Infinite Cards

Magic the Gathering as a roguelike with full randomization to make no two runs ever the same. Incredibly fun and addictive gameplay loop when it clicks on how some of the mechanics work. Its really cool how opponents follow a clearly defined loop pattern so you are less likely to experience top decking shenanigans from CPU opponents that we normally see in other PVE deckbuilding games. Despite being a roguelike I also appreciate how we are free to insert/remove all the cards we acquire throughout freely instead of being forced to add every new card to the deck flooding the RNG. My primary critique is that the art style for some of the cards is AI which I'm not the biggest fan of. Currently there is no way (yet) to import your own new artwork/pictures or workshop support for more options. You are allowed to rename cards manually but it would also be cool if there was some kind of toggle option before a run that acts as a random name generator for cards so I can play without generic names while also not needing to commit time towards manually renaming so many cards throughout a run. Animations when playing cards exists but its fairly basic without a lot of polish which doesn't…

There's a surprising amount of depth to this game. The randomization makes each run genuinely interesting and unique. Easy recommend if you can overlook the AI art.

This is the Magic: the Gathering PvE game I've been looking for my entire life. Absolutely addicted to the game, you have quite a lot of commanders to choose from so every game is different. Would love to see the creator slowly replacing the AI artwork, but it's just 1 person working on, which is quite a feat in itself. Highly recommend this game for those who are into deckbuilding games.

rough around the edges but fun

Let's get the bad stuff out of the way: there's zero story or lore here, the art is obviously AI and I turned the music off within 45 minutes. The procedurally generated cards have unimmersive names like "Human", "Beast" and "Spell". Having said that, the deckbuilding is extremely compelling and well-done. The way you can keep cards in reserve without deleting them means you can be flexible, and the expanding minimum deck size as you move through the acts makes deciding what to duplicate and what to upgrade really interesting. There's zero RNG in the combat, the only thing you can't predict is which cards you will draw. It's more like Hearthstone than MTG as there's no instant-speed interaction or blocking and units don't heal each turn. I think this is a gem if you can get past the bland aesthetics. My main complaints are lack of variety of enemy encounters, too many 7/8/9 costed cards, and having to click through your wombo-combo because they AI won't concede obviously losing positions. But overall I'm super satisfied.

TL;DR: Deckbuilder with random cards, a lot of fun but can be very confusing. A deckbuilder game where every card is randomly generated. Normally I really like metaprogression in any game, but this one solved it in a really cool way: there is a "meta" boss you can fight, and every time you complete a normal run you get to keep a single card from your deck to put into your meta deck. You need to beat the game 20 times before you can even try it. The cards themselves are grouped into three types: Units (creatures on the board that can fight), Relics (permanent objects on the board that can influence the board), and Spells (one-time effects). They each use mostly the same "card abilities", but they're heavily weighted towards certain types. For example, relics that trigger when you discard, units that get stronger when they fight, spells that summon several small units, etc. The amount of different abilities, triggers and effects is large, but not incomprehensibly so. While the game says it has "infinite cards", it doesn't actually feel like that in-game, you'll build an intuition for what you can or can't expect from a card. The game has two downsides, in my opinion: 1. I love the…