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Spellweaver is a free-to-play collectible card game developed by Dream Reactor LLC for Microsoft Windows. The game beta was released in January 2015 and it's official release in February 2016.

Plot
Spellweaver features heroes and creatures from the forces of good and evil battling each other. The three good factions ( order, nature, wisdom ) and the three evil factions ( corruption, dominion, rage ) each have their own theme of cards. Order focuses on gaining life, strong creatures and ways to protect them. Nature centers on sheer quantity of creatures, their quick speed and ways to destroy key opponent cards. Wisdom focuses on drawing cards, spells and mingles well with other factions. Corruption has many ways to weaken and destroy opponent creatures, strong monsters, discarding cards and milling the opponent's deck but few ways to draw extra cards. Dominion can gain mana points more quickly and can take control or play the opponent's cards. Rage attacks quickly and can deal direct damage.

Gameplay
Spellweaver is a turn-based card game between two players that draws heavily from Magic the Gathering. Each player must gather mana and levels by playing one shrine per turn, which allows them to play cards when their mana and level cost requirements are met. Victory is achieved through different means, like reducing your opponent's life to zero, gaining over 40 life points, when your opponent's deck has no cards left or having a combination of specific cards on the field. A deck consists of 60 to 100 cards, with a limit of 4 times per card, a hero with a unique ability and a maximum of two special shrines for two extra special abilities. A deck may consist of any cards, which allows for deck building flexibility ; it may consist of only one faction or all six factions combined. A front and support row to place creatures on, along with instant abilities that can be played during the opponent's turn allows for many tactical strategies to be employed. It's divine offering mechanic, which allow players to replace the weakest card in their hand for a shrine every turn, along with it's many ways to draw extra cards, reduces the luck factor typical to a card game. People may play online against other players or against the AI at any time; small tournaments are held every day and the rewarding Master's tournament happens at the end of each month.

Free to play and card rarity
Spellweaver's free to play business model is constant. Each game grants you gold to buy card packs. The game offers 3 daily quests for gold, which can stack up to six at any time, and you can buy packs with money to increase your card collection faster. Rarity goes from common to uncommon, rare, epic and heroic. Many common and uncommon spells can easily destroy strong cards, so new players won't have a hard time competing against those with a complete collection. There are no cards you cannot obtain through money and or time.

Reception
Spellweaver was praised for it's in depth mechanics, visuals and general gameplay by tradingcardgames.com, which rated the game 9.1 on 10, saying "Spellweaver has taken all of the essentials needed for a great digital card game and cranked them up to eleven. The gameplay is so much more intuitive and refreshing than any other Magic-style game on offer. " Digitalcardgamers.com rated it 8.9 on 10 and summarized the game by writing "Spellweaver has the best fundamental design of digital card game. " 2P.com gave it a 9 on 10, writing “It's relatively easy for new players to get into, and extremely rewarding for people seeking a layered tactical experience. ”