Card Attack | Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 Review

<p>Waaaaay back in high school&comma; I remember getting together with some buddies on weekends and playing some Magic the Gathering&period; I obviously had a kicking social life back then&period; Nevertheless&comma; Wizards of the Coast have brought their game to the XBox Live Arcade and if you&&num;8217&semi;re a fan of the card game this version will not disappoint&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Duels of the Planeswalkers has a ton of modes for players to enjoy&period; The campaign is pretty meaty&comma; with a whole bunch of challenging and diverse AI opponents to take on each with their own unique strategy of beating you down&period; As you climb the ladder&comma; the decks get more and more powerful and eclectic which should keep you on your toes&period; Beating them unlocks a card &lpar;or you can use MS Points to buy keys to unlock the deck&rpar; which you can use to upgrade your deck with&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;magic-gathering-duels-planeswalkers-2013-review&sol;dotp&lowbar;d13&lowbar;2012&lowbar;06&lowbar;20&lowbar;18&lowbar;27&lowbar;33&lowbar;645&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-20538"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20538" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;06145535&sol;DotP&lowbar;D13&lowbar;2012&lowbar;06&lowbar;20&lowbar;18&lowbar;27&lowbar;33&lowbar;645-300x187&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"187" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When you&&num;8217&semi;re done the single player&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s a Revenge mode which has you taking on the same AI opponents but with new strategies to take you down&period; There&&num;8217&semi;s also a Planeswalker mode which is a four player war with a dice that gives players the chance to uncover and remove cards during play as well as several Challenges that are tough as heck&period; There&&num;8217&semi;s also multiplayer for those that wish to pit their decks up against others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;magic-gathering-duels-planeswalkers-2013-review&sol;mtg2013&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-20542"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20542" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;06145523&sol;mtg2013-300x165&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"165" &sol;><&sol;a>Gameplay is simple and not too exciting&period; You basically tap and untap cards&period; But the beauty of it is in the strategy&period; Having to deal with your opponents that use annoying enchantments and abilities that take you out of your gameplan can be annoying but it&&num;8217&semi;s super satisfying once you get past them&period; Knowing what to play and when as well as when to attack and not are all keys to victory and it takes some serious strategizing to get it right&period; There&&num;8217&semi;s really nothing beyond pressing the button that the screen tells you to&period; One thing I&&num;8217&semi;m not a huge fan of is that you can&&num;8217&semi;t build your own customized deck&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;magic-gathering-duels-planeswalkers-2013-review&sol;magic-loading-screen&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-20543"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20543" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;06145513&sol;Magic-loading-screen-300x187&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"187" &sol;><&sol;a>Visually the game looks spectacular&period; The art in this game is some of the most gorgeous looking art I&&num;8217&semi;ve seen in a while&period; I can&&num;8217&semi;t remember a game in where I was looking so forward to the loading screens&period; Th gameplay board itself is also visually appealing&period; The deck of cards to the players right is a nice touch and I love how during attacks and abilities there are animations that occur&period; It adds a visual flair to what could have been a dull and simple game&period;The music isn&&num;8217&semi;t anything special and the sound effects are a nice touch but overall the game looks great and sounds as good as it needs to&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;magic-gathering-duels-planeswalkers-2013-review&sol;2012-07-02&lowbar;00001&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-20544"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20544" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;06145459&sol;2012-07-02&lowbar;00001-300x187&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"187" &sol;><&sol;a>I can&&num;8217&semi;t say enough abut this game if you&&num;8217&semi;re a fan of the Magic franchise or if you&&num;8217&semi;ve always wanted to be one&period; It has everything you could want in a video game version and tons of reasons to go back and keep laying&period; Now you don&&num;8217&semi;t have to look like a huge nerd playing out in public&period; You can do so from the comfort of your own home&period; Who needs the exercise of going outside of the house anyways&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;