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Magic: Legends is now in open betaTurning Magic: The Gathering into an action-RPG
Turning Magic: The Gathering into an action-RPG
The cardboard fantasy world of Magic: The Gathering has become the foundation for free-to-play action-RPGMagic: Legends, now available in open beta for everyone to try. I say “open beta” because that’s officially its status, but it’s basically out now. Magic: Legends looks like Diablo with deckbuilding. I like Diablo, I like deckbuilding, and I like Magic too much for my own damn good, so sure, I’ll give it a go.
The action-RPG foundations seem fairly straightfoward, doing that ARPG monster-mashing, so let’s check out a trailer from January on deckbuilding in Legends:
Magic: Legends | Deckbuilding FundamentalsWatch on YouTube
Magic: Legends | Deckbuilding Fundamentals
So, cards represent the spells our wizard can cast and the critters they can summon. We have a deck of 12 cards and get access to a hand of four at a time, with new ones randomly drawn to replace ones we cast. And while we start with a preconstructed deck representing one of the five schools of Magic’s magic, we can pick up cards from other colours to build multicolour decks and outright swap colours. That sounds interesting. Somewhere between Magic: The Gathering andGuild Wars.
The open beta is available now throughPerfect World’s Arcandthe Epic Games Store.
