If you have never played AST you may like it. Not having a basis for comparisson may actually help you like it more than people who have been playing it since it came out. Part of it plays similarily to WHM which will make it feel at home for you in that context, but it offers it's own flare and has it's own gimmick both with cards and a couple "set and forget" abilities, although don't forget to pop Horoscope lol. It really should be a Set and Forget ability but that's a discussion for another day.