MTG – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012: Challenges Guide

In Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, there are fifteen challenges to complete, twelve solo challenges and three archenemy challenges (with AI partners).

These challenges are setup with specific cards every time, and it’s essentially a puzzle to figure out how to play the cards and win the match.

Here is a complete guide to win all of the challenges. I would suggest trying them a few times before using the guide. Remember, Stop Timer is your friend, and make sure to fully read the abilities on your cards because these abilities are usually the key to winning the harder challenges.

Solo Challenges

Rumble in the Jungle

1. Block with Barony Vampire and Runeclaw Bear
2. Attack

Death Blooms

1. Stop Timer and activate Cudgel Troll’s Regenerate ability
2. Block Mortivore with Cudgel Troll and Gaea’s Revenge with Zombie Outlander
3. Attack using Zombie Outlander

In the Spider’s Web

1. Block Storm Crow with your Furnace Whelp
2. Attack with both Furnace Whelps, and as soon as Giant Spider has blocked one of them, use Stop Timer
3. Activate the ability of the Furnace Whelp that isn’t being blocked using all of your remaining mana

With Fire and Sword

1. Play Kor Duelist
2. Equip Trusty Machete on Kor Duelist
3. Block with Kor Duelist
4. Attack

Lust for Blood

1. Block with Vampire Nighthawk
2. Attack

Master of Illusions

1. Play an Island, then Time Warp and target yourself
2. Cast Into the Roil on Mind Control
3. Cast Preordain and send both cards to the bottom
4. Summon 2 Phantasmal Bears and end your turn
5. Play an Island and summon another Phantasmal Bear
6. Cast Dreamborn Muse and use Stop Timer before it’s done casting
7. Use Summoner’s Bane on Dreamborn Muse to gain an Illusion token
8. Attack using Krovikan Mist

Welcome to the Pit

1. Block Colossus of Sardia using Bloodthrone Vampire and spread your other three between the remaining attackers, with one blocking each attack
2. Use Stop Timer after you have chosen your blockers and activate Bloodthrone Vampire’s ability multiple times (the one blocking Colossus of Sardia obviously) and sacrifice all four of the other creatures

Bane of Bolas

1. Cast Aether Tradewinds and choose to return Thunder Dragon and Blood Tyrant
2. Attack with Spellbound Dragon discarding Thunder Dragon

The Tangled Vale

1. Cast Sign in Blood on Nissa, then Sudden Impact
2. Cast Sickening Dreams and discard all of your cards
3. Activate Terramorphic Expanse and return all four Bloodghast to the field
4. Attack with all creatures on the field

Desperate Measures

1. Use Stop Timer right away, then use Quicksilver Amulet to summon Duplicant
2. Exile Sundering Titan, destroying any land in your hand
3. Use Quicksilver Amulet to summon Precursor Golem
4. Cast Fleeting Distraction on any Golem
5. Play both your Island and Mox Sapphire and the cast Show and Tell choosing Icy Manipulator
6. Activate Icy Manipulator and tap Akroma, Angel of Wrath
7. Attack with Steel Hellkite and once it hits, activate it’s second ability using all of your mana to destroy Lich’s Tomb

Master your Destiny

1. Cast Index and choose the following cards in order: Erratic Explosion, Tranquility, Bogardan Hellkite, Island, Coiling Oracle
2. Play your Island and then cast Bloodbraid Elf, summoning Coiling Oracle
3. Activate Djinn of Wishes’ Ability, playing Bogardan Hellkite
4. Spread four points of damage to Air Elemental and one point to Illusionary Servant
5. Attack with Bloodbraid Elf

Plots within Plots

1. Cast Gifts Ungiven and choose Blaze, Dragonstorm, Gifts Ungiven, and Intuition
2. Cast Gifts Ungiven again and choose Dragonstorm, Flame Burst, Grapeshot, and Intuition
3. Cast Intuition and choose three Flame Burst
4. Cast Flame Burst, Flame Burst, Grapeshot in that order targeting Karn

Archenemy Challenges

Might of the Mountains

1. Cast Flight on Ashen Monstrosity
2. Cast Earthquake, you will die and your allies will win

Kiss of Death

1. Play a Forest
2. Cast Giant’s Growth on Gideon’s Serra Ascendant
3. Cast Lure on Liliana’s Deathcurse Ogre
4. Cast Hunter’s Feast
5. Use Legacy’s Allure on Death’s Shadow
6. Attack with Death’s Shadow
7. Once blockers are chosen, use Stop Timer and activate Fires of Yavimaya to boost Death’s Shadow

Seek No Longer

1. Play a Mountain
2. Attach Argentium Armor to Dragon Mage
3. Attack with Argentium Armor’s effect to destroy Oblivion Ring, exiling Ajani’s Phyrexian Tyranny
4. Wait for it… Win!