Even though trading card games are hardly played as much as most of the other genres or even have the same reputation as they used to, it's great to see Might & Magic: Duel of Champions along with SolForge still giving it their all. SolForge being one of the newer TCG titles within the market -currently being in open beta- has a lot of potential and can bring a great deal to the table.
Hearthstone is a great collectible card game, but it isn't for everyone. Plenty of similar games are available if you're looking for something familiar yet different.
These are the five best games of the genre.
GamesBeat: Digital card games are becoming a big industry trend, and players have plenty of options. Last year, we compared three of the biggest titles in the genre. Well, a lot has already changed in the digital card arena, so we’ve updated the chart and story with some new info and new games.
Don't sleep on Earthcore. This is a fantastic game as well. Ditto with SolForge. Both of these are worthy rivals to Hearthstone. Different, smaller in scope, but still great card games.
Hearthstone is my shiz, but Magic the gathering with fully customizable decks is tough to beat. I stopped buying the planeswalker games because of the lack of building a from scratch deck.