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Magic 2015 - Duels of the Planeswalkers

 

I'm still tweaking this guide.

 

Overview:

Estimated achievement difficulty:6/10 (a 6 is given due to the amount of time to get 100 multiplayer wins)

Offline: 30 (345:gsicon:)

Online: 2 for 55:gsicon:

Approximate amount of time to 400:gsicon::10-15 hours

Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1(can replay event nodes for cards/other achievements)

Missable achievements: none

Does difficulty affect achievements?: no

Unobtainable/glitched achievements: none

Extra equipment needed?: none

Introduction:

 

Welcome fellow Planeswalkers to Magic the gathering 2015 Duels of the Planeswalkers! This is the 5th game in this franchise and with this newest edition comes some very drastic changes. The biggest of which is multiplayer, instead of two headed giant and a "fun" mode like archenemy the only mode available is Free for all. Their is also a lack of revenge campaign which limits replayabilty. Overall this is probably the weaker game of the franchise content wise, achievement wise this is a easy game to get

the full 400/400.

 

Abbreviated Walkthrough:

 

Step 1 campaign.

You should unlock, Apt Pupil, Angels Champion, Necropolis Now, Mental Magic, Tomb Raider, Hedron Collector, and Savior of Shandalar. Depending on your deck choice you could also unlock, Insult to injury, Death from above and Second Life.

 

Step 2, Miscellaneous achievements.

Now we can start working on the other non campaign achievements. Set the difficulty to mage (easy) and then use the living death encounter on innistrad. The fight is simple and the AI will not attack often or at all if you have a creature on the field. Another way you can go is by creating a random deck and assigning it to the practice duel to play against. This was you don't have to worry about your opponent defeating you before you can unlock the achievement. Personally i did not have any trouble on mage difficulty other then waiting to draw the right cards but if you really want to eliminate any room for error this is the way to go.

 

these are just some of the achievement combos you can get together.

Multiplayer:

This is where you will spend the bulk of your time. My advice is to find a boosting partner using THIS thread. Use player matches as it will send both of you back to a lobby, limiting the hassle of finding one another.

Mop-Up:

At this point the only achievement you may not have is It must be mine!. Grind out exploration nodes until you obtain them.

 

Conclusion:

 

 

ck, defeAchievement Guide:

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/1.jpg Apt Pupil 5:gsicon:

Finished the tutorial

Unfortunately, regardless of your familiarity with either the other duels games, or with the card game, you must complete the tutorial. Its broken up into 5 parts each showcasing a different aspect of the game, with the 5th and final part being a duel you can put what you learned to the test.

 

*if you set the difficulty to plainswalker/a lot of experience with magic you can skip to the end of the tutorial. Handy for those who already are veterans of the Duels series and want to get into the game ASAP.

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/2.jpg Spellbook Crafter 5:gsicon:

Built a New Deck

 

Deck crafting is only unlocked after you finish the innistrad plane. You can simply edit your current deck, save your changes and this will unlock.

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/3.jpg Deft Duelist 5:gsicon:

Won a Multiplayer Duel

Simply win a multiplayer duel. This game only has FFA with up to 4 players, according to some this will still unlock if your opponent leaves and you defeat the AI that takes over. To be on the safe side make sure your opponent does not leave for the entire match.

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/4.jpg Battle Mastery 50:gsicon:

Won 100 Multiplayer Duels

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/5.jpg Angel's Champion 5:gsicon:

Defeated Avacyn

 

Story Related

 

Avacyn is the final duel on Innistrad

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/6.jpg Necropolis Now 5:gsicon:

Defeated Tymaret

 

Story Related

 

tymaret is the final duel on theros

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/7.jpg Mental Magic 5:gsicon:

Defeated Jace

 

Story related

 

Jace is the final Duel on Ravnica

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/8.jpg Tomb Raider 5:gsicon:

Defeated the Onakke Shaman

 

Story Related

 

The Onakke Shaman is the final duel on shandalar

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/9.jpg Hedron Collector 5:gsicon:

Defeated Ob Nixilis

 

Story Related

 

Ob Nixills is the 2nd to last duel in the game

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/10.jpg Savior of Shandalar 20:gsicon:

Defeated Garruk

 

Story Related

 

Garruk is the final boss in the game. Unlike the prior duels, he has two phases. The first phase is a green deck and his second phase is a green black defeat both.

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http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/11.jpg Veteran Explorer 30:gsicon:

Defeated all Explore Nodes

 

Each plane has a explorer node that is a series of 3-4 different duels that will eventually end up with you facing a plainswalker. Simply complete all of these for each plane to unlock. 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/12.jpg Inherit the Earth 20:gsicon:

Drew three cards with Mentor of the Meek in a single turn

 

A White deck will be enough to get this achievement. You need to play 3 creatures with power 2 or less during your turn, while you have Mentor of the Meek in play,ideally with 3, one costing creatures. 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/13.jpg Divine Choice 10:gsicon:

Controlled a 20/20 Seraph of the Masses

 

A red white deck is a good choice for this achievement. You have a few token generating cards in white like raise the alarm which can help boost your creature count. Just make sure you are able to keep your creatures from dying, as well as keeping your life total at a decent enough number. Once you hit 20 creatures on the field play the seraph, assuming it's not already on the field.(the seraph counts as a creature towards this  as well) 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/14.jpg Defensive Line 10:gsicon:

Dealt 20 damage with Vent Sentinel in a single duel

 

A red and blue deck will do nicely for this, both colors have a good amount of defender creatures, and plenty of removal, counter spells and bounce spells (spells that return things on the board to your opponents hand.) to help keep your  opponent off balance as you slowly build up your defender army to whittle him down. You  have to win the duel using just Vent Sentinels ability. 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/15.jpg Pincer Movement 15:gsicon:

Put twenty cards into graveyards with Hedron Crab in a single duel

 

I used a green blue deck for this achievement. Hedron crab's ability causes your opponent to put the top 3 cards of his library into his graveyard. As green has many cards that allow you play additional land cards per turn, you can trigger his ability multiple times per turn. After 20 cards are put into the graveyard this way  you will unlock this achievement.

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/16.jpg Angelbane 15:gsicon:

Destroyed an opponent's Angel using Shadowborn Demon

 

Fight against Avecyne and wait until you have Shadowborn demon in your hand (you unlock him playing through innistrad.) Play him, kill an angel (she has a few angels she plays early in the game) and voila, achievement unlocked. 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/17.jpg Out of the Gutter 10:gsicon:

Dealt 10 noncombat damage to opponents with a single Guttersnipe in a single duel

 

the quickest way is to build a red deck with a lot of cheap spells, as guttersnipe's ability deals 2 damage per spell played, it should take 5 spells before this unlocks. 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/18.jpg Why Did It Have to be Snakes? 10:gsicon:

Paid only two green mana to activate the monstrosity ability of Nemesis of Mortals

 

Easy enough to achieve, make sure you have 7 creatures in your graveyard by the time Nemesis of mortals enters the battlefield. Green has a lot of cheap creatures that can easily take out your opponents creatures while dying themselves. 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/19.jpg It Must be Mine 30:gsicon:

Collected all cards from the main campaign

 

You will unlock close to half the cards just by playing through the campaign. The rest you have to unlock by grinding out the exploration nodes. As unlike previous versions, you cannot unlock cards by replying campaign fights. It should only take 5-6 duels on each plane to get the rest of the cards you need. A good rule of thumb is if you unlock only 3-4 cards after you win you can move on to the next plane. 

 

This is Obtainable without purchasing premium cards*

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/20.jpg Devout Disciple 10:gsicon:

Had a devotion to green of 10 or more when Nylea's Disciple entered the battlefield

 

Devotion is a mechanic that counts the number of green mana symbols on the field. For this one make sure you have creatures on the field that have in total 10 green mana symbols between all of them before you play Nylea's disciple. 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/21.jpg Death from Above 15:gsicon:

Dealt 20 damage to a single opponent in a single duel using creatures with flying

 

While it's possible to unlock this early as you do have some cheap flyers at the beginning its best to wait until you finish innistrad. a black and white deck will be best as they have powerful flyers that can end the game quickly. play defensively (IE not attacking at all and just blocking) until you can drop either a baneslayer angel or a shadow born demon, and then just keep attacking with whatever one you choose until your opponent is defeated. 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/22.jpg Second Life 15:gsicon:

Gained 20 life in a single duel

 

A black white deck will do nicely for this one, namely because it has plenty of creatures with lifelink or spells that gain you life outright.

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http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/23.jpg Hat Trick 15:gsicon:

Controlled a creature with three Auras attached to it

 

There is no real strategy to this one, just make sure you have 5 or 6 enchantments in your deck and keep playing until you are able to attach 3 to a single creature. With how the AI plays on mage difficulty any deck you choose should do the trick. 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/24.jpg Five-Creature Discount 15:gsicon:

Cast a spell without paying any mana for it

 

An easy way is to use a green white deck to generate a lot of tokens and small creatures, and then once you have 7 creatures on the field, with at least 2 of them being green. Cast siege wurm using its convoke ability and the achievement will unlock. 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/25.jpg Ingenuity 15:gsicon:

Won a duel without an opponent losing life

 

You need to do what magic players call "deck" your opponent, by emptying out his or her library. Spells like tombscour, and creatures like hedron crab and archaeomancer  are going to be your tools. A blue black deck will do fine, it has removal, counter and bounce spells to help get rid of your opponents powerful creatures while you slowly deck them. 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/26.jpg Spellstorm 10:gsicon:

Cast five spells in a single turn

 

this is easier than it sounds, using a red blue deck, make sure you have 5 cheap spells in your hand that you can cast in a single turn, cards like shock and tomb scour are ideal as they only cost 1 mana to cast. 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/27.jpg Not Again 15:gsicon:

Cast the same spell five times in a single duel

 

This one is not as tricky as it seems. A blue deck with tomb scour, Archaeomancer and either Void snare or Voyages End will do nicely. Play tomb scour, then when you draw an Archaeomancer, play him and return tomb scour to your hand and play it, then cast one of the two cards mentioned to return archaeomancer to your hand, recast him again targeting tomb scour. Rinse and repeat. 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/28.jpg Insult to Injury 10:gsicon:

Sacrificed a creature you didn't own

 

One of the easier and simpler Miscellaneous achievements to obtain,  once you have blood flow connoisseur on the field, cast act of treason and then sacrifice the creature you took to the connoisseur. Depending on your deck choice this can be the first achievement you unlock as the R/B deck already has these cards. 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/29.jpg Grateful Dead 10:gsicon:

Won a duel with twenty or more creature cards in your graveyard

This achievement is rather self explanatory, make sure at least 20 of your creatures die before you win. A red white deck is a good choice, as each color has cheap creatures you can throw at your opponents and enough powerful burn spells and flyers to be able to win. 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/2999/30.jpg Rampant Growth 10:gsicon:

Had seven lands on the battlefield before the end of your fourth turn

 

 

This one is all about luck, you need to get 7 land on the battlefield before turn 4 is over. A green deck comprised of as many Elvish Pioneers and cultivates will be what you need, your opening hand needs to have at least 3 lands, 2 cultivates and 2 elvish pioneers.

 

Strategy

 

Play a land and a pioneer, putting another land onto the battlefield. Next turn play a land then a cultivate, you should have 4 lands on the field, on turn 3 play a land, another cultivate, and then another pioneer.

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For the "Apt Pupil" achievement, you can put the difficulty on Planeswalker/a lot of experience in MTG, then go to the tutorial menu and it should allow you to click X to skip all the way to the final battle after choosing your colors

 

Well thats good to know, i will add that note. Thanks!

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Great guide!

 

A very important tip for making the card-related achievements much easier:

Create a deck with pointless combinations (green land for blue creatures, for example). This deck is impossible to win with, of course. But that is just how we want it. It will be your opponents deck. How to make him play it?

Singleplayer, Practice Duel, assign your opponent your freshly created crap-deck.

 

That makes the turns quicker and you do not have to worry about being attacked or anything. Also, you can combine abstract colors and achievements to get most of them in one game. For example, if you need to sacrifice an opponent's creature (give him blue 0/x creatures which he can pay sooner or later), why not combine it with the achievement about putting 20 cards into the graveyard (Hedron Crab) and also making that monstrous snake for two green mana?

 

You can go creative here, since you have all the time and probably all the cards you need.

I think that makes it easier and should be added to your guide.

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Create a deck with pointless combinations (green land for blue creatures, for example). This deck is impossible to win with, of course. But that is just how we want it. It will be your opponents deck. How to make him play it?

Singleplayer, Practice Duel, assign your opponent your freshly created crap-deck.

You, sir, are evil :D

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Congratulations!

 

This Achievement Guide has been reviewed by Guide Team Staff member Skorpion XBA and has been published as the Official XboxAchievements.com Achievement Guide! The link to the Official Guide is here:

 

Official XboxAchievements.com Magic 2015 Achievement Guide

 

Please post any updates within the Update: Guides & Roadmaps thread.

Also, please check the Award Tracking: Guides & Roadmaps forum to make sure we are up to date.

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For the misc achievements it's probably worth noting where the cards are unlocked.

 

I know this is a late response, I wrote the guide assuming i could finish the roadmap. I will be writing and submitting a roadmap for both versions that will help with how to get the cards you need.

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