MTGPQ Sneak Peek: March 2019 Edition *Updated (3/20/19)

Magic: The Gathering - Puzzle Quest MtGPQ Events
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Magic: Puzzle Quest Sneak Peek: Upcoming In March, 2019
(*Important note: Anything listed below is subject to change before release. We will try to update any changes in a timely manner, but please keep in mind the info below is not guaranteed.)

PLANESWALKERS
Current list of Planeswalkers available in the Vault can be found HERE

EVENT SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
(Legacy events are darker color. Standard events are lighter color.)

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UPCOMING SINGLE-PLAYER EVENTS - PVE

The Phyrexian Compleation

  • Deck Restrictions: Origins, Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, Core Set 2019, Guilds of Ravnica, Ravnica Allegiance

  • Opt-In Time: 3/21/19 11:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/21/19 17:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/23/19 15:00 UTC
    Tour de Ravnica New Update

  • Deck Restrictions: Origins, Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, Core Set 2019, Guilds of Ravnica, Ravnica Allegiance

  • Opt-In Time: 3/22/19 20:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/23/19 02:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/25/19 00:00 UTC
    A Nightmare of War New Update

  • Deck Restrictions: Origins, Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, Core Set 2019, Guilds of Ravnica, Ravnica Allegiance

  • Opt-In Time: 3/25/19 11:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/25/19 17:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/27/19 15:00 UTC
    The Space-Time Catastrophe New Update

  • Deck Restrictions: Origins, Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, Core Set 2019, Guilds of Ravnica, Ravnica Allegiance

  • Opt-In Time: 3/28/19 11:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/28/19 17:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/30/19 15:00 UTC
    Battle of Four Tribes: Part 1 New Update

  • Coalition Event

  • Deck Restrictions: Origins, Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, Core Set 2019, Guilds of Ravnica, Ravnica Allegiance

  • Opt-In Time: 3/29/19 20:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/30/19 02:00 UTC

  • End Time: 4/01/19 00:00 UTC
    Event Details:

A Journey Through History: The Space-Time Catastrophe
Avacyn’s Madness
A World Reborn
Fateful Showdown
Return of the God-Pharaoh
Revolt Against the Consulate

Past Events:

Oath of the Gatewatch: Part 2

  • Deck Restrictions: None

  • Opt-In Time: 2/28/19 11:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 2/28/19 17:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/02/19 15:00 UTC
    Return of the God-Pharaoh

  • Coalition Event

  • Boss Health: 3,500,000

  • Deck Restrictions: None

  • Opt-In Time: 3/01/19 10:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/01/19 16:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/06/19 16:00 UTC
    Revolt Against the Consulate

  • Deck Restrictions: None

  • Opt-In Time: 3/05/19 08:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/05/19 14:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/09/19 14:00 UTC
    A World Reborn

  • Coalition Event

  • Deck Restrictions: Origins, Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, Core Set 2019, Guilds of Ravnica

  • Opt-In Time: 3/08/19 14:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/08/19 20:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/11/19 18:00 UTC
    Fateful Showdown

  • Deck Restrictions: None

  • Opt-In Time: 3/12/19 09:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/12/19 15:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/16/19 15:00 UTC
    Routes of Ravnica

  • Deck Restrictions: Origins, Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, Core Set 2019, Guilds of Ravnica, Ravnica Allegiance

  • Opt-In Time: 3/15/19 20:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/16/19 02:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/18/19 00:00 UTC
    The Long Cold Darkness

  • Deck Restrictions: Origins, Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, Core Set 2019, Guilds of Ravnica, Ravnica Allegiance

  • Opt-In Time: 3/18/19 11:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/18/19 17:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/20/19 15:00 UTC

UPCOMING MULTIPLAYER EVENTS - PVP
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Training Grounds - Standard (Everyday)

  • Start Time: 00:01 UTC

  • End Time: 22:01 UTC
    Training Grounds - Legacy (Everyday)

  • Start Time: 01:59 UTC

  • End Time: 23:59 UTC
    Trial of the Planes - Weekdays

  • Cost: 60 Mana Crystals

  • Color Order: White, Blue, Black, Red, Green

  • Opt-In Time: 01:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 07:00 UTC

  • End Time: 05:00 UTC
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Rising Tensions (RNA) - 3/18 to 3/22 [Daily]

  • Cost: 20 Mana Crystals

  • Deck Restrictions: Origins, Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, Core Set 2019, Guilds of Ravnica, Ravnica Allegiance

  • Guild Order: Azorius Senate, Cult of Rakdos, Gruul Clans, Orzhov Syndicate, Simic Combine

  • Opt-In Time: 22:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 04:00 UTC

  • End Time: 02:00 UTC
    The Dragon War

  • Coalition Event

  • Deck Restrictions: Origins, Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, Core Set 2019, Guilds of Ravnica, Ravnica Allegiance

  • Opt-In Time: 3/22/19 14:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/22/19 20:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/25/19 18:00 UTC
    Emrakul’s Corruption New Update

  • Deck Restrictions: None

  • Opt-In Time: 3/25/19 06:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/25/19 12:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/27/19 10:00 UTC
    Rising Tensions (GRN) - 3/25 to 3/29 [Daily] New Update

  • Cost: 20 Mana Crystals

  • Deck Restrictions: Origins, Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, Core Set 2019, Guilds of Ravnica

  • Guild Order: Golgari Swarm, Selesnya Conclave, Boros Legion, Izzet League, House Dimir

  • Opt-In Time: 22:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 04:00 UTC

  • End Time: 02:00 UTC
    Terrors in the Shadows New Update

  • Deck Restrictions: None

  • Opt-In Time: 3/28/19 06:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/28/19 12:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/30/19 10:00 UTC
    Across Ixalan New Update

  • Deck Restrictions: None

  • Opt-In Time: 3/29/19 01:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/29/19 07:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/31/19 05:00 UTC
    Event Details:
    Across Ixalan
    Fate Is Rarely Fair
    Hour of Devastation
    Nodes of Power
    Rising Tensions

Training Grounds
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Trial of Ambition
Trial of the Planes
Past Events:

Trial of Ambition

  • Deck Restrictions: None

  • Opt-In Time: 3/4/19 06:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/4/19 12:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/6/19 10:00 UTC
    Rising Tensions (GRN) - 3/11 to 3/15 [Daily]

  • Cost: 20 Mana Crystals

  • Deck Restrictions: Origins, Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, Core Set 2019, Guilds of Ravnica

  • Guild Order: Golgari Swarm, Selesnya Conclave, Boros Legion, Izzet League, House Dimir

  • Opt-In Time: 22:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 04:00 UTC

  • End Time: 02:00 UTC
    Across Ixalan

  • Deck Restrictions: None

  • Opt-In Time: 3/8/19 01:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/8/19 07:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/10/19 05:00 UTC
    Nodes of Power

  • Deck Restrictions: None

  • Opt-In Time: 3/11/19 14:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/11/19 20:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/13/19 18:00 UTC
    Hour of Devastation - Elspeth, Sun’s Champion

  • Coalition Event

  • Deck Restrictions: None

  • Opt-In Time: 3/15/19 14:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/15/19 20:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/18/19 18:00 UTC
    Fate is Rarely Fair

  • Deck Restrictions: None

  • Opt-In Time: 3/18/19 10:00 UTC

  • Start Time: 3/18/19 16:00 UTC

  • End Time: 3/20/19 14:00 UTC

UPCOMING DUEL DECKS EVENTS

Past Events:

CHANGELOG

(02/27/19) *Updated image overviews, Single Player events, and Multiplayer events.
(03/06/19) *Updated image overviews, Single Player events, and Multiplayer events.
(03/07/19) *Revealed new event name and updated image overviews
(03/12/19) *Updated image overviews, Single Player events, and Multiplayer events.
(03/20/19) *Updated image overviews, Single Player events, and Multiplayer events.

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*Here you can reference the February 2019 Sneak Peek thread

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Ew. Tired PvE RotGP this week, and then tired, easy, low content PvE AWR next week.

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I thought it would be PVP next weekend

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AWR is an event pitched at newbies, right? In that case, could you then perhaps make it run concurrently with another (preferable PvP) veteran event?

A nice small event so players who want to play both aren’t swamped.

Or, perhaps you could make it so that nobody can play both; Bronze/Silver players only get to see and play AWR, and Gold/Platinum players only get to play and see the other.

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While I’m unaware of what the exact design intent is for A World Reborn, it is theoretically possible for us to schedule a challenging PVP event along-side it.

The idea would likely require significant support from majority of players here though and would need a strong reason for running a second event alongside a Coalition one, especially since adding another event alongside it would require diverting QA and Engineering resources to get it all ready in time.

It’s an interesting idea, but that would likely require new tech to be developed, and it is the unfortunate case that it would certainly not be created in time to make it into next weekend’s schedule.

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I think it would be easier to add a third node to AWR so that it was similar to other PvE events.

It’s not like Dominaria is light on story or history, being the primary plane for the first 15 years if the game.

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I like AWR. I liked RotGP the first times we played it, now is repeating the same time after time.

I do not think running 2 coalition events at the same time would be a good idea.

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I also don’t mind AWR, makes for a relaxing weekend where I have plenty of time for other things.

It’s worth paying attention to the expected number of matches when scheduling, though. An AWR weekend would be a good time to run something like Nodes of Power on the single-player side, because it’s got five nodes going. Something like Across Ixalan, which you can conclude by playing 3-4 matches and then not bothering with again, should probably be paired with a more intense coalition event like Avacyn’s Madness or The Dragon War.

It’s only weekends where you give us a five-node coalition event on top of a four- or five-node solo event that I start feeling the strain, personally.

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@Brigby I’d love to see a PVP run concurrent with AWR. Do you want to put up a poll? Would that get us to “significant”?

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@Brigby Second what Grizzo said, gives us more to do in the weekend, thanks in advance

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It’s a request that comes up regularly!

The event is absolutely aimed at new players (you get cards mixed in your deck helping you winning, and neither the secondaries nor the fights are really challenging). I’ve got bronze players easily achieving +90%.
I’d be all in for that. It’d be a nice pair with duel decks IMO, or literally any single player pvp event!

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This could be an issue for coalitions with players of mixed mastery levels unless point progression for both events were made identical and scores from both events went into each other.

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please reveal next week schedule, @Brigby

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I don’t mind if another event is run when AWR runs, as long as it’s NOT another coaltion event. I like having weekends with more time for other stuff.

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(03/06/19) *Updated image overviews, Single Player events, and Multiplayer events.

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Thanks Brigby, could you update the table to show 3 for March instead of 2 for February please :wink:

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Err..uhh..I don’t know what you’re talking about…and by that I mean, fixed! :stuck_out_tongue:

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Spicy question marks there… if they turn into Return of the God-Pharaoh again I’ll be pretty disappointed!

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I hope, really, really hope a new coalition event with the new set coming next week, but who knows.