So a buff card will have an attack score (the number of cards your opponent will discard) as well as text explaining what else happens (bonus to damage on next attack for instance). The heals return cards from your graveyard and shuffle them back into your deck.Įach card lists its offensive and defensive power at the top, and any effects at the bottom. The defense score acts as a shield to absorb damage before you have to discard cards, so if your opponent does three damage and you have a two defense then you only lose one card. Some cards also have a defensive bonus attached to them. The cards are set-up pretty simply, and are separated into attacks, buffs, and heals for the most part. And when you’re out of cards you’re dead. But when you take damage, you discard cards equal to that damage…so in essence your hitpoints are the number of cards in your deck. In Clash of the Dragons you don’t need power to play cards, you can do that anytime. In Shadow Era, you discard cards to give you power to summon others. In Magic you play mana cards that represent your summoning power for other cards. But a unique damage system hooked me in pretty quickly.Įach CCG seems to have it’s own variation on the theme of using a deck to represent battle. But until now I’ve never played a CCG on Facebook, so I really didn’t know what to expect out of Clash of the Dragons. I’m quite fond of Magic: The Gathering and went all gaga when Shadow Era came to my PC, iPod, and iPad. I fancy myself a serious “casual” player of collectible card games (CCGs). A unique damage system helps make Clash of the Dragons feel different

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