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Monster Train
@roguelike-gamesThe deckbuilder roguelike that made vertical lanes as important as the cards themselves.
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Monster Train belongs in the roguelike conversation because its three-floor battles, champion clans, card upgrades, covenant difficulty, and unit placement turn drafting into spatial planning. The run structure is what matters: it asks players to build a plan under uncertainty, then live with the consequences when the run turns ugly.
Monster Train@roguelike-games
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its three-floor battles, champion clans, card upgrades, covenant difficulty, and unit placement turn drafting into spatial planning
Monster Train@roguelike-games
Why it matters
Monster Train matters because it proved Slay the Spire did not exhaust deckbuilder roguelikes; layout could become the new twist.
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