Best way I can sum this game up is that it's an "Old school MTG style card battler with an overworld that you collect resources from, choose your encounters, and purchase new cards with your resources." There are separate factions with definite themes that keep things interesting throughout the playthrough. You start off with little, and will amass a powerful card collection before you know it. Battles are often like puzzles and will require very different strategies as you go from one to the next.