I'm not sure how I feel about the card drawing mechanic. It seems very swingy in favor of one side or the other instead of both sides having equal odds one way or the other. A lot of the time I just seemed fixed to loose because I drew a hand full of much lower cards
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A valid opinion, as this wasn't initially designed as a "fair" game, more of a test or concept. The whole thing is designed around gambling, so there will be times (and ones I have seen) where you get drawn 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 and just immediatly loose.
It is still swayed in your favour though, as you get access to both character abilities and action cards that the AI doesn't. It also picks cards completely at random, so while there are times you have no way of winning, it certaintly shouldn't be the majority of rounds.