How is 2v2

[Noremac]

Hello, I have always enjoyed playing magic. I was just wondering how fun the 2v2. I am thinking about spending some money too make some decks that are a lot more fun. Is there 2v2 matchmaking or is it just completely random. Would this game be worth investing for mainly just playing 2v2 with a friend?

So far we played against ai but they seemed really awful. They do lots of really stupid stuff though (especially with vehicles). There doesnt really seem to be any other coop fantasy online ccg so I was wondering if this would be good to play (there are many 1v1 ccgs that I already play).

[Renevatia]

It's ♥♥♥♥♥♥ since wizards immense spaghetti code is so cucked it's not even funny.
5 attempts to join a Two Headed game with a friend, continued with "Timed out, please try again message" 5 times, with restarts of Duels between each Time out message...

[sithlordofsnark]

I have personally never liked 2v2, but from what I've heard on Magic Duels, it's horrible.

[Noremac]

Well I tested it and I can't even seem to play against other players... It just keeps timing out...

[dahZee]

i can consistently play 2v2 with friends, it used to be terrible but they have improved the netcode, at least from my personal experience. As long as you and your friend you are inviting are both on the 2v2 screen, it should work (at least for me).

[Noremac]

Played some more tonight but could only get it work vs ai. The ai play so bad though. I love magic and like 2hg but right now ai are way too easy and don't know how fun it is against players though since I can't even play. Once I start searching my game just says it timed out after a minute or less.

[クソクソたわごと]

It's bad, they don't fix anything, it's broke since the game is online

[76561198311096384]

So many people running starter decks...

which I don't mind but then there are people running all 1/1 and 2/2 creatures.

Then there's people running meta decks with full cards, holo everything, and card sleeves + avatar upgrade.

I use 2HG to play around with vehicles and pilot decks I modified with the deck builder and some matches are blowouts (i.e. win or lose in 4 turns or drag it out because of meta decks).

[Explorer]

Connecting to a 2hG takes a while,
and when I do many player disconnections make you play vs. CPU or alone,

It's rare when a match is balanced and fun, plus, bugs are fixed every 3 months...
I have the feeling the developers want this game to malfunction on purpose so people will turn into the actual trading card game. But I did stop buying those too, hehe...

Magic 2012, 13 & 14 are better games IMHO. However I play a lot PvP here in Duels :)

[Late Backup]

Originally posted by acc12368:

So many people running starter decks...

which I don't mind but then there are people running all 1/1 and 2/2 creatures.

In my experience, most of the people I get paired with in 2HG seem to be running starter decks with really poor base set choices and pretty much no synergy. I played with a guy last night who had a 100 card mono black deck. Worst deck I've ever seen in the worst mono color in Duels as well.

I usually stick around in those games anyway since I can carry people pretty well if I run my land ramp deck, but it sure does get old when it feels like 2v1 all the time.

The biggest issue I have besides that is most people don't take mulligans when it would be smart to do so. It seems like people are regularly taking starter hands with 1-2 lands in colors that don't allow them to play anything in their hand like that is fine. They probably go to the forums after they lose and complain about "mana screw" when in fact they just don't know how to play very well.