Oath of the Gate Watch Part II

MagicRage

How the hell am I supposed to beat the Sphnix of the Final Word level? Pretty much "give all your creatures +3/+3, Hexproof, and Reach" every other turn (and 200+ health). I can't even put a dent into him.

Onion_lotion

I used jace2. spirit creatures that disable. Non block-ables. And bounced them all before he could buff them. Spells that don't target creatures work on hexproof "opponents first creature" still triggers.

Thésée

Did it with Kiora

Emrakul, the Promised End

Anchor to the Aether
Clutch of Currents
Engulf the Shore
Season's Past
Exert Influence

Claustrophobia
Nissa's Pilgrimage
Fertile Thicket
Tamiyo's Journal

Season's Past was not needed and Emrakul can be replace by Elder Deep-Fiend (it would obviously take longer to kill though)

AettThorn

I did it finally without killing too many creatures by putting Hixus in my deck. Sure all of his creatures have reach, but they're all also disabled, so it didn't matter. Before I did that though, it was a pain in the butt.

speakupaskanswer

I used J2, and mainly Claustrophobia, Engulf the Shore and Forgotten Creation. After getting his third ability going, this was surprisingly easy.

MagicRage

Alas, I don't have most of those cards (Engulf, Hixus, Forgotten Creation, Anchor to the Aether, Exert Influence).

hawkyh1

my blue deck strategy for this is to use sphinx tutalege
and some form of bounce. roil spout, reflector mage,
gone missing should all work. you might need
claustrophobia or some other non targeting disable if
your opponent have used their hexproof ability. dovin
works well if you have him as his 3rd ability allows you
to buff up your creatures to win the battle more quickly.

HH

ForceO

Has ANYONE defeated Kozilek, The Great Distortion??? If so, how? I'm beginning to think it's impossible, as I have been unable to defeat it, regardless of PW/deck build/etc. I got close, but then the AI kept chaining matches, pulled out a Mirrorpool or two (as ALWAYS), reinforced a few creatures, and proceeded to thrash me. Please, if it's possible to defeat it, let me know, as I'm beyond aggravated/frustrated, and ready to fling this game, and everything associated with it, into the abyss. Thanks.

julianus

Edited for lack of ability to look at message dates...

Magog

ForceO wrote:

Has ANYONE defeated Kozilek, The Great Distortion??? If so, how? I'm beginning to think it's impossible, as I have been unable to defeat it, regardless of PW/deck build/etc. I got close, but then the AI kept chaining matches, pulled out a Mirrorpool or two (as ALWAYS), reinforced a few creatures, and proceeded to thrash me. Please, if it's possible to defeat it, let me know, as I'm beyond aggravated/frustrated, and ready to fling this game, and everything associated with it, into the abyss. Thanks.

I'm fairly certain a large number of people here have done it, and gotten both secondary objectives. Personally, I've used both Nahiri and Liliana 2. The former used LifeLink creatures (thank you Olivia) to counter the damage done, the latter used the persistence of Prized Amalgam for defense and stacked a ton of tokens.

What cards do you have?

ForceO

I was thinking of a Liliana/Prized Amalgam deck. I was using Ajani mainly with a lot of big flyers (Tyrant of Valakut, Aetherstorm Roc) and life gain to counter it when I get hit. I don't have Liliana 2 (Last Hope?) yet. Tried Koth, Ob Nixilis, both versions of Gideon, all with no success. I'm tired of losing to a seemingly overpowered opponent. Lol

Magog

Without knowing much more about what cards you have, how did the cards in your Ajani deck synergise? I don't see any commonality between Tyrant and Roc other than the fact that they fly. Also, we may have different viewpoints on what "big" creatures are. By the time I was done with Nahiri all my creatures had LifeLink and were at least 20/20, with Liliana my zombie token was somewhere in the 50s, along with a Diregraf Colossus that was in the 80s.