Forget the regular mode, Shandalar was the brilliant part of this game. A singleplayer open-world deckbuilder game before it's time. It feels janky by modern standards, but there is a really fun formula here that no one has quite been able to replicate since (MTG PC games have gone the complete other direction into multiplayer-focused titles).
Shandalar wrapped the core fun of Magic (getting new cards!) into a singleplayer RPG of sorts, where you wander around and map, finding locations with cards, towns to buy cards in, monsters to win cards from, etc. You defeat the high wizards of each of the Magic colors and that's it. Almost a rougelike too in the sense that you can replay and have a totally different game. Again, far ahead of it's time.
Shandalar wrapped the core fun of Magic (getting new cards!) into a singleplayer RPG of sorts, where you wander around and map, finding locations with cards, towns to buy cards in, monsters to win cards from, etc. You defeat the high wizards of each of the Magic colors and that's it. Almost a rougelike too in the sense that you can replay and have a totally different game. Again, far ahead of it's time.