CCG Races - help defining

Well it's a *sort of* CCG. I don't plan on *producing* the game. Just use the CCG model to see what I can develop... I have some concepts that I plan to use which would be *complex* mechanics to use in a traditional CCG.

No matter, the goal is to bundle cards into 4 card random boosters: 2 common, 1 uncommon and 1 rare. A player's deck is comprised of only 16 cards. Players choose their deck based on the opponent's alignment and dominant colour.

As you can see there are six (6) colour and three (3) alignments. That's nine (9) factions, each with their own special spells that can be used by a player. The game is Victory Point-oriented in that a won dual earns the winner 10 points. If he uses spells, each spell has a value and awards those points to the opponent.

So you could win a battle 10 to 9 because you used several spells (nine points exactly). But you still won, by a slim margin... You might have lost had you not used your spells... That sort of thing.

Again just a *loose* concept I am trying to think-out...

Okay so the Dark Elves have been given a *bad reputation* because of their experimenting with the dark arts (magic). As such they have learned how to conjure or summon subjects to do their bidding. In truth they are much like their cousins, the Wood Elves, who prefer seclusion. As such the Dark Elves are not *Evil*, however they have been cursed by the knowledge they have gained and use...

Death magic, or specifically the Undead faction are all about taking life. They are evil in that they seek out life to destroy it! They are an army unto themselves and their purpose is to spread the blight of decay to the living. As such they are NOT neutral because their cause is death and therefore they are Evil!

That should explain those two (2) factions... As you can see their is logic behind the choices.