Devs made the game progressively worse over the last year or so. Casual TCG with card acquisition that actively punishes casual players. Arishem.

Not recommending it to anyone.
- Bad card acquisition
- Dev team and balance team, ignore player feedback while also saying "They listen"
- Overpriced bundles with less than satisfactory currency value for 50$ and 100$ on a weekly basis
- Fear Of Missing Out perpetuated content
- Toxic community
- Removal of Gold currency (exclusive) from the majority of places it existed before

The only reason you have players keep spending time in the game:
+ Marvel IP
+ People who have invested too much
+ Actually good gameplay flow when the META isn't broken due to bad balancing
+ Games are fast
+ Mobile clients are oblivious to any of the conversations, because they don't know about them

It really was one of the best collectible card games ever created. It collapsed under the weight of its monetization. It is a shame.

I was going to write a more detailed review, but the devs have proven they don't actually value constructive feedback. Some highlights:

- There is no catch-up mechanic for new or returning players; you actually can't even buy the cards you'd want to use if you were inclined. If you're new, it will take you MONTHS to amass a collection with cards you see in meta decks.
- Alliances are a complete miss; they were initially marketed as a way for players to incidentally get a little bit more free stuff while incidentally playing the game, but are designed in a way to force people to play with decks or cards they actually don't enjoy out of an obligation to other alliance members to obtain the rewards. While it may not be the intent of the devs, you can read the sentiment in SO many Discord posts.
- Aside from the chore-like build of alliances, they changed the daily log-in reward so that instead of just being once every 24 hours, it was once every 8 hours at a lower rate and would be slightly better than before if you got it every 8 hours.
- One of the most popular decks (not necessarily one of the best decks) allows the player an extra energy each turn in exchange for adding a bunch of random cards to their deck. This sounds like a big downside if you've played other card games as they have a tendency to print unusable trash, but most cards in this game are relatively well-balanced. In the end, you go up against a deck full of tech cards and big bombs that is playing them 1 or more turns before they should be able to, and you have to play around EVERY card in existence including a possible second copy of the tech cards in their deck. One of the fundamental strategies of the game involves good snapping and retreating, which you cannot do against this deck. It forces you into a one-sided RNG fiesta against your will and should have just been its own game mode from the start for people who enjoy that sort of thing.
- The current event running, Deadpool's Diner, is just poker tables disguised as a collectible card game with AGGRESSIVE monetization. Yes, it allows you to refill your "chip pool" for free just by waiting, but even if you could play one table down after a loss, the only way to avoid the pop-up message prompting you to buy more with what amounts to real money is to close the app. With one of the top prizes in the mode being a newly released card, much of the playerbase feels obligated to interact with this mode due to the general cost of card acquisition in the game. This is despite the overwhelmingly negative feedback expressed on the game's Discord server towards the mode. If you like a hyper-competitive ladder environment with more rewards but played out like poker tables, this might be your thing. I despise it.

I took a break after all of the above was implemented in July. 2.5 months later I came back because I missed the game. After playing for a bit and with Deadpool's Diner returning with no meaningful changes from player feedback, I can confirm what I miss is the game I remember, not the game as it is. I admit I'm feeling a bit of sunk cost fallacy as I purchased the season pass, so after I finish that out, the game is getting uninstalled. It hasn't been fun for me personally since June.

Fun card battler. You can play completely free or go the whale route. I love owning whales with free decks.

Just an all around good and fun card game.

Easy game to play without needing to think sometimes

terrible game i love it

Fun card battler that I've spent exactly $0 and I have a bunch of fun decks I can play. Does this game milk its whales? Absolutely, you could spend thousands. But you don't have to, and it's still fun. Recommended.

As a long time card game player and Marvel Comic enjoyer, this game combines both with lightning fast game play and incredibly solid design. 9/10