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If you enjoy a card game with a brilliant twist on deck-building, Mystic Vale is an excellent choice! The innovation of 'Card Crafting' is its main highlight.
- Innovative 'Card Crafting' mechanic
- High replayability
- Creative transparent components
- Push-your-luck strategy
- Immersive fantasy art
- Significant language dependency
- Can have downtime with 4 players
- Initial learning curve
About the game
What you do in a play session
Mystic Vale's big draw is its innovative 'Card Crafting System'. Forget the idea of just building a deck; here, you build the *individual cards* in your deck! That's right: you customize each card's abilities individually, adapting them perfectly to your strategy. Each turn, you play cards into your field to unlock powerful advancements and collect super useful vale cards. But managing your power is crucial: if you're careless and try to push your luck too much, decay can end your turn prematurely. The goal is simple yet challenging: accumulate the most victory points to prove your clan is the wisest and most powerful in the Vale.
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Mystic Vale - Learn to Play
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Mystic Vale - Full Playthrough
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How to Win with Mystic Vale
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Learn to Play: Mystic Vale
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Tantrum House 360 Playthru
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How to Play Mystic Vale - Masters of Boarddom
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Mystic Vale - Gameplay Runthrough - Part1
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Mystic Vale- The Solo Challenge #6
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How To Play Mystic Vale
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MYSTIC VALE / DIGITAL Edition / HOW To PLAY / Tutorial
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Mystic Vale - Gameplay Runthrough - Part2
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Ready, Set, PLAY - Setup and Gameplay of Mystic Vale and ALL expansions
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