last year's magic: the gathering - duels of the planeswalkers was an unforeseen success for wizards of the coast and developer stainless games. planeswalkers 2012 is an attempt to capitalize on that newfound audience and bring them into the tangible magic: the gathering tcg fold -- a goal it ambitiously reaches for with improvements to last year's model, such as a more robust campaign, and more cunning ai -- a much-needed fix for the previous game's pushoverable foes.

another key feature is, of course, the addition of more modern cards that will release as part of the 2012 magic: the gathering core set. yes, even in the virtual world, you can't avoid the good old fashioned (and costly!) pattern of trading card game iteration.
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