Introduction to Modding 2013

Prelude

This guide aims to teach you how to mod custom cards and decks into Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 in a local, simple, and easy-to-follow manner. The following will hopefully get you on your feet and into the world of card-coding.

Getting Ready to Modify

Before you start, you'll need some tools to work with, and to tweak Duels of the Planeswalkers to allow your custom content to be run. All of the necessary files can be found here.

Download the tools and extract them into a folder. I created a folder on my Desktop to put them in.

Next, download the patcher DLL and put it in the game directory where DotP_2013.exe is. This could be C:\Program Files\Wizards of the Coast\Duels of the Planeswalkers, or C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\magic 2013.