Hearthstone’s Battlegrounds comes to mind. It had two game modes last time I played: 1vs8, and a “duo” mode with four teams of 2 players each.

You don’t collect cards in Battlegrounds though. And while you can chat with friends in-game, it’s probably not a great game for making friends? (I haven’t tried really)

Marvel Snap has been what I’ve played the most since it released on iOS, but as of the last few weeks I’ve played less and less and now it’s been a few days. They need to do something major or they’ve probably lost me. A draft mode would be amazing.

Other than that, I fell back to Monster Train. But I’ve burned out on that again, too. Currently look for a new card game. Roguelike, CCG, whatever. Preferably Switch or IOS.

Been playing Marvel Snap daily and Legends of Runeterra a few days a week for the vault. These are still the top tier card games currently on the market imo.

Breach Wanderers just hit 1.0 and is a solid alternative to Slay the Spire. Mobile and PC. Cross save progress.

I fell out of normal TCG’s and CCG’s after they announced Gwent was going into maintenance mode :(

try out Bonez. its a roguelite-ish card game based on blackjack (21) with betting and power cards.. really fun
zoombies.world/bonez

MTG Arena, playing F2P and having fun with it. Only way I'd do MTG again (much cheaper). Card dealing algorithm is whacky, but still best MTG digital version around, & its def kplayable.

No other CCG can match the number of cards.

I think you're stuck playing via webcam then.

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Best bet for ease of use probably tabletop sim. Should be able to re-texture cards and then toss them together and save the deck as a whole inside a container pretty easy.

I can't think of any free websites or anything that'd let you do it otherwise in a way that's not insanely jank

I used to play a shitload of Hearthstone, but I fell off for... various reasons. After listening to the most recent podcast, I've started playing Teppen, and honestly I'm a fan so far. I'm less than a week in right now, but there's something about the flow of the game (and also the fact that I get to play the #1 Firey Boi) that really speaks to me.

Does Slay the Spire count? That game is too good, though it could use some attack animations.

Shadowverse had some highs and some really steep lows in its time, but it was probably the one I've had the most fun with. I'm always into evolving (form changes) characters in games and big top end cards; SV always had those. SV's main twist on the Hearthstone formula is you can "evolve" 1 of your creatures 2 or 3 times per match. Usually evolving gives +2/+2 and the ability to attack other creatures immediately, but it can also give a lot of other effects. Most decks were made around a playset of legendary or high cost cards because the power level on cards past 5 mana were exponential; serious bullshit blazing. I haven't played in over a year though, so it could be straight garbage again.

I guess arena by default since I'm an MTG mark, but I have several problems with arena both technically and conceptually. I don't play anything else.

YGO Pro all day

How much online? For F2P, browser-only play, there is Card Hunter, each game is a different DnD session's monster encounter, over a variety of tilesets/terrains. You mix'n'match your group (warrior/priest/wizard) your races (human/elf/dwarf) and especially your gear (each different gear piece gives you pre-determined cards that fill your deck, and make your characters play very differently).

another fully F2P, and done being updated, browser-only game is Elements. It is like Magic, but it does have a trainer mode if you just want to putz around and see how good your theory-crafting actually is

I went back to Teppen and it's been a lot of fun. 33 sets upon return scared me (34th coming in October), but I've spent exactly zero dollars and I've made huge inroads into several sets and have six top tier decks already.

Not sure how they actually make money.

Dominion is a deck building game, but it’s free on steam with ranked pvp. There is paid dlc, but it looks like you don’t need it.

Warpforge and Legions if you're into Warhammer If you're okay with playing a fan made project with online support then I can suggest one piece tcg sim, where all cards are free and updates are regular

One piece sim is fun but unofficial,

Ranked bounty add on by another dev too

Putting in a vote to check out Draconis 8.  It’s online, in beta right now.  

Every booster is a a full playable deck.  Accessible, fast, tactical.  Endless card pool to explore / collect but also not required to win. 

If you own physical cards, there is also Spelltable. Works with phone cameras.

Another option would be Tabletop Simulator, if you want more of a board gaming vibe than on Untap.

I find it hard to believe Arena doesn't have what you are looking for. Try making a deck using 'historic' format. That should give you access to all the cards that Arena has to offer. I found all my Illusion cards from 10 years ago. Haven't made the deck yet as it will burn out all my wildcards.

I did just discover untap.in, is it reliable?

I haven't gotten into a lot of those things. I am an older player and learned how to play by what I had. We didn't have the resources back then that we do now. I can look online and tailor a deck for what I want, but there is no fun in that.

I wonder if cockatrice do support android, you can check on the cockatrice GitHub maybe

Area and untap

Buddyfight? Untap

Try "Star Realms" - there is free demo on steam I think? demo allows you to play offline or with AI and one mission from custom scenario. It's sci-fi themed if it's important.

Magic: The Gathering isn't exactly friendly to beginners but in my opinion its the best card game there is. The online client Magic Arena came out recently and the tutorial in it is pretty good for new players.

'Card games' is an extremely broad category. The grand-daddy of card games is Magic: The Gathering (mentioned by Indigo_), which is an excellent game with some online versions available as well. But it is fundamentally quite similar to Hearthstone (or rather Hearthstone ripped off Magic pretty hard), so it might not be to your taste. I would say that it has a lot more depth (and complexity) than Hearthstone, but that doesn't really help when you're a beginner.

There's also a whole genre of board games called 'deckbuilders', which are essentially card games where you expand and customise your deck of cards as you play, such as Star Realms (as mentioned by Mjollnir5) and Dominion. Some also have other elements, such as a game board and pieces, so are not pure card games as such. Some of these games (such as Star Realms) have digital versions available, but many more can be played online using {Tabletop Simulator}. If you want to play both irl and online I highly recommend checking it out.

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You could try playing board games over Tabletop simulator (TTS) and use one of the discord channels associated with it. Make friends and build your own group through meeting people on these. Difference with TTS is that you can chat to the people you're playing against. All the below use TTS.

Some discord board game channels; Main TTS - https://discord.gg/ttsclub-90897972715352064

Eclipse https://discord.gg/PQPJbTXm

Coin games https://discord.gg/9NFcJyMp

Wherligig https://discord.gg/HDmHAYw7

Leder games https://discord.gg/woodland-warriors-476234833572397056

I'm on a group that does several events over the week. We currently have events on Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays. We're called Gamewaves.

Feel free to come check us out!

https://discord.gg/9uzGUv7m

Lots of games being organized in the Dads On A Map discord, if you're into heavier stuff like 18xx and Splotter.

Ooooh if there is a discord count me in too!

Not sure if it's your speed given the games you mentioned, but I'm part of a Discord community that plays lightweight games over video chat on Ludio (ludio.gg). Daily game nights with 10+ people every night. The networking/socializing is the focus though, not the games. And they don't do heavy board games at all - they do card games (trick-taking, card shedding), party games, social deduction games, push-your-luck games, etc.