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Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers

Windows - 1998

The game archive contains Duels of the Planeswalkers and the Spells of the Ancients addon.

Comments and reviews

snes4life 07 Jun. 2026

was able to get this running. but because it couldn't load the help video so i can learn how to ACTUALLY PLAY THE GAME. I'm kinda boned

-1
Alessio 06 Mar. 2026

The download link is broken.

1
Alchemik 04 Dec. 2025

DZIĘKUJĘ !
jak ja szukałem tej gry!!!

0
Federico 14 Nov. 2025

After playing certain new cards like Civic Wayfinder the game closes itself. At least on duel, gauntlet and sealed. Didn't try on Shandalar.

I'm playing on Windows 11. Already tried the rip and the iso version, also applied the patch and it didn't work for me. Tried reloading the autosave and it closes again.

You can play with many cards that don't close the game but if the AI have those conflictive cards it will crash too.

0
Bastian 01 Jul. 2025

Downloaded it. Extracted it. Magic.exe gives me an error any time I try to launch it.

The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142).

5
Baodor 18 May. 2025

After winning a duel in this instance I'm able to choose a duplicate card. Doesn't show the message to confirm the card.

1
KASUMI65 17 May. 2025

French :
https://www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/ltf_jeu.php?id=6&fic=liens

0
Tjxavier 13 Oct. 2024

Ripped version worked perfectly on Windows 11 as of 10/12/2024. Just extract the files anywhere (I just put the whole folder onto my desktop) and double-click Magic.exe.

-4
[deleted] 01 Aug. 2024

The .ISO version installs well with WinCDEmu (good program). Be sure to run in XP service pack 2 or it will be bugged out.

1
VanceKraven 23 Jun. 2024

For anyone having trouble running this on Windows 10 (or another more modern version of Windows), I recommend trying Shandalar 2012 Revisited. You can google "Shandalar 2012 Revisited" or visit https://www.slightlymagic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7342

2
Killswitch 15 Jun. 2024

I'm having a weird bug. It was all normal until yesterday, then today all of a sudden I starded playing the duels and the cars have all the text missing. I tried on another PC and it's working just fine, in this one seems to be the issue. Anyone has any idea of what should I do?

0
Talos 10 May. 2024

The game works fine on Win11 here in 2024, but only the ISO version (download a mount program and install it . I then used the update on the place where the game was installed and this works perfect). the rip version just crashes when trying to edit decks and so on

0
tibrusjer 22 Oct. 2023

No clue what the others are talking about, tried the ripped download on Win11 and it just worked.

2
john 04 May. 2023

OK forget my previous post... It's not playable in Win 7 nor 10... As mentioned before Shandalar and also Deck (building) does not work, the game just exits. After some playtestng of the Duel part that boots and seem to work at first it became quickly clear that loads of cards are broken. (for example land tax, Fireball), these spend the mana but have no effect whatsoever). So until I find a version out there that does work on more present day systems (slim chance that ever happens), it's back to vintage computing on a 'in time' machine for this one...

0
john 03 May. 2023

have the original bigboxes but wanted to play it again after all those years so i downed this version and hey it works on a windows 7 laptop and even on my windows 10 Pc. Thats the solo duel bit were You play against. Shandalar for one reason or another starts up ok (did not playtest it yet) but only in a small screen top left corner of the screen (that's why). Any fixes for this one is aware off ???

0
med 22 Nov. 2022

what am i supposed to do with any of this, this is not playable

-5
Benedikt 16 Oct. 2022

Does untapping paralyse work? Even when i put stop on upkeep phase, i do not get chance pay for untapping, the card is innactive.

-1
Ichthaylion 13 Feb. 2022

the only card that doesn't play right when I play is Sorcerer Queen. The card says "Target creature IS 0/2 until end of turn". What happens is target creature gains +0/+2. Other than that, I love the game!

1
jonDoes 04 Feb. 2022

Again a weird non exe file...
Does anyone actually play it? How??

0
arukamak 13 Jan. 2022

to see the extra creatures in the duel window just drag the little white mouse in the center ;)

1
Bilbo 10 Jan. 2022

Got the game working alright. Does anyone know what to do when there are more than 5 creatures attacking in the combat window? The screen simply cuts them off so you can't even see them all, much less assign blockers. I can minimize & recall the window, but not see the far right side in when one side attacks after a large buildup.

0
bb 12 Nov. 2021

you can buy cards just type y for yes and n for no when u click on what card u want

game may crash at start dont go into a town right away and check your deck instead do a battle or save game and come back into game should be better

2
Calid 30 Jul. 2021

Anyone else here having issue with "buying cards" in the game? I go to the towns and can get to the buying area but no way to purchase them. just thought I would ask. Still fun to play!

1
Diabanon 12 May. 2021

There is update:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/m8zvw64fb9mfw3s/MagicTG_2009_to_2011_Patch.exe/file
Source:
https://www.slightlymagic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=2349
^It is the site that hosted the original mod

2
PABLODIABLO.......... 12 Mar. 2021

A W E S O M E............I DONT KNOW WHAT I DOWNLOADED BEFORE,,,,,,,,, BUT THIS VERSION TOTALLY....!@#$%^&! ROCKS.......AND IM NOT EMBARRESSED TO SAY........... WOOOOOF !!!!!

1
PABLODIABLO13 03 Aug. 2020

LOVE THE GAME.... BUT THERE ARE CARDS THAT NEVER PLAY RIGHT .....DARK RITUAL...... AND WHEN I ATTACK WITH BALL LIGHTNING..... NO TRAMPLE OR ANY DAMAGE AT ALL..... GONNA TRY RELOAD...WISH ME LUCK...

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Mariwa 03 Jul. 2020

One of the best games I've played

1
damn 20 Feb. 2020

why is the download soooo slow

1
DarlordCtTx 26 Aug. 2019

Keeps crashing right at start. can't find Dave's Extra Cool Timer

2
Stone 04 Aug. 2019

I've been trying to get it to work properly but no luck. I wish I could, I loved this damn game. Didn't think that I'd ever find it again. I can't figure out how to change the resolution and the most I get out of it is like 3-4 mins. As soon as I try to change the deck in Shandalar it crashes, but runs the deck editor standalone just fine.

Gonna start reading around and see what I can find. Any help is appreciated.

2
Sylvain 03 Aug. 2019

Cyclopean tomb seems not working in upkeep phase

0
Sylvain 03 Aug. 2019

It works, i used to play everyday :-)

Some bugs, or crash but enough to get fun

1
Nick 31 Jul. 2019

The game wont work at all.

0
Brownshoeblues 15 Nov. 2018

Game runs on 1/4 of the screen when you leave start screen and enter Shandalar.

2
Smellyharry 09 Apr. 2018

Great Game. Go for easy wins Decks or else Computer will have too much to think and crash =)

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felmazza 29 Jan. 2018
Top comment

I´m having a problem with the deck edit during play. I can´t see any cards beside the cars on the deck. Someone know how to fix it?

6
B 31 Dec. 2017

Why does this game crash so often ? Any solutions ? Running in XP virtual machine

0
Manu Martin 31 Dec. 2017

Hi guys! still play this game with some actualizations. they should do an remake of it, a remake like diablo 3 style. let us pray for that..
Have a nice year you all!!! see you 2017....wellcome 2018 ;)

3
B 25 Dec. 2017

classic!

2
Soryn 27 Nov. 2017

Will this work on an Android device? This was one of my all time favorite games and I would love to be able to play on the go.

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Cinema Slacker 11 Nov. 2017

I saw ProJared play this game. I always wondered how the hell he got this game after not playing it in such a long time...

2
Onii-Chan 30 Sep. 2017

Wish more modern day magic games were like this.

1
Yvaine 15 Aug. 2017

Do you have this version for a MacBook Pro? I used to play on a PC in highschool on 1998, I Love this game, this version.

1
Rannous 29 Jul. 2017

Note that the zipped folder for this game has NTFS encryption flags enabled. when you unzip it, your PC will encrypt the folder. It might be better to remove the encryption so that no user get's freaked out when their system starts recommending backing up encryption keys.

0
Dusk 09 Apr. 2017

There was a bug/feature in this game, if you set up an auto-pause during the opponent's Upkeep step, you can tap *their* lands, then they can't do anything with them and they take mana burn. Just cheese your way through the whole game, if ya like!

3

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Extras

Manual Manual 1
Extra file
Windows 1 MB English English
Patch Patch 1
Patch
Windows 75 MB English English

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