Duels of Planeswalkers 2012 - coming in 5 hours

The new Duels of Planeswalkers game is going to be available on steam in about five hours. So what this game has new? Except the large support, additional stuff you can win (both IRL or for the game), new promo cards (Grave Titan, Frost Titan or Inferno Titan) and so on?

Well, there is the standard 1-on-1 mode where you play against the CPU. But it also has two new modes. Revenge mode and Archenemy. In Revenge mode the planeswalkers you play against have even better decks then in the standard campaign mode.

Archenemy is a multiplayer mode where you (players) play against one opponent that has an Archenemy scheme deck at his disposal alongside his normal deck.

There are also challenges in the game but are not accessible via the menu, they are under each of the modes noted above.

Another feature the game offers is Two Headed Giand mode online.

The game also offers a certain customization of your deck. The problem is that it is pretty limited. But still exchanging cards in the deck with others you can unlock is much better than having all those cards in one deck.

Also the game will feature cards from the upcoming Magic 2012 expansion set, so the players of the new DotP will know the cards sooner than those who stick to paper magic. (but well that might not be true as over 140 cards are already known)

So have fun, the game is available for 8,99EUR.

Highlander - more blue

Playing with my BG deck was quite fine except that I got tired of Force of Will and Misstep always hitting my top. I hardly had a creature that could do some relevant damage except Glissa and when I got to play my big creatures I usually died. In multiplayer games I had a lot of fun with the deck, but still it took some time till I could actually do something. So I decided to build a new deck. This deck should be faster, have more responses and still have creatures that are more than just annoying.

I'm still in the process of tweaking the deck so the final decklist might be different. But for the time being it fared well. But against land destruction it has no powers.

This Saturday we have a Highlander tournament here to celebrate the Commander release so we will see how this deck can play against other decks than those I already played against.

The Mimeoplasm

COMMANDER: The Mimeoplasm

Creatures [24]
1 Acidic Slime
1 Chameleon Colossus
1 Eternal Witness
1 Fertilid
1 Fleshbag Marauder
1 Frost Titan
1 Genesis
1 Grave Titan
1 Indrik Stomphowler
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Mulldrifter
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Primeval Titan
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Tarmogoyf
1 The Mimeoplasm
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Trinket Mage
1 Troll Ascetic
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Yavimaya Elder

Planeswalkers [3]
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Liliana Vess

Spells [37]
1 Beast Within
1 Brainstorm
1 Chainer's Edict
1 Counterspell
1 Crop Rotation
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Cryptic Command
1 Crystal Shard
1 Cultivate
1 Damnation
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dimir Signet
1 Dissipate
1 Faerie Trickery
1 Golgari Signet
1 Harmonize
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Krosan Grip
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Mindslaver
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necromancy
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Putrefy
1 Regrowth
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Simic Signet
1 Skyshroud Claim
1 Sol Ring
1 Staff of Domination
1 Sylvan Library
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Voidslime

Lands [35]
1 Academy Ruins
1 Bayou
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Breeding Pool
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Faerie Conclave
1 Flooded Grove
5 Forest
3 Island
1 Llanowar Wastes
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Strip Mine
1 Sunken Ruins
2 Swamp
1 Tolaria West
1 Treetop Village
1 Twilight Mire
1 Underground River
1 Underground Sea
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Vesuva
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Wasteland
1 Watery Grave
1 Yavimaya Coast

Inkwell Looter

Today I've been browsing the internet in between rounds of local Game Day. I accidentally landed on a blog named Inkwell Looter.
It's a Magic: the Gathering art tribute blog with a lot of satire. It's really nice to read and the art and ideas are really pertinent and funny.
There's few of the art. Self explanatory.

M12 Spoiler - What WotC showed us

It's been a while that we all heard the rumor that Planeswalkers will be in the core set with exception of Liliana and Ajani which would be replaced by Sorin and Gideon. Also we all heard that Titans would be reprinted.

What more we know about m12? Well, we know that Bloodthirst comes back. There will also be a change in terminology - is put into a graveyard from the battlefield will be 'dies'. And the troll shroud (this creature can't be target of spells or abilities your opponent controls) ability gets a keyword - Hexproof.

And now few cards from M12. Enjoy.

Gideon's Avenger 1ww
Creature - Human Soldier (R)
Whenever a Creature an Opponent controls becomes tapped, put a +1/+1 counter on Gideon's Avenger.
"The good don't sit and wait for the evil to act. They Prepare to defend. They prepare to punish"
2/2

Gideon's Lawkeeper W
Creature - Human Soldier (C)
W, tap: Tap target creature.
"The essence of lawful society is swift deterrence."
1/1

Greatsword 3
Artifact - Equipment (U)
Equipped creature gets +3/+0
Equip 3

Goblin Fireslinger R
Creature - Goblin Warrior (C)
Tap: Goblin Fireslinger deals 1 damage to target player.
"A rock between your eyes hurts. A turning rock between your eyes ruins our whole day"
1/1

Duskhunter Bat 1B
Creature - Bat (C)
Bloodthirst 1
Flying
"The swamps go silent at its approach, but it still hears the heartbeat of the prey within.
1/1

Trollhide 2G
Enchantment - Aura (C)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and "1G: Regenerate this creature."

Turn to Frog 1U
Instant (U)
Target creature loses all abilities and becomes 1/1 blue Frog until end of turn.
"Ribbit."

Gideon Jura 3WW
Planeswalker - Gideon

Sorin Markov 3BBB
Planeswalker - Sorin

Archon of Justice 3WW
Creature - Archon (R)
Flying
When Archon of Justice dies, exile target permanent.
In dark times, Truth bears a blade.
4/4

Chandra's Phoenix
Creature - Phoenix (R)
Flying
Haste
Whenever opponent is dealt damage by a red instant or sorcery spell you control or by a red planeswalker you control, return Chandra's Phoenix from your graveyard to your hand.
2/2

Dungrove Elder
Creature - Treefolk (R)
Hexproof (this creature can't be target of spells or abilities your opponent controls)
Dungrove Elder's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Forests you control.
All the trees of the forest are his army, andevery leaf his shield.
*/*

Gorehorn Minotaurs 2RR
Creature - Minotaur Warrior (C)
Bloodthirst 2
Some of the eleven minotaur clans of Mirtiin are expert crafters and learned philosophers. Others just like to hit stuff.

Garruk's Horde 5GG
Creature - Beast (R)
Trample
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
You may cast the top card of your library if it's a creature card.
7/7

Bloodlord of Vaasgoth
Creature - Vampire Warrior (MR)
Bloodthirst 3
Flying
Whenever you cast a Vampire creature spell, it gains Bloodthirst 3.
3/3

Duels of Planeswalkers Challenge Mode

Few days ago a friend of ours came to our game store asking us for help with challenges in DotP. I already played the first DotP and I enjoyed the challenges. Even though I had problems with controls in the game which made me to replay some of the challenges even though I got them the first time I saw it.

There is one challenge I want to note. (This is a spoiler as the solution will be contained in the following text)

In the first game I noticed that WotC was placing Phage the Untouchable everywhere they could. But she never really was there as a win condition (for you as the player of the game) in the challenges. I always thought that it is a pity not to be able to play Phage from a different zone and let the other player lose the game this way until...the new expansion. (not the newest)

Anyway your opponent has something like Air elemental, your Drake/Dragon, Mahamoti Djinn, Darksteel Colossus and Phage. You have two little soldiers on the table. So there's no way killing your opponent by creatures.

In your hand you have Brainstorm, Tidings, Dispeller's Capsule, Planar Cleansing and Evolving Wilds. Seeing all these cards together was already quite too much for me. New cards that I would not ever play plus Brainstorm and Tidings? Colossus on your opponent's side and Air Elemental? No matter what your task is just to win this turn.

The first thing I did was play brainstorm and I saw that there is no solution there. So I tried playing Tidings instead, there I had it Polymorph! And what to do with it? GET PHAGE ON THE TABLE from the library. Anyway to have the sufficient mana to play Polymorph and Excomunicate I had to play a fetch land to fetch an island and then brainstorm. Brilliant solution, nice challenge! Now the Phage challenge actually exists.

I have to say that the only thing that I missed was that my library only has 4 cards in it (Well, yeah it's done for obvious reason (fetch land) - Polymorph has to be in those 3 cards you draw.). That's something I would notice in real life.