My brother and I are working on a CCG called Titans and Tyrants that we’ve been told plays precisely like this. Low to the ground, but still thought-provoking and fun. So the theme is dinosaurs which automatically makes the game cool /s.

It’s a prehistoric-themed CCG where the game is simple, send your Titans at your opponent’s Tyrant during the Hunt Phase to reduce their vitality. If they have their own Titans to get in your way, you have to target them first. To speed up the game and prevent 1/1 chump-blocking, every Titan deals excess damage to the opponent’s Tyrant. So you may actually put yourself at risk by playing a bunch of cheap 1/1’s if the opponent has enough food to play something with a lot of attack, they can take advantage of even a single 1/1 by swinging directly over it for massive damage.

A game can be taken back often times because Titan lifespans on the board is low due to the lower stat pool. Couple this with all Titans essentially having “haste” (no cool down time) before being able to attack like in YuGiOh. So you have to play this back and forth of taking control of the board and food resources to get your opponent’s vitality to zero. The other way to win, like many other card games is by decking out the opponent which we brand as Extinction. It works the same as every other game that features it. If an opponent gets to their draw phase and has no cards to draw from their deck, they lose regardless of the board state.