Play Deck of Divinity For Real Prizes
Deck of Divinity Review
Print Studios brings us Deck of Divinity, a sequel of sorts to Deck of Scurra from the previous year. The ‘deck of cards on a green felt table’ aesthetic is maintained, but the card faces now have a more new-age, mystical feel. Plus, the gameplay has shifted to scatter pays and straightforward multipliers rather than all ways pays and various power-up cards. It creates a more cut-and-thrust feel, and personally, I prefer this slightly to Deck of Scurra.
In the base game, the main flow here is landing tumbling scatter pays on the 5 x 4 “grid”. It is a grid, but I put it in quotes because these games from Print have a knack for making it feel less like a slot grid and more like an actual deck of cards being dealt out onto the table. It’s a really nice touch, and alongside the orchestral music playing in the background, this doesn’t feel like your typical slot.
Then, hidden beneath some of the standard cards/symbols are Prize Cards, and if you manage to uncover one – by landing the card on top as part of a scatter win – the multiplier listed on the card beneath will apply to the win total.
Landing 3 Bonus Cards takes you to the Divine Deck Bonus, and things step up a few notches here. Now, there’s a real sense of using a consistent deck of cards on each spin/hand, but by using a Prize Card, you upgrade its multiplier. Essentially, the deck becomes more powerful throughout the round.
There’s also a progress meter which provides yet more Prize Cards and adds extra free spins when you hit its milestones. You fill the meter by scoring scatter wins, of course.
All in all, it’s another beautifully balanced game from Print with a sumptuous theme that creates a genuinely unique feel compared to the rest of the current slots world. The bonus round in particular has a real sense of progression, and you’ll want to keep playing to see if you can upgrade and land some of those high-level Prize Cards – the multis can reach up to 10,000x per card!
Pros
- Beautiful, classy theme with a tactile feel
- Easy-to-understand rules
- Real sense of progression in the bonus round
- A 'More info' button before the start of the bonus round explains the UI/rules
Cons
- Could feel a bit sedate for some players used to adrenaline-inducing slots
- 96.22% RTP isn't exactly industry-leading
Gameplay
How To Play
- Choose your bet size and start spinning.
- The goal is to land scatter wins of 5 or more cards with tumbles offering the potential for multiple wins within a spin.
- If a Prize Card lies below any of the winning cards, its multiplier will be applied to the win from that tumble.
- 3, 4, or 5 Bonus Cards take you to the Divine Deck Bonus. You start with 8, 10, or 10 spins plus a Hidden Prize Card on each spot each spin, respectively.
- Prize Cards return to the deck once they’ve been used, and each use increases the multiplier value.
- The progress meter next to the grid counts all winning cards, and reaching checkpoints adds a new pack of Prize Cards, as well as upping the amount of free spins.
- You can use the Super Slider to increase the chance of triggering the bonus round (while increasing your wager).
- You can buy the bonus round outright for 96x your wager.
Bonus Symbols
- Prize Cards: These each have a multiplier attached from 1x – 10,000x. There are 25 in total across 5 categories: Earth, Moon, Sun, Stars, Aether. They can sit beneath standard cards on the table and get used if the card on top is part of a scatter win. In the bonus round, these cards upgrade their multiplier with each use.
Bonus Features
- Ante bet: Use the Super Slider to increase your chance of landing the Divine Deck Bonus (while increasing your wager).
- Buy the bonus: By selecting this, you can go straight to the free spins for 96x your wager.
- Divine Deck Bonus round: You get 8 free spins (if triggered by 3 Bonus Cards), 10 free spins (if triggered by 4 Bonus Cards), or 10 free spins plus Hidden Prize Cards on each spot on each spin (if triggered by 5 Bonus Cards). You start with a certain amount of Prize Cards, and hitting each checkpoint on the progress meter adds in more Prize Cards, while upgrading the number of free spins. Each time a Prize Card is used, its multiplier value upgrades and it’s put back into the deck.
- Max win: 10,000x.
SweepsPlays Verdict
- Deck of Divinity takes the Deck of Scurra aesthetic and creates a more exciting scatter win and multiplier-based slot. It doesn’t feel like a slot, though (in a good way).
- The base game is simple enough, but things come alive in the Divine Deck Bonus where there’s a strong sense of building the power of the deck.
- Each Prize Card comes from the same deck throughout the round, but you can upgrade each Prize Card by using it. You can also add to the Deck with new Card Packs, and the presence of Prize Cards is monitored by the UI, showing how many you have in each tier. The whole thing scratches some kind of card collection itch, giving Deck of Divinity another dimension.
- Once you know there are high-value multipliers in the deck, you’ll want to keep playing to see whether you can unlock those bigger rewards.
