Magic The Gathering
Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers brings collectible-card tactics to console through themed decks, spell timing, campaigns, puzzles, and duels. This catalogue entry evaluates the recorded original-platform release, including its period-specific controls, presentation, content structure, hardware limits, and intended mode of play.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.9 / 10
About this game
Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers brings collectible-card tactics to console through themed decks, spell timing, campaigns, puzzles, and duels. Rules, duel pace, and theme decks suit newcomers, while campaign, puzzles, and local play reward replay. Deck customisation is restricted and unlocking slow, and online ecology and card pool are frozen. This assessment covers the catalogued Xbox 360 release. This description covers the original xbox-360 release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.
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Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers brings collectible-card tactics to console through themed decks, spell timing, campaigns, puzzles, and duels.
Rules, duel pace, and theme decks suit newcomers, while campaign, puzzles, and local play reward replay. Deck customisation is restricted and unlocking slow, and online ecology and card pool are frozen. This assessment covers the catalogued Xbox 360 release. Overall, its main strengths are Rules, duel pace, and theme decks suit newcomers; Campaign, puzzles, and local play reward replay. Its material limitations are Deck customisation is restricted and unlocking slow; Online ecology and card pool are frozen. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.
Strengths
- Rules, duel pace, and theme decks suit newcomers
- Campaign, puzzles, and local play reward replay
Weaknesses
- Deck customisation is restricted and unlocking slow
- Online ecology and card pool are frozen
Who it is for: Players who value rules, duel pace, and theme decks suit newcomers and accept this release's limits.
Play notes: Expect deck customisation is restricted and unlocking slow and online ecology and card pool are frozen.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Campaign, puzzles, and local play reward replay; Online ecology and card pool are frozen. | Reviewed | 7.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Rules, duel pace, and theme decks suit newcomers; Deck customisation is restricted and unlocking slow. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Campaign, puzzles, and local play reward replay; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Judged on the original xbox-360 release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Deck customisation is restricted and unlocking slow. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Stainless Games
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
- Release date
- 2009
- Platforms
- Xbox 360
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Card & Tabletop · Primary genre
- Tags
- Turn-based CombatFantasyHigh Difficulty2D GraphicsShort SessionsPlayer versus PlayerCard PlayReplayable
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Xbox 360Worldwide2009
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