Deckbuilding

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The construction of a deck of playing cards in certain games where players can make decisions about which cards to include. uncountable

    "In Magic, a blue card so powerful that everyone played blue, and games hung on who drew that particular card first, and the other cards in the deck all went toward supporting that card, would turn a game of making choices in deckbuilding into a game with one choice […]"

Example

More examples

"In Magic, a blue card so powerful that everyone played blue, and games hung on who drew that particular card first, and the other cards in the deck all went toward supporting that card, would turn a game of making choices in deckbuilding into a game with one choice […]"

Etymology

From deck + building.

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