Tidecaller Cards

Tidecaller Cards takes deckbuilding and adds a rising-and-falling tide that changes which cards are strong each turn. It sounds gimmicky but it forces you to plan two turns ahead, and that pushed my deckbuilding well past the usual comfort zone.

Runs are quick, maybe twenty minutes, and losing never feels cheap because you can usually trace it back to a greedy draft choice. The card pool is big enough that I kept finding synergies I had never tried.

The tutorial is a bit stingy about explaining tide timing, so give yourself a couple of runs to feel it out. Once it clicks, this is one of the better card games on the platform.

What we liked

• Tide mechanic adds real timing decisions
• Fast runs ideal for mobile
• Deep card pool with hidden synergies