# Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 11, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-the-gathering-duels-of-the-planeswalkers/581521 "2011-05-11T14:42:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-the-gathering-duels-of-the-planeswalkers/581521/21 "2011-05-15T03:23:43Z")
> [@Red\_Skeezix](#): > > Someone with fresher memory can correct me if I’m wrong, but IIRC the opponent who uses that deck is Rhys the Redeemed, but the name of the deck is Heart of Worlds. You are not wrong. The named characters (Chandra Nalaar, Rhys, etc.) from the cards are the planeswalker opponents. I don’t think any of them actually appear in their own decks. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-the-gathering-duels-of-the-planeswalkers/581521/22 "2011-05-15T17:36:41Z")
OK, I sort of figured that, but I’d have thought that the opponent would at least set the theme or style of the deck (i.e., that if their card _were_ in the deck, it’d fit in well). ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-the-gathering-duels-of-the-planeswalkers/581521/23 "2011-05-16T14:00:17Z")
> [@Brainiac4](#): > > You’re right, I was - thanks for the clarification. During my brief second involvement with MTG, Split Second was my absolute favorite mechanic. I beat a Type 1 Tournament-quality deck with a Type 2 casual deck and a Trickbind, and killed a Sliver player in a big multiplayer game with Mana Burn after some poor sequencing on his part, by using Krosan Grip on the artifact he planned to dump the mana through. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-the-gathering-duels-of-the-planeswalkers/581521/24 "2011-05-16T22:27:08Z")
> [@Brainiac4](#): > > (I think they actually leave play and return, but I’m not 100% sure - I haven’t run across a play situation where that mattered yet) They do not actually leave play. The regeneration is a replacement effect that essentially says, “The next time this creature would be destroyed, instead it isn’t destroyed. Remove all damage from it, remove it from combat (if it happens to be in combat), and tap it.” This would matter in quite a few cases, actually. One off the top of my head: If you have a [Soul Warden](http://magiccards.info/query?q=soul+warden&v=card&s=cname) in play, you would not gain 1 life from the Drudge Skeletons regenerating. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-the-gathering-duels-of-the-planeswalkers/581521/25 "2011-05-22T00:52:06Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > They do not actually leave play. The regeneration is a replacement effect that essentially says, “The next time this creature would be destroyed, instead it isn’t destroyed. Remove all damage from it, remove it from combat (if it happens to be in combat), and tap it.” > > This would matter in quite a few cases, actually. One off the top of my head: If you have a [Soul Warden](http://magiccards.info/query?q=soul+warden&v=card&s=cname) in play, you would not gain 1 life from the Drudge Skeletons regenerating. Makes sense - thanks. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-the-gathering-duels-of-the-planeswalkers/581521/26 "2011-06-23T23:27:50Z")
I downloaded the game as part of the Welcome Back package for PS3. Are there enough players here on the Dope to occasionally play against each other? I stopped playing Magic in the late 90s when I got sick of only finding pre-teens playing burn decks and all my favorite expansions went out of T2. I’d love to get back into it and even tried the online version, but I find it even harder to justify spending money on virtual cards than I do now on physical ones. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-the-gathering-duels-of-the-planeswalkers/581521.md?page=1)