Altered

Pick a faction and duel with your own deck in a collectible card game set in a reshaped, dreamlike Earth.

Designers: Manuel Rozoy, François Jourdain, Marcus Kearsey, Jacques Ernoult, Régis Bonnessée, Timothée Simonot, Charles Wickham, Merlin Ismet, Nathanaël Dufour, Léa Roulée
Published by: Equinox

Altered is a collectible card game for two players. The setting is an Earth that has been reshaped by a mysterious event called the Confluence, and you lead expeditions across the changed world with a faction of your choice. The artwork leans into dreamy, Miyazaki-influenced illustration, and the game pairs physical cards with a digital layer the designers call phygital. Like other collectible games, you build your own deck and the cards come in rarities, so the box is where it starts, not where it ends. Expect a head-to-head duel of around 40 minutes where deck building and card play are both part of the fun, aimed at both competitive and casual players.

Collectible cards with a new rarity systemFactions exploring a world changed by the ConfluencePhysical cards plus a digital layer

Who it's for

You like the idea of building and refining your own deck over time, and you want a collectible game with distinctive art.

Not for you if…

You want a self-contained box with everything in it. Collectible games ask you to keep buying and building to stay current.

Vibe's take

Two-player and personal. You spend as much time shaping your deck as playing it, and the pictures give every card a small story.