Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 DLC decks released
Love it, loathe it, kind of like it, think it's a bit naff, or have no real opinion, you must admire that Magic: The Gathering has been around for 19 years now but still manages to stay fresh with new expansions and an ever-changing metagame. With the cardboard incarnation's 'Return to Ravinca' expansion block drawing near, the digital version Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 has received a small expansion of its own, with new DLC teasing the new set.
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replyAlice O'Connor posted a new article, Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 DLC decks released.
Love it, loathe it, kind of like it, think it's a bit naff, or have no real opinion, you must admire that Magic: The Gathering has been around for 19 years now but still manages to stay fresh with new expansions and an ever-changing metagame. With the cardboard incarnation's 'Return to Ravinca' expansion block drawing near, the digital version Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 has received a small expansion of its own, with new DLC teasing the new set.-
$5 for 5 new decks is a great deal. I unlocked a few of them last night and they're good stuff. Too bad save game issues with Steam Cloud wiped all of my progress from before the expansion.
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Sounds good to me. My favorite part of these expansions is always the new challenges. Also looking forward to the Selesnya and Azorious decks!
I really hope they introduce a 'best of 3' online mode in a future update. I know it may be out of the scope of the target audience, but being able to play against an opponent with a sideboard ready could really improve the online play. -
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I don't believe there's any RtR cards in the decks. There are plenty of cards which are new to Magic 2013 and of course weren't in the decks initially released.
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There are extra cards, certainly, as screenshots show Niv-Mezzet, the Firemind. However, the fact that it's Firemind rather than his new form in Return to Ravinca (Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius) suggests that they may be 'old' new cards.
I haven't bought the DLC yet though, so I couldn't say there are definitely none from RtR.-
Which is a shame, because damn, look at this dragon: http://media.wizards.com/images/magic/tcg/products/rtr/ejs1auge30_en.jpg
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You mean those awful three/four color dudes from Legends? They'd be useless in modern Magic.
I mean look at this motherfucker: http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?printed=false&multiverseid=201177
An 8 drop, with three different colors, a 3 color upkeep cost and he does what? Makes your creatures slightly harder to kill.
The rest are similarly useless, save maybe Nicol Bolas and Vaevictus Asmadi...but even then, compared to similar costs in Standard, they're shit.-
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I'm a huge fan of the Innistrad block's artwork, but prior to that I'd have agreed.
But yeah, I miss RKF like hell. And Brom and Diterlizzi.
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according to http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1060
"It's full of cards from the original Ravnica: City of Guilds block, so there aren't any preview cards from Return to Ravnica."
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Having never played Magic, I bought this game after they talked about it on Idle Thumbs and am actually pretty addicted.
I wish it was more stripped down though. I get they want to make their product seem impressive, but I'd rather it was something I could just leave on in a window without all the fancy animations and other whizzbangery.-
A lot of the animations and delays can be turned off in the settings (specifically combat animations, full-screening the just played card and holding priority). Aside from that, I don't really know anyway to speed up the games.
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Yeah, definitely turn off combat animations, as they're pointless and just make the game slower. The just-played card shouldn't be full screen by default. I dunno what you can do with holding priority as I've left that at the default setting.
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This only happens in single player (for the full screen thing).
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God is it slower than shit. Takes too long to play one fucking game.
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I didn't see how to purchase this last night, can you unlock these cards manually?
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