Have you been caught up in the ongoing intrigue surrounding the perennially popular ? I know I sure have. It was only with the release of the Final Fantasy set that I finally gave MTG a try. I'm hooked,🍸 of course. But up until now, I've been playing more 'beginner-friendly' sorts of TCGs.

When I say that, I mean any combination o🅰f relative approachability and not-so-budget-breaking affordability. If something blends the two, all the better. These are, by my humble estimation, the best newbie-friendly trading card games around.

5 In-Game Card Ga💙mes ⛎

We'll start with an odd one. Many games, mainly RPGs, have collectible card games nestled within them. They're typically "just" side quest fare, but sometimes, they have compelling storylines of their own. Practicing with them can get you acquainted with the general rhythm💟s of face-to-face card battles... without the face-to-face.

They're usually at least marginally simple, too. After all, if they weren't, they'd likely have a full game of their own. Gwent is a good example of something that started out as an in-game൲ - via - before blossoming into its own relatively deep affair. It's worth checking it out either way.

Queen's Blood, from the recent , is another fantastic pick. The level of depth slowly becomes clearer as you unlock more matches throughout the world. In the early going, it's really quite straightforwaཧrd, so it's a slow and steady escalation that's perfect for beginners in the genre.

But really, there are so many examples out there. Several Trails games have their own in-game card games filled with challenges to overcome. Final Fantasy 8 has Triple Triad, which also makes a return in a far more expansive version in the MMO, Final Fantasy 14.ꦓ In that one, you can even go up against real opponents.

4 🍬 Star Wars Unlimited

It's often helpful to latch on to a franchise tie-in when learning the ropes in the trading card game world, and Star Wars Unlimited combines a h♚ighly pop🤡ular IP with a fairly easy learning process. The game is pretty new, too, so you'd be hopping in when there aren't thousands of cards to keep track of. Well, assuming it ever gets to that point. But it might!

Star Wars Unlimited covers multiple eras, and it includes not just the heroes, villains, and grunts of the galaxy's multiple massive conflicts, but ship-to-ship combat, as well. Myself, I gravitate more toward that side of Star Wars, so I ought to b🦂e playing more Unlimited, eh?

3 ꦓ Digimon Card Game

I'm an off-and-on Digimon fan, but I've watched most of the shows, played at least half the games, and I'm excited about the upcoming . When the Digimon Card Game (the modern one; there's a much older one that's very much dead) first debuted a fe⭕w years back, I had my doubts whether it would catch on.

I gave it a bit to check the temperature despite really liking what little I saw of it at launch. It's a fast-paced ordeal with a smooth setup and a ruleset that, while tricky at first, swiftly becomes second ജnature. Swiftly enough, I should say, for the DCG to qualify as beginner-friendly.

While something like Digimon is neve♛r going to rival Magic the Gathering or, you know, Pokemon, in TCG popularity, this is honestly quite successful in its own right. Plenty of folks swing by my local com🌳ic/tabletop shop on a bi-weekly basis, which is more than I can say for several other card games I wish had more local support (Final Fantasy TCG, I'm looking at you).

2 Disney Lorcana ꦗ

Oddly, I'm not big on Disney. I just didඣn't grow up with it. So, I'll be candid here. I'm running entirely on word-of-mouth with . But I've heard a lot of words, and I'm comfortable passing them on.

The main appeal is surely the ever-growing roster of nostalgically familiar Disney characters, settings, events, and so fo♌rth. Opening a pack is probably like cracking open a little suite filled with childhood memories for a great many of you. And if you're looking to battle, I've read glowing reviews about Lorcana, both here at TheGamer and elsewhere.

Crucially, these reviews alw🙈ays tend to mention that Lorcana isn't overly complicated. It's snappy, and like Star Wars Unlimited, it's still nascent enoug🔴h not to be so thoroughly weighed-down by a ton of what-if rule moments.

1 Pokemon Tra𒐪ding Card Game 𒐪

If you've ever worried that the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Trading Card Game might be too convoluted a place to start, I've got good news. It isn't. S🔥ure, there are so many cards that you can line 'em all up and span the Great Wall of China with 'em.

Thanks to a regular rotation of "allowed" cards in competitive play, though, it's always easy to know where to start collecting, and the contemporary ruleset at any giv👍en time is tailored and tweaked to handle the era upon which it's built. That's not to say the basics ever change, because they don't; and they're easy to parse, too.

This is all assuming you even want to play competitively. If you're just hanging out with 🍸friends, you can use any card, from any set, and nobody's going to tell the Elite Four that you cheated your way down Victory Road. Even if you're just in it to collect, hot dang, there is so much phenomenal artwork on Pokemon TCG cards. Especially nowadays. I often purchase singles and packs just to ogle them.

Might I suggest, if you're new as all get-out, that you download Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket first? Yeah, it's a gacha, which🦋 means microtransactions are available. But nah, you never need to spend a cent. It's plenty generous, and if your goal is just to learn how to play, it's an excellent source. Mind you, the battles in Pocke🗹t are always half the size of the regular version, but that just makes it all the simpler to grasp!