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Magic: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013: Say Your Praetors (Blue) Challenge Solution
Overview
Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers has become an annual release on XBox Live Arcade, Playstation Network and Steam for fans of Magic. 2013 is the newest iteration of the series, and was the first time the series was released for the iPad as well. One of the popular features of the games has been a series of challenges pitting the player in a pre-designed situation that he/she must figure out how to overcome and achieve victory from the jaws of defeat. In 2013 10 new challenges await to be uncovered...
The sixth challenge is Say Your Praetors. Your opponent controls Five Praetors and you control just one blocker. There are five different ways to win this challenge -- one for each Praetor. In this case you will stand against the Blue Praetor, Jin-Gitaxias.
Challenge List
- Reverse the Assault
- Exalted Army
- Drake Expectations
- Stolen Goods
- Obliterate This!
- Say Your Praetors
- Desperate Measures
- Sculpting the Perfect Warrior
- Replica's Revolt
- Goblin Raiding
Expansion 1 Challenges
Challenge Setup
Your opponent controls five creatures and you just one. Survive the turn and take down your opponent by stopping Jin-Gitaxias, the Blue Praetor.
Your Resources
Life
24
Cards in Play
2x Forests, 2x Mountains, 2x Plains
Baneslayer Angel
Cards in Hand
Avatar of Hope
Avatar of Might
Brute Force
Burst of Speed
Giant Growth
Parallectric Feedback
Spark Elemental
Veteran's Reflexes
Jace's Resources
Life
4
Cards in Play
2x Forests, 2x Islands, 2x Mountains, 2x Plains, 2x Swamps
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
Sheoldred, Whispering One
Urabrask the Hidden
Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
Cards in Hand
None
Solution
Step 1: Jace will attack with everything, block Jin-Gitaxias with Baneslayer Angel
Step 2: Cast Brute Force on Baneslayer Angel to make her a 6/6, which will kill Jin-Gitaxias. You will be left with 3 life after all damage has been dealt.
Step 3: On your turn sacrifice Baneslayer Angel to Sheoldred's ability.
Step 4: Play Avatar of Might
Step 5: Cast the Veteran's Reflexes on Avatar of Might
Step 6: Cast Burst of Speed
Step 7: Cast Niveous Wisps (which you just drew) on Elesh Norn
Step 8: Attack with Avatar of Might to win the game