Your initial allotment of cards is just enough to start playing. But take the time to get familiar with what you have - this will shape what you buy as you collect coins. Select the Collection tab at the bottom of the screen, which will take you to your starter deck. From there, use the sorting pull-down menus to see what you have.
Under Type, select Creatures. Each of the creatures you own belongs to a Faction, and many cards enhance other cards in the same Faction. See what Faction you have the most of - this might be the path to pursue as you collect cards to build your deck. As you look at your creatures, you can select the Faction pull-down to show only creatures belonging to one faction. What do you have the most of? What are the strongest creatures you have (based on their stats)?
Also look at each of your creatures and see what kinds of abilities they have: Flying, Shadow and Haste are all great abilities to build decks around. Frenzy, Parry and Tactical are also potentially strong abilities to base a deck on. We'll get back to this later.
Now, take a look at your other cards. On the Type pull-down, select Scenario. Scenarios provide you with basic resources, but they can also enhance creatures and provide you with other benefits. See if any of your resources benefit your creatures, especially the Faction you have the most creatures in. Again, this might provide you with a roadmap for the further development of your deck.
On the Type pull-down, select Events. Events provide you with temporary benefits or affect your opponent and his or her creatures. The most essential events are events that harm your opponent's creatures - Lightning Strike, Firestorm, Withdraw, etc. - or affect your opponent's resources.
Lastly, select Attachments in the pull-down Type menu. Most attachments are meant to be played on your creatures; some, however, are played on your opponent's creatures in order to make them worse. Attachments are very contingent - they require creatures to be in play, either yours or your opponent's. As such, they can be tricky to play, and, in your starter deck, you might think about getting rid of a couple in exchange for more scenarios.
Here's your first tip: Take the coins you received when you registered and spend them on two basic scenarios in the Market. Select Market on the top row of tabs and then select Scenarios on the Type pull-down menu. You should be able to find two scenarios for 5 coins each. Buy two, but make sure the cost to deploy the card is zero - these are basic scenarios and every deck needs them. Now, select Decks on the bottom row of tabs, and your card list will be displayed. Add the two cards you just bought to your deck. And take out two attachments - say the two most expensive ones you have.
Select Lobby on the top row of tabs. When you get to the Lobby, try out your deck against the Training Bot - click the icon on the middle right of the screen. When you feel confident, move on to the Battle Bot and start earning some coins.
Once you have more coins, check out part two in the Deck Building series...
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