Best Deckbuilding

Clank! is a competitive deck-building board game released by Renegade Game Studios in 2016 that combines fantasy dungeon crawling with card-driven mechanics. Players assume the roles of thieves descending into a subterranean dungeon to steal artifacts from a sleeping dragon. Movement, combat, and ac...

One Piece Card Game is a collectible trading card game published by Bandai, first released in 2022 and based on the One Piece manga series created by Eiichiro Oda. Players build decks around Leader characters representing figures from the manga and anime, and game mechanics involve don!! cards as an...

Vampire: The Eternal Struggle is a multiplayer collectible card game set in White Wolf Publishing's World of Darkness, based on the Vampire: The Masquerade role-playing game. It was originally published by Wizards of the Coast in 1994 under the title Jyhad and designed by Richard Garfield, creator o...

Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) is a collectible card game originally published by Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) in 1995, set in the fictional empire of Rokugan, a fantasy world inspired by feudal Japan and other East Asian cultures. Players control clans competing for political influence and mil...

Duelyst is a digital collectible card game developed by Counterplay Games, released in 2016 for Windows and macOS. It combines traditional card game mechanics with grid-based tactical strategy, in which players summon units onto a battlefield and maneuver them in turn-based combat. The game features...

Jyhad is a multiplayer collectible card game published by Wizards of the Coast in 1994, set in White Wolf Publishing's World of Darkness role-playing game universe based on Vampire: The Masquerade. Players assume the roles of powerful vampires called Methuselahs who influence younger vampires throug...

Legends of Runeterra is a digital collectible card game created by Riot Games, drawing inspiration from Magic: The Gathering. Released in April 2020, the free-to-play title is accessible on Windows, iOS, and Android platforms. Monetization occurs through the purchase of cosmetic items within the gam...

Legendary Encounters: Alien is a cooperative deck-building card game published by Upper Deck Entertainment in 2014, based on the Alien film franchise. Players assume roles corresponding to characters from the films and work together to complete objectives across four scenario sets inspired by Alien,...

Star Wars Customizable Card Game (SWCCG) was published by Decipher Inc. starting in 1995 until the company lost the licensing rights in 2001. The game is distinguished by its highly complex rules and granular interaction between cards, utilizing a two-sided play area representing the "Light Side" an...

Earthborne Rangers is a cooperative, campaign-driven card game published by Earthborne Games in 2022. Set in a speculative future where society has adapted to environmental collapse, players take on the roles of Rangers exploring and protecting a vibrant wilderness. The game features a branching nar...

Codex: Card-Time Strategy is a competitive, expandable card game designed by David Sirlin and released by Sirlin Games. The game attempts to simulate the mechanics of real-time strategy video games by featuring tech trees, worker units, and base-building elements. Unlike traditional collectible card...

All the Skills is a deck-building LitRPG by HonourRae, notable for a world where magic exists on cards and Arthur gains a legendary skill card.

Game of Thrones: The Card Game is a competitive card game published by Fantasy Flight Games, based on George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" novels. Originally launched as a collectible card game in 2002, it was later redesigned into the Living Card Game (LCG) format, which provides fixed car...

Faeria is a digital collectible card game developed by Abrakam Entertainment and officially released in 2017. It distinguishes itself from other games in the genre through its dynamic, hexagonal board where players must actively build terrain using land cards. By placing specific biomes like forests...

Star Wars: Unlimited is a collectible card game published by Fantasy Flight Games, officially launching globally in 2024. Based on the popular Star Wars franchise, the game allows players to build decks around iconic characters, vehicles, and locations. A defining mechanic is the use of Leader cards...

Sorcery: Contested Realm is a collectible card game designed by Erik Olofsson and released in 2023. It is heavily inspired by early iterations of the fantasy card game genre, deliberately incorporating mechanics like land cards that are played directly onto the board as terrain. The game is distingu...

The Digimon Card Game is a Japanese trading card game published by Bandai that centers around players raising and battling Digimon creatures. Relaunched in 2020, it features an overhauled ruleset and card design that replaced the original 1999 Hyper Colosseum version. Players build decks around spec...

Warhammer 40,000: Conquest is a Living Card Game published by Fantasy Flight Games in 2014, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Designed for two players, it features faction-based deckbuilding where players use a Warlord to lead their forces and fight for control over planets. Players deploy units...

Warhammer 40,000: Conquest is a two-player Living Card Game released by Fantasy Flight Games in 2014. Set in the Warhammer 40K universe, the game challenges players to manage planets and engage in tactical combat using faction-specific decks centered around a chosen Warlord. The product line was dis...

Disney Lorcana is a trading card game published by Ravensburger that was officially launched in 2023. It is notable as the first major card game built entirely around the combined intellectual property of various Disney franchises, featuring characters from classic animated films, Pixar, and live-ac...

Argent: The Consortium is a competitive worker-placement and deckbuilding card game released by Level 99 Games in 2015. Players act as candidates vying for the position of chancellor at a magical university by gathering resources, researching spells, and sending out mages to secure votes. The game's...

The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game is a collectible card game published by Decipher Inc. starting in 2001. Based on Peter Jackson's film adaptations, players build decks representing the Fellowship and the forces of Shadow. A core mechanic involves navigating a path of nine site cards, where th...

The Exceed Fighting System is an expandable card game published by Level 99 Games that adapts 2D fighting video game mechanics into a tabletop format. Players choose from various fighters, each represented by a unique deck of cards detailing their specific attacks, blocks, and special abilities. Gam...

Eternal Card Game is a free-to-play digital collectible card game developed by Dire Wolf Digital and released in 2016. It is heavily inspired by Magic: The Gathering, incorporating a complex mana system, instants, and blocking mechanics, while utilizing the accessible digital interface of modern car...

The Star Trek Customizable Card Game is a collectible card game released by Decipher Inc. in 1994. Players build decks representing factions such as the Federation, Klingons, and Romulans, utilizing ships, personnel, and equipment to solve missions across a spaceline. A distinguishing feature is its...

Ascension: Deckbuilding Game is a fantasy-themed card game designed by a team of Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour players, including Justin Gary, and released in 2010. Unlike traditional trading card games, players start with an identical deck of basic cards and acquire new ones from a central, continu...

Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn is a living card game published by Plaid Hat Games in 2015 and designed by Isaac Vega. Set in a fantasy world of phoenixborn mages, the game distinguishes itself from other card games by using custom dice as a resource system rather than land or mana cards. Players dra...

The Versus System is a collectible card game published by Upper Deck Entertainment beginning in 2004. It was notable for licensing characters from both Marvel Comics and DC Comics, allowing heroes and villains from both publishers to appear within a single shared game system. Players built decks fea...

Minion Masters is a digital card game developed by BetaDwarf, a Danish independent game studio. Released in 2019 after an early access period, the game combines elements of collectible card games with real-time strategy. Players deploy minions and spells across a two-lane battlefield, attempting to...