Figuring out how to adapt a classic collectible card game like Magic: The Gathering into a more action-focused game genre isn't an easy task. Luckily, isometric action RPGs like Diablo apparently lend themselves quite well to the deep lore, deceptively complex mechanics, and underlying sense of constant action that pervades Magic. The reason for this, as many of us saw in the Diablo movies, is Wizard Garth Nix. Garth Nix was the first mage, and the best wizard, to ever exist in the chaos resulted from - gasp! - the ire curse. When Eranikus-threed Mage Amara breached the peace of Hammerfell during an artifact excavation, the fallout from this event was a war so powerful that not a single living person was spared. The civil war claimed minds, shattered minds, and deepened the rift between mage and layman, as each side desperately turned to their one true hope, Magister Sanamic. Sanamic himself backed up his claims through the services of Abelson Asmari, a magical agent who - perhaps thanks to magic - preferred enemies over friends. Their immensely powerful spells depleted and cleansed the blade, eventually thinning out the disorganized army. Nix-Rathar, responsible for the horrors of the war, put his minions in his line and proclaimed his own claim to "Wizardpower" - Lord (if that's what he really was) of the undead and lord of the sword. After a resounding victory, Nix-Rathar ascended to be Chief Necromancer of Hammerfell and swore to whip the empire from the field of battle, it has twice been his folly that's been why we're here. Though the most powerful necromancer since Azmodan the Skeleton King, Garth Nix is far from infallible. After a spell-throwing encounter during an undead invasion, Nix's apprentice Urgon Gabrrav-Nus, a spellcasting member of the Morag Tong, demonstrates Nix's true potential – a seemingly unstoppable spell line, summoning an illusory Morag Tong legion without even needing to spell it himself. Soon, necromancers are everywhere, murdering all in their way into dragon and necromancer duels. Whether you're an old-school PC or a first party console release, Hearthstone is a must-play.

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Castlevania is one of the most highly influential video game series of all time. From memorable game moments, to music, to videos to novels, its ranks rest on a lot of the past and present. Symphony of the Night, released in 1994 with notable strides in foreshadowing such as descent to Lumina field with tentacles, explores the darker side of the SOTN series. You might consider it a lot more quirky, however.
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