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Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012
Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Card & Board Game - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
7 games like Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Both lean on reads about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Menu-driven turn battles; no physical demands
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Both lean on optimization about the same (7 vs 7). Biggest difference: reads (4 vs 6) - Human opponents bluff and adapt mid-match
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Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: optimization (7 vs 9) - Tech, civics, and yield routing dominate strategy.
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Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: optimization (7 vs 9) - Empire builds, fleet comps, and economy dominate.
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Both lean on optimization about the same (7 vs 7). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - pausable, no reflex
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Both lean on reads about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Trivial click inputs.
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Both lean on optimization about the same (7 vs 7). Biggest difference: reads (4 vs 2) - Arena defense teams are AI-run, so prediction is shallow
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- Released
- 2011
- Developer
- Stainless Games Ltd.
- Platforms
- PS3, PC, X360
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- IGDB critics
- 75/100
- IGDB users
- 74/100