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Mystic Vale

#194607BGG ↗

2016 · 2-4 players · 45min · weight 2.26 · 12,658 ratings

v2 v3 fit 0.434

BGG raw

ID
194607
Name
Mystic Vale
Year
2016
Rank
372
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
45
Min playtime
45
Max playtime
45
Avg weight
2.26
Num weights
200
Bayes avg
6.92831
Average
7.23468
Users rated
12658
Num owned
17706
Wanting
287
Wishing
2727
Num comments
2350
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:15:49 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (7)
Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingEnd Game BonusesHand ManagementLayeringOpen DraftingPush Your LuckTags
Categories (2)
Card GameFantasy
Description (844 chars)

A curse has been placed on the Valley of Life. Hearing the spirits of nature cry out for aid, clans of druids have arrived, determined to use their blessings to heal the land and rescue the spirits. It will require courage and also caution, as the curse can overwhelm the careless who wield too much power. In Mystic Vale, 2 to 4 players take on the role of druidic clans trying to cleanse the curse upon the land. Each turn, you play cards into your field to gain powerful advancements and useful vale cards. Use your power wisely, or decay will end your turn prematurely. Score the most victory points to win the game! Mystic Vale uses the innovative "Card Crafting System", which lets you not only build your deck, but build the individual cards in your deck, customizing each card's abilities to exactly the strategy you want to follow.

LLM v2 (wide)

Core verb
slot transparent upgrade
Decision shape
mixed:combinatorial+probabilistic
Reward schedule
engine_compounding
Aesthetics
["Discovery", "Challenge"]
Core loop pitch
Push your deck until decay caps you, then slide clear upgrade overlays into existing cards to reshape them.
Translation difficulty
Easy
Difficulty reason
Already done by Nomad Games (Steam, iOS, Android, Switch); transparent card crafting is uniquely physical but renders cleanly in digital.
Direct digital port
Mystic Vale (Steam/iOS/Android/Switch, Nomad Games)
Port kind
first_party
Closest loop translation
none yet
Primitive tags
["card_overlay_crafting", "push_your_luck_decay_cap", "in_card_modification", "thinning_via_field_reset"]
Confidence
0.75
Extracted at
Mon Apr 27 2026 11:40:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Raw v2 JSON (934 chars)
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  "game_id": 194607,
  "name": "Mystic Vale",
  "core_verb": "slot transparent upgrade",
  "decision_shape": "mixed:combinatorial+probabilistic",
  "reward_schedule": "engine_compounding",
  "aesthetics": [
    "Discovery",
    "Challenge"
  ],
  "core_loop_pitch": "Push your deck until decay caps you, then slide clear upgrade overlays into existing cards to reshape them.",
  "mobile_translation_difficulty": "Easy",
  "translation_difficulty_reason": "Already done by Nomad Games (Steam, iOS, Android, Switch); transparent card crafting is uniquely physical but renders cleanly in digital.",
  "direct_digital_port": "Mystic Vale (Steam/iOS/Android/Switch, Nomad Games)",
  "direct_digital_port_kind": "first_party",
  "closest_loop_translation": "none yet",
  "primitive_tags": [
    "card_overlay_crafting",
    "push_your_luck_decay_cap",
    "in_card_modification",
    "thinning_via_field_reset"
  ],
  "confidence": 0.75
}

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).