It's OK. I don't understand the crazy praise for it in the reviews. It doesn't really do anything new from similar games in this field.

The cards to build buildings feature might feel new, but it is actually just a roundabout way of having a build menu. How? Well because you get random cards that allow you to build buildings, right? But you also get wild cards that allow you to build anything you want, and you get them pretty much nonstop. So you can just build anything you want with the cards, so what's the point of the cards?

Other than that, it's pretty much exactly the same game as others in this genre. So, I say "no" simply because it's just a 5/10 mediocre copy of the other ones.

i lost my interest at that point when i realized that the opposing AI was doing literally nothing to beat me.

This game has some weaknesses - the card system still feels a bit lackluster, possibly because (at least as of the time I write this review), you always seem to end up with more cards than you need, making the whole system kind of pointless. The military also feels like it needs a huge rework, because right now it's just annoying enough that you feel some obligation to interact with it, while still being pointless enough that it doesn't really matter.
That being said, if you just play this game as a game similar to Banished, it's a reasonably fun city-builder with fleshed out mechanics and production lines, interesting trade, and reasonably aesthetically pleasing buildings and building upgrades. I personally just disable other civilizations from spawning at the start of the game, and have a great time playing the game as if it were a normal city-builder. If you play the game like that, it's great!