DC Deck-Building Game Review

Over a decade since its 2012 debut, Cryptozoic Entertainment’s DC Deck-Building Game continues to provide top-notch gameplay experiences for tabletop fans and comics aficionados alike. With dozens of flavorful Crossover packs, cooperative Crisis expansions, and head-to-head Rivals options, the number of characters, continuities, and worlds available to players of this deckbuilder now rivals the greater DC comics canon. A question emerges: does the core experience of the series’ original base game, without the mechanical bells and whistles of later expansions, still hold up?

A Deck Builder Uniting Comic Fans and Tabletop Strategists

Fans of the deck building genre will immediately recognize a few of DC Deck-Building Game’s core conceits: you begin with a deck of Starter cards—Punches and Vulnerabilities—that are used to progressively upgrade and sculpt a deck capable of impressive feats. Each turn sees players drawing a hand of five cards and playing out their hand with the hopes of adding the best available cards to their deck by way of their discard pile. If a player attempts to draw from an empty deck, they shuffle their discard pile to create a new deck, and continue their turn from there. As the game progresses, players can amass more and more powerful cards while destroying less valuable additions for increased consistency and stronger turns. Each player’s goal is to…

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