Q. How many MS Points will Duels of the Planeswalkers sell for?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers is priced competitively at 800 MS Points.
Q. Will there be additional downloadable content available?
A. Yes, Duels of the Planeswalkers will offer a variety of downloadable in-game content to customize your Duels play experience as well as theme packs and gamer pics to customize your Xbox LIVE experience.
Q. Can I purchase additional cards for my decks?
A. No, in Duels of the Planeswalkers all the cards in the set are available by defeating opponents.
Q. Will there be expansions or additional decks released for additional game play?
A. Yes, there will be expansions available for Duels of the Planeswalkers.Q: What game modes will be available in the Xbox LIVE Arcade version?
A: The Xbox LIVE Arcade version of Duels of the Planeswalkers features a full single player campaign game vs. AI opponents and a second cooperative (two-headed giant) campaign vs. AI opponents. Duels of the Planeswalkers also offers online two player, online cooperative (two-headed giant) play, as well as 3 and 4 player online multiplayer (free for all) game play.
Q. Is there trading in Duels of the Planeswalkers?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers does not support trading; you can unlock all the cards in the game by simply playing!Q. What is co-operative play?
A. Co-operative play is a play style where you and a teammate play against other teams or AI opponents (there’s an entire co-operative campaign.) Co-operative play uses the Magic: The Gathering Two-Headed giant rules, which means shared life totals, team attacking and blocking, as well as team victories and achievements!
Q. What are the multiplayer rules?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers multiplayer uses free-for-all play. Last person standing wins. You can choose to play ranked games against TrueSkill paired opponents or unranked games against your friends and strangers.
Q. How many players can play in a multiplayer game?
A. Up to 4.
Q. Is Duels of the Planeswalkers suitable for gamers unfamiliar with Magic: The Gathering or trading card games?
A. Yes! Duels of the Planeswalkers is ideal for gamers regardless of the familiarity with Magic: The Gathering or trading card games. Duels of the Planeswalkers is the best way for a gamer to learn to play Magic: The Gathering.
Q. What sort of features are there for new players?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers comes with an online tutorial where you learn while you play, a mentoring system to provide live assistance, in-game hints and even an in-game rule book and glossary.
Q: Can I create new decks or modify my deck?
A: Duels of the Planeswalkers allows players to customize their deck with cards unlocked by defeating opponents. The core of the deck is constant but how you choose to modify your deck is up to you.
Q: What cards are featured in the game?
A: The game features cards from sets as far back as Invasion™ to recent sets such as Shards of Alara™.
[b][Ha, ha as far back as Invasion! I've never heard of that! - Lave]/b]
Q: Are there achievements and if so what type?
A: There are 12 Xbox achievements that can be earned ranging from ranked match wins to special awards for unique victories. The 12 achievements are worth a total of 200 Gamerscore points.
Q. How do I get a Garruk Wildspeaker Planeswalker promo card?
A. Please see Official Rules for details.
Q. I have registered to receive my Garruk Wildspeaker promo card, but it has not arrived yet. What do I do now?
A. If it has been less than 8 weeks since you registered, please be patient, your promo card is on its way. If it has been longer than 8 weeks since you registered, please contact a customer service representative at
[email protected] (for U.S. & Canadian residents) or at
[email protected] (for residents of Australia, New Zealand, & Singapore). Please see Official Rules for additional details.
Q. Is a Garruk Wildspeaker promo card available in my country?
A. The promo card is available in the following countries: United States, Canada (excluding Quebec), Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Denmark, UK, Ireland, Finland, Belgium, Norway, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, France, and Italy.
Q. Is Duels of the Planeswalkers challenging for the experienced players?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers has a very advance AI that can be adjusted to provide challenging game play for even the most skilled of Magic: The Gathering players. Also, Duels of the Planeswalkers has ranked Xbox LIVE Arcade head-to-head competitive play.
If they sell new card sets as DLC which you unlock by playing then fair enough, if they start selling boosters down the line then that will kinda kill the online...