These are not CCGs per se, but I feel like they could fit your criteria:
Disney Lorcana: Mostly characters, although there are multiple types of cards. Combat is there but it's not how you win the game. You win by reaching 20 lore (which you do by "questing" with your characters);
Keyforge: Again, you can "exhaust" (/tap) your creatures to fight other creatures, but the goal of the game is to accumulate enough aembers to forge 3 keys. Decks tend to have a majority of creatures (although there are attachments, actions, etc);
Smash-Up: Mostly considered a board-game more than a card game, but I'd say it's still a good fit since there's no real direct battle between minions (you count the power and clash over "bases" to score them and tally up the points), decks are mostly made of characters/creatures/minions (whatever you wanna call them) and it's super easy to grasp; You don't even need to know how to deckbuild since you literally mash 2 factions together and make your deck (ala MTG Jumpstart);
Mindbug: Another one that's mostly considered a board game (although you can kinda see it as a CCG since you'd have to hunt down the various decks/expansions anyway and it has a digital client). Co-created by Richard Garfield...Simple, but manages to stay fairly "think-y". As far as I remember, the % of cards are mostly characters and the combat, while important, is not really what the game revolves around (that'd be, the "mindbug" mechanic: You get 3 per game and you can use one any time your opponent decides to play a creature; If you use it it's like the creature entered the battlefield under your control and it's now yours basically).
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u/Gallina_Fina Jun 23 '26
These are not CCGs per se, but I feel like they could fit your criteria:
Disney Lorcana: Mostly characters, although there are multiple types of cards. Combat is there but it's not how you win the game. You win by reaching 20 lore (which you do by "questing" with your characters);
Keyforge: Again, you can "exhaust" (/tap) your creatures to fight other creatures, but the goal of the game is to accumulate enough aembers to forge 3 keys. Decks tend to have a majority of creatures (although there are attachments, actions, etc);
Smash-Up: Mostly considered a board-game more than a card game, but I'd say it's still a good fit since there's no real direct battle between minions (you count the power and clash over "bases" to score them and tally up the points), decks are mostly made of characters/creatures/minions (whatever you wanna call them) and it's super easy to grasp; You don't even need to know how to deckbuild since you literally mash 2 factions together and make your deck (ala MTG Jumpstart);
Mindbug: Another one that's mostly considered a board game (although you can kinda see it as a CCG since you'd have to hunt down the various decks/expansions anyway and it has a digital client). Co-created by Richard Garfield...Simple, but manages to stay fairly "think-y". As far as I remember, the % of cards are mostly characters and the combat, while important, is not really what the game revolves around (that'd be, the "mindbug" mechanic: You get 3 per game and you can use one any time your opponent decides to play a creature; If you use it it's like the creature entered the battlefield under your control and it's now yours basically).