Magic Duels
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Magic Duels is a card & board game developed by Stainless Games Ltd., released 8 July 2015 on Xbox One, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 20 hrs to finish.
What Magic Duels is
Magic Duels is a card & board game game developed by Stainless Games Ltd. and released in 2015. It was published by Wizards of the Coast. It is available on Xbox One, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Magic Duels is a video game based on the popular collectible card game Magic: The Gathering. Magic Duels is a successor to Stainless Games' Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers and its annual sequels, released from 2009 through 2014. The free-to-play title was released on July 29, 2015, shortly following the physical release of the Magic Origins core set.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It supports multiplayer for up to 2 players online. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 49 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Magic: The Gathering series
Magic Duels is the 13th of 18 entries we hold in the Magic: The Gathering series. It arrived 12 months after Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2015. The next entry was Magic: Puzzle Quest in 2015. Its critic score of 70 is 5 points below the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Magic: The Gathering Arena at 85.
How it was received
Magic Duels holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 39% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 20 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2GHz CPU (Pentium 4 or equivalent), 1 GB RAM and 512MB DirectX 11.0 compatible video card with Pixelshader 3.0 support. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
Magic Duels launched on 8 July 2015, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocket League, God of War III Remastered and Her Story. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocket League, God of War III Remastered, Her Story.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Magic Duels yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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