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❤ Mana System and Deckbuilding Depth

The game borrows the mana system from Magic: The Gathering, requiring players to carefully manage their pools of Red, White, Blue, Black, and Green mana to cast cards. This adds a captivating layer of strategy to deckbuilding. Players can choose to focus on a couple colors for consistency, or branch out to unlock powerful multicolor cards at the cost of more difficult resource management. Combining this mana system with a vast card pool of over 500 cards, the game provides immense deckbuilding depth and freedom. Players can experiment with a wide variety of strategies, mixing and matching cards and mana colors to discover game-winning synergies. The ability to incorporate other characters' card pools as the run progresses further expands the deckbuilding possibilities. Reviewers praise this mana-centered deckbuilding as a meaningful evolution of the core Slay the Spire formula.

❤ Spell Card Abilities

Each playable character also has access to a Spell Card ability - a super-powered, situational card with diverse effects like massive AoE damage, an extra turn, or summoning temporary allies. Reviewers highlight the Spell Cards as an engaging addition, allowing players to plan proactive, game-changing plays or reactively save themselves from tough situations. These Spell Cards add an extra layer of strategy and expression to the combat.

❤ Difficulty and Replayability

The game's difficulty scaling earns praise from reviewers. While the base difficulty is comparable to Slay the Spire, higher difficulty settings significantly ramp up the challenge, with enemies gaining powerful new attacks and abilities. Reviewers note that each step up in difficulty feels fair but significantly more demanding, with optional "request" modifiers allowing players to further customize the challenge. Combined with the deep deckbuilding and variety of playable characters, the game boasts tremendous replayability. Players can experiment with different strategies, character combinations, and difficulty settings to create fresh, engaging runs.

❤ Presentation and Polish

Reviewers consistently highlight the game's impressive presentation and overall polish, especially for an Early Access title. The art, animation, and soundtrack capture the charm and flair of the Touhou series, with vibrant visuals and catchy musical tracks. The user interface and overall design are also praised as clean and intuitive, ensuring a smooth gameplay experience. Reviewers note that the game feels very polished and complete, despite its unfinished status.