Duets of Mana - Tears and Memories

Brigby

"Experience the history of the Planeswalkers from the Core Set 2020. As you journey through their past, you will fight against their valorous allies, cross the path with memorable foes, and behold their unique and signature abilities.

During the Spite and Martyrdom chapters, face the tragic betrayals suffered by Sorin Markov, and honor the virtuous sacrifices of Ajani Goldmane.

While on the Tears and Memories chapters, discover the mysterious pilgrimage of Mu Yanling and behold the lonely fate of Vivien Reid.

Special Rules
Ajani themed encounters:

• Perseverance
• (White) Support Card (Indestructible) Token - Whenever a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, if you control 2 or less creatures, create 2 Cat Tokens. Whenever you gain life, your first creature gets +1/+1.

Sorin themed encounters:

• Unholy Sustenance
• (Black) Support Card (Indestructible) Token - At the beginning of your turn, if your opponent's Planeswalker has more life than you, they lose 2 life and you gain that amount of life. Whenever a creature your opponent controls dies or loses a reinforcement, your first creature gets +1/+1.

Mu Yanling themed encounters:

• Skyward
• (Blue) Support Card (Indestructible) Token - Creatures with Flying get +1/+1. Whenever a player draws a card, if that card costs 12 or more mana, that card gains half of its mana.
  

Vivien themed encounters:

• Predation
• (Green) Support Card (Indestructible) Token - Whenever your first creature attacks, if its power is greater than the first opposing creature's toughness, it gains Berserker and Trample until end of turn. Whenever you cast a creature, gain 2 Loyalty.
  

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Event Type: PvE
Deck Restrictions: Standard Format
Rewards: Progression

Loyalty Abilities

• Whispers of Skalla (9) - Fetch the first creature from your library. It gains half of its mana.

Objectives

• Win The Fight!
• Win the fight against your opponent!
• Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +5 Personal Score
• Commander
• Summon 4 or more creatures during a single fight.
• Reward: +3 Personal Score
• Fetcher
• Fetch 2 or more Creatures from your library during a fight.
• Reward: +2 Personal Score

Loyalty Abilities

• Celestial Messenger (9) - All spells in your hand gain 3 mana.
• Unmake in Dreams (15) - Drain X mana from your opponent's hand, where X is the number of Blue gems.

Objectives

• Win The Fight!
• Win the fight against your opponent!
• Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +5 Personal Score
• Winged
• Cast 3 or more creatures with Flying during a fight.
• Reward: +3 Personal Score
• Spell Caster
• Cast 3 or more spells during a single fight.
• Reward: +2 Personal Score

Loyalty Abilities

• Commune with Dinosaurs (9) - Fetch the next Dinosaur card from your library and convert 6 gems to Green.
• Reckless Rage (15) - Deal 4 damage to target creature your opponent controls and 1 to your first creature.
• Savage Stomp (21) - The first creature you control gets +1/+1 and deals damage equals to its power to the first creature your opponent controls, then that creature deals damage equal to its power to your creature.

Objectives

• Win The Fight!
• Win the fight against your opponent!
• Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +7 Personal Score
• Enraged
• Deal 10 or more total damage to creatures during a single fight.
• Reward: +3 Personal Score
• Hardened
• Cast 4 creatures with toughness 4 or more.
• Reward: +2 Personal Score

Loyalty Abilities

• Travelogue (9) - Fetch the next Land support from your library. It gains full mana.
• Call Mowu (15) - Create a copy of Mowu, Loyal Companion on the battlefield under your control.
  
• Aggressive Instinct (21) - Each creature you control gets +8/+8, Trample and Berserker until the end of your turn.
  

Objectives

• Win The Fight!
• Win the fight against your opponent!
• Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +7 Personal Score
• Loyalty
• Activate a Planeswalker ability 3 or more times during a fight.
• Reward: +2 Personal Score
• Striker
• Deal 15 or more damage during a single turn.
• Reward: +2 Personal Score

Loyalty Abilities

• Spiraling Time (9) - Return target creature that costs 14 or less to your opponent's hand.
• Sight of the Future (15) - Draw 5 cards and gain 2 extra swaps.
  
• Plane In Chaos (21) - Create a Major Zhalfir's Fate Token.
  

Objectives

• Win The Fight!
• Win the fight against your opponent!
• Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +10 Personal Score
• Spellsmith
• Cast 3 or more Enchantments during a single fight.
• Reward: +3 Personal Score
• Researcher
• Draw 20 or more cards during a single fight.
• Reward: +2 Personal Score

Loyalty Abilities

• Rise To The Occasion (9) - Gain 8 life. Then, lose a reinforcement, draw a card and gain 6 mana.
• Capital Punishment (15) - Undergrowth 20: Target creature your opponent controls gets -X/-X. If your opponent doesn't control a creature, an opposing nonland support loses X shield.
• Swarm of Assassins (21) - Create an Improved Golgari Assassins token.

Objectives

• Win The Fight!
• Win the fight against your opponent!
• Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +10 Personal Score
• Tombstone
• Have 20 or more cards in your graveyard during a single fight.
• Reward: +3 Personal Score
• Ambush
• Summon 3 or more Creatures during a single turn.
• Reward: +2 Personal Score

Loyalty Abilities

• Smaragdi's Instinct (9) - Your first and last creatures get +6/+6 and Trample.
• Spiritual Hunt (15) - An opposing Vanguard support loses X shield, where X is equal to your first creature's power plus 8. If you can't, deal X damage to target opposing creature.
• Arkbow's Menagerie (21) - Return the first 4 creatures from your exile to your hand. Those cards gain full mana. Then, all creatures in your hand get +4/+4 and gain Haste.

Objectives

• Win The Fight!
• Win the fight against your opponent!
• Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +15 Personal Score
• Loyalty
• Activate a Planeswalker ability 4 or more times during a fight.
• Reward: +3 Personal Score
• Hunter
• Deal 10 or more damage to a Creature during a single turn.
• Reward: +2 Personal Score

Loyalty Abilities

• Winds of Denial (6) - Target opposing creature gets -6/-0 and loses all its Evergreen abilities until the beginning of your next turn.
• Living Cloud (9) - Create a Living Cloud token.
• Deluge of Dreams (12) - Create a Deluge of Dreams token.

Objectives

• Win The Fight!
• Win the fight against your opponent!
• Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +15 Personal Score
• Archmage
• Cast 4 spells with cost 12 or more.
• Reward: +3 Personal Score
• Winged
• Cast 6 or more creatures with Flying during a fight.
• Reward: +2 Personal Score

Rewards

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Post your strategies for this event below!

Theophilus

@Brigby Has D3/Oktagon tested this event sufficiently to identify objective bugs, or do we get to discover them the "fun" way again?

Sorry so salty. It just seems like this is one of the biggest challenges in the development of this game.