Magic Duels vs MTG Online?

[TribalSage]

I started playing Duels at launch.. might of been before. But I stopped before the first expansion I believe. I've never played MTG Online but that was the main MTG game for digital and Duels only had part of the cards. It seems they've added a lot, so does Magic Duels now have all the cards?

s MTG Online still around or is Magic Duels the main MTG game online?

If MTG Online is still around what are the differences between the 2?

[76561198053827377]

MTGO is not really game itself, it is client for simulating MTG paper game. MTGO has all card ever printed available to buy, and it is rather expensive, because cards are just slightly cheaper than paper, where certain cards, even in standard format can cost up to 50$ or more for one copy.
MTGO simulate complete MTG experience, so you can do whatever you are allowed to do in paper game, you have all phases steps, and you do most of that manually. Duels is limited in that way and pretty simplified. In MTGO you have no rarity restriction like in Duels, and every card from set is available. MTGO also have full sets. There is lot of game modes available in MTGO, even competitive ones, official tournaments etc..

Duels is great way to play casual MTG, while MTGO ask for lot of investment, but that's why it offer much more. Only bad thing about MTGO is very ugly looking client, because developers focused more on functionality and not cosmetics.

So depending what you want from MTG, you can choose what to use. But my advice is if you don't plan to spend ridicilous ammount of money continuosly stick with Duels. Later if you decide to play on more pro enviroment, you can try MTGO.

[TribalSage]

Originally posted by Clauss Rotten:

MTGO is not really game itself, it is client for simulating MTG paper game. MTGO has all card ever printed available to buy, and it is rather expensive, because cards are just slightly cheaper than paper, where certain cards, even in standard format can cost up to 50$ or more for one copy.
MTGO simulate complete MTG experience, so you can do whatever you are allowed to do in paper game, you have all phases steps, and you do most of that manually. Duels is limited in that way and pretty simplified. In MTGO you have no rarity restriction like in Duels, and every card from set is available. MTGO also have full sets. There is lot of game modes available in MTGO, even competitive ones, official tournaments etc..

Duels is great way to play casual MTG, while MTGO ask for lot of investment, but that's why it offer much more. Only bad thing about MTGO is very ugly looking client, because developers focused more on functionality and not cosmetics.

So depending what you want from MTG, you can choose what to use. But my advice is if you don't plan to spend ridicilous ammount of money continuosly stick with Duels. Later if you decide to play on more pro enviroment, you can try MTGO.

Thanks so much for this great reply. :)

[✪Major Incompetence✪]

The user interface in MTGO is one of the worst UI ever conceived by man or beast and it has been this way since launch. I wouldn't touch it again with a 10 foot pole.

[Xerica]

Originally posted by Clauss Rotten:

MTGO is not really game itself, it is client for simulating MTG paper game. MTGO has all card ever printed available to buy, and it is rather expensive, because cards are just slightly cheaper than paper, where certain cards, even in standard format can cost up to 50$ or more for one copy.
MTGO simulate complete MTG experience, so you can do whatever you are allowed to do in paper game, you have all phases steps, and you do most of that manually. Duels is limited in that way and pretty simplified. In MTGO you have no rarity restriction like in Duels, and every card from set is available. MTGO also have full sets. There is lot of game modes available in MTGO, even competitive ones, official tournaments etc..

Duels is great way to play casual MTG, while MTGO ask for lot of investment, but that's why it offer much more. Only bad thing about MTGO is very ugly looking client, because developers focused more on functionality and not cosmetics.

So depending what you want from MTG, you can choose what to use. But my advice is if you don't plan to spend ridicilous ammount of money continuosly stick with Duels. Later if you decide to play on more pro enviroment, you can try MTGO.

Simulator? um no. MTGO has its own DCI rank , it has tournments online , you can buy , trade and sell "tickets" (tickets are used for arena matches and booster drafts) players use them as currency.

You can trade cards you dont want for tickets then use the tickets to buy cards you want from otherp layers. you can spend real life money for boosters as well. You can invest in the game a little bit then play the market (takes longer) till you get the deck you are trying to build .

It IS magic the gathering, Magic duels is a "introduction" to magic game for newbies really. Magic Duels is free, MTGO is for serious players.

[Manfreud]

MTGO is like that ugly girlfriend you are ashamed to introduce to friends and family

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

MTGO is for very, VERY serious players.

[SammoSK]

I don't know how anyone plays MTGO, it reminds me of something you'd run on a dos machine or windows 3.11 lol

[76561198053827377]

Originally posted by Zerican34:

Originally posted by Clauss Rotten:

MTGO is not really game itself, it is client for simulating MTG paper game. MTGO has all card ever printed available to buy, and it is rather expensive, because cards are just slightly cheaper than paper, where certain cards, even in standard format can cost up to 50$ or more for one copy.
MTGO simulate complete MTG experience, so you can do whatever you are allowed to do in paper game, you have all phases steps, and you do most of that manually. Duels is limited in that way and pretty simplified. In MTGO you have no rarity restriction like in Duels, and every card from set is available. MTGO also have full sets. There is lot of game modes available in MTGO, even competitive ones, official tournaments etc..

Duels is great way to play casual MTG, while MTGO ask for lot of investment, but that's why it offer much more. Only bad thing about MTGO is very ugly looking client, because developers focused more on functionality and not cosmetics.

So depending what you want from MTG, you can choose what to use. But my advice is if you don't plan to spend ridicilous ammount of money continuosly stick with Duels. Later if you decide to play on more pro enviroment, you can try MTGO.

Simulator? um no. MTGO has its own DCI rank , it has tournments online , you can buy , trade and sell "tickets" (tickets are used for arena matches and booster drafts) players use them as currency.

You can trade cards you dont want for tickets then use the tickets to buy cards you want from otherp layers. you can spend real life money for boosters as well. You can invest in the game a little bit then play the market (takes longer) till you get the deck you are trying to build .

It IS magic the gathering, Magic duels is a "introduction" to magic game for newbies really. Magic Duels is free, MTGO is for serious players.

I meant simulator, as complete reproducing MTG gaming, english is not my native language. Wanted to say that MTGO allow us play game in digital as in paper. I'm aware of all above, just do not other word to describe it ;)

[Junipercat]

MTGO: Complete game with virtually all cards. Meant to be a digital version of the paper game. UI is dated, but they put all their effort into making sure the game work correctly with the interaction of countless cards over the years. Can run on what today would consider to be low end computers.

Magic Duels: Casual version, meant as an intro/teaser to paper MTG or MTGO. Free to play, paying real money to speed up collecting is optional. Attractive looking UI (Must have DIRECTX 11 minimum). Cards start with the Origins set and it is not every single card from each set. Bugs are a little more noticeable, but a lot better than when first launched. Ongoing updateable client, no intention of rotating out sets, though on a case by case basis individual cards may be swapped if too many bugs or seems to cause imbalance in the game.

Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 - 2015: Yearly standalone games to purchase replaced by Magic Duels. Pre-made theme decks with some customization (2015 was 1st attempt at full deck building and was not the success they hoped), DLC deck packs and 1 full game DLC expansion, specific scenerio challenges or test matches against specific mechanic to see strength/weakness of your decks. Also each had one special game mode (i.e. Archenemy, Planechase).



So in the end Magic Duels is a casual/intro/teaser of Magic: The Gathering and MTGO is the full online equivelant of the paper game. Best to to think of Magic Duels as a specifi format of Magic, especially with the unique copy restrictions based on rarity (4 of a common, 3 of an uncommon, 2 of a rare, 1 of a mythic rare). But in Duels you cannot have more copies than you can use, but in MTGO just like in paper you could end up with dozens or hundreds of duplicates you cannot use.

[Donauwelle]

Originally posted by les.537:

The user interface in MTGO is one of the worst UI ever conceived by man or beast and it has been this way since launch. I wouldn't touch it again with a 10 foot pole.

Aaai aaarh, Captain Capslock is with you. Even if i drunk a whole barrel of rum o would never touch it again.

Originally posted by Manfreud:

MTGO is like that ugly girlfriend you are ashamed to introduce to friends and family

yes .. so ture.. and sadly.. because it could be so fine and nice... :(

it needs so hard an better UI. If it would be pretty as Magic Duels , all fine and i would buy it.. and love. We dont need battle animations but bigger cards motives and a better UI..

[mirrors-edge]

I'd like to add it isn't just that MTGO looks like it belongs in a DOS box that's the problem, it RUNS like it does also.

It is just so unintuitive and clunky to use, the trading system is beyond all hope at this stage, the interface has virtually no customization options that enable players to configure or personalize their environment in any way, it's been in development for 14 years now and it has seen little to no forward thinking evolution or advancement at all, after 14 years of active development, it should be perfect in every respect.

It has had so many disasters over the years that have driven me away from it multiple times, arising out of incompetence and inadequacy at every level of WOTC as a business.

- The Complete History of Magic Online[www.mtggoldfish.com]

It is just a fundamentally unenjoyable way to collect and play Magic The Gathering and it seems that will NEVER change.

We'll see what they can dream up with MDN, but their track record as a video game producer and publisher thus far is completely indefensible.

[Donauwelle]

Well maybe they get enougth cash without the online play... otherwise i cant explain why they dont polish these rubbish , to get new and old players on the pc to play it. I mean if you play it online and stop it. You may come back some time. Or change your cards to real cards, and then play sometime in paper.. and buy.. or come back online again... ^^ The Finacial Manager must be a Zombie without brain.

i dont like capitalism, but now it would be so fine ? So where are you ? Greedy bastards.. come out and make it happend.. ! :D we waiting 14 years...

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

Surely the only thing that makes any sense at this point is to shelve MTGO and produce an entirely new free-to-play system with tournaments, a community, and the whole nine yards that will compete directly with Hearthstone, Duelyst, etc., which are currently eating MtG's lunch.

I don't see that having two different clients for two different parts of your fanbase does any good for anyone, except the fans who have already sunk a ton into MTGO.