Thread:Zannia/@comment-175.156.167.162-20130416094221/@comment-1321146-20130416153643

If you just started the game, the best strategy is to grab the cards you can get, and forget about anything else.

After that, try going for high-stat cards. Seeing past the odd Colosseum battle, where both defense and attack stat are used, I would focus on cards with a high attack stat. - A high MAXED attack stat, that is. The base stats don't always reveal the end result.

The next project after that is to go for cards of the same realm. Every card that has at least 2 buddies from the same realm in your deck will get a 4.5% boost to their stat once they enter combat - but every card that is from the same realm as your captain will get a 10% always-on boost to their stat. That is the most important bonus effect in the game, so the does-not-always-activate-skills on the cards are really the last thing to worry about.

In fact, before you worry about those, they getting a Formations formation bonus going, without compromising your attack strength too much.