Mythgard

Mythgard

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By <™[-=> Cookiez <=-]™>
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Mythgard is yet another clone of the Magic the Gathering race-to-zero style of gameplay with bits and pieces of Hearthstone mixed in. There are a few additional variations similar to Spellweaver, Hex and Duel of Champions by Ubisoft (all MTG clones). The objective of the game is exactly the same as MTG or Hearthstone, get your opponent's health to 0 before they do the same to you.

Gameplay-wise, mouse. At the start of the game, both players draw 7 cards. At the start of each player's turn, draw 1 new card. You can either burn a card to gain a gem and 1 mana or play it. To play a card, you must fulfill both its gem and mana costs. Each card is a spell, enchantment or creature.

Creatures. All creatures come with summoning sickness when cast unless they have Rush (Haste). They will have 2 stats, Strength (Damage) and Life (Hitpoints). You can only summon a maximum of 7 creatures on the 7 slots allocated to you.

Spells. Cast instantly. Targets vary from player, creatures, decks or spells.

Enchantments. Played on the 7 slots given to you. Creatures can be summoned on them to give better buffs.

Mana & Gems. Gems give you mana but mana doesn't give you gems. Be careful as the gems are not a threshold, they are a limited resource. If 2 green cards cost 2 mana each and there is only 1 green gem, you can only cast 1 green card, even if you have 10 mana.

Movement. This is slightly different from Hearthstone as you can actually move creatures among the slots. While movement is not free (if you move, you can't attack), there are varied strategies for using them. Moving a creature can allow you to get outside of the range of your opponent's creatures. Creatures with Swift +1 movement for free.

Puzzles. I loved them. I got stuck at Cataclysm because I forgot about gaining mana. Hell Hounds showed a single unit doing 2x3 damage multi-attack to the opponent's face. The Wall was an infinite loop of mana.

Conclusion, while I was impressed with the Mythgard puzzles, the Pay-To-Win system and copying of design is a major no-no for me. Mythgard doesn't even bother to hide that it copies from Magic the Gathering and Hearthstone, with a survey directly asking you "Have you played MTG/Hearthstone?"

PROS
PROS
1. Puzzles
I loved them. It gave my brain a good exercise.



CONS
CONS
1. P2W
Yes, it's pay to win again. The gems are Mithril this time. Pony up the cash for your Common, Uncommon, Rare, and Mythic cards. 14,100 Mythril for $99.99. Each pack is 150 Mythril. 94 packs for $100.

2. Design is Very Similar to Magic the Gathering
I know the patent for MTG has expired but this is yet another clone of MTG. Why should players play Mythgard?

3. Story is Unoriginal
It's an amalgamation of Norse, Greek, Abrahamic Pantheon with strike witches, werewolves, vampires, Cthulu and Valkyries. Basically, the same concept as SMITE and God of War.
8 Comments
<™[-=> Cookiez <=-]™>  [author] 22 Dec, 2020 @ 11:38am 
Yes, I am.

Is it significantly different from MTG?

The objective is still the same.

Yes, I agree with you. Both Mythgard and MTG are the P2W.

As for the last point, there are 2 reasons for that.

1. It's a guide to what the game is
2. Review ran out of space.
Null Winter 22 Dec, 2020 @ 11:32am 
You seem to be under the impression that if a game shares any similarities at all with a prior game, then it's a clone. This does a lot of things differently from MtG. For one thing, MtG was literally pay to win since you originally had to shell out real money for real cards; this game sprays free cards and currency at you on a daily basis.

It has strategies and synergies unique to this game, since it has the Path and Power systems in addition to all the various card effects.

Story? The "all religions and mythology were somehow true at the same time" thing isn't new, but it's also never been done well. This... still doesn't do it well, but that's primarily because the team seems to have put story mode at the absolute bottom of the priority list.

My real question is: why the hell did you put a review in a fake "guide"?
<™[-=> Cookiez <=-]™>  [author] 5 May, 2020 @ 12:13pm 
Ok
Eccy 5 May, 2020 @ 11:44am 
Wow, definitely anything else than MtG and pretty generous with rewards along the road... and more importantly, almost any card is usable than in MtG where most of the cards are just trash.
<™[-=> Cookiez <=-]™>  [author] 27 Mar, 2020 @ 11:50pm 
Sure
A White Ghost Orchid 27 Mar, 2020 @ 11:25am 
Your telling me that but ur calling this game a clone and p2w lol , wake up
<™[-=> Cookiez <=-]™>  [author] 27 Mar, 2020 @ 10:14am 
Oh, ok. Whatever you imagine is real.
A White Ghost Orchid 27 Mar, 2020 @ 10:12am 
its not a mtg clone lol. / not p2w either , lots of rewards for free players