Ultra Pro - Shards of Infinity: DBG

I've played a lot of deck builders. And some of them are kind of terrible. A lot of them are slow, have a lot of setup, a lot of fuss to put away, bland artwork, etc, etc. This one is different.It's kind of long...but more like a slug-fest brawl than a slow tedious death by inches. In this game all players are either trying to quickly whittle away the other player's health or else deal them a knockout blow.I've hesitated many years to try this game because it's supposedly the same game as Star Realms. Well...no it's not. It's similar. But it's better.The problem with a lot of Big Market games is that they have you setting up stack after stack of cards, and then if you have health you either have all these tokens or cards to manage to keep track of it, and all that slows the game down and makes it fiddly. Not here.Here you have a health dial, a power dial, and a big market of six cards that all come from one random deck (woohoo!!!!). You buy cards, and use them to attack, defend, power up, and heal. You have a bunch of different types that can combo but the choice of which to buy and use is always yours. So basically yeah it's a race to the top of the power meter where you instant KO your opponents...or to KO them before they can get there. And it is AWESOME.What can I say? Great art. Great theme. Fast play. Enough time to strategize. Minimal sludge (no stupid cards that you use to get actions here!!!!). Cards that upgrade based on power level. And oh yeah...Everything you need to play is in the box. You don't need to buy two sets (or three!!!!). You don't need to build a deck before you play. There's no cards to sort except your starting deck, and they are all the same.If you want more depth or options you can buy the expansions and they are cheap(ish) and add more ways to play. But you don't HAVE to in order to play. Nope, nope, nope! Out of the (Cheap!) box you have a game ready to play.I like my games with a sci-fi theme and you've got that here which is another plus. If you like combat (and who doesn't?) I suggest you acquire Combo Fighter, Dice Throne, and THIS GAME immediately. Well? What are you waiting for???? Let the games begin!!!!

Deck building.Gioco molto simile a Magic the gathering.. o a Duel Masters.Con meccaniche di combo e wincon molto varie.Bello variare così tanto i mazzi.Gioco Eterno.

This is a great game which finely balances all elements of game play; health, mastery etc. Really great fun to play and has become a firm favourite in our home.

If you love a good deck building game but hate the fact that most (like Magic the gathering for example) force you to buy and build your own decks causing it to become a VERY expensive game, this game is for you! Everyone starts out with the same base and throughout the game you add onto your deck using cards that are in play. This game is super easy to learn, and is super fun! I liked the fact that I didn't need to assemble my whole friend group in order to play a game and the fact that it allowed to two player gameplay was a HUGE selling point.The art on the cards reminds me of classic deck building games, and the game as a whole is well designed and beautiful. I cannot wait to buy the expansion.I like the fact that this game fits into such a small box. I can grab this game and go, there isn't the hassle of a large box that I have to find space for if I choose to bring it to games night.

Comencé a jugarlo en la App y lo quería en físico, el juego es excelente, rápido, adictivo y con buenos combos. Muy recomendable, principalmente a 2 jugadores, aunque podrían fácilmente jugar 4 en modo versus 1vs1.