The Escapist Presents: Magic the Gathering Challenge Guide
- Thread starter Greg Tito
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I was way too lazy to try and figure out the hardest 3 challenges in the game and ended up using Gamefaqs. I like the idea of the challenges, but I honestly think they can be a little to crazy later on simply because of the lack of context you are given. Its one thing to come up with a strategy to win an impossible situation after you have played a whole game, but when you are dropped right into the end-game turn with a million cards in play it can be really daunting.
Also, they really should not have done challenges for Arch-enemy mode... there is just way too much happening >.>
Also, they really should not have done challenges for Arch-enemy mode... there is just way too much happening >.>
That's totally Call of Magic, which is the TES theme.
And I thought this would be an Escapist-wide MTG tourney, but oh well.
Cool nonetheless, and informative.
And I thought this would be an Escapist-wide MTG tourney, but oh well.
Cool nonetheless, and informative.
Man, I really like the challenges in the Duels games, they remind me of the old ones you used to get in the magazines, of course with those you wouldn't really know if you'd done it right till the next month.
I haven't got Duels 2012 yet, but I enjoyed the ones in the first Duels and these seem to be just as good.
ArchEnemy challenges... that sounds tricky
I haven't got Duels 2012 yet, but I enjoyed the ones in the first Duels and these seem to be just as good.
ArchEnemy challenges... that sounds tricky
Two points:
1. Yes please on the showing of more challenges.
2. Nicol Bolas is a dragon, not a vampire, despite his whole "wanting to absorb all the power he can ever get his hands on" stick
1. Yes please on the showing of more challenges.
2. Nicol Bolas is a dragon, not a vampire, despite his whole "wanting to absorb all the power he can ever get his hands on" stick
Well that's part of the fun, there is a winning play in there somewhere and you probably need to thinking well outside the box to find it.Fappy said:
My only gripe with them is when I find another way to win but you are forced to repeat because you didn't win in that exact turn (sure, some of them specify this condition, but damn if after a few attempts I so want to have any way of winning be correct). Nicol Bolas does lovingly smack you with Cruel Ultimatum to reinforce that no really you need to beat him this turn.
Let's split the difference and call him a vampire dragon. Even if it isn't true, it's cool sounding.Leonhart321 said:
http://magiccards.info/scans/en/od/296.jpgSusan Arendt said:
OT: Good video sir. I personally wouldn't mind a video for the Archenemy challenges....though I really would hate myself for watching it. Took me forever to beat the regular challenges, and god dammit I refuse to let this game win!
nice video, i probably wont watch any more solutions videos because i'll want to figure them out myself but this has definatly gotten me interested in the game, i didnt really like duels 2011 but this and some of the other new modes look really interesting
That's actually why I thought Nicol's Cruel Ultimatum is a nice touch, I remember at least one of them was a case where I had cleared their board, was sitting on one or more buffed creatures, hand advantage, etc and you still loose because you didn't beat them in one turn. Even if it was "oh look I pulled a Blaze, haha you loose" at least then there is no second guessing if you would win or not on the next turn.666Chaos said:
Nicol Bolas is an [a href="http://magiccards.info/fvd/en/10.html"]Elder Dragon[/a] and a [a href="http://magiccards.info/cfx/en/120.html"]Planeswalker[/a]. It's [a href="http://magiccards.info/m12/en/109.html"]Sorin Markov[/a] that's the Vampire.
And those three challenges were some of the easier ones. The Archenemy ones really had me scratching my head...
And those three challenges were some of the easier ones. The Archenemy ones really had me scratching my head...
For the Record, Nicol Bolas is not a dragon nor is he a vampire. He is a dragon-planeswalker and if he was to be considered a dragon (as in a normal dragon0 then he would be considered one of the five elder dragons (six arguably because there was supposed to be a cousin of one of them that was erased from existence or enslaved or something).
The challenges are really fun, but I would love for them to tell me how to do the archenemy ones.
The challenges are really fun, but I would love for them to tell me how to do the archenemy ones.
I did have an issue with one challenge where I had to
, but once I found the "hold priority" option that was fine. It'd be easy to execute playing in real life, but the timer kept screwing me up with the video game.
sacrifice all my creatures to Bloodhtrone Vampire