Implicit Maze

Magic:PQ Support Team
Magic:PQ Support Team ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 3,437 Chairperson of the Boards
edited 7 June 2024, 19:13 in Event Details

Event Type: PvE

No entry fee

Deck Restrictions: Block (ORI, GRN, RNA, WAR, MKM)

Number of nodes: 8 encounters

Planeswalker restrictions: Only PWs with exactly 2 colors

Duration: 46h

Progression

“The pattern of the Implicit Maze extends in more than two dimensions”

An immense maze that connects arcane landmarks of all ten guilds. Niv-Mizzet announces that each guild must send its champion to brave the labyrinth. The Maze runner who triumphed would gain the power behind it for their guild. Become the champion for your guild and receive a special reward for completing the maze.

OBJECTIVES

  • Win the Fight!

    • Win the fight against your opponent!
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +5 Score

  • Anti-Magic

    • Cast 4 or less spells during a single fight.
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +3 Score

  • Lifeless

    • Win without summoning creatures with Lifelink.
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +2 Score

Molderhulk

  • Win the Fight!

    • Win the fight against your opponent!
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +5 Score

  • Peasant

    • Win with only Common, Uncommon and Rare cards.
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +3 Score

  • Shield

    • Win the fight with 50 or more HP remaining.
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +2 Score

Dream Eater

  • Win the Fight!

    • Win the fight against your opponent!
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +5 Score

  • Grounded

    • Win without Summoning creatures with Flying.
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +3 Score

  • Meek

    • Cast 5 or more creatures with toughness 3 or less.
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +2 Score

Gate Colossus

  • Win the Fight!

    • Win the fight against your opponent!
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +5 Score

  • Hardened

    • Cast 5 creatures with toughness 6 or more.
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +3 Score

  • Assault

    • Attack 10 or more times during a single fight.
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +2 Score

Embermaw Hellion

  • Win the Fight!

    • Win the fight against your opponent!
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +5 Score

  • Protector

    • Lose 4 or less creatures during a single fight.
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +3 Score

  • Recruit

    • Cast 5 creatures with cost 10 or less.
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +2 Score

Seraph of the Scales

  • Win the Fight!

    • Win the fight against your opponent!
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +5 Score

  • Pauper

    • Win with only Common and Uncommon Cards.
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +3 Score

  • Loyalty

    • Activate a Planeswalker ability 5 or more times during a fight.
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +2 Score

Thousand-Year Storm

  • Win the Fight!

    • Win the fight against your opponent!
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +5 Score

  • Multifocused

    • Cast 6 or more multicolored spells during a single fight.
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +3 Score

  • Loyalty

    • Activate a Planeswalker ability 5 or more times during a fight.
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +2 Score

Leyline of the Guildpact

  • Win the Fight!

    • Win the fight against your opponent!
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +5 Score

  • Unresourceful

    • Convert 5 or less gems during a single fight.
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +3 Score

  • God Slayer

    • Destroy a creature with the God subtype.
    • Reward: 200 Mana Runes, +2 Score

REWARDS

Bonus Rewards edition

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Comments

  • khurram
    khurram Posts: 1,090 Chairperson of the Boards

    It says progression plus ranking rewards but I don't see any ranking. Was that a typo or did you just miss posting the ranking rewards.

  • Magic:PQ Support Team
    Magic:PQ Support Team ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 3,437 Chairperson of the Boards

    It was a typo, Implicit Maze has only progression rewards :)
    Thanks!

    Lu

  • AcidRhapsody
    AcidRhapsody Posts: 26 Just Dropped In
    edited 6 June 2024, 20:25

    Also i see 8 different node descriptions(the first is unnamed) , bit it says there are only 6?

  • JTK421
    JTK421 Posts: 26 Just Dropped In

    I started this and all PWs are available. I was actually looking forward to the restriction of 2-color (and will probably build it that way still).

  • Evil_Louie
    Evil_Louie Posts: 4 Just Dropped In

    I really loved the deck restrictions on this event. Also, I loved the fact it was PVE. Would like to see more like this. I also noted the fact that all pw were available. Otherwise, it was highly enjoyable and I'll look forward to replaying it.

  • Janosik
    Janosik Posts: 569 Critical Contributor

    Having played this event a few times now, I really appreciate what the devs were going for with a block event, but I don't especially like this version of it. I don't even play the last couple of rungs on the progression ladder.

    I'd love to see a midweek PvP block event! I don't particularly like the harder to achieve objectives in Implicit Maze, but I suspect objectives like this would bother me a lot less in a PvP event where I play multiple games with the same objectives, rather than one single game with each set of objectives. I don't really like PvE events generally... often they're a puzzle that I solve once for the rest of my MTGPQ career, rather than each game being different, and being a potential challenge, like PvP. 'Difficult' objectives are often not 'difficult', so much as just taking longer to achieve with a smaller and less diverse pool of potential cards to help achieve them.

    I wouldn't be aversed to the idea of a coalition block event... but I do remember the last one of these, Ravnica at War, being plagued by a particularly powerful and boring to play combo deck (featuring Thousand-Year Storm), so I'd prefer a midweek event.

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