A collaboration between legendary card game designer Richard Garfield and Valve, Artifact Classic is a digital card game that combines deeply strategic, competitive gameplay with the rich setting of Dota 2. The result is an immersive and visually stunning trading card game unlike any other. Wield your deck across three lanes of combat, answer every move of your opponent with one of your own. Unlimited hand size. Unlimited number of units you control. Unlimited mana you can employ. Artifact Classic is free to play! Furthermore, all cards are now available to all players. If you paid for the original Artifact, your cards are promoted to Collector's Edition cards. Paid game event tickets have also been phased out.
Platforms
Linux Mac PCGenres
Card & Board Game Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS)Themes
Fantasy Warfare
Languages: English and 10 more
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Media
Critic Reviews
IGN
By Tom MarksArtifact is a challenging, deep, and surprisingly approachable card game.
Fandom
By Jeremy RayWe were hoping for the next big evolution is card game design. As it stands, Artifact’s main positive quality is making us realise how good we had it with Hearthstone, Legends, and Gwent.
Everyeye.it
By Giovanni CalgaroArtifact presents a challenge that is not suitable for everyone.
3DNews
By Алексей ЛихачевOne of the best card games on the market, which is no small feat. Easy to learn and enjoy, definitely hard to master. And that's great.
GameCloud
By Nick BallantyneTake caution before letting Artifact consume you. The monetisation is an egregious disaster, the RNG practically runs the game sometimes, and casual players will have no reason to keep coming back. There’s some fun in there; it’s just locked behind statistically improbable gauntlets and marketplace auctions. Worth the asking price? I’d lean towards no. Worth the investment required? Absolutely not. The buy-in isn’t enough to sustain your time with the game, and it’s almost insulting that there’s no way to earn cards when Valve already takes a cut from marketplace sales. The cards must flow, and thy wallet is tribute.
