NOP Challenge 1/24/18

bk1234
bk1234 Posts: 2,924 Chairperson of the Boards
in MtGPQ General Discussion
Hello! 

Im posting this today because it’s a HARD one. 

This week’s NOP challenge is only cards with mana cost of 7 or less. 

Also, please submit your ideas for future challenges :) 

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  • Mainloop25
    Mainloop25 Posts: 1,959 Chairperson of the Boards
    Only colorless cards? 
  • bk1234
    bk1234 Posts: 2,924 Chairperson of the Boards
    Oooo that’s a good one @Mainloop25
  • TheDragonHermit
    TheDragonHermit Posts: 465 Mover and Shaker
    The Karn challenge @Mainloop25 ?
  • Mainloop25
    Mainloop25 Posts: 1,959 Chairperson of the Boards
    What's Karn? 
  • bk1234
    bk1234 Posts: 2,924 Chairperson of the Boards
    @Mainloop25

    https://magic.wizards.com/en/story/planeswalkers/karn
  • Zzyzzx
    Zzyzzx Posts: 251 Mover and Shaker
    So far this week my handset has been favoring Greg to an unsavory extreme.  The black node in Emrakul's Corruption is usually my shoe-in to win with a Lily I Vampire build.  I lost on all but the last charge (after a handful of change-ups)  :'(
    Then this morning Ob Nix actually popped his ultimate in Trials.  That did not end well for me.

    Yeah I'm in.  Figure things can only get better  B) 
  • Rhasget
    Rhasget Posts: 412 Mover and Shaker
    This was a fun challenge. Was actually looking at just one point dropped (won in 8 rounds ok Red node) with just the white node left. And I was cruising with no lost creatures and AI only had a Sage of Ancient lore 3/3 and I would win next round. Then Omnisience entered. I quit the game when the Sage hit 100/100.

    I thought it would be a lot harder since many staple cards would be off limits. Guess I was a bit lucky mostly though since I got great synergy out of every deck with my pulls.
  • EldrosKandar
    EldrosKandar Posts: 48 Just Dropped In
    I would be curious to see what kind of decks were created for this challenge.
  • Zzyzzx
    Zzyzzx Posts: 251 Mover and Shaker
    edited January 2018
    Okay I'll bite. 
    Disclaimer: I went with the original, <=7 casting cost challenge, thinking that "colorless cards only" would be the next NOP challenge.  Also, I'll admit that there is 1 "Awaken" card that, while technically has a casting cost of 5 but "Awakens" at 14, hopefully this doesn't violate the <=7 restriction.

    Here are the 2 that I can currently view:
    Jace II
    Censor
    Pull from Tomorrow
    Imprisoned in the Moon
    Imaginary Threats
    Trail of Evidence
    Sphinx Tutelage
    Pyramid of the Pantheon
    Vizier of Many Faces
    Daring Sleuth
    Startled Awake
    This build was hands-down the most successful of the batch, albeit mythic-heavy.

    Garruk
    Dissenter's Deliverance
    Desert of the Indomitable
    Rishkar's Expertise
    Blossoming Defense (or Plummet depending on opponent)
    Harvest Season
    Rhona's Last Stand
    Fertile Thicket
    Nessa's Pilgrimage
    Corrupted Grafstone (or any other color changer)
    Oviya Pashiri (for thopters, although seldom needed)
    Simple strategy, blow up the board to build up loyalty and poop out wolves.

    My other nodes:
    Elspeth and her army of exerters.  Sorry, no crazy cat lady.
    Chandra I rocking her Go Goblins! Jersey
    And a plain-jane Ob Nyx build containing ramp, 5 mana kills, tokens, and Eliminate the Competition to get around hexproofers...the usual.
  • Martin
    Martin Posts: 31 Just Dropped In
    Next week's challenge is just to play NOP.
  • James13
    James13 Posts: 665 Critical Contributor
    Turn to Frog has a casting cost of 9.  Maybe you meant moon there?
  • Zzyzzx
    Zzyzzx Posts: 251 Mover and Shaker
    James13 said:
    Turn to Frog has a casting cost of 9.  Maybe you meant moon there?
    I did, it is the Moon Prison (a new card for me).  Edited.

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