Zendikar vs. Eldrazi Rework (5/13/19)

Brigby

Hi Everyone,

When we launched Duel Decks, many players were excited about its concept, however we also heard a lot of feedback about how it could be improved. As a result, our team decided to temporarily remove the Zendikar vs. Eldrazi from the event schedule back in January, so that we could make some adjustments to it based on player feedback. 

With 3.4 arriving next week, we are excited to announce that we have finished those adjustments, and Zendikar vs. Eldrazi will be returning to the event schedule starting this Friday, 5/17!

Check out the full details of these adjustments below:

Charges and Duration

• The maximum PvP Battle Charges are changed from 6 to 12.
• The Recharge Time has been changed from 5h 30m to 2h.
  
• The Challenge Phase duration has been changed from 18h to 12h.
  
• The Duel Phase duration has been changed from 18h to 12h.
• The Final Duel Phase duration has been changed from 12h to 24h.

Planeswalker Color and Decks

• The Eldrazi Desolation now has its color restricted to no longer be able to use Green nor White.
• The Eldrazi Desolation's deck has the following cards changed:
• Spatial Contortion changed to Adverse Conditions
• Scour from Existence changed to Grip of Desolation
• Eye of Ugin changed to Eldrazi Temple
  
• Eldrazi Monument changed to Molten Nursery
• Ruins of Oran-Rief changed to Cryptic Cruiser
• Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger changed to Bane of Bala Ged
• Spawnsire of Ulamog changed to Wasteland Strangler
• Nissa, Worldwaker's deck has the following cards changed:
  
• Mana Confluence changed to Embodiment of Insight
• Grove Rumbler changed to Undergrowth Champion
  
• Reclaiming Vines changed to Sword of the Animist
  
• Momentous Fall changed to Nissa's Pilgrimage

Card Sets and Objectives

• Card Sets allowed changed from Legacy to only Origins, Zendikar vs. Eldrazi, Battle for Zendikar, and Oath of the Gatewatch.
• Zendikar Objective Changes:
• [PvE] Call to Arms changed to "Create 12 or more Creature Tokens during a fight"
  
• [PvE] Bounty Hunter changed to Striker, "Deal 20 or more damage during a turn"
• [PvP] Miser changed to Zendikari, "Cast 5 or more Creatures with any of these subtypes: Elemental, Elf"
• [PvP] Pauper changed to Hardened, "Cast 4 or more creatures with toughness 4 or more."
• Eldrazi Objective Changes
• [PvE] Call to Arms changed to "Create 12 or more Creature Tokens during a fight"
• [PvE] Mightstone changed to Striker, "Deal 20 or more damage during a turn."
• [PvP] Prodigal changed to Progeny, "Cast 5 or more Creatures with any of these subtypes: Eldrazi, Vampire"
• [PvP] Pauper changed to Mightstone, "Cast 4 or more creatures with power 4 or more."
  

Support Card Changes

• Eldrazi Desolation
• Can't be destroyed. Can't be exiled. Whenever a player casts a Colorless card, Ingest 2.
• Voice of Zendikar
• Can't be destroyed. Can't be exiled. Landfall: The first creature you control gains +1/+1 and you gain 2 life. Whenever a player casts a card with Awaken, create 2 Forest Tokens under that player's control.

Card Rebalances

The Spell card Warping Wail has been rebalanced

• [New] Ingest 2 and create an Eldrazi Scion. If there are 6 or more Void gems, exile the first opposing creature with toughness 6 or less. If there are less than 6 Void gems, drain all mana from your opponent's first spell instead.

Rewards

• PvE Card Experience changed from 30 to 20 experience.
• Mana Runes per loss increased to 100
• No changes to Mana Jewels and ZvE Rare Booster star rewards.

• PvP Card Experience changed from 30 to 20 experience.
• Secondary objectives now also grant 10 Mana Jewels.
• No changes to Mana Crystals and Mana Jewels rank rewards.

Planeswalker Artwork

New visual update for The Eldrazi Desolation's Planeswalker artwork