Mabinogi Duel: G2 Era of Dragons -- an excellent F2P mobile CCG

Wow.  This is some mobile CCG!  Great art, unique cards, deck designer is good, plays well, good strategy.



And bouncing boobs, can't forget those.

Only a few downsides on this awesome game: f2p constant reminder, premium currency, some confusing UI & events, etc.

I wonder if Korea uses lots of coupons, as they are abundant in this game?

Tips:
I'm still a newb, but I've observed a few things of note.
- Try to do the Advanced Challenge daily for both Daily Mission and Draft.  That gets you 5 crystals and "a" card -- however, if you win you get 5 cards to pick from and can spend 6 gems for another pick, so you could wind up with 5 new cards for 30 gems, which is a deal!  Normally boosters cost 30 gems for 5 random cards, or 999 gold for a single.  Of you gather cards this way, you can decide if you want to spend on the cards or pass.  *This is my main way get 3-5* cards.*
- Deal with the Cat Merchant, but don't take his first offer unless you like it.  You can tweak the deal a lot.  Occasionally its a good deal, but often he wants to take a very good card in exchange for junk, so be careful.

I haven't read the boards or gotten too deep in the 'meta gaming' yet, so that's about it.  My current 2 strongest Decks feature a red dragon & a barbarian, but the White deck with a hero that stops people from attacking is my strongest.

I wonder how long I will play Mobinagi?  Join me!  Find REkzkaRZ & we can swap cards!

Magic Puzzle Quest (& Marvel Puzzle Quest)

Ooooh, a new Puzzle Quest!  And it's a blend of Magic: The Gathering (ie MTG) and Puzzle Quest! Made by D3 (makers of Marvel Puzzle Quest) & Wizards of the Coast!  What could go wrong?

This was my thought as I dloaded Magic PQ, somewhat concerned that it might affect my addictive daily playing of Marvel PQ.  Well, I now doubt that, despite the fact that I think Magic PQ is a 3-4* game on track to be a 5* game.  But Marvel PQ already is a 4* game, IMO.

The Good:
Lots of Plainswalkers, lots of cards.  Deck building mechanic.  CCG.  Strategic play.  Looks very nice.

The Bad:
10 card decks?!?  Really?  Meh!  Plainswalkers get first weak power at Lvl 2, next at Lvl 14?!?  Tiles in match-3 game look very similar (esp Blue & Black), esp when a 'support tile' is in play.  While art looks great, not much animation here.  Lots of cards, but can be hard to know what's going on, and I haven't found a 'recap' / log button to see what opponent's action was.  And lastly -- this is an F2P game w/2 currencies, and despite getting both just by playing, clearly the emph is on spending real money for premium currency to buy boosters.  (And I won't be spending anything, most likely.)

My Tips/Tricks:
I'm a newb, but I'm a veteran MTG & Marvel PQ player.  I will likely update these as I play more.

1 - Spend your currency well.  I dropped 50 crystals (premium) to add all Planeswalkers (PW's).  Rationale: the game is new, and I can see their costs soon jumping.  Also, when new PW's arrive, I'm sure they will also cost.  And for deck building, you can't play cards that don't share a color w/your PW.  Sure, I like Green, but also like 'em all.

2 - Get an early booster or two, but then start saving for the rates.  I didn't want all my cards to be 'standard', but my first 2 boosters didn't offer much of anything interesting.  Oh well.  (Update:  got my main Blue PW to Lvl 14 &  bought a few more boosters & got a Black Mythic card.  Frustrating.)

3 - UI Tips:
3a - Deck design is on the Planeswalkers menu.  And, if you are new to Magic, there's a Quick Update option which has the AI do it all for you.  You can also empty  your deck and yoi can Autobuild it with the AI. Not bad!
3b - Support Tiles - to distinguish between your Support Tiles & opponent's in play, the counter will be on that player's side.  The color is the color of the glow (this took me forever to figure out).

4 - Card Selection - During play, check your hand frequently (ie every round!) & strategically rearrange cards.  Also don't forget to use your PW's powers, even if they suck.  And don't mana-charge up Support Cards that need creatures w/o 1-2 creatures in play.

5 - Cards cycle during play -- you can only have 3 creatures at a time.  Reenforcement is when you play two of the same creature.  If you have 3 creatures in play, reconsider swapping out a monster until the last minute.  Reenforcement of creatures in play is generally better than swapping them out.  Also, you can fully charge creatures and hold them in your hand.

I wish I had more tips, but if you post yours I will happily include them here (and in my gameplay!!).
Thanks!  Happy Holidays!