The collectible card game market has been quiet lately. For example, Magic: The Gathering’s last release was in 2016 and the company has just announced its first new set since then. This is a stark contrast to the booming popularity of digital card games like Hearthstone, the most popular game on Twitch with over 150 million players worldwide.
However, things are about to change for the collectible card game industry. In 2020/2021 we’ll see a new wave of digital trading cards enter the market with brand-new methods of buying and selling cards that could revolutionize how we play these games forever!
Why it’s taken so long for a new approach to collectible cards.
As you can imagine, a new approach to collectible trading cards will require a lot of work from the industry—and this has been slow going. Collectible card games have been around for decades, and they’re not going away anytime soon. But when it comes down to it, the industry is slow to adapt new technology because of its reliance on physical goods like paper cards and plastic packaging.
The rise of blockchain technology could change all this by making digital collectibles more affordable and accessible than ever before.
A look at two main types of digital card games.
Free-to-play (F2P) games are similar to their physical counterpart in that you can collect cards for free, but there’s an inherent cost in the fact that you’ll have to wait for certain kinds of cards to be released. Some F2P games offer players the option of buying booster packs with real money or earning them through gameplay, but most require some level of grinding before you can make significant progress.
This type of game is ideal if you’re just getting into collectible card gaming and want something simple yet engaging; however, if your goal is winning tournaments or collecting rare cards as quickly as possible—and spending your hard-earned money on them—then this isn’t going to work out very well!
Pay-to-play (PTP) games are designed specifically around monetization mechanics: buying packs with real money will give you more competitive advantages than grinding through gameplay alone ever could. While this type of game might seem daunting at first glance due its high barrier to entry ($50+ per month), it offers several benefits over its free alternative: access to premium content such as special edition promo cards and tournament participation points that allow players who invest heavily into their decks access things like limited edition sleeves and artist signatures!
It’s hard to predict what the future will look like, but one thing is for certain: we’re going to see more and more Collectible Trading Cards games that are played entirely online. The technology behind these types of games has improved significantly over the last few years, which means that even more can be done with them in the next few decades. We may even see them become an international phenomenon someday!