I'm part of a handful of friends who formed a cooperative a couple years ago and started working on a paper strategy card game together. We've just release a "Preview Edition" to order online — follow the link above for more info, or skip straight to the product page. The game mechanics and deck are well-tested, it has 6 pieces of professional art, and about 245 more cards with placeholder art.
You play as a petty experimenter with up to six disciplines of alchemy at your disposal, each loosely interpreted from a variety of real world cultures and my own mind. It's a pity "choice-heavy deckbuilding strategy" isn't up Metroplexity players' alley…
In the beginning, men were mortal.