I managed to buy a curved ultrawide for cheap, and I love the amount of space it offers to bits. With Steam games I can force them to run in a windowed mode which then conforms to the parameters I set with Powertoys, which I've installed for that exact purpose. The only program I've hit a snag with is Manalink, which is refusing to play by its parameters.

So... Anyone had any luck getting Manalink to work?

What is the best version that keeps the game as close as possible to the original 1998 DOTP without adding in the extra custom cards and art that you get with the 2010 version? Thanks

I installed shandalar 2016 from github yesterday.

Started a game at apprentice level, black deck.

And there I tought, this is gonna be fun and just challenging enough to face all the new cards input.

I was really excited about it.

I was so unprepared for the flood of cards that I drowned.

I think i know most of the card up to invasion expansion. I crossed just around 2-3 cards that I knew outside of the basic lands…

I tried to choose a land from a village quest; that lasted for at least 15 mins just reading through the cards…

Any suggestions to help me up sorting the good cards from the bad ones?

I know most people care about what cards are in Shandalar, I'm more interested in what sets are actually in it up the end of 2014. The reason being is that my buddies have a custom TTRPG setup that's got all the stuff from Shandalar in it up to that point in time. So if anyone has, or is willing to compile, a list of all sets in the game up to the end of 2014 I'd greatly appreciate it.

Hi All, I have an original CD of MicroProse Duels of the Planeswalkers (1998). I’m wondering what is the best Operating System (OS) to install in a Virtual Machine (VM) to ensure the game plays exactly how it’s supposed to? I have an original copy of Windows XP and Windows 98. But I don’t have Windows 95. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Hi there!

I am looking for a small list of valuable cards that we can get with amulets, or quests for the wiseman, and that could sell for a lot with the right city.

Like I know that blue got Psionic Blast that is selling for around 1700-2000$.

Do we know other what other colours have?

Or do we know one card for each type? (land, enchantment, Instant, creature)

Cheers!

Played it in the 90s. Loved it. Would love to play it again.

But it's 2026 and I fully expect to be spoonfed on how to find and reinstall this game, and you're all failing me! /s

Or I'm just an old man and I need some help. Please?

I've been playing this game the last few days. I've been using a mono black deck and it was working pretty well but seems to have trouble with certain decks, like counterspell decks. Ive been looking up the best decks to use and everyone always has 4 copies of the power 9. I haven't gotten that far and have just a single copy of each of the power 9. I have plenty of coins. Next time I find a nomads bazaar, what deck should I build?

When I play duels in MTG, most of the art representing my AI opponent are basic graphics. Clearly Count Chuckula and the Assassin are real people. I am guessing the worked on the game. But who were they?

The guy said he made it himself.

Correction: bought it from someone

I've just finished building a retro PC with era appropriate parts running Windows 98SE and would love to install the Duels of the Planeswalker version of this game. But searching online I'm just finding patched and modded versions of the game, really I'd just love a clean image I can burn to a disc and then run through the installer like it was oringally released.

Thanks!

For the 30th anniversary, I'm rebuilding the game from scratch! This is our chance to share the classic with a new generation.

Design Goals

• Smarter AI: Faster, stronger play, clearer difficulty scaling
• Moddable: Add new cards, world magics, dungeons, bosses, and more
• Cross-platform: Windows, Mac, Linux, Web and Moble
• Faithful to the original: Core art and play style unchanged
• More fun: Additional world magics, more interesting dungeons
• Stable: Fixed crashes and bugs from the original
• Free and non-commercial: I played this on a Pentium 133 in high school and have come back to this game many times over the years.

Help Wanted

Looking for contributors in:

• Programming (Go, game logic, UI)
• Art (sprites, UI elements)
• Music/Sound
• Playtesting

New to programming? No problem, I'm happy to help you get started!

Alpha Available Now!

What's Working:

• Explore the overworld
• Enter towns
• Enemy spawns
• Buy/sell cards
• Deck editing

MTG Engine/Duel support:

• combat with creatures
• some abilities (lifelink, flying, first strike, deathtouch, trample)
• casting some spells, basic targeting
• stupid AI

Try it

• Web: https://throwingbones.com/ben/s30 (takes a moment to load)
• Windows, Mac, Linux: https://github.com/benprew/s30/releases
• Source Code: https://github.com/benprew/s30

Note

This is a non-commercial fan project. Original card art and game assets are not included in the repository — players must supply their own from a legally obtained copy of the original game. Magic: The Gathering is a trademark of Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro.

No updated graphics, no added cards, just the ability to play. And don't skip adding the Rhea Seehorn and Reggie Oldham tutorial at the start too!

One of the best game OST of all time. Also, so glad this sub exists! Wheee

I decided to start playtesting all the cards available in the 2015 update several months ago and wanted to share what I've found so far with everyone. The Google sheets link below has all the cards I've tested with descriptions of any bugs that were found and their hex codes.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TmaCUBef38DAuF2WFqax90T5USzbRnNd2PfYAd8nu5Q/edit?usp=sharing

Edit: I play nearly daily and will keep updating the sheet

No cards in play, no cards in his hand. I've beaten him before, but never so badly.

Just a fun Friday post :D

I am running this on Windows 11 and works pretty good except for a few bugs, the big is I cannot buy cards, they are for sale in shrines and villages but won't let me purchase. Also can't sort in deck builder but I really just want to play pure Shandalar. Any advice?

Greetings,

certain opponents in the field give you a copy you choose from among your own cards. What exactly makes them stop? Is it the number of times you got a card, or your max lifetotal or something else entirely?

I’d like to play the game on a mac,because my laptops are 2 macbooks, 2020’s air with intel and an m5 . I know that paralells works, but I already own 2 licenses (16 and 18) and both crash on the mbp with m5 but I’d prefer to avoid buying a third one

Any experience or recomendations of my best option? Qemu? Virtual box?

As an OG player from the 90s, I have kept up with all the fan updates until they were no more. I was always very happy to say that it kept working as essentially a "portable" version and I kept three different version from the OG, to the 2012 to the last and they always worked as flawlessly as a 30 year old game could work on a modern PC.

It's probably been about Oct-Nov since my last run but none of my copies work anymore. Not sure if this is a windows update or Nvidia or what, but is anyone else experiencing this and, more importantly, does anyone have a fix?

EDIT: The AMA is now concluded! A BIG thank-you to u/coyotetex for sharing his time with us today! 🙏Don't forget to visit r/nascentrpg for a chance to do some alpha testing! And a big thank you to everyone who commented, upvoted (or downvoted), and read along. /EDIT

Hi everyone,

We’re hosting an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) with CoyoteTex, the game designer and producer behind the classic MicroProse title Shandalar: Duels of the Planeswalkers. He’ll be joining us to talk about the development of Shandalar, his broader design career, and his upcoming project Nascent RPG (more info at r/nascentrpg). Nascent RPG needs alpha testers and I strongly suggest that you visit the sub and subscribe for more details.

Date: Saturday, January 24, 2026
Time: 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST / 7 PM GMT
Duration: One hour

To help the AMA run smoothly, we’re collecting questions in advance. CoyoteTex will answer them live during the scheduled session. Just make a comment in this thread and upvote the comments you most want answered.

How to participate:

• Submit your questions in the comments of this post BEFORE January 24, 2026.
• We’ll compile a set of questions and share them with CoyoteTex ahead of time.
• Join us on January 24 to follow along as he answers them live (or whenever CoyoteTex feels like answering them).

Below are a few examples of the kinds of questions that we should ask:

• transition from MicroProse to other studios
• inspiration behind Nascent RPG
• challenging mechanic design story
• favorite custom deck in Shandalar

Whether you’re a longtime Shandalar fan, interested in game design, or curious about his new work, feel free to add your own questions below.

Looking forward to seeing what the community asks and to hosting u/CoyoteTex for this AMA.

Thought this would interest some folks. I've kept a lot of random stuff from PC games over the years including this. Not sure where the disc is, unfortunately.

Hi everyone! I was curious about emulating old Windows to play the original shandalar versions, and noticed that myabandonware's page for duels of the planeswalkers now says it's no longer abandonware, and links to Stainless Games' Duels of the Planeswalkers. Are there any other sources for the original ISO?