The idea
Gaming TCG, your video games as collectible cards
Remember the cover of your very first game? Chances are it has its own card here. Gaming TCG is an online trading card game where every card is a real video game, with its cover, its platform and its release year. More than 10,000 video game cards, from arcade cabinets to this year’s releases.
You open boosters, fill your album, then take on other players: that’s the whole spirit of a gaming TCG, or collectible card game. Here it’s free, it runs in your browser, and it fits a five-minute break just as well as a long evening.
Boosters, and that little thrill
A booster is five cards and that short pause before you flip them over. The draw happens on the server, at the rates shown on the drop rates page: nobody picks what comes out. Your booster stock refills on its own, even while you’re away. Got a soft spot for retro, or are you more of a PC player? There are boosters for each family of platforms.
On day one, welcome boosters are waiting for you: an Epic or better in the first ones, an Ultra Rare or better in the last. After that, you earn them by playing, through the login bonus, missions, levels and daily challenges.
From Common to Mythic
Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Ultra Rare, Legendary, Mythic: seven steps, each one harder to reach than the last. Every family of platforms has its own Mythics, the games everyone has heard of. From Rare up, a card can come out in silver or gold, and every copy carries its own serial number. Your Legendary isn’t quite the same as the next player’s.
Dry streaks don’t last forever: after a certain number of boosters without an Epic, an Epic is guaranteed. Same goes for the Legendary. And every so often, a booster turns out to be a legendary booster right as you open it. Inside, nothing below Ultra Rare.
An album that fills up
Every new card pushes your album’s progress bar forward, and every milestone pays out: coins, plus a golden booster where nothing comes out below Rare. Duplicates don’t end up at the back of a drawer: recycled into shards, they let you craft the exact card you’re missing. And your best cards get their place in showcases on your profile, in full view of other collectors.
Battle, or your deck put to the test
A collection is nice. Putting it to use is better. In Battle, two players lay their cards across three lanes, with a single hand for the whole match and lives to take from the opponent. Every card has its power, and some have an ability that can swing a round.
To learn the ropes, you get a starter deck on loan and a guided first match. After that comes the real deck gaming: your own deck, built from your own cards. Practice against the AI, climb in ranked play or challenge a friend. Your first wins of the day earn you experience, coins, then a golden booster.
Fact sheet
- games as cards
- 10,000+
- rarities
- 7
- cards per booster
- 5
- pieces per cover to guess
- 16
The market, trades and the shop
Missing a card? Someone probably has a duplicate. On the market, players put their cards up for auction and bid against each other, with the coins they’ve earned by playing. Prefer bartering? Offer a trade directly to another player. And if you have coins left over, the shop has a golden booster or a new card back for you.
Two challenges a day
The daily quiz asks you about your own cards. Guess the Cover cuts a cover into sixteen pieces: your job is to name the game while revealing as few of them as possible. Both earn you boosters. Add daily and weekly missions, achievements, guilds and leaderboards: there’s always something left to do, solo or with others.
Getting started
Create an account, open your welcome boosters, and a short tour shows you around your collection and the game modes. Looking for a card TCG built around video games, an online TCG for a few minutes a day, or a deck to fine-tune for weeks? You’re in the right place. Game names and covers belong to their publishers.
