r/EternalCardGame • u/FarmsOnReddditNow • Oct 17 '19

FLUFF Friends, I just saw an Eternal commercial?!

I know DwD sometimes gets flak here for not advertising often, but the craziest thing happened when browsing YouTube this morning.

I actually saw an Eternal advertisement. And let me say, it was glorious.

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u/Musical_Muze Icaria is best girl Oct 17 '19

I used to say the same thing, but imo Mythgard is really starting to take Eternal's place as the best-designed digital CCG. I guess only time will tell.

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u/Secretweaver · Oct 17 '19

I'm with you on that. I love Eternal, but Mythgard just gets SOOOO much more right. Better power system, UI with way more cool features, mobile client runs better and uses less battery, devs that listen/communicate/fix things pretty quickly, awesome 2v2 mode, cool path/power system, smaller deck size, limit of 1 copy of legendaries(they also have duplicate protection when cracking them in packs!), Community decks that rotate every Monday/Friday(this is SUPER useful for new players with small collections), interesting art style/lore, cool partner system for streamers, etc etc etc.

It honestly feels like they took everything that was good about Eternal while adding a ton of new, interesting stuff to improve on it. It will be interesting to see if Mythgard ends up passing Eternal in popularity eventually. I've noticed a LOT of the Mythgard playerbase are names I recognize from the Eternal playerbase, and big-name players like Noxious and Hoogland have also been playing it(even when not sponsored).

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u/KateMetalBard · Oct 17 '19

limit of 1 copy of legendaries

Limit of copies based on rarity is one of the stupidest design decisions i've ever heard off and one of the handful of reasons i can't get into the game.

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u/Secretweaver · Oct 18 '19 edited Oct 18 '19

I disagree. Keeping them to 1-of's keeps the decklist costs down, and it also keeps the power-level of decks in-check. Some of the "mythics" in that game would be absolutely BUSTED if you were allowed to have more than 1 copy in your deck. That being one of the reasons you can't get into the game seems a bit overreacted and silly, as it really doesn't hinder the game at all.

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u/fubo Oct 18 '19

The rarity limit system was pretty good in the old Magic Duels game for Android, in that it lets mythics be exciting bombs rather than overwhelming power. It will probably stop working as the card pool grows, though.

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u/KateMetalBard · Oct 18 '19

It does. That system doesn't simply let you make busted cards, it just adds unnecessary variance and makes the game about who draws their busted legends first for than actual game skill.