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<p><strong>Might &amp; Magic: Duel of Champions</strong> was a free-to-play online collectible card game by Ubisoft Québec, published set in Ashan, the world by of Ubisoft Heroes . Each player V led and a VI, with hero cross-platform of play one between faction PC and played iPad<span creatures class="wiki-cite" , spells and data-cite-url="https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/UBISOFT-ENTERTAINMENT-4719/news/UBISOFT-ENTERTAIN-MIGHT-MAGIC-DUEL-OF-CHAMPIONS-GAME-IS-IN-THE-CARDS-FOR-UBISOFT--14290438/" fortune data-cite-title="Ubisoft cards press against release (24 an April opponent 2012)">[1]</span> . Its It ran from 2012 until its factions servers were switched those off on of 31 the October Ashan 2016<span setting class="wiki-cite" known data-cite-url="https://steamcommunity.com/games/256410/announcements/detail/927000989803509395" from data-cite-title="Steam: Heroes Important V Information (26 and August VI 2016)">[1]</span> .</p>
<h2>Release</h2> <h2>History</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>PC:</strong> <li>Ubisoft announced the game on 24 April 2012, with a closed beta already running in France<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/UBISOFT-ENTERTAINMENT-4719/news/UBISOFT-ENTERTAIN-MIGHT-MAGIC-DUEL-OF-CHAMPIONS-GAME-IS-IN-THE-CARDS-FOR-UBISOFT--14290438/" data-cite-title="Ubisoft press release (24 April 2012)">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://duelofchampions.jeuxonline.info/actualite/35285/ubisoft-annonce-might-and-magic-duel-of-champions-inaugure-beta-test" 13 data-cite-title="JeuxOnline (24 September April 2012 )">[1]</span> .</li>
<li><strong>iPad:</strong> <li>The open beta began on 20 13 December September 2012 through Uplay, at first without North America<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.mmobomb.com/news/might-magic-duel-of-champions-open-beta-starts" data-cite-title="MMOBomb: open beta starts ( closed September 2012)">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://delistedgames.com/might-magic-duel-of-champions/" data-cite-title="Delisted in Games (28 September August 2015 2016 ). )">[1]</span>. </li>
<li><strong>PlayStation <li>Sources give different dates for the full launch — Celestial Heavens and Gamepressure give 18 December 2012<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/doc" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens: Duel of Champions">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.gamepressure.com/games/might-magic-duel-of-champions/za313c" data-cite-title="Gamepressure">[1]</span> 3 — and the iPad version followed in December 2012<span Xbox class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Might_and_Magic:_Duel_of_Champions" data-cite-title="Wikipédia (fr): Might and 360:</strong> Magic: 23 Duel July of 2014 Champions">[1]</span> .</li>
<li><strong>Closed:</strong> <li>A Russian version with about 600 all cards servers was shut published down in on September 31 2013 October by 2016 Fabrika . Ubisoft said Online the for player Russia, Ukraine base and was the too CIS<span small class="wiki-cite" to data-cite-url="https://stopgame.ru/newsdata/19015/vyshla_russkaya_versiya_might_and_magic_duel_of_champions" keep data-cite-title="StopGame: developing вышла and русская supporting версия (30 the сентября game 2013)">[1]</span> .</li>
<li>The game arrived on Steam on 7 November 2013<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/256410" data-cite-title="Steam: Duel of Champions news">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://delistedgames.com/might-magic-duel-of-champions/" data-cite-title="Delisted Games (28 August 2016)">[1]</span>.</li>
<li>A separate paid edition for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, <em>Duel of Champions: Forgotten Wars</em>, came out on 23 July 2014 for $9.99, with 650 cards, 30 single-player missions and no random packs<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://gameinformer.com/games/might__magic_duel_of_champions_forgotten_wars/b/xbox360/archive/2014/07/23/ubisoft-brings-collectible-card-game-might-magic-duels-of-champions-to-console.aspx" data-cite-title="Game Informer (23 July 2014)">[1]</span>.</li>
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<li>Cards <li>Each player's half of the battlefield had two rows of four slots — a front row for melee creatures and a back row for ranged ones<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.pocketgamer.com/might-magic-duel-of-champions/review/" data-cite-title="Pocket Gamer review (18 April 2013)">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.gamingnexus.com/Article/3966/Might--Magic-Duel-of-Champions" data-cite-title="Gaming Nexus (5 June 2013)">[1]</span>; moving creatures between were lanes collected was in central packs to bought play<span with class="wiki-cite" real data-cite-url="https://ee.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2013/06/24/duel-of-champions" money data-cite-title="Penny or Arcade (24 in-game June currency 2013)">[1]</span> .</li>
<li>Each <li>Resources grew every turn, and side's a battlefield card had also two needed rows a of minimum in four one slots: of a the front hero's row three for statistics melee — creatures Might, Magic and a Destiny<span back class="wiki-cite" row data-cite-url="https://www.gamingnexus.com/Article/3966/Might--Magic-Duel-of-Champions" for data-cite-title="Gaming ranged Nexus (5 ones June . Flying creatures 2013)">[1]</span><span could class="wiki-cite" be data-cite-url="https://www.gamewatcher.com/might-magic-duel-of-champions/review" placed data-cite-title="GameWatcher in review (13 either May row 2014)">[1]</span> .</li>
<li>Resources <li>Card grew types automatically were each creatures, spells and turn fortunes, plus — a there shared were deck no of land events cards both — players and could the buy cards into<span a class="wiki-cite" deck data-cite-url="https://www.gamewatcher.com/might-magic-duel-of-champions/review" could data-cite-title="GameWatcher hold review (13 depended May on 2014)">[1]</span><span the class="wiki-cite" hero's data-cite-url="https://ee.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2013/06/24/duel-of-champions" faction data-cite-title="Penny and Arcade (24 magic June schools 2013)">[1]</span> .</li>
<li>A deck held one hero, eight events and 50–200 other cards, at most four copies of a card<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Might_%26_Magic:_Duel_of_Champions" data-cite-title="Википедия: Might &amp; Magic: Duel of Champions">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.gamepressure.com/games/might-magic-duel-of-champions/za313c" data-cite-title="Gamepressure">[1]</span>.</li>
<li>Later updates added spectator mode and unranked duels in June 2014 and a draft mode in October 2015<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/256410" data-cite-title="Steam: Duel of Champions news">[1]</span>.</li>
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<p>The design aimed to be easy to enter, and producer Stephane Jankowski said players who never paid could still reach the top — it only took longer<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.digitallydownloaded.net/?p=49246" data-cite-title="Digitally Downloaded: interview with producer Stephane Jankowski (24 July 2013)">[1]</span>.</p>
<h2>Factions</h2>
<p>Haven, Necropolis, Inferno and Stronghold at were in the launch base game ; Sanctuary arrived with <em>Void Rising</em> and Academy with <em>Forgotten Wars</em><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Might_and_Magic:_Duel_of_Champions" data-cite-title="Wikipédia (fr): Might and Magic: Duel of Champions">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" Wars</em> data-cite-url="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Might_%26_Magic:_Duel_of_Champions" data-cite-title="Википедия: Might &amp; Magic: Duel of Champions">[1]</span> .</p>
<h2>Expansions</h2>
<ol> <table>
<li><em>Void <thead> Rising</em> — December 2012, 108 cards</li>
<li><em>Herald <tr><th>Expansion</th><th>Released</th><th>Cards</th></tr> of the Void</em> — May 2013, 103 cards</li>
<li><em>Forgotten </thead> Wars</em> — September 2013, 155 cards</li>
<li><em>Five <tbody> Towers</em> — December 2013, 80 cards</li>
<li><em>Nightmare's <tr><td>Void Heart</em> Rising</td><td>December — 2012</td><td>108</td></tr> April 2014, 100 cards</li>
<li><em>Scourge <tr><td>Herald of the Griffin</em> Void</td><td>May — 2013</td><td>103</td></tr> July 2014, 100 cards</li>
<li><em>Sins <tr><td>Forgotten of Wars</td><td>September Betrayal</em> — 2013</td><td>155</td></tr> October 2014, 100 cards</li>
<li><em>Season <tr><td>The of Five Renewal</em> Towers</td><td>December — 2013</td><td>80</td></tr> April 2015, 170 cards</li>
</ol> <tr><td>Heart of Nightmares</td><td>April 2014</td><td>100</td></tr>
<p>Its <tr><td>Griffin successor Bane</td><td>July in spirit 2014</td><td>100</td></tr> is <a href="/wiki/might-and-magic-universe/might-and-magic-fates/might-magic-fates-tcg/">Might &amp; Magic Fates TCG</a> (2026).</p>
<p>Discussion: <tr><td>Sins <a of href="/forum/might-and-magic-universe/duel-of-champions/">the Betrayal</td><td>October game's 2014</td><td>—</td></tr> forum board</a>.</p>
<h2>Sources</h2> <tr><td>Time of Renewal</td><td>April 2015</td><td>170 (24 new, 146 rebalanced)</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Names and dates follow the game's Steam announcements and the French Wikipedia article<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/256410" data-cite-title="Steam: Duel of Champions news">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Might_and_Magic:_Duel_of_Champions" data-cite-title="Wikipédia (fr): Might and Magic: Duel of Champions">[1]</span>.</p>
<h2>Competitive play</h2>
<p>Ubisoft ran a world championship called <em>Road to Paris</em>. The 2013 edition had qualifiers at Gamescom and online and a final with eight players at Paris Games Week in November 2013<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://duelofchampions.jeuxonline.info/actualite/41983/duel-of-champions-trace-route-paris-travers-competition-esport" data-cite-title="JeuxOnline: Road to Paris (17 October 2013)">[1]</span>; more than 1,500 players took part<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://blastawaythegamereview.com/2014/04/16/ubisoft-and-might-magic-duel-of-champions-2014-heads-to-paris-with-road-to-paris/" data-cite-title="Ubisoft press release: Road to Paris 2014 (16 April 2014)">[1]</span>, and the title went to Avkall with a Stronghold deck<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/256410" data-cite-title="Steam: Duel of Champions news">[1]</span>. A 2014 edition followed, with monthly cups and world finals in January 2015<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://blastawaythegamereview.com/2014/04/16/ubisoft-and-might-magic-duel-of-champions-2014-heads-to-paris-with-road-to-paris/" data-cite-title="Ubisoft press release: Road to Paris 2014 (16 April 2014)">[1]</span>.</p>
<h2>Reception</h2>
<ul>
<li>Critics liked it: Metacritic lists 84 for PC and 82 for iOS<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.metacritic.com/game/might-and-magic-duel-of-champions/" data-cite-title="Metacritic">[1]</span>, Pocket Gamer gave 4 out of 5<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.pocketgamer.com/might-magic-duel-of-champions/review/" data-cite-title="Pocket Gamer review (18 April 2013)">[1]</span> and GameWatcher 8 out of 10<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.gamewatcher.com/might-magic-duel-of-champions/review" data-cite-title="GameWatcher review (13 May 2014)">[1]</span>.</li>
<li>Penny Arcade's Mike Krahulik called it his favourite collectible card game<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://ee.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2013/06/24/duel-of-champions" data-cite-title="Penny Arcade (24 June 2013)">[1]</span>.</li>
<li>The common complaint was the grind: paying players had an advantage early on, and others faced a long climb<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.gamewatcher.com/might-magic-duel-of-champions/review" data-cite-title="GameWatcher review (13 May 2014)">[1]</span>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>The end</h2>
<ul>
<li><a <li>Most of the core team moved to <em>Assassin's Creed Syndicate</em> href="https://fr in .wikipedia.org/wiki/Might_and_Magic:_Duel_of_Champions" rel="nofollow 2014; work ugc slowed noopener and noreferrer">Wikipédia stopped (fr): Might in 2015, and a pitched sequel Magic: was cancelled the same year<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.acidcave.net/the_fate_of_duel_of_champions.html" data-cite-title="Acid Cave: The fate of Duel of Champions — interview Champions</a></li> with Théo Gallego (2016)">[1]</span>.</li>
<li><a <li>On 26 August 2016 Ubisoft announced that the real-money shop was closing at once and that the game, its website and forums would shut down on 31 October 2016, without refunds<span class="wiki-cite" href="https://cert2-support data-cite-url="https://steamcommunity . ubisoft com/games/256410/announcements/detail/927000989803509395" . com/en-gb/Faqs/000025305/Server-Closing-MMDOC-PC" data-cite-title="Steam: Important Information (26 rel="nofollow August ugc 2016)">[1]</span><span noopener class="wiki-cite" noreferrer">Ubisoft data-cite-url="https://www.mmobomb.com/news/ubisoft-cleaning-house-duel-champions-ccg-closing-well" Support: data-cite-title="MMOBomb (25 server August closing</a></li> 2016)">[1]</span>.</li>
<li>The console edition was delisted in August 2016<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://delistedgames.com/might-magic-duel-of-champions/" data-cite-title="Delisted Games (28 August 2016)">[1]</span>.</li>
<li>Fans have kept the game alive on a private server since 2019<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Might_%26_Magic:_Duel_of_Champions" data-cite-title="Википедия: Might &amp; Magic: Duel of Champions">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/doc" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens: Duel of Champions">[1]</span>.</li>
</ul>
<p>Ubisoft's next card game in the series came almost a decade later: <a href="/wiki/might-and-magic-universe/might-and-magic-fates/might-magic-fates-tcg/">Might &amp; Magic Fates TCG</a>.</p>
<p>Discussion: <a href="/forum/might-and-magic-universe/duel-of-champions/">the game's forum board</a>.</p>
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