This game is super cute, I love it. Love the pokemon battle intros, the little quips your opponent says during the fight, the artstyle, it’s all so cute and fun.
Also one of my favorite realizations in this game is that each character seems to have specific deck types? Like the basketball boss seemed to have mostly rocks, and realizing that felt so good. Really cool to subvert the expectation of pure randomness that rock-paper-scissors usually implies by having characters favor certain cards. (it’s also possible I imagined this lol)
And honestly, even with the remaining randomness, I still found it engaging in the way that rock paper scissors tends to be. Like I found myself often saying stuff like “yeah level 3 rock, this wins this turn 100%” and then winning a turn and somehow convincing myself I was a genius.
Lastly, I loved the little flavor text on the cards. “Defeated Sisyphus” is really funny. Great game!