These digital CCGs all have something that sets them apart from Hearthstone.
If you're going to play a CCG, why not try the one that started it all? After years of digital versions that failed to live up to the tabletop original, Magic: The Gathering Arena finally manages it. Though it's more complicated than Hearthstone, with land cards to tap for mana and turns divided into interruptible phases, that complexity makes surprising synergy and mid-match turnarounds not only possible but commonplace.
Jody's first computer was a Commodore 64, so he remembers having to use a code wheel to play Pool of Radiance. A former music journalist who interviewed everyone from Giorgio Moroder to Trent Reznor, Jody also co-hosted Australia's first radio show about videogames, Zed Games. He's written for Rock Paper Shotgun, The Big Issue, GamesRadar, Zam, Glixel, and Playboy.com, whose cheques with the bunny logo made for fun conversations at the bank.