Pocket Puffy: Cute Pet Cards

Pocket Puffy is open! Eight starter cards free, diamonds just for signing in. Round animals to collect, three minutes a match. Link an account — switching phones is fine.

Round doesn't mean soft.

Three minutes, one match. Six cards taking turns — whoever falls first finds out.

The turtle plants itself up front and nobody gets past. It doesn't dodge, doesn't flinch. Taking hits is the job — it just stands there and buys time for the cat behind it. The cat wastes none of it. Opens with a fireball to the face.

■ Six animals, six personalities Turtle / Ironclad — the one out front. Thick HP, takes a beating, and nobody gets through until it drops. Cat / Mage — opens with a fireball. Momentum is something you grab first. Leopard / Assassin — one attack chases down several targets. Before they react, the board is already thinner. Dog / Necromancer — bites back on the way down. Sore loser, no apologies. Rhino / Paladin — shields a teammate the moment it lands. Sometimes itself. Sheep / Priest — heals the whole team at end of turn. With it around, you can win by outlasting.

Six cards. Change the order and it's a different match. That's the fun of it.

■ Never done collecting Every one of them stars up, and past five stars comes Awakening — a whole new look, with stats to match. The codex keeps all six stages. Scroll back and that round little thing from day one is now standing in full armour at the front of your team.

■ Weekly power rankings Collect, star up, awaken — as the team gets stronger, the ranking climbs. Resets every week. Missed it this week? There's next week.

■ Switching phones is fine Link an Apple, Google or LINE account and your cards, teams and diamonds live in the cloud. New phone, fresh install — just sign in and it's all back.

■ No wasted pulls Duplicates turn into gold automatically. Nothing is thrown away. The lucky wheel has a pity counter — bad luck still gets its turn eventually. Daily achievements to clear, so there's always a reason to keep building.

■ Busy? Let them handle it Turn on auto-idle and the team plays by itself. The gold is waiting when you get back.

■ Three minutes, any time A red light, a coffee queue, one last match before bed — all long enough.

Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and German. Free to download, with optional purchases and rewarded ads. You can play it all without spending.