Electronic trading card game

An electronic trading card game being usable for competing in game play between a first player and a second player, the electronic trading card game comprising:

• a game host that is accessible to the first player and the second player using a respective computing device via a computing device application, the game host including a processor that is configured to perform the following steps:
• revealing a plurality of individual trading cards for each player only to the respective player;
• selecting a plurality of statistical categories that are shown to each of the first player and the second player;
• allowing each of the first player and the second player to assign one of the individual trading cards from their respective pack of trading cards to each of the plurality of statistical categories that have been selected;
• comparing a relevant statistic included on each of the individual trading cards for each player that has been assigned to each of the plurality of statistical categories, the relevant statistic for each of the individual trading cards being relevant to the statistical category to which the individual trading card has been assigned;
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• determining a winner for each of the plurality of statistical categories based on which of the individual trading cards assigned to that statistical category has the best relevant statistic.

A method for processing game play of an electronic trading card game between a first player and a second player, the electronic trading card game being provided within a game host including a processor that enables various functions and procedures of the electronic trading card game, the first player and the second player each using a respective computing device to access the electronic trading card game within the game host, the method comprising the steps of:

• revealing, by the processor, a plurality of individual trading cards for each player only to the respective player, the plurality of individual trading cards being displayed in a user zone by the processor;
• selecting, by the processor, a plurality of statistical categories within the game host that are shown to each of the first player and the second player;
• each of the first player and the second player assigning one of the individual trading cards from their respective pack of trading cards to each of the plurality of statistical categories that have been selected within the game host by the processor;
• comparing, by the processor, a relevant statistic included on each of the individual trading cards for each player that has been assigned to each of the plurality of statistical categories within the game host, the relevant statistic for each of the individual trading cards being relevant to the statistical category to which the individual trading card has been assigned;
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• determining, by the processor, a winner for each of the plurality of statistical categories within the game host based on which of the individual trading cards assigned to that statistical category has the best relevant statistic.