We tried a lot of things to reduce the First Turn Advantage (FTA). We even combined them and tried several mixtures. Giving the second player an extra card cut it to 60-40 in favor of the first turn player, but clearly that wasn't enough. The Coin ended up feeling the best because it was of the only ones that let the second player feel like they had an opportunity to turn the game around. Things like bonus Health still had that feel that you were fighting back all game from a huge disadvantage.
Ben Brode
We tried a lot of things to reduce the First Turn Advantage (FTA). We even combined them and tried several mixtures. Giving the second player an extra card cut it to 60-40 in favor of the first turn player, but clearly that wasn't enough. The Coin ended up feeling the best because it was of the only ones that let the second player feel like they had an opportunity to turn the game around. Things like bonus Health still had that feel that you were fighting back all game from a huge disadvantage.