Certainly a mode of playing Magic outside of the duel mentality that’s been ingrained since the game started was an unusual step for Wizards of the coast, but the more I read about Archenemy the more fun I think I’ll have with it.
It really turns Magic into a more social game, allowing you to bring your friends together for a night and team up to take on one beefy opponent. It also makes for some great cheesy villain shtick, too, with cards like Look Skyward and Despair or Which of you Burns Brightest? Even the names of the sets themselves are a little silly, like Trample Civivilization underfoot.
Ultimately, it makes the game more fun by providing more diversity and I hope that Wizards continues to expand upon the sets and this mode of gameplay, assuming it is as well received by the playerbase as it is by me, anyway.
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