About
The fourth entry in the Duels of the Planeswalkers series, a digital adaptation of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game built around preconstructed, partly customizable decks rather than full deckbuilding. The single-player content spans a ten-match campaign plus encounters, a harder revenge campaign, and puzzle-like challenges, while multiplayer adds Planechase, Archenemy, and Two-Headed Giant modes. It launched in June 2012 across Steam, Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and iPad to generally positive reviews, though some critics felt it was only an incremental step over the prior year's release. It was later delisted from sale after Wizards of the Coast and Stainless Games ended their partnership and the series moved on to newer titles.
Screenshots
Official store screenshots from Steam — deckport links them, never rehosts. Hover to pause; click to preview.
Identity
Launch
- Binary
- DotP_2013.exe
- Needs files
- none beyond the binary
Proton
- Version
- GE-Proton
- Winetricks
- —
- ProtonDB
- ProtonDB Platinum runs flawlessly
⚙ Setup notes
DRM: Delisted Steam game (appid 97330) — pulled when Wizards of the Coast and Stainless Games parted ways; no longer for sale.
Proton: ProtonDB rates it platinum and community reports confirm it runs on Linux/Proton, including the Deck. Recommended: latest GE-Proton (proton_experimental also works for most reports). Main exe is DotP_2013.exe.
GFWL: The Windows build ships with Games for Windows Live (GFWL) for the title/profile splash; it generally launches through Proton without extra steps, but if it hangs on the GFWL prompt, set the Steam launch option to skip/dismiss it or run offline.
Controller: This card game originated on Xbox 360/PS3 and the PC build carries gamepad support, so it generally plays with the Deck's controls. If buttons don't bind cleanly under Proton, use a Steam Input gamepad/Deck layout to map the menus.
Install: deckport only configures the prefix; it never bundles or links the game files.
The one thing to know
Supply your own copy: deckport links nothing. Delisted (WotC/Stainless split) — not for sale, owners can still install from their library.
Proton: ProtonDB platinum; runs on GE-Proton / proton_experimental. Exe is DotP_2013.exe.
Controller: Gamepad support (console origin); if bindings misbehave under Proton, apply a Steam Input layout.
GFWL: Ships with Games for Windows Live for the splash/profile — usually launches fine under Proton, but it can stall on the GFWL prompt; dismiss it or run offline if so.
Multiplayer: Online multiplayer relied on GFWL servers that are gone, so treat this as single-player vs AI.
Community guides
Write-ups and threads from people who got this (or a similar) game running. deckport links to them — it doesn't reproduce them.
Get the artwork
deckport never hosts game images. Open this game on SteamGridDB, pick
the cover / hero / logo / icon you like, and drop them into the
game folder under .deckport-art/ before you push it to the
Deck. The importer files them under the right names automatically.
Run it on your Deck
Two files: the one-time importer (deckport.py) in your
Deck's home folder, and this game's install helper. Copy the game
into ~/Games and run the helper with Steam closed — it
writes the recipe (binary, launch options, Proton version)
and registers the shortcut with artwork.