mechanic. Usually when cards interact with the environment it's either with you, your enemies or your allies, but StS introduces something really special, a whole new mini-game your cards can interact with.

3 years ago
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Although I had a run a couple of hours ago which broke this mechanic a little bit (I guess), because by the third turn I had almost infinite block but got killed in the only turn I couldn't affort such block and the elite enemy decided to attack for something like 50+ dmg, that was frustrating. Then again I am fairly new to the game, maybe it's supposed to be played like that

3 years ago
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Defect can certainly build a huge amount of block, especially with orbs. But it can definitely happen that you don't get any defense cards when you most need them. Although, as you get more experienced it happens far less frequently as you learn to optimize your deck.

3 years ago
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Bump because it's the last day of the contest!

3 years ago
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I would always like to see a Wild card mechanic, where a card in play can change in something that could be extremely positive or even brutally negative. It's the unknown part thst makes it interesting.

3 years ago
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The contest is over and the winner is: orio! Expect a friend request on steam from me soon!

3 years ago
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Oh wow! Thank you for your generosity!

3 years ago
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Running a 3x GA until the end of the week. Instructions to join in the description. Bump!

2 years ago
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Update: A giveaway is running for a newly released game. More info in the description.

2 years ago
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Update: New contest!

Guess our top 3 card game picks of 2021 and win the games below:

  1. Our Game of the Year! (still a secret)
  2. Splendor
  3. The Amazing American Circus

Contest details HERE

2 years ago
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Subject has contest spelled wrong.

2 years ago
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Thx! Fixed

2 years ago
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