While this originally started as a list of alternative Trading Card Game deck builders, it quickly spun out into a list of games that use unique decks of cards. Some of these are deck builders ...

Today, card games are everywhere, but in 1993, the trading card game (TCG) genre was born with just one: Magic: The Gathering, created by Richard Garfield. I became a fan a few years later ...

You won't struggle for choice if you're hunting down the best card games. The shelves are overflowing with must-play options, and there are more than anyone would reasonably have time to try.