Reviews - Magic the Gathering: Duel of the Planeswalkers - PC

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Based on the popular collectible card game, Duel of the Planeswalkers is the brand new expansion pack.

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...but not completely bug-free as I managed to reduce my opponent’s health to -2 on one challenge and still did not succeed – presumably as this was not the move the game had calculated was required to win.

There is one challenge where your opponent has a creature that stops her from losing if she goes below 1 life, you need to kill it to win.

As for the game itself; it was always going to be a very simple affair compared to the actual card game. MTG generates a lot of its revenues these days from the online version (around 30-50% by some guesses) and so any computer game that is released must not impinge on this.
The timer can be a bit quick, you may find yourself missing out phases when you want to do things (especially during the opponents turn). The lack of control over your, albeit pretty limited, deck (as stated, you can add and remove cards you've won but the basic deck remains the same except for lands added to compensate any additional cards). Once you realize, however, that some of the MTG:Online players are easily plonking down hundreds of pounds per month to play their version, you understand why it's pretty basic.
£6.99 is fine for some light play, some tricky challenges and the possibility of some fun online duels (I, too, have yet to try this final part) just don't be expecting the full-blown card game.