A Tale of Two Saviors: Real-time Battles

What if there wasn't one savior of the spiral, but two? That question has already been answered. Well what if the stakes were higher? What if magic wasn't as controlled? What if they could be attacked from all sides. What if spell casting wasn't as simple as throwing out a card? What if dueling was more realistic? (Want the battles less like a Let's Play? Read this rendition.)