Whats the reason for deck building?

[Riaktion]

I am just curious to understand the purpose of the deck building mechanic, can someone explaoin why you would use it?

I have just been using the recommended deck, completing a quest then moving onto the next one, again with the default deck.

Would you deck build to try and ensure you get all the gems? Is that the idea?

If the aim of the game is to get through all of the quests then is the deck building required?

Can someone explain it to me, why and when would you use it?

Thanks!

[Dargenom]

The deckbuilding is one of the major aspects of the game. You're supposed to build a deck that fits your playstyle or a deck that's tailored to beat the challenge you're attempting. I'm afraid that if deckbuilding isn't something you enjoy, then this game might not be for you, as it is a big part of the game.

Personally I've never used the recommended deck for any challenge so I can't vouch for its usefulness, but I can already think of a lot of challenges where deckbuilding is the key to winning.

Many of the cards in your collections have tokens on them, that you get by fulfilling some criteria (Most of the encounter cards require you to get the optimal result from them and most of the equipment cards require you to do a certain task X times.). Each token you unlock will add more cards to your collection, giving you more options and unlocking more powerful cards.

The ultimate goal of the game is to beat the final challenge, but there are a wealth of other optional objectives to complete if merely beating the game doesn't satisfy you.

[Lee]

You can brute-force your way through many of the challenges with the Goblin Deck, but getting the Gold token generally requires a bit of finesse, particularly once you get past the Strength challenge. By modifying your deck, you're altering the specific equipment and encounters you'll come across on the adventure, and thus modify the resources and tools at your disposal to deal with whatever is required to beat the challenge.

[Riaktion]

Ok dokey, well I'm not adverse to deck building and I know it is part of the game, I just couldn't figure out why I'd use it. So far I've managed to complete the first 4 or 5 quests with the default deck so I was just wondering.

If it's just about going back and getting the tokens or otherwise tailoring your deck for future and potentially more difficult quests then fair enough, makes sense.

In that case I'll carry on using the recommended decks until I run into an issue and then come back later to get all the tokens etc.

Thanks both, appreciate your thoughts.