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Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers

A streamlined Magic client testing card sequencing against draw luck and hidden hands.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
Match your experience?
EXECUTION1 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    1/10

    Clicking cards is trivial

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    4/10

    Human multiplayer rewards reading bluffs; AI duels do not

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    6/10

    Draws and hidden hands shape every duel

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    7/10

    Sequencing, combat math and precon knowledge decide most games

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
2009
Developer
Stainless Games Ltd.
Franchise
Magic: The Gathering
Platforms
PS3, PC, X360
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
IGDB users
55/100
StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Card & Board GameFantasy