02/17/2017 - Deckbuilding challenge

Hibernum_JC
Hibernum_JC Posts: 318 Mover and Shaker
edited February 2017 in MtGPQ General Discussion
Hi folks!

We’re kicking off a brand new challenge today - the Deck Building challenge!

Do you think you can build better decks than we can? If you had all the cards, what kind of deck would you build? Now’s the time to prove you’re the best deckbuilder the game has ever seen!

We will be selecting the top decks for each Planeswalker in each category. They then will be added in-game as pre-made decks for players to build! They will also be required to enter certain future events, so make sure they’re the best they can be!

Each deck winner will have their in-game name proudly displayed in the deck’s description. This is your chance to be immortalized in-game and be MTGPQ-famous!

Here’s the basic rules:

Build a deck for each Planeswalker in the game. The deck must fit in one of these three categories:

Early Game (Planeswalker levels 1 to 40, build using level 1 restrictions)
    Only commons and uncommons.
Mid Game (Planeswalker levels 40 to 60, build using level 40 restrictions)
    Mostly uncommons, rares, and 1 Mythic maximum.
End Game (Planeswalker level 60, build using level 60 restrictions)
    Go nuts! No restrictions, but must be a top-tier deck.

The deck for each Planeswalker must also contain only cards of the expansion it came in.

Here is the list of Planeswalkers and their associated expansions:

Origins:
    Nissa, Sage Animist -
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59534
Liliana, Defiant Necromancer - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59535
Gideon, Battle-Forged - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59536
Jace, Telepath Unbound - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59537
Chandra, Roaring Flame - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59538

Battle for Zendikar/Oath of the Gatewatch:
    Ob Nixilis Reignited -
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59539
Kiora, Master of the Depths - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59540
Gideon, Ally of Zendikar - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59541
Sarkhan the Mad - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59542
Ajani Vengeant - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59543
Tezzeret the Seeker - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59544
Garruk Wildspeaker - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59545
Koth of the Hammer - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59579

Shadows over Innistrad/Eldritch Moon:
    Nahiri the Harbinger -
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59546
Sorin, Grim Nemesis - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59547
Arlinn Kord - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59548
Jace, Unraveler of Secrets - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59549
Liliana, the Last Hope - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59550

Kaladesh/Aether Revolt
    Saheeli Rai -
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59551
Dovin Baan - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59552
Nissa, Vital Force - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59553
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=59554

Post your deck creation in the MtGPQ Deck Strategy & Planeswalker Discussion section in the forums, in the appropriate Planeswalker thread for review. You can also post a quick blurb about how the deck works, what combos are effective, a deck name, etc. The deadline for submission is Sunday, February 26th at 11:59pm PST.

Good luck!

PS: A very effective way to build your deck and post it on the forums is through octal9’s great site, mtgpq.info.

For avoidance of doubt, there will be no compensation of any kind for your submissions and you will have no rights to the deck or its design. By submitting a design, you give acknowledge that all rights remain those of D3Publisher of America, Inc. and Wizards of the Coast. We will display your Screen Name (or appropriate identifying name) on the deck, so no copyrighted terms or foul language. Submissions containing either of these will be dismissed. We also have the right to remove any selected decks from the game at our discretion.
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  • wink
    wink Posts: 136 Tile Toppler
    I'm assuming Level 60? Maybe that should be made explicit?
  • Hibernum_JC
    Hibernum_JC Posts: 318 Mover and Shaker
    wink wrote:
    I'm assuming Level 60? Maybe that should be made explicit?

    I amended the post to make this clearer.

    Thanks!
  • span_argoman
    span_argoman Posts: 751 Critical Contributor
    Should we be building the decks for AI or for players to control? I'm assuming for players.

    *edit*
    They then will be added in-game as pre-made decks for players to build!
    Did you mean for players to play?
  • James13
    James13 Posts: 665 Critical Contributor
    Seems pretty challenging with the restrictions. I like it.

    I'll give it a whirl later. Thanks!
  • Ultimadan
    Ultimadan Posts: 23 Just Dropped In
    Hibernum_JC wrote:
    We will be selecting the top decks for each Planeswalker in each category. They then will be added in-game as pre-made decks for players to build! They will also be required to enter certain future events, so make sure they’re the best they can be!

    Does this mean we'll have to actually own all the cards needed to build these decks in our collection to enter these events? Or will they be provided to us like the Saheeli deck was in the Saheeli Rai event?
  • Nitymp
    Nitymp Posts: 320 Mover and Shaker
    JC - any reason why Koth is missing?
  • majincob
    majincob Posts: 732 Critical Contributor
    Should the decks be made using the minimum level deck restrictions? I.E. beginner decks need to meet the creature/spell/support limits for it at level 1 or level 40?
  • bk1234
    bk1234 Posts: 2,924 Chairperson of the Boards
    Nitymp wrote:
    JC - any reason why Koth is missing?

    Also looking for Koth
  • Ejmoose
    Ejmoose Posts: 32 Just Dropped In
    I third Koth. I sent a pm to both JC and Brigby about it, as you can't tag or @mention someone yet in a thread
  • James13
    James13 Posts: 665 Critical Contributor
    I think it's safe to assume Koth would be in the BFZ block, but I could be mistaken.
  • ZW2007-
    ZW2007- Posts: 812 Critical Contributor
    I choose to believe/hope that Koth's absence means that he is being removed from the game.
  • Nitymp
    Nitymp Posts: 320 Mover and Shaker
    ZW2007- wrote:
    I choose to believe/hope that Koth's absence means that he is being removed from the game.

    No! Shush you!
  • Brigby
    Brigby ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 7,757 Site Admin
    Ejmoose wrote:
    I third Koth. I sent a pm to both JC and Brigby about it, as you can't tag or @mention someone yet in a thread
    Thanks for the PM. I'll get in touch with JC right now. Once I hear back from him, I'll update this post with the answer. Thanks for your patience everyone!

    Update: JC has added Koth to the original post, and I've created a Deckbuilding challenge thread in the respective section. I'll also take some time today to link the challenge threads in this post for everyone's convenience.
  • Hibernum_JC
    Hibernum_JC Posts: 318 Mover and Shaker
    Sorry, that was a mistake on our part! I just added Koth and will add his sub-forum.
  • Hibernum_JC
    Hibernum_JC Posts: 318 Mover and Shaker
    span_argoman wrote:
    Should we be building the decks for AI or for players to control? I'm assuming for players.

    *edit*
    They then will be added in-game as pre-made decks for players to build!
    Did you mean for players to play?

    This is for an upcoming feature. Basically it's pre-made decks for players to build towards, so they can play with them.
    majincob wrote:
    Should the decks be made using the minimum level deck restrictions? I.E. beginner decks need to meet the creature/spell/support limits for it at level 1 or level 40?

    They should be made with the minimum level restrictions for the bracket.
    Ultimadan wrote:
    Does this mean we'll have to actually own all the cards needed to build these decks in our collection to enter these events? Or will they be provided to us like the Saheeli deck was in the Saheeli Rai event?

    To use one of these decks, you'll need to have the cards in your collection. They won't be provided to you.
  • majincob
    majincob Posts: 732 Critical Contributor
    Hibernum_JC wrote:
    This is for an upcoming feature. Basically it's pre-made decks for players to build towards, so they can play with them.

    To use one of these decks, you'll need to have the cards in your collection. They won't be provided to you.

    So they are like suggested decks? To help people get a sense of the meta? Or will you be able to earn the cards in these specific decks outside of the normal RNG?

    I guess I'll probably have to wait until you reveal the upcoming feature, but the current explanation leaves me wondering what point there is to this.
  • octal9
    octal9 Posts: 593 Critical Contributor
    majincob wrote:
    I guess I'll probably have to wait until you reveal the upcoming feature, but the current explanation leaves me wondering what point there is to this.
    When I first started playing World of Warcraft one of the things I did was sit around in Ironforge inspecting players of my chosen class from the top raiding guild on our server. I drooled over many a Rhok'delar in those days.

    This feels like something similar to that.

    edit: Hey, JC - when you say "only the expansion it came in", do you mean just those, or also the ones before it? Can Arlinn use cards from Origins?

    edit2: thanks for the shout-out icon_e_smile.gif
  • span_argoman
    span_argoman Posts: 751 Critical Contributor
    Can we have the deck restrictions, mana gains and abilities of the following planeswalkers at level 1, 40 & 60?
    Chandra, Roaring Flame
    Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
    Gideon, Battle-Forged
    Jace, Telepath Unbound
    Liliana, Defiant Necromancer
    Nissa, Sage Animist

    These are the planeswalkers which do not have their information listed on octal9's site and it would be best to know their stats before building a deck for them at those levels. Even better if you can just provide the full planeswalker data to octal9 for him to upload onto his website. icon_e_biggrin.gif
  • SpaceDuck
    SpaceDuck Posts: 85 Match Maker
    If the goal is to give players decks to build toward, the restriction of using only cards from the appropriate block might keep them from being top tier if that was the intention.

    It definitely makes the deckbuilding challenge harder and more interesting, but I feel like it will lead to a lower quality deck.
  • majincob
    majincob Posts: 732 Critical Contributor
    SpaceDuck wrote:
    If the goal is to give players decks to build toward, the restriction of using only cards from the appropriate block might keep them from being top tier if that was the intention.

    It definitely makes the deckbuilding challenge harder and more interesting, but I feel like it will lead to a lower quality deck.

    I'm going to approach it as if the meta is limited to block constructed, so make the deck as powerful for its specific block as possible.

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