One other mode that needs mentioning is the Challenge Mode. I forgot how fun it was to watch one of your friends plan out this masterful attack only to have it foiled by one card by you or another player.
I did a three player free for all with two of my buddies and found talking trash was the most entertaining part of the game. The online play allows for you to set up matches with anyone Xbox Live. Before my buddy and I knew it, it was daylight again and we were pretty deep into a bottle of rum. The first time I discovered this mode I lost all track of time. There is a campaign mode for this variant as well. Here you and another local player can play two different deck against another two decks. You can use all of the decks and cards you unlock for online play.Īnother mode which I found very entertaining to play was called Two Headed Giant. Each deck has seventeen cards that can be unlocked. That is as much customization as can be done to your deck. As you play each deck, you unlock cards that can thenbe added to the deck. All of the decks are preset decks so you can’t build your own deck. There are 16 matches in all and eight decks to unlock. Eventually you unlock other decks by playing more of the campaign. I first started with the campaign mode where you only have one deck to choose from. There is a tutorial to get you started and I will chat more about the later. However there are plenty of different ways to play this. Okay, in all seriousness, there is no real story to tell. Once upon a time there were these red cards that had a serious grudge with some green cards and they had a duel. I downloaded the demo and quickly was warped back in time and was reminded of that feeling when you first open a booster deck. Then last week I was browsing my XBOX 360 in search of new DLC for my games when I noticed Magic in the new arcade games. Eventually I grew out of my addiction sometime after Ice Age came out. Most of my paychecks would go to booster packs, and if stores had limits on release days I would go to multiple stores. I started in the days of Alpha when having a Black Lotus was rare but not unheard of. I took a great deal of pride in building my super deck of cards. There was a time in my life about 15 years ago when my life was consumed by the addiction of Magic: the Gathering. Genre: Strategy & Simulation, Card & BoardĪh nostalgia, you gotta love it. Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkersĭeveloper: Wizards of the Coast / Stainless Games