The first expansion for Magic: The Gathering's Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 will launch on September 14th, and will feature a slew of new cards, decks, game modes, and spoilery treats for Magic: The Gathering players across PSN, XBLA, and Steam. There’s even a new Izzet-style Planeswalker exclusive to DOTP known as Ral Zarek!
The price point will likely be 5-10 dollars if the expansion follows suit, and the package comes with a significant addition to gameplay alongside deck additions and other goodies – the ability to play as the Archenemy.
Archenemy mode rolled out with the original DOTP 2012, but did not allow players to actually wield the scheme cards and “one vs all” power of Archenemy mode. This should add quite a spicy kick to multiplayer soirees!
Down to the nuts and bolts of the things you’ll find in Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012’s first expansion:
Three new playable decks: Liliana Vess's "Grave Whispers" deck, Ajani Goldmane's "Auramancer" deck, and Ral Zarek's "Cloudburst" deck.
Six exclusive sneak-preview cards from the upcoming Innistrad expansion *Some of these have likely been spoiled already by savvy data miners – if you look real hard, you might find them!*
Players can become the Archenemy in single-player and online multiplayer formats
Six new single-player campaign levels and eleven Archenemy single-player campaign levels
Four Archenemy challenges
Four additional card unlocks for all thirteen Duels 2012 decks
New achievements
New loading screens and art
There’s a boatload of screenshots accompanying this announcement, so check out the slideshow for a taste of the first Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 Expansion – We’ll have additional photos and coverage from DOTP 2012 (and many other exciting spoilers) from PAX Prime next weekend.
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