I really enjoy MtG, even though I only got into it very late. The commercial aspect really irks me however. I don't think a game should be both competitive and

I really enjoy MtG, even though I only got into it very late. The commercial aspect really irks me however. I don't think a game should be both competitive and collectible. After playing with printed cards for a while, I went shopping for games with a similar vibe but a smaller pool of cards. Epic Card Game has been a lot of fun, especially in a draft format. I am not sure why it was never popular, though I assume the ridiculously un-googleable name has something to do with it. https://www.epiccardgame.com/ https://www.epiccardgame.com/ 120 unique cards for $15 was hard to beat, and I was since able to acquire the entire collection of cards for less than $100 (whether that's a good thing or a bad thing is up to you). Other more eclectic mentions are Mindbug, Riftforce, Superjack (regular cards), Arcmage (opensource).