I don't know. I can only comment on the original. A friend of mine had it back in the days, could just play it like that. The game suffered from the same issue as Star Wars CCG: too little players in my vicinity. Everyone played Magic, and I only played type I cause I CBA to replace all my cards so often.

Either way, I won't play physical card games anymore except those involving the basic set from A to K plus joker (whatever its name might be). Because those cards are cheaply replaced when playing with little kids. Otherwise, for multiplayer, a computer is OK. Same with tabletop RPGs.