Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013

So I got the new Duels of the Planeswalkers game on Steam and it's pretty cool. It's like the old one except it has Planechase and a new campaign and new decks and some UI upgrades.

I tried the Ajani deck since preordering the game gave me the full unlock for it. It's fun. It's a lifegain deal with lifegain and stuff that likes lifegain. Lifegain is fun so I like the deck.

Played a game of Planechase online, but it crashed in the middle so that was sad.

But overall, seems fun. I think I'll enjoy having easy access to, like, Planechase games and stuff. I hope there are cool decks to unlock and such.

Uh...so anyway, cool game. You play Magic, basically, and it's pretty user-friendly for both veterans and beginners. I'd recommend it, even if you don't already play the game.

Planechase 2012

Planechase is out on Magic Online! Or at least it's out on the beta client. But since I have access to the beta client, it's all good.

So far I'm not a fan of the cascade deck. Cascade is a fun mechanic, but I played two or three games and never managed to do anything interesting. It was disappointing.

I played one game with the devour deck. It was pretty bonkers--I dropped an Awakening Zone followed by a Dragonlair Spider, followed by a 10/10 Preyseizer Dragon, followed by a 10/10 Thunder-Thrash Elder, at which point everyone else had scooped (and I still had all these Flings!). I'd call that a good experience.

And I played a couple games with the aura deck. Some very sweet plays there. One game I played Pollenbright Wings on a 9-power creature to start making 9 saprolings a turn. Then I rolled chaos on Astral Arena to kill them all...and pump my Lumberknot to 39/39, before enchanting it with Spirit Mantle and swinging in for the win. Good times. Another game I only got Lumberknot up to 11 counters with the help of a pair of enchanted Dreampod Druids, but that plus a Rancor was enough.

The ninja deck is pretty cool. I played one game with it and managed to do some cool ninja stuff. Didn't win, but it was fun. Towards the end of the game I flipped the Warp World phenomenon and it gave me like ten creatures and one land--pretty sweet, but unfortunately my opponent got a Broodmate Dragon that killed me.

So yeah, lots of fun. I like it. I want to play some more of it. This weekend is a special incentive event, so anyone who plays at least two Planechase free-for-all games, participates in at least two Avacyn Restored 4-man Swiss drafts, and fills out a feedback survey gets three free booster packs added to their account. I love those! Free stuff! Yes!

There are some weird bugs and interesting changes in the new beta client, but I don't think I'm allowed to talk about them. I'm also not allowed to take screenshots of my games, which makes me sad because I had some great screenshots I would have liked to share. But oh well, it's free.