How do card game creators keep making such balanced cards?

Question

For card games like Magic The Gathering, etc., how do the creators make new cards that are balanced (in terms of cost, strength, abilities)? Is there a set formula, or is it a long testing/tweaking process before the card gets released?

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Answer 1

Not a single card game I’ve played was balanced (MTG, Pokémon, LoR, PvZ). That’s why you see patches every other week. They release a new card, it is awfully overpowered, they adjust to make it playable again. This leads to other cards becoming OP or flatlining, thus the cycle never ends.