Comments on: Labor Day Announcement

By: platipus10

platipus10 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:34:27 +0000

I actually learned to play the game through Shandalar. The game was actually pretty good for teaching you timing rules. I remember when I first actually went to a store to play in real life I was about the only one who really understood spell layering even though I still was pretty bad at playing and constructing decks.

By: Zage

Zage — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:07:19 +0000

There was a restriction while walking around in Shandalar, 3x for decks under 60 cards and 4x for 60, eased by 1 after purchasing a World Magic.

The deck builder/duelling did not have such a restriction though, as my 20 Lotus/20 Timetwister/20 Lightning Bolt deck could attest to =p

Loved that game, and still fire it up about once a year for a quick romp.

There’s a whole modding community, they even added a whole bunch of recent cards and a Sealed Deck tournament mode.
I’m not sure what the rules are here about linking to other sites, so I’ll just say it’s pretty easy to google. I personally never had any virus problems with them, but I’m not affiliated with them so pursue at your own risk.

By: ChrisKool

ChrisKool — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:19:10 +0000

I always love when the red mages in Shandalar start with a Fire Drake in play :[

By: Plejades

Plejades — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:20:55 +0000

I actually remember playing that game for a while – it was pretty fun to play decks with half a dozen Black Loti and Ancestral Recalls, as there was no 4x restriction.
As goofy as the graphics look, the game was pretty fun to play when it did not crash…