Non-fungible token (NFT) project Blockchain Brawlers, “the rowdiest Play-to-Own game in the Metaverse” built on the World Asset Exchange (WAX) blockchain, has officially launched its highly anticipated Player-versus-Player (PvP) mode created in collaboration with celebrated game designer Richard Garfield.

Garfield is best known as the architect of classic fantasy card game Magic: The Gathering, and the godfather of trading card games in general. After a hugely successful career in adventure projects and Web2 game design, he has ultimately ventured forth into Web3 in collaboration with Tyranno Studios (formerly Wax Studios) to work on the new PvP mode for Blockchain Brawlers.

Garfield emphasized that the PvP mode won’t incorporate some of the more controversial aspects of today’s NFT-based economies such as speculation or the so-called “pay-to-win” mechanics. Instead, the mode will offer all players equal opportunities and card sets, focusing on the gameplay first and foremost.

“What persuaded me to provide a game was Tyranno’s willingness to do a project that is totally not a tradable card game, where all players have the same cards and material for play. Art may vary, of course, but the game is consistent from player to player,” Garfield explained. “This is important to me because so much of blockchain gaming is tied up in making the game itself an object of speculation, and that runs against the interest of people who actually want to see games…