card-battler

noun

A genre of tabletop and video games in which the goal is to defeat one's opponent with a constructed deck of cards.

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Meanings

nouncard-battler (plural card-battlers)

plural card-battlers · alternative card battler

  1. board gamesvideo gamesA genre of tabletop and video games in which the goal is to defeat one's opponent with a constructed deck of cards.

    Magic Duels is the first official mobile adaptation of the popular Magic: The Gathering card battler.

    2015 September 29, Thomas Wellburn, “Heroes and villains”, in What Mobile, page 46
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    Like its PSone predecessor, Roses is a card-battler based on the cartoon and trading-card franchise–but this time we're promised an all-new dueling system, which should be a relief to anyone who played the awful first game.

    2002 September 29, “Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelists of the Roses”, in PlayStation Magazine, number 60, US, page 84

    The turn-based card-battler is set in the expansive PSO universe, and the action will take place both online and offline.

    2004 January 29, “Game Watch”, in Nintendo Power, number 175, page 20
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