My Magical Card Tavern

What are you guys doing?

This change was something Ginell had not anticipated.

Inside the tavern, apart from Morin and Graeme, all the other mages followed this rule.

Instead of choosing the Silver Star series card decks, which focus more on magic, they opted for Luke's cards.

Don't ask, it's just fun, it's all about novelty.

As for the other mages, they had dark faces, were holding their breath, and were clutching silver star cards in their hands.

It's highly likely he lost the rock-paper-scissors game.

Just like when children are playing, they all want to be paladins, but only the children who lose the competition will reluctantly become demons who are destined to be sealed away and banished, or to be burned to ashes by holy light.

Only Morin and Graeme are at this table. Their professions are inherently opposite, so their card deck choices will naturally create an adversarial relationship.

When it comes to mages versus warriors, setting aside the conventional notion of distance, when it comes to a real fight, it truly comes down to each player's skill.

Morin kept his eyes glued to his cards, occasionally glancing up at Graeme, trying to glean some useful information from his expression.

But Graeme would never give Morin that chance, his face so serious it looked like he was about to pick up his weapon and smash it over Morin's head.

In card and board games, it is especially important to manage your facial expressions.

Even in the simplest game of drawing a turtle, if your expression changes noticeably when the opponent places their hand on your cards, it's only a matter of time before you're manipulated.

Ginnell glanced at the table.

On this half of the table representing Morin, there are currently three minions on the board.

Two of them were orcs, and the other was a regular human warrior; all of them had decent health.

In addition, Morin also obtained Luke's Lockta Blade and equipped it. Judging from the number of times it has been used, it should have been used to launch several attacks.

Morin's card table emitted a blood-red glow, like light and mist, and within this glow, the attack power of the three minions all appeared to be increasing.

Clearly, the amplification activated by Lochta's Blade should increase the attack power of minions on the field.

On Graeme's side, the situation at the card table was so simple it seemed like a huge disparity in strength.

Two cards, one of which is a building, and the other is a slender magician.

In addition, Graham's figure has a mysterious membrane, which seems to be the result of some kind of magic, but it is unclear whether it is an amplification or a defensive effect.

[Building Magic Card: Star Language Altar]

[Rank: Four-Star Magic Card]

[Description: This was once an altar used by a civilization to communicate with the stars. They prayed to the stars for power and knowledge, but forgot that the stars themselves would also die.]

[Effect: The Starry Altar can remain on the field for five turns, increasing the defensive and spell attack capabilities of minions and the player, and drawing an additional card from the deck each turn.]

[Note: The Star Language Altar can be destroyed.]

It's a very standard support building card. Although it has so much health that even a round of focused fire from Morin and other card minions can't kill it, it doesn't have much attack power itself.

But the increased attack and defense, along with the extra card draw each turn, were enough to make Morin wary.

It can only exist for a maximum of five rounds, meaning the altar will automatically disappear at the start of the sixth round, but this thing is essentially a trap.

If you start thinking that the altar will automatically disappear after five rounds and there's no need to waste resources and attack attempts on it, then you're in trouble.

What if your opponent gets a perfect hand in five rounds, accumulates enough cards for their strategy, and easily takes you down?

What if the altar undergoes other changes, such as drawing a key minion card that grants the Star Language Altar attack power, or allowing it to exist for a longer period of time?

The altar itself is like a representation of a system.

Morin glanced warily at the Star Language Altar. In addition to the light emanating from the cards themselves, the edges of the cards were also shimmering with a distinct purple glow.

White is common, blue is rare, purple is epic, and orange is legendary – that is, the Lochta Blade in your hand.

Although card quality and attack power are not directly linked, it at least shows that this card's ability in a certain aspect is definitely worthy of being rated as an epic card.

Therefore, Morin would not be deceived by the card descriptions.

The Star Language Altar in front of Gram has been attacked several times, and the altar on the card is badly damaged and looks like it is about to collapse.

Beside the altar, the slender figure remained standing, the tip of his staff gleaming with a bright silver light.

[Samsung Follower Card: Silver Star Believer]

[Quality: Rare Blue]

[Description: A magician who once gazed at the silver stars and protected a village, now watched helplessly as the stars fell.]

[Effect 1: When both a Silver Star Believer and the Star Language Altar exist simultaneously, the Believer's health and attack power are increased by one star, and their spell attack value is increased by another star.]

[Effect 2: When the Star Language Altar collapses, the Silver Star Believer will die instantly and deal three-star damage to the player on your side.]

Collaboration cards, and even more so, collaboration cards that can directly boost attribute values.

The sheer magical attack power of the Silver Star Believers was enough to leave Morin speechless; after the star rating was stacked, the attack power of the Silver Star Believers was completely incomprehensible.

This is why Graeme, with just an altar and a minion, can face a total of four attacking units from the enemy, including the player and minions.

Although the Silver Star Believer card has significant negative effects, its positive effects are also very strong.

Morin has quantity, Graham has quality.

In fact, if we look at the game itself, Graeme had better luck than Morin.

As for what kind of magic the light membrane on Graeme's body was, Ginnell had no idea.

Although he could directly use the Guild Master's authority to view the cards Graeme had used, this kind of spectating process, where the answer was already known, was not very interesting.

For example, right now, Morin is pondering his hand and minions, looking conflicted.

With the three minions and the attack power of Lochta's Blade, he can take down the Starry Altar in one go this turn.

In theory, once the minion attacks to the weapon card's kill threshold, he can use the effect of Lochta's Blade to destroy the Starry Altar, thereby gaining an additional kill amplification ability.

But now there is a problem.

Morin didn't know what kind of magic the thin membrane on Graham's body was.

Is it a card with attack counter effects, or just the most basic shield spell?

Morin glanced at the cards in Graeme's hand, and at the serious-looking face behind them.

The extra card draw effect of the Star Language Altar has lasted for three rounds, and Graeme probably already has a combo that can defeat him in one turn.