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Quickblog: Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers Price Announced
tsunamikitsune \| 2:30 PM on 06.05.2009	13 comments

How much this news will excite you may vary depending on whether or not you play the paper card game, but I think it's pretty awesome either way.

Duels of the Planeswalkers will be 800 MSP ($10), which is a lot cheaper than I expected. Especially considering you get a promo Garruk Wildspeaker card, which would cost you anywhere from $15-$20 if you bought a normal one.

I'm very much looking forward to this game and I hope some of you are, too, as I would love to play Magic with my Dtoid buddies. It looks a little dumbed down from the real game (which is to be expected; they don't want to take any steam away from Magic Online), but still a lot of fun. Hopefully I'll be able to put it down long enough when it releases to write a review or something.

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12 comments | showing # 1 to 12

pedrovay2003 says:
(# 0) on 06/05/2009 14:51

As long as this is better than that God-awful Magic action game, then it'll be really good.

Also, I freaking love your header. :D

tsunamikitsune says:
(# 1) on 06/05/2009 15:00

I love my header, too. :D

I've actually been playing that old Xbox one and loving it. It's not much of a Magic game, but I love crossing the middle and smacking my opponent's face with my staff. It's kinda like Volleyball with Magic spells.

manasteel88 says:
(# 2) on 06/05/2009 15:01

all right...I quit playing magic when they decided the old designs didn't look good anymore. It might be that its too long since I've picked up a card, but what's the +1 -1 -4 stuff on Garruk?

ChronosWing says:
(# 3) on 06/05/2009 15:12

@Manasteel

Eh not sure, I think that's a new gameplay element in the latest set as those aren't on my set cards I bought last year... Guess I'll find out, this is day one purchase for me, $10 is a good deal for some descent online magic games.

tsunamikitsune says:
(# 4) on 06/05/2009 15:27

Garruk Wildspeaker is a Planeswalker card, a new type of card (type as in creature, land, instant, etc) entirely.

Essentially, you play a Planeswalker and it gets a number of loyalty counters equal to the number in the bottom corner of the card. Each turn, you can play one of its abilities, which will add or subtract that many loyalty counters from its current total. When all of its counters run out, it dies.

They might look pretty broken at first glance, but your opponent card attack them as though they were another player and deal damage in the same way. Still, some of them are pretty damn nice. Here's all the Planeswalkers currently printed (I can't link because of the brackets in the URL):

http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&type=+[Planeswalker]

Char Aznable says:
(# 5) on 06/05/2009 15:32

I don't know a god damned thing about Magic but have always been curious. I'm very happy to hear that this will only be $10, I was fearing upwards of $20. Thanks for the tip.

Qraze says:
(# 6) on 06/05/2009 15:46

do want.

Daxelman says:
(# 7) on 06/05/2009 15:59

Nicol Bolas will end you.

Dragonzigg says:
(# 8) on 06/05/2009 18:06

I shall have to pick this up and play a few people, I was seriously hardcore back in the day, but the new rules just confuse me a bit.

Also, seconded on the header, it's just epic.

aborto thefetus says:
(# 9) on 06/05/2009 19:03

Thank fucking god. I would feel stupid spending more money than that.

JavTheGreat says:
(# 10) on 06/06/2009 01:15

Whoa those planewalker cards are no joke, I wish they let us choose which planewalker we get since I only play with white decks.

Char Aznable says:
(# 11) on 06/06/2009 08:38

"I only play with white decks."

Racist. How do you live with yourself?!

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