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Magic: The Gathering Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 |OT| Tapping All Day
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Tizoc
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What's the best setup for Chandra and Talren's decks? I think having mainly the mollusk, Fog Bed, the spell that puts 2 drakes with 2/2 fLYING and the 3/1 dragon with flying as your main summonable creatures to really drag how effective this deck could be.
fOR that matter...I have no idea how to best use Chandra's deck @_@
fOR that matter...I have no idea how to best use Chandra's deck @_@
Gamer @ Heart
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Can an awesome PS3 version owner friend request me and help me kick some two headed giant ass? Send me a PM with your details and ill message you right back.
I am tired of randoms.
I am tired of randoms.
Chandra's deck seems to be a mess, not sure what they were trying to do.
I hate playing against Liliana that whore keeps killing my goddamn critters and late game when I get her low she always somehow manages to topdeck a FUCKING CORRUPT, it has seriously happened at least three times in a row. Either Corrupt or Tendrils. It drives me insane.
Been using Jace as my beatstick, has worked even better for unlocking new cards than challenges to me :lol
I decided to give Yeva's deck a go and it's pretty fun.
Just finished a match against Chandra. She had a slow start and I had Acidic Slime + Erratic Portal. I ended up killing all her lands and she was left with a Dragon Whelpling but with no mana to buff it. :lol
Natural Order is busted BTW.
Just finished a match against Chandra. She had a slow start and I had Acidic Slime + Erratic Portal. I ended up killing all her lands and she was left with a Dragon Whelpling but with no mana to buff it. :lol
Natural Order is busted BTW.
Here is what I've been running with Talrand now that everything is unlocked:
Creatures:
3 Kraken Hatchling
1 Azure Mage
3 Fog Bank
1 Spiketail Hatchling
1 Archaeomancer
1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
1 Sphinx of Lost Truths
Spells:
3 Sleight of Hand
2 Disperse
2 Favorable Winds
2 Mana Leak
1 Twincast
1 Call to Mind
2 Cancel
2 Repulse
1 Rite of Replication
4 Talrand's Invocation
1 Future Sight
1 Gravitational Shift
1 Panoptic Mirror
1 Time Warp
Once you actually unlock everything for this deck you have a decent enough number of bounce spells and counterspells that you can sometimes actually prevent the enemy from getting their game plan off the ground. And then you can use all your defensive creatures to slow them down even more. Your primary way to win is Drake tokens pumped with Favorable Winds. Panoptic Mirror also allows for some shenaniganish ways to win if you manage to get Rite of Replication or Time Warp into it. It is incredibly difficult for your opponent to win if you are getting 5 copies of something at the start of every turn and/or infinite turns. And Gravitational Shift pretty much guarantees you a win against Odric or the goblin deck if you get it out.
I could see swapping the Skywinder Drakes in to be more aggressive but I find that they are too fragile at 1 toughness.
I haven't played with it a ton online yet in its fully unlocked form, but I've been playing some variation of it like this for quite awhile and have been doing pretty well.
Creatures:
3 Kraken Hatchling
1 Azure Mage
3 Fog Bank
1 Spiketail Hatchling
1 Archaeomancer
1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
1 Sphinx of Lost Truths
Spells:
3 Sleight of Hand
2 Disperse
2 Favorable Winds
2 Mana Leak
1 Twincast
1 Call to Mind
2 Cancel
2 Repulse
1 Rite of Replication
4 Talrand's Invocation
1 Future Sight
1 Gravitational Shift
1 Panoptic Mirror
1 Time Warp
Once you actually unlock everything for this deck you have a decent enough number of bounce spells and counterspells that you can sometimes actually prevent the enemy from getting their game plan off the ground. And then you can use all your defensive creatures to slow them down even more. Your primary way to win is Drake tokens pumped with Favorable Winds. Panoptic Mirror also allows for some shenaniganish ways to win if you manage to get Rite of Replication or Time Warp into it. It is incredibly difficult for your opponent to win if you are getting 5 copies of something at the start of every turn and/or infinite turns. And Gravitational Shift pretty much guarantees you a win against Odric or the goblin deck if you get it out.
I could see swapping the Skywinder Drakes in to be more aggressive but I find that they are too fragile at 1 toughness.
I haven't played with it a ton online yet in its fully unlocked form, but I've been playing some variation of it like this for quite awhile and have been doing pretty well.
zerokoolpsx
Member
Wanted to see how many tokens the game can handle. Apparently, it caps at 100. It can handle life totals and counters to 9,999, but tokens can't go over 100! I was down to 2 life testing this out on the overrun encounter lol.
Now I just got to unlock about 8 more decks and do two headed giant to get the last trophy.
Now I just got to unlock about 8 more decks and do two headed giant to get the last trophy.
It's because you aren't logged into gamecenter.
Yeva is too much fun, I can't play other decks anymore. 
Tried going against Ajani but he gains too many life, meaning I can't outrace him, and I have no way to deal with Soul Wardens. Only way I managed to win was busting all his lands with Acidic Slime bounce cheese, while keeping two deathtouch critters ready to block his 33/33 Ajani's Pridemate (yeah). I think that took me over an hour.
Tried going against Ajani but he gains too many life, meaning I can't outrace him, and I have no way to deal with Soul Wardens. Only way I managed to win was busting all his lands with Acidic Slime bounce cheese, while keeping two deathtouch critters ready to block his 33/33 Ajani's Pridemate (yeah). I think that took me over an hour.
divisionbyzorro
Member
You know why I love Duels?
It's the only format where mono-green stompy can actually win games.
It's the only format where mono-green stompy can actually win games.
Just imprinted Time Warp with the Panoptic Mirror. Next round my opponent mysteriously dropped
Chilled out with my rage against rage quitters. I realized the game does not handle concessions well and just replaced the opponent with AI. Don't know why the game does not end and you get a win automatically.
Just imprinted Time Warp with the Panoptic Mirror. Next round my opponent mysteriously dropped
Chilled out with my rage against rage quitters. I realized the game does not handle concessions well and just replaced the opponent with AI. Don't know why the game does not end and you get a win automatically.
Thats why I only join games where the AI takeover is turned off
Does anyone know how the multiplayer rankings work on iPad? There doesn't seem to be an option to turn off AI takeover, so do you need to play out a game against the AI to get credit for your win when an opponent quits or can you just quit?
I've still been having a lot of success with the Talrand list I posted above. The only time you're actually just straight up screwed is if the Goblin deck puts out a Goblin Piledriver. Because it would be a devastating card no matter what but with Protection from Blue you are just done. At that point you need to have a Rite of Replication to make a blocker or there is pretty much nothing you can do.
I've still been having a lot of success with the Talrand list I posted above. The only time you're actually just straight up screwed is if the Goblin deck puts out a Goblin Piledriver. Because it would be a devastating card no matter what but with Protection from Blue you are just done. At that point you need to have a Rite of Replication to make a blocker or there is pretty much nothing you can do.
No option for that in Xbox Live ranked.
Gamer @ Heart
Member
Nicol Bolas on the revenge campaign is fucking absurd. I cant remember the last game i screamed out loud to. He brings out the perfect card at any moment. I came one turn away from killing him half a dozen times with several decks, but he always whips out some magical card to fuck my shit up. Normally for hard AI decks like this, you try again until the stars align and they get a shitty draws and you win, but that never happens to him, because he is constantly filling his hand back up with his crazy awesome cards.
Also, he got to six mana on his second turn once. I was livid.
Has anyone beat him without using Jace? It feels almost like you are required to use him because of how quickly Bolas goes through cards.
Also, he got to six mana on his second turn once. I was livid.
Has anyone beat him without using Jace? It feels almost like you are required to use him because of how quickly Bolas goes through cards.
I love seeing an opponent with the Jace avatar because you know chances are he's using that slow ass mill deck. Despite all the Mind Sculpts, Howling Mines, and Thought Scours I am usually still 40 cards up before I finish him off.
That deck has to be working against some players because a lot of people use it.
That deck has to be working against some players because a lot of people use it.
Dunno if this has been posted already, but here are two of the promo unlock codes(2 cards per deck):
http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29193605/Promotional_Unlock_Cards_List?pg=1
KWPMZW
WMKFGC
just enter them in the status screen
Seems like not many have them yet, as I've been getting a LOT of messages on PSN about them
http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29193605/Promotional_Unlock_Cards_List?pg=1
KWPMZW
WMKFGC
just enter them in the status screen
Seems like not many have them yet, as I've been getting a LOT of messages on PSN about them
I thought the codes were going to be good for a single use, I'm glad they aren't.
Thanks for that.
One of those codes unlocked Bribery on the drakes deck, so good.
EDIT: meh Spawnwrithe and Gigantomancer for Yeva.
Yea the cards they unlock are kind of hit or miss. Some are "meh", others like the black deck....zomg nice!
It unlocked fucking Vindicate on the exalted deck lol.
EDIT: haha gave the blue drake deck a shot and I turn 5 Bribed a Rune Scarred Demon off Liliana, I love that card.
Bribery, Rune Scarred Demon, fetch Rites of Replication and by turn 6 I had two 6/6 demons hehe.
Man I love Bribery.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I'm not sure if they'd reprint Bribery in paper (5 mana is usually reserved for on the field steals these days) but I'd love it if they did
I don't think those unlocks for Talrand are going to make it much better. They are all so expensive that you can't afford to have many in the deck. The deck would have been much more improved with some more cheap counterspells or card draw spells. Some of the other decks got far more useful cards.
I think I am going to play 61 cards from now on. I would rather have 61 cards with 25 land than 60 with 25.
I think I am going to play 61 cards from now on. I would rather have 61 cards with 25 land than 60 with 25.
FieryBalrog
Member
just want to point out this isn't a bug. Ruby Medallion reduces costs by (1), not by (R).
Pyre charger's mana cost is RR, not 2R.
2R means 2 colorless and a red.
RR means red red.
Wizards themselves say this is one of the most common mistakes for new players.
With all the unlocks codes spoiled now the only things I've changed in my Talrand deck is swapping in a second Rite of Replication instead of my 4th Talrand's Evocation (which you didn't need the unlocks for) and putting in Followed Footsteps as a 61st card.
If I wasn't playing on iPad I'd put in Bribery instead of Followed Footsteps, but searching through a deck is so abysmal on iPad that I can almost never do it effectively in the time allotted in a multiplayer game. And you can't do something like selecting one card to pick if time runs out and then continue searching through the deck. Followed Footsteps is fine since you can just put it on an opponent's best creature and force them to either kill it or let you get value for it.
Best trick I learned is that you don't need to wait till two turns after you tap out to cast Panoptic Mirror to get any value from it. During the upkeep after you cast it you can pause while the Mirror's ability is triggering and use all your newly untapped mana to Imprint something from your hand on it and then cast it immediately (unless the opponent blows it up, obviously). If the thing you imprint happens to be Time Warp you instantly win unless they have Instant speed artifact removal (which most decks don't have).
If I wasn't playing on iPad I'd put in Bribery instead of Followed Footsteps, but searching through a deck is so abysmal on iPad that I can almost never do it effectively in the time allotted in a multiplayer game. And you can't do something like selecting one card to pick if time runs out and then continue searching through the deck. Followed Footsteps is fine since you can just put it on an opponent's best creature and force them to either kill it or let you get value for it.
Best trick I learned is that you don't need to wait till two turns after you tap out to cast Panoptic Mirror to get any value from it. During the upkeep after you cast it you can pause while the Mirror's ability is triggering and use all your newly untapped mana to Imprint something from your hand on it and then cast it immediately (unless the opponent blows it up, obviously). If the thing you imprint happens to be Time Warp you instantly win unless they have Instant speed artifact removal (which most decks don't have).
If you put Followed Footsteps on a Archaeomancer, with a Time Warp in the graveyard, you can pull off the unlimited turns as well.
There's actually a few ways to pull it off, but that's a new one with FF unlocked now.
So they've officially announced the 1st Expansion for sometime in "summer". So later this month probably?
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1028
Aaw yeah five additional challenges. This will almost assuredly be five dollars. Note that there are no new cards for the already existing decks unlike the expansion in 2012.
Here are the new decks that were datamined from the game files awhile back. There is one for each guild that will be in the Return to Ravnica set of the paper game.
- Rakdos Black/Red
- Selesnya Green/White
- Golgari Green/Black
- Izzet Blue/Red
- Azorius Blue/White
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1028
Aaw yeah five additional challenges. This will almost assuredly be five dollars. Note that there are no new cards for the already existing decks unlike the expansion in 2012.
Here are the new decks that were datamined from the game files awhile back. There is one for each guild that will be in the Return to Ravnica set of the paper game.
- Rakdos Black/Red
- Selesnya Green/White
- Golgari Green/Black
- Izzet Blue/Red
- Azorius Blue/White
Thank god. One of the worst aspects of '09 and '12 is the fucking unlocking extra cards from the DLC packs in the BASE/other DLC decks. It's like "why the fuck would you make me do that AGAIN when I have three extra decks to play with/unlock!?"
Having never played Magic before but having a passing curiosity due to some friends of mine being really into the card based version at least, I picked this up the other day and have found myself strangely addicted.
Sure I'm playing on the easiest difficulty and still losing, but I have a case of "just one more match..."
Sure I'm playing on the easiest difficulty and still losing, but I have a case of "just one more match..."
Tizoc
Member
Hope it's OK to ask this.
1- Is the Magic the Gathering 2013 save file for PS3 'locked' to an account?
2- If not, well let me explain first, I backed up my ps3 data so I can replace my old hdd with a new 500 GB, but sadly the restore was corrupted. Fortunately however I managed to recover 90% of my save game files, but Magic 2012 and 2013 are not among them. 2012 isn't an issue since unlocking the cards isn't that hard and I'd have some fun re-unlocking them. It's 2013 that I'm 50-50 about re-doing all over again @3@. As such if anyone can PM me a save file that has, at least all 300 cards unlocked, I'd appreciate it ^_^;
1- Is the Magic the Gathering 2013 save file for PS3 'locked' to an account?
2- If not, well let me explain first, I backed up my ps3 data so I can replace my old hdd with a new 500 GB, but sadly the restore was corrupted. Fortunately however I managed to recover 90% of my save game files, but Magic 2012 and 2013 are not among them. 2012 isn't an issue since unlocking the cards isn't that hard and I'd have some fun re-unlocking them. It's 2013 that I'm 50-50 about re-doing all over again @3@. As such if anyone can PM me a save file that has, at least all 300 cards unlocked, I'd appreciate it ^_^;
I hope these new decks are good. The decks in the 2013 game are the worst out of all 3 games imo.
Won't happen - it punishes players for playing big mana creatures, which is something they're trying to avoid doing. Same reason Mana Leak's an issue.
Yep, my goblim deck hasn't lost a game online, but the UI designers need to get fired and made sure they never work on the industry again. So much fun tapping individual goblin tokens when there are 50+ of them. You can't do it in time to attack.....
Also I noticed we can't send messages via game center. Fuck you apple.
Also I noticed we can't send messages via game center. Fuck you apple.
Starsunder
Member
Anyone up for a game? I'm on an iPad. GC I.D is Starsunder.
matt360
Member
Exactly. You've paid for the ability to unlock the cards "eventually." Each victory against the AI will get you 1 card. I thought it was weird at first too, since I didn't notice any changes after I paid the full price. You'll need to play quite a bit to unlock every card, but that's just part of the fun!