Review: Mystic Vale (Nintendo Switch)

Review by Harvard L.

Few things in life are as innately satisfying as seeing a synergistic strategy come together in a card game. The sensation of planning towards a big payoff, or slowly amassing resources which compound in effectiveness once combined with smart decision making, is a potent one indeed. Mystic Vale is this sensation distilled down to a science. It’s a competitive card game designed by tabletop veterans Nomad Games (of Talisman and Fighting Fantasy fame) and has all the bells and whistles of a good deck-builder. This game offers an endless array of possible decks, filled with great  combos to build to, an engaging risk-reward system and an abundance of viable strategies to victory. Although the mechanics are relatively non-combative between players compared to some other digital board games, the strategically minded will find lots to love in the Switch edition of this deck building gem.

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