Whether borne of a marketing meeting or merely the result of imagination run wild, there’s no denying the unbelievable potential for profit held within The Eye of Judgment. Endless expansions? Booster packs? It’s the stuff of dreams, assuming you own stock in Sony.

But if you’re actually planning on playing The Eye of Judgment, you don’t care. You’re in it for the experience, the competition, or perhaps the collectable aspect of it all. Previous attempts to encapsulate the collectible card game (CCG) experience in a digital format have largely failed due to one presumably obvious element: the lack of cards! I’m no expert in the realm of CCGs, but there’s a definite thrill in buying booster packs, assembling a deck, and having physical cards that you can swap or sell.

The Eye of Judgment recognizes this, crafting its video game experience around the use of collectable cards not unlike those of Magic: The Gathering or the Yu-Gi-Oh CCG. Thirty cards comprise the playing deck, and the starter set will include a pre-made deck and an additional booster pack of eight cards. Additional theme decks and booster packs will be sold separately, and with a total of 110 cards in the initial set, it could take a major investment to collect every card. That doesn’t even take into consideration the expansion sets that will follow the initial release.

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