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Q. What is Duels of the Planeswalkers?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers is a stand-alone online trading card game using the rules and gameplay of Magic: The Gathering.
Q. What is the Storyline of Duels of the Planeswalkers?
A. Battle your way through a series of iconic Planeswalkers to victory.
Q. What platforms is Duels of the Planeswalkers available for?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers is being initially released for the Xbox LIVE Arcade system
Q. What age ranges are suitable for Duels of the Planeswalkers?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers is ESRB rated T for Teen.
Q. Will there be other platforms or a PC version?
A. Our current focus is on the Xbox LIVE Arcade version; however, based on response to the game we may evaluate other platforms.
Q. When is Duels of the Planeswalkers being released?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers will be released June 17, 2009.
Q. Where can I purchase Duels of the Planeswalkers?
A. You will be able to purchase Duels of the Planeswalkers from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace both on your Xbox and through the Web.
Q. How many MS Points will Duels of the Planeswalkers sell for?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers is priced competitively at 800 MS Points.
Q. Will there be additional downloadable content available?
A. Yes, Duels of the Planeswalkers will offer a variety of downloadable in-game content to customize your Duels play experience as well as theme packs and gamer pics to customize your Xbox LIVE experience.
Q. Can I purchase additional cards for my decks?
A. No, in Duels of the Planeswalkers all the cards in the set are available by defeating opponents.
Q. Will there be expansions or additional decks released for additional game play?
A. Yes, there will be expansions available for Duels of the Planeswalkers.
Q: What game modes will be available in the Xbox LIVE Arcade version?
A: The Xbox LIVE Arcade version of Duels of the Planeswalkers features a full single player campaign game vs. AI opponents and a second cooperative (two-headed giant) campaign vs. AI opponents. Duels of the Planeswalkers also offers online two player, online cooperative (two-headed giant) play, as well as 3 and 4 player online multiplayer (free for all) game play.
Q. Is there trading in Duels of the Planeswalkers?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers does not support trading; you can unlock all the cards in the game by simply playing!
Q. What is co-operative play?
A. Co-operative play is a play style where you and a teammate play against other teams or AI opponents (there’s an entire co-operative campaign.) Co-operative play uses the Magic: The Gathering Two-Headed giant rules, which means shared life totals, team attacking and blocking, as well as team victories and achievements!
Q. What are the multiplayer rules?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers multiplayer uses free-for-all play. Last person standing wins. You can choose to play ranked games against TrueSkill paired opponents or unranked games against your friends and strangers.
Q. How many players can play in a multiplayer game?
A. Up to 4.
Q. Is Duels of the Planeswalkers suitable for gamers unfamiliar with Magic: The Gathering or trading card games?
A. Yes! Duels of the Planeswalkers is ideal for gamers regardless of the familiarity with Magic: The Gathering or trading card games. Duels of the Planeswalkers is the best way for a gamer to learn to play Magic: The Gathering.
Q. What sort of features are there for new players?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers comes with an online tutorial where you learn while you play, a mentoring system to provide live assistance, in-game hints and even an in-game rule book and glossary.
Q: Can I create new decks or modify my deck?
A: Duels of the Planeswalkers allows players to customize their deck with cards unlocked by defeating opponents. The core of the deck is constant but how you choose to modify your deck is up to you.
Q: What cards are featured in the game?
A: The game features cards from sets as far back as Invasion™ to recent sets such as Shards of Alara™.
Q: Are there achievements and if so what type?
A: There are 12 Xbox achievements that can be earned ranging from ranked match wins to special awards for unique victories. The 12 achievements are worth a total of 200 Gamerscore points.
Q. How do I get a Garruk Wildspeaker Planeswalker promo card?
A. Please see Official Rules (http://www.wizards.com/magic/digital/duelsoftheplaneswalkers.aspx?x=mtg/digital/dotp/terms) for details.
Q. I have registered to receive my Garruk Wildspeaker promo card, but it has not arrived yet. What do I do now?
A. If it has been less than 8 weeks since you registered, please be patient, your promo card is on its way. If it has been longer than 8 weeks since you registered, please contact a customer service representative at custserv@wizards.com (custserv@wizards.com) (for U.S. & Canadian residents) or at apac@wizards.com (apac@wizards.com) (for residents of Australia, New Zealand, & Singapore). Please see Official Rules (http://www.wizards.com/magic/digital/duelsoftheplaneswalkers.aspx?x=mtg/digital/dotp/terms) for additional details.
Q. Is a Garruk Wildspeaker promo card available in my country?
A. The promo card is available in the following countries: United States, Canada (excluding Quebec), Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Denmark, UK, Ireland, Finland, Belgium, Norway, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, France, and Italy.
Q. Is Duels of the Planeswalkers challenging for the experienced players?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers has a very advance AI that can be adjusted to provide challenging game play for even the most skilled of Magic: The Gathering players. Also, Duels of the Planeswalkers has ranked Xbox LIVE Arcade head-to-head competitive play.
Teeth of the Predator – Garruk Wildspeaker
Just as the green magic-wielding Garruk Wildspeaker considers the entire Multiverse his hunting grounds, the world of Xbox LIVE can now be yours to rule with the Teeth of the Predator deck. This deck specializes in taking advantage of green’s abundant resources and the awesome might of its creatures.
As you begin your duel, focus on maximizing the number of Forests you have available and applying pressure with your creatures. Cards like Rampant Growth and Civic Wayfinder can help you find more Forests directly from your library. As a green mage, your creatures are usually larger than your opponents’, so be aggressive! Soon, you’ll be summoning heavy hitters like Spined Wurm and Duskdale Wurm. If the sheer size of your forces isn’t enough to overwhelm your opponent, you can Overrun them instead, a devastating sorcery that not only enlarges your soon-to-be attacking creatures, but gives them trample as well.
Trample is an important part of the Teeth of the Predator strategy. Normally, attacking and blocking creatures only deal combat damage to one another. When an attacking creature has trample however, once the blocking creature is destroyed, any excess damage is dealt directly to your opponent. Opposing decks that rely on small defensive creatures, especially ones that regenerate, will soon find themselves reeling.
Seek out and eliminate your prey – fellow Planeswalkers – to unlock new cards for your deck. The trophies for a successful hunt are among nature’s fiercest weapons. Harness the power (and toughness) of the Forests themselves with Blanchwood Armor, an Aura that makes your smaller creatures enormous and your larger creatures downright gargantuan! What other allies will join you as you take on the deadliest the Multiverse has to offer?
Hands of Flame – Chandra Nalaar
Faced with opposition from every direction, with enemies – driven by their desire to suppress you – closing in, there is only one option. Burn them all. The Hands of Flame deck is fueled by red’s signature passion and fiery destruction.
Chandra’s deck is packed with small, aggressive creatures that immediately put your opponent on the defensive. It can be tempting to unload your awesome arsenal of damage spells like Shock and Incinerate on your not-yet-crispy-enough opponent. However, remember that clearing the way by destroying opposing creatures can often lead to more efficient damage-dealing. Your spells only hit once, but your creatures can attack every turn, especially when your opponent is defenseless!
This deck focuses on unrelenting offense – as long as you have at least 1 life remaining, you are a threat to end the duel at any moment. Sometimes you have to forget about blocking and just turn up the heat. Haste is a potent ability that allows some of your most efficient creatures, like the powerful Lightning Elemental, to blindside enemies by attacking the turn they enter the battlefield.
Collected from the ashes of those who would oppose you, the new weapons you unlock for victory are explosive. You’ll ally yourself with a Shivan Dragon, one of the mightiest dragons to ever fight in the Multiverse. You’ll unleash the pinpoint devastation of Blaze, a spell whose damage is only limited by the mana you have available. What hope does order and principle have against such a chaotic and brutal force?
Wings of Light – Elspeth TirelIn a Multiverse filled with frightful creatures, white mages like Elspeth show no fear. Through unmatched discipline, superior training, and a little divine inspiration, the Wings of Light deck succeeds where many fail.
The Wings of Light deck focuses on defense and gaining life in the early going. Creatures like Angelic Wall and Goldenglow Moth can effectively stop any momentum your opponent may be generating. Your army is an efficient one with an array of inexpensive creatures to hold off opposing forces. Control your most fearsome foes by enchanting them with Pacifism. If your opponent does manage to overwhelm you, you can easily show him the folly of waging war against you with Holy Day, an instant that prevents all combat damage dealt on the turn it’s played.
As the duel rages on, your tactics will quickly turn from defensive to offensive. Strengthen your forces with cards like Holy Strength and Glorious Anthem. When the time is right, take to the air for a crushing aerial strike. Flying allows attacking creatures to sail over any and all grounded opposition – only another creature with flying or reach can block it. If you don’t have an air force standing by, a well-timed Angelic Blessing can transform the most unassuming knight or monk into a lethal threat.
Like Elspeth, you fight out of necessity, not for personal gain. But that doesn’t mean you can’t take advantage of some heavenly additions to your deck! New angelic allies like the iconic Serra Angel and the versatile Voice of All support your airborne strategy. What hope does chaos and brutality have against such a principled and orderly force?
Eyes of Shadow – Liliana Vess
The Eyes of Shadow peer deep into your opponent’s soul, decaying not only his forces but his very will to fight. This deck is a malevolent expression of black magic, necromantic sorcery combined with mind-erasing discard spells.
Liliana’s sinister creation seeks to destroy not only the body but the mind through a punishing suite of discard effects. Use The Rack and Megrim to make sure your opponent’s depleted hand tears at his life total as well. Whatever threats manage to survive your mental assault should be easily dispatched with spells like Terror and Consume Spirit. When toying with your meek opposition proves tiresome, finish them off with a deadly Nightmare.
The Eyes of Shadow deck uses creatures that take advantage of three powerful abilities. Flying makes your creatures more difficult to block, rendering larger foes helpless as your forces pass by overhead. Fear, a long-time staple of black’s arsenal, also makes your creatures difficult to block by infusing them with black magic so potent that only other black creatures or soulless artifact creatures dare stand in their way. Finally, manipulate death itself with the regenerating Drudge Skeletons. For a single black mana, you can prevent these stalwart minions from being destroyed. Remember to activate the regeneration ability before combat damage, and the Drudge Skeletons will turn away attack after attack, while you prepare deadlier strategies for your enemy.
As you progress through victim after victim, your mastery of death will attract new followers like Mortivore and the Royal Assassin. You will also unlock annihilation in the form of the overwhelming Plague Wind. Other Planeswalkers despair, for you have arrived.
Thoughts of the Wind – Jace Beleren
To embrace the creation of Jace Beleren is to embrace the ideals he holds most dear: knowledge and curiosity, deception and illusion, mental acuity and manipulation. Like other preeminent blue mages, the reach of Jace’s touch extends to time, thought, memory, and the very fabric of the Multiverse itself.
The Thoughts of the Wind deck includes an elusive group of allies. Many of your creatures have flying, allowing them to attack untouched by creatures saddled by gravity, and Phantom Warriors simply can’t be blocked at all! Of course, a mentalist such as yourself could just turn your opponent’s best threat against him, using your power of Persuasion.
What really sets this deck apart are its twin defensive strategies of countermagic and advantageously returning permanents to their owner’s hand. The threats you’ll face are as varied as the planes themselves, but one simple spell stops them all – Cancel. And if danger does slip by when your guard is down, simply use Boomerang to return it to where it came, often just to Cancel it when your foe tries it again!
Defeating opposing Planeswalkers is all well and good, but the cards you unlock, the new knowledge you acquire, is your ultimate reward. You’ll discover new ways to deny the weak-minded, fumbling attempts of your enemies. You’ll also secure the loyalty of Mahamoti Djinn, a renowned force throughout the Multiverse. Most importantly, you’ll earn the opportunity to expand, control, and learn.
Claws of Vengeance – Ajani Goldmane
The Claws of Vengeance deck features lethal combinations only possible when you manipulate multiple colors of mana. Any apprentice mage can master a single school of magic, but the truly great embrace the power of diversity. Are you ready?
With a multicolor deck, the mulligan becomes a much more important decision. Not only should you pay attention to the number of lands in your starting seven, you should make sure you have access to at least two of your deck’s three colors. Of course, all three would be even better, especially when paired up with one of the most devastating creatures to prowl the Multiverse in a long, long time: the Woolly Thoctar. There are larger creatures out there, but few hit as hard or as fast as the tusked terror from the jungles of Naya.
The Claws of Vengeance deck also features some of the best spells each of its colors has to offer. Control opposing threats with Pacifism or simply eliminate them with a timely Incinerate. When the way is clear, unleash the Sangrite Surge! This exciting sorcery not only enlarges the target, but grants it double strike for that turn. One of the most powerful abilities around, double strike allows creatures to deal their combat damage twice! Remember if the attacking creature is blocked, even if the blocking creature is destroyed the first time damage is dealt, the attacking creature won’t get to deal its second round of combat damage to your opponent, so timing with Sangrite Surge is everything.
As you claim victory and vengeance against other Planeswalkers, you’ll gain access to even more lethal weapons. Impressed by your prowess, the legendary Brion Stoutarm stands ready to assist your forces… mostly by hurling them at your opponents!
Ears of the Elves – Nissa Revane
The reclusive Elves are spoken of in hushed whispers. They are at times mercurial allies or fierce enemies – and sometimes both! From within their ranks, a new force has emerged, lethal as an Elvish blade and powerful as a Planeswalker’s spark: Nissa Revane. She is determined to continue the tradition of Elvish dominance on every plane she visits.
Nissa’s Ears of the Elves deck focuses on the duality of life – green magic to enhance it and black magic to drain it away. Your creatures feature a diverse set of abilities that ensure you have access to more resources than your opponent. Elvish Visionary keeps your hand full, Farhaven Elf lets you accelerate your mana base, Elvish Eulogist keeps you at a healthy life total, and Lys Alana Huntmaster brings an almost endless supply of reinforcements – every Elf spell you play gives you another Elf!
With so many Elves dedicated to your fight, you may quickly find yourself with many more creatures than your opponent. To press this advantage, the Ears of the Elves deck relies on three impressive cards that ensure your forces are not only more numerous, but larger too. The first is a finisher familiar to green mages – Overrun. This brutal sorcery usually leaves your opponent with no viable defensive options except defeat.
The second is the mighty Coat of Arms. With this artifact in play, each creature gets a +1/+1 bonus based on how many other creatures of the same creature type are around. Play this when you have six Elves in play, and each will get +5/+5! This bonus works for your opponent as well, so be careful, but your deck’s creatures are all Elves, so you are likely to reap a much greater reward from this than an unfocused foe.
Finally, for opposing green mages, look out for the Elvish Champion. Inspired by this imposing commander, other Elves will grow larger and be granted forestwalk, allowing them to attack unhindered as long as your opponent controls a Forest.
As the Planeswalkers from lesser races fall at your feet, your mastery of warfare and the hunt will only increase. The perfection of your forces will also increase, with allies like Immaculate Magistrate and Rhys the Exiled joining your legions. Elvish victory – your victory – is inevitable. Get started!
Scales of Fury – Sarkhan Vol
On the savage shard of Jund, civilization has given way to the predatory instincts of its inhabitants. Seated mightily at the top of this food chain are the majestic dragons. Revered by the shamanistic Planeswalker Sarkhan Vol, dragons represent the ultimate expression of power and supremacy. Use the Scales of Fury deck to ferociously decimate all who would doubt them.
This deck is a violent assault on almost all fronts. Efficient creatures lead the charge, backed up by an array of destructive spells like Terror and Incinerate. Blightning lowers both your opponent’s life total and his ability to fight back, as his hand is eaten away. Don’t be afraid to lose some of your creatures, as long as they take an opposing creature with them! There’s always a Gravedigger willing to throw fallen forces back into the fray.
If your early assault isn’t enough to secure victory, you can issue a Violent Ultimatum! This demoralizing sorcery eliminates your three largest threats in one fell swoop. Or perhaps three lands to cripple your opponent. Or perhaps a troublesome artifact or enchantment. Your options are numerous, but all lead to victory.
As you convince your fellow Planeswalkers of the dragons’ dominance, some of mightiest dragons around will be convinced of yours. Take to the skies with formidable Flameblast Dragon, the dual threats of the Broodmate Dragon, and the incredible Hellkite Overlord.
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Q. What is Duels of the Planeswalkers?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers is a stand-alone online trading card game using the rules and gameplay of Magic: The Gathering.
Q. What is the Storyline of Duels of the Planeswalkers?
A. Battle your way through a series of iconic Planeswalkers to victory.
Q. What platforms is Duels of the Planeswalkers available for?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers is being initially released for the Xbox LIVE Arcade system
Q. What age ranges are suitable for Duels of the Planeswalkers?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers is ESRB rated T for Teen.
Q. Will there be other platforms or a PC version?
A. Our current focus is on the Xbox LIVE Arcade version; however, based on response to the game we may evaluate other platforms.
Q. When is Duels of the Planeswalkers being released?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers will be released June 17, 2009.
Q. Where can I purchase Duels of the Planeswalkers?
A. You will be able to purchase Duels of the Planeswalkers from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace both on your Xbox and through the Web.
Q. How many MS Points will Duels of the Planeswalkers sell for?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers is priced competitively at 800 MS Points.
Q. Will there be additional downloadable content available?
A. Yes, Duels of the Planeswalkers will offer a variety of downloadable in-game content to customize your Duels play experience as well as theme packs and gamer pics to customize your Xbox LIVE experience.
Q. Can I purchase additional cards for my decks?
A. No, in Duels of the Planeswalkers all the cards in the set are available by defeating opponents.
Q. Will there be expansions or additional decks released for additional game play?
A. Yes, there will be expansions available for Duels of the Planeswalkers.
Q: What game modes will be available in the Xbox LIVE Arcade version?
A: The Xbox LIVE Arcade version of Duels of the Planeswalkers features a full single player campaign game vs. AI opponents and a second cooperative (two-headed giant) campaign vs. AI opponents. Duels of the Planeswalkers also offers online two player, online cooperative (two-headed giant) play, as well as 3 and 4 player online multiplayer (free for all) game play.
Q. Is there trading in Duels of the Planeswalkers?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers does not support trading; you can unlock all the cards in the game by simply playing!
Q. What is co-operative play?
A. Co-operative play is a play style where you and a teammate play against other teams or AI opponents (there’s an entire co-operative campaign.) Co-operative play uses the Magic: The Gathering Two-Headed giant rules, which means shared life totals, team attacking and blocking, as well as team victories and achievements!
Q. What are the multiplayer rules?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers multiplayer uses free-for-all play. Last person standing wins. You can choose to play ranked games against TrueSkill paired opponents or unranked games against your friends and strangers.
Q. How many players can play in a multiplayer game?
A. Up to 4.
Q. Is Duels of the Planeswalkers suitable for gamers unfamiliar with Magic: The Gathering or trading card games?
A. Yes! Duels of the Planeswalkers is ideal for gamers regardless of the familiarity with Magic: The Gathering or trading card games. Duels of the Planeswalkers is the best way for a gamer to learn to play Magic: The Gathering.
Q. What sort of features are there for new players?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers comes with an online tutorial where you learn while you play, a mentoring system to provide live assistance, in-game hints and even an in-game rule book and glossary.
Q: Can I create new decks or modify my deck?
A: Duels of the Planeswalkers allows players to customize their deck with cards unlocked by defeating opponents. The core of the deck is constant but how you choose to modify your deck is up to you.
Q: What cards are featured in the game?
A: The game features cards from sets as far back as Invasion™ to recent sets such as Shards of Alara™.
Q: Are there achievements and if so what type?
A: There are 12 Xbox achievements that can be earned ranging from ranked match wins to special awards for unique victories. The 12 achievements are worth a total of 200 Gamerscore points.
Q. How do I get a Garruk Wildspeaker Planeswalker promo card?
A. Please see Official Rules (http://www.wizards.com/magic/digital/duelsoftheplaneswalkers.aspx?x=mtg/digital/dotp/terms) for details.
Q. I have registered to receive my Garruk Wildspeaker promo card, but it has not arrived yet. What do I do now?
A. If it has been less than 8 weeks since you registered, please be patient, your promo card is on its way. If it has been longer than 8 weeks since you registered, please contact a customer service representative at custserv@wizards.com (custserv@wizards.com) (for U.S. & Canadian residents) or at apac@wizards.com (apac@wizards.com) (for residents of Australia, New Zealand, & Singapore). Please see Official Rules (http://www.wizards.com/magic/digital/duelsoftheplaneswalkers.aspx?x=mtg/digital/dotp/terms) for additional details.
Q. Is a Garruk Wildspeaker promo card available in my country?
A. The promo card is available in the following countries: United States, Canada (excluding Quebec), Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Denmark, UK, Ireland, Finland, Belgium, Norway, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, France, and Italy.
Q. Is Duels of the Planeswalkers challenging for the experienced players?
A. Duels of the Planeswalkers has a very advance AI that can be adjusted to provide challenging game play for even the most skilled of Magic: The Gathering players. Also, Duels of the Planeswalkers has ranked Xbox LIVE Arcade head-to-head competitive play.
Teeth of the Predator – Garruk Wildspeaker
Just as the green magic-wielding Garruk Wildspeaker considers the entire Multiverse his hunting grounds, the world of Xbox LIVE can now be yours to rule with the Teeth of the Predator deck. This deck specializes in taking advantage of green’s abundant resources and the awesome might of its creatures.
As you begin your duel, focus on maximizing the number of Forests you have available and applying pressure with your creatures. Cards like Rampant Growth and Civic Wayfinder can help you find more Forests directly from your library. As a green mage, your creatures are usually larger than your opponents’, so be aggressive! Soon, you’ll be summoning heavy hitters like Spined Wurm and Duskdale Wurm. If the sheer size of your forces isn’t enough to overwhelm your opponent, you can Overrun them instead, a devastating sorcery that not only enlarges your soon-to-be attacking creatures, but gives them trample as well.
Trample is an important part of the Teeth of the Predator strategy. Normally, attacking and blocking creatures only deal combat damage to one another. When an attacking creature has trample however, once the blocking creature is destroyed, any excess damage is dealt directly to your opponent. Opposing decks that rely on small defensive creatures, especially ones that regenerate, will soon find themselves reeling.
Seek out and eliminate your prey – fellow Planeswalkers – to unlock new cards for your deck. The trophies for a successful hunt are among nature’s fiercest weapons. Harness the power (and toughness) of the Forests themselves with Blanchwood Armor, an Aura that makes your smaller creatures enormous and your larger creatures downright gargantuan! What other allies will join you as you take on the deadliest the Multiverse has to offer?
Hands of Flame – Chandra Nalaar
Faced with opposition from every direction, with enemies – driven by their desire to suppress you – closing in, there is only one option. Burn them all. The Hands of Flame deck is fueled by red’s signature passion and fiery destruction.
Chandra’s deck is packed with small, aggressive creatures that immediately put your opponent on the defensive. It can be tempting to unload your awesome arsenal of damage spells like Shock and Incinerate on your not-yet-crispy-enough opponent. However, remember that clearing the way by destroying opposing creatures can often lead to more efficient damage-dealing. Your spells only hit once, but your creatures can attack every turn, especially when your opponent is defenseless!
This deck focuses on unrelenting offense – as long as you have at least 1 life remaining, you are a threat to end the duel at any moment. Sometimes you have to forget about blocking and just turn up the heat. Haste is a potent ability that allows some of your most efficient creatures, like the powerful Lightning Elemental, to blindside enemies by attacking the turn they enter the battlefield.
Collected from the ashes of those who would oppose you, the new weapons you unlock for victory are explosive. You’ll ally yourself with a Shivan Dragon, one of the mightiest dragons to ever fight in the Multiverse. You’ll unleash the pinpoint devastation of Blaze, a spell whose damage is only limited by the mana you have available. What hope does order and principle have against such a chaotic and brutal force?
Wings of Light – Elspeth TirelIn a Multiverse filled with frightful creatures, white mages like Elspeth show no fear. Through unmatched discipline, superior training, and a little divine inspiration, the Wings of Light deck succeeds where many fail.
The Wings of Light deck focuses on defense and gaining life in the early going. Creatures like Angelic Wall and Goldenglow Moth can effectively stop any momentum your opponent may be generating. Your army is an efficient one with an array of inexpensive creatures to hold off opposing forces. Control your most fearsome foes by enchanting them with Pacifism. If your opponent does manage to overwhelm you, you can easily show him the folly of waging war against you with Holy Day, an instant that prevents all combat damage dealt on the turn it’s played.
As the duel rages on, your tactics will quickly turn from defensive to offensive. Strengthen your forces with cards like Holy Strength and Glorious Anthem. When the time is right, take to the air for a crushing aerial strike. Flying allows attacking creatures to sail over any and all grounded opposition – only another creature with flying or reach can block it. If you don’t have an air force standing by, a well-timed Angelic Blessing can transform the most unassuming knight or monk into a lethal threat.
Like Elspeth, you fight out of necessity, not for personal gain. But that doesn’t mean you can’t take advantage of some heavenly additions to your deck! New angelic allies like the iconic Serra Angel and the versatile Voice of All support your airborne strategy. What hope does chaos and brutality have against such a principled and orderly force?
Eyes of Shadow – Liliana Vess
The Eyes of Shadow peer deep into your opponent’s soul, decaying not only his forces but his very will to fight. This deck is a malevolent expression of black magic, necromantic sorcery combined with mind-erasing discard spells.
Liliana’s sinister creation seeks to destroy not only the body but the mind through a punishing suite of discard effects. Use The Rack and Megrim to make sure your opponent’s depleted hand tears at his life total as well. Whatever threats manage to survive your mental assault should be easily dispatched with spells like Terror and Consume Spirit. When toying with your meek opposition proves tiresome, finish them off with a deadly Nightmare.
The Eyes of Shadow deck uses creatures that take advantage of three powerful abilities. Flying makes your creatures more difficult to block, rendering larger foes helpless as your forces pass by overhead. Fear, a long-time staple of black’s arsenal, also makes your creatures difficult to block by infusing them with black magic so potent that only other black creatures or soulless artifact creatures dare stand in their way. Finally, manipulate death itself with the regenerating Drudge Skeletons. For a single black mana, you can prevent these stalwart minions from being destroyed. Remember to activate the regeneration ability before combat damage, and the Drudge Skeletons will turn away attack after attack, while you prepare deadlier strategies for your enemy.
As you progress through victim after victim, your mastery of death will attract new followers like Mortivore and the Royal Assassin. You will also unlock annihilation in the form of the overwhelming Plague Wind. Other Planeswalkers despair, for you have arrived.
Thoughts of the Wind – Jace Beleren
To embrace the creation of Jace Beleren is to embrace the ideals he holds most dear: knowledge and curiosity, deception and illusion, mental acuity and manipulation. Like other preeminent blue mages, the reach of Jace’s touch extends to time, thought, memory, and the very fabric of the Multiverse itself.
The Thoughts of the Wind deck includes an elusive group of allies. Many of your creatures have flying, allowing them to attack untouched by creatures saddled by gravity, and Phantom Warriors simply can’t be blocked at all! Of course, a mentalist such as yourself could just turn your opponent’s best threat against him, using your power of Persuasion.
What really sets this deck apart are its twin defensive strategies of countermagic and advantageously returning permanents to their owner’s hand. The threats you’ll face are as varied as the planes themselves, but one simple spell stops them all – Cancel. And if danger does slip by when your guard is down, simply use Boomerang to return it to where it came, often just to Cancel it when your foe tries it again!
Defeating opposing Planeswalkers is all well and good, but the cards you unlock, the new knowledge you acquire, is your ultimate reward. You’ll discover new ways to deny the weak-minded, fumbling attempts of your enemies. You’ll also secure the loyalty of Mahamoti Djinn, a renowned force throughout the Multiverse. Most importantly, you’ll earn the opportunity to expand, control, and learn.
Claws of Vengeance – Ajani Goldmane
The Claws of Vengeance deck features lethal combinations only possible when you manipulate multiple colors of mana. Any apprentice mage can master a single school of magic, but the truly great embrace the power of diversity. Are you ready?
With a multicolor deck, the mulligan becomes a much more important decision. Not only should you pay attention to the number of lands in your starting seven, you should make sure you have access to at least two of your deck’s three colors. Of course, all three would be even better, especially when paired up with one of the most devastating creatures to prowl the Multiverse in a long, long time: the Woolly Thoctar. There are larger creatures out there, but few hit as hard or as fast as the tusked terror from the jungles of Naya.
The Claws of Vengeance deck also features some of the best spells each of its colors has to offer. Control opposing threats with Pacifism or simply eliminate them with a timely Incinerate. When the way is clear, unleash the Sangrite Surge! This exciting sorcery not only enlarges the target, but grants it double strike for that turn. One of the most powerful abilities around, double strike allows creatures to deal their combat damage twice! Remember if the attacking creature is blocked, even if the blocking creature is destroyed the first time damage is dealt, the attacking creature won’t get to deal its second round of combat damage to your opponent, so timing with Sangrite Surge is everything.
As you claim victory and vengeance against other Planeswalkers, you’ll gain access to even more lethal weapons. Impressed by your prowess, the legendary Brion Stoutarm stands ready to assist your forces… mostly by hurling them at your opponents!
Ears of the Elves – Nissa Revane
The reclusive Elves are spoken of in hushed whispers. They are at times mercurial allies or fierce enemies – and sometimes both! From within their ranks, a new force has emerged, lethal as an Elvish blade and powerful as a Planeswalker’s spark: Nissa Revane. She is determined to continue the tradition of Elvish dominance on every plane she visits.
Nissa’s Ears of the Elves deck focuses on the duality of life – green magic to enhance it and black magic to drain it away. Your creatures feature a diverse set of abilities that ensure you have access to more resources than your opponent. Elvish Visionary keeps your hand full, Farhaven Elf lets you accelerate your mana base, Elvish Eulogist keeps you at a healthy life total, and Lys Alana Huntmaster brings an almost endless supply of reinforcements – every Elf spell you play gives you another Elf!
With so many Elves dedicated to your fight, you may quickly find yourself with many more creatures than your opponent. To press this advantage, the Ears of the Elves deck relies on three impressive cards that ensure your forces are not only more numerous, but larger too. The first is a finisher familiar to green mages – Overrun. This brutal sorcery usually leaves your opponent with no viable defensive options except defeat.
The second is the mighty Coat of Arms. With this artifact in play, each creature gets a +1/+1 bonus based on how many other creatures of the same creature type are around. Play this when you have six Elves in play, and each will get +5/+5! This bonus works for your opponent as well, so be careful, but your deck’s creatures are all Elves, so you are likely to reap a much greater reward from this than an unfocused foe.
Finally, for opposing green mages, look out for the Elvish Champion. Inspired by this imposing commander, other Elves will grow larger and be granted forestwalk, allowing them to attack unhindered as long as your opponent controls a Forest.
As the Planeswalkers from lesser races fall at your feet, your mastery of warfare and the hunt will only increase. The perfection of your forces will also increase, with allies like Immaculate Magistrate and Rhys the Exiled joining your legions. Elvish victory – your victory – is inevitable. Get started!
Scales of Fury – Sarkhan Vol
On the savage shard of Jund, civilization has given way to the predatory instincts of its inhabitants. Seated mightily at the top of this food chain are the majestic dragons. Revered by the shamanistic Planeswalker Sarkhan Vol, dragons represent the ultimate expression of power and supremacy. Use the Scales of Fury deck to ferociously decimate all who would doubt them.
This deck is a violent assault on almost all fronts. Efficient creatures lead the charge, backed up by an array of destructive spells like Terror and Incinerate. Blightning lowers both your opponent’s life total and his ability to fight back, as his hand is eaten away. Don’t be afraid to lose some of your creatures, as long as they take an opposing creature with them! There’s always a Gravedigger willing to throw fallen forces back into the fray.
If your early assault isn’t enough to secure victory, you can issue a Violent Ultimatum! This demoralizing sorcery eliminates your three largest threats in one fell swoop. Or perhaps three lands to cripple your opponent. Or perhaps a troublesome artifact or enchantment. Your options are numerous, but all lead to victory.
As you convince your fellow Planeswalkers of the dragons’ dominance, some of mightiest dragons around will be convinced of yours. Take to the skies with formidable Flameblast Dragon, the dual threats of the Broodmate Dragon, and the incredible Hellkite Overlord.
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Deck Lists and Card Unlocks
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Video Review
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