Magic: The Gathering Online vs Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Evolution: TCG
Magic: The Gathering Online
Magic: The Gathering Online brings the renowned tradable card game series to the growing online community of card game enthusiasts (finally). Containing every card ever devised for the original board game, Magic: The Gathering Online (or Magic Online for short) is an MMOTCG that has everything that a typical online card game would have, including collecting cards, building decks and duelling other players. Similar to most popular card games, this game is also very active among the eSports community, allowing the best of the best to showcase their skills on a much bigger platform for prizes that can be brought over into the real life.Magic: The Gathering Online may not be as popular as Hearthstone mainly due to its rather high skill ceiling, especially for players who are not familiar with its traditional card-and-board game. However, this doesn't mean you shouldn't try the online adaptation of the world's most popular and original (many other card games are inspired by this franchise) card game.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Evolution: TCG
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Evolution: TCG is an MMO card game based on the popular card-dueling anime manga of a similar name. It provides you with the original Yu-Gi-Oh gameplay that you can play on your web browser for completely free. With tons of gorgeously and meticulously drawn cards, and challenging opponents to fight against, this is definitely the sort of trading card game (TCG) that will delight fans of the genre!If you're familiar with Yu-Gi-Oh!, the gameplay in this game shouldn't be too hard to grasp. However, for new players, you just need to understand this one thing weaker monsters can be summoned directly when the card is played but 5 to 6-star monsters will require a tribute to be summoned. Not to mention, more powerful monsters usually have special monster effects (such as Special Summon). These monster effects can really tip the scales of the duel in your favor when played right, so you really need to be familiar with your cards.
Despite its pretty much non-existent storyline, Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Evolution TCG Online is a decent free-to-play TCG. It’s surprisingly challenging and it offers up the sort of depth that fans of the genre would most certainly enjoy.