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Jun 19, 2012 -- 10:28AM, ChaosLight wrote:

I'm against dotp because you have to keep buying new ones :I

Eh. I'd be more adverse to that if they were trying to charge more than $10 each or if you had to keep buying them. But honestly? If you already have D12 and aren't a huge Planechase fan, there's really no reason to grab D13 anyways unless you are in it to play more decks and such.

Jun 19, 2012 -- 10:41AM, ChaosLight wrote:

It will add up when you've bought your 10th copy. Oh, and don't forget the extra money you might spend on packs.

Indeed it does. But as somebody who regularly spends at least $20/month of MtG just on attending FNMs, an extra $10-$20 once a year isn't really bad. For me at least I feel like I'm getting value. I've gotten at least a solid 20 hours out of each of the past DotP, and I expect to get a similar amount out of this one.

Now if they cranked the price to $20 or started just straight up reusing decks and opponents, I'd stop buying them. But as is it feels like I'm getting $10 worth of Magic out of each new version, even if it isn't exactly a new game. Honestly I think the main reason they go for a yearly release instead of a single game with expansions is that it allows them to alter as much of the core functionality each year as they'd like without worrying about having this increasingly bloated piece of software that gets more and more difficult to maintain.

I suppose it's worth adding that Magic isn't exactly cheap in the first place. Duels is cheaper than a single intro pack and is slightly cheaper than buying 3 boosters. As hobbies go, Magic is fairly expensive to begin with, and so I already have a  bit of money I set aside each month for Magic related expenditures and over the summer months when I'm not at school and thus disconnected from one of my main playgroups that money tends to end up being spent on Duels instead.

Jun 19, 2012 -- 10:11AM, GoTexans wrote:

A good way to start is to go to your local shop and ask if they have any spare commons and uncommons. Most shops that draft have mountains of these cards lying around. While these cards are generally subpar for tournament play they are the perfect cheap way to learn the game. 

Even better, ask the store owner about the free 30 card starter decks.

~ Tim 

Jun 18, 2012 -- 4:27PM, Enigma256 wrote:

just be sure not to take everything the game does as gospel
it has quite a few quirky rules implementation, mostly when it comes to timing and the big one that annoys me is that damage reduces toughness in that game

you could get Magic the Gathering Online and the Planeswalker decks in there, it's the same cards as Duels but you can build your own decks and the rules are correct. the interface is uglier, though

so in DOTP it reduces toughness you say.  Does that mean that basically if you have a 2/2 attacking and they block with a 3/3 it SHOULDNT effectively take 2 toughness off of the blocker?  If that is the case what sort of side effects does this cause that would not be legit in the real world?