deckbuilding

Etymology

From deck + building.

deckbuilding means the construction of a deck of playing cards in certain games where players can make decisions about which cards to include. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.

noun

The construction of a deck of playing cards in certain games where players can make decisions about which cards to include.“In Magic, a blue card so powerful that everyone played blue, and games hung on who drew that particular card first, and the other cards in the deck all went toward supporting that card, would turn a game of making choices in deckbuilding into a game with one choice […]”