A few months ago I had the pleasure of attending PAX East 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts. While stumbling, near intoxication, through the surreal, neo-arcade wonderland that was the main presentation floor, I found myself in a booth belonging to Wizards of the Coast. In their booth, the Wizards had around a dozen Xbox 360s demoing Duel of the Planeswalkers 2012, the version of the game which was currently on the market. Now, the last time I had played a Magic: The Gathering video games was the 1997 version released by Atari for the PC, Windows 95 if my memory serves me. After a few minutes of having the controller in my hand, I was pleased to see that the series had progressed over the last decade, both in its interface and graphically. Naturally, when I heard that the 2013 version would also be released on iOS, I marked the release date on my calendar. 3.7/5