Duels of the Planeswalkers finally gets deckbuilding, but at what cost? Slow, unresponsive UI, a starting experience that is frustrating because you are forced into playing with mediocre cards for hours, and a shockingly overt pay-to-win structure where lots of good cards are locked behind Premium Boosters that you can only buy with real money. Lack of puzzles is also a large disappointment for me.

All in all, I would recommend staying away from this, even as someone who enjoys Magic regularly and has been buying the Duels of the Planeswalkers series annually.

Duels of the Planeswalkers finally gets deckbuilding, but at what cost? Slow, unresponsive UI, a starting experience that is frustrating because you are forced into playing with mediocre cards for hours, and a shockingly overt pay-to-win structure where lots of good cards are locked behind Premium Boosters that you can only buy with real money. Lack of puzzles is also a large disappointment for me. All in all, I would recommend staying away from this, even as someone who enjoys Magic regularly and has been buying the Duels of the Planeswalkers series annually.