Ok i've spend more than 40hours on this, i guess i have to write a review now..
Keep in mind that the game is still in early access.

First: The price.
Since it seems to be the first concern about the review...
Right now, the game cost 8€, but it will be free on its release. So unless you want to play during early access (with its amount of bug and unbalanced gameplay), it's just your typical free to play game with a grinding/store system. You know, basically just like every other cards game. So let's compare thoses two systems with the most popular card game, Hearthstone:
Grinding is faster than Hearthstone. The idea is exactly the same, aka earning gold by winning or doing daily quest, and buying booster for 100 gold each. You can also craft cards using raw materials you get from unused cards you want to get rid of. The difference stand by the numbers: in Faeria, you earn 10 gold per win, while in Hearthstone it's 10 gold per 3 wins. Quest also give more gold (60-80 in faeria, for 40-60 in Hearthstone). You also win a booster each time you level up.
Crafting is also a lot cheaper in Faeria, since you need 400 raw material to craft a Legendary card (the rarest ones), while you need 1600 in Hearthstone for the same result.

If you don't want to lose time on farming, you can also buy boosters, just like in any other cards game. The difference here is you can buy all the collection for 50€, while it's usually 50€ for a large pack of booster (like in hearthstone, for exemple). So for the same price, you are certain to have every cards you need, instead of trying your luck with boosters and not even opening the whole collection in the end.

So i don't get why people complain over the price. This is certainly the cheapest or the fastest to complete card game right now.

Second: The gameplay.
This game reminds me of Pox Nora, another cards/tactical game that was quite popuplar back then. So you need to take the control of the map by literally building it, in order to defend your mana pool, defend your god or get near the opponent's one. This makes the game having two sides: is my deck strong enough to catch up with my opponent's one, and how am i going to take control of the map building lands?

Cards use some of the mechanics we see in all TCG, like haste, taunt, doing X when it comes in play, etc... but also have clever powers on lands you build, and introducing mechanics i wasn't used to, like doing damage to the player while fighting his creatures, wich i find very interesting since it open a whole new level of thought over the triade Control/Aggro/Combo we see in every god damn cards games.

Right now, i have to say the game is not well balanced, even if it's not awful. Even though i have all the cards, i cannot make every deck i want, because some colors or combination of colors are just way stronger and faster than others. But they are trying to balance it and in the end, it could lead to a very large variety of possibilities.

Did i mention how not random this game is compare to Hearthstone? Right now in Hearthstone, 50% of cards have random effects. This is so pleasant to get rid of that randomness.

Third: The communauty.
This game has a very large group of players, so you won't be bothered while looking for someone to play against. This game is quite new however, so netdecking is awful. Since meta is not 100% stable, you don't see a lot of variety when you play ranked matches. On the other hand, unranked match show some very different idea, and i love to chill playing my fun decks on unranked, while i play ranked with the serious stuff.

Fourth: The visual.
Yeah it's beautiful and original art design. But i really don't cary about visual.


Finally, i just have to say that this game feels like the best Trading Cards Game online right now. Of course, IRL nothing can beat the God of TCG, aka Magic the Gathering (even if it's also the most expensive one), but online this one seems to take the first place. To bad it wasn't designed by Blizzard, so it won't get as popular.

Heartstone Steam Edition

This is a card game where you are supposed to have a brain and cannot go face from the very first turn. It makes Faeria 10/10 to me.

Very strategy oriented and much more complex than Hearthstone .
Very unique concept.
10/10

*early access and first impressions*

I only played some of quests and couple of open matches, so I haven't experienced all game features yet. So far, so good :) Reminds me of M&M: Duel of Champions, Armello and Chaos: reborn in lawful mode.

+ mechanics (board creation, summoning creatures and playing cards)
+ artwork (soooooo adorable!)
+ 3 game modes
+ skill/deck building seems to be much more important than randomness of drawn cards
+ monthly tournament

- music - I think it needs much more development
- UI need some further improvements
- seems like Pandora mode is bugged...
- it lacks proper tutorial / game info! Like how building lands work and some card effects, everything you need to learn from experience

All in all, for the 5 hours I played, I enjoyed it very much. So far, 9/10 :)

If you're into CCGs, then my review is probably worthless and lacks any depth that would be useful to you. If however, you're just now venturing into CCGs, then I hope this might be useful to you.

Having passed on Hearthstone and only collected MtG cards (but never actually played it) I was a little wary of playing Faeria, a CCG. I didn't think it'd be interesting or grab my attention given my background. I'm mostly into FPS, rarely play the campaigns of most games, and already I've got an affinity for this game.

On first play-through, its easy to pick up the basics and they do a good job of getting you through the tutorials. From a superficial view, it seems to have plenty of strategy involved. In the mean time, the only thing I can recommend is to continue to play it and see how it pans out.

A turn-based card game. From the little I know about card games, mostly standard, but the battlefield makes it unique: You place territory you can summon on each turn, and what type of ground you summon influences the cards you are able to summon. The normal part is cards with booster packs, energy cost, attack and defense, taunts, last words, and other effects. Apart from creature and spell cards also has production/building cards without attack values and static.

+ Great graphics
+ Great sound design
+ Great visual effects
+ Enough new stuff to make it unique and play-worthy
+ Free-2-Play
+ Lists real-money values alongside digital currency
* High quality hand-drawn-style graphics
* Tilted top-down view of 2D battlefield

It's like Chess, Hearthstone, and Magic the Gathering had a baby.

Wait, you mean I actually have to move?

Faeria

Pros:

• Very Nice Music Wish They Had a Downloadable Soundtrack!
  
• Very Calming
  
• The Art Style Is Very Original With The Game And Fits In With Music And Gameplay
  
• This Game Is Constantly Being Updated

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Cons:

• The A.I Sometimes Can Be Very Stupid At Times
  
• The Game (IMO) Is Very Slow Having To Wait For A.I To Pick Up Cards And Place Them
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