Special quests

[Chris H.]

I am considering a special quest deck with Fervent Charge in play and the AI would have a deck with creatures that have to attack each turn if able.

The AI might need to start with a critter or two in play to start since the human will likely have both the wall and a pet in play.

[Sloth]

I am considering a special quest deck with Fervent Charge in play and the AI would have a deck with creatures that have to attack each turn if able.

The AI might need to start with a critter or two in play to start since the human will likely have both the wall and a pet in play.

A card that would help this strategy is Bedlam. Maybe it doesn't have to be there from the start, but just in the deck (as it will make the games simple and fast).

[Sloth]

Here is my first draft for the Black Dungeon special quest.

Quest 3 Black Dungeon

AI Starts with: Infernal Genesis

Quest 3 Black Dungeon Deck | Open

quest3
[general]
constructed
[main]
20 Swamp
4 Charcoal Diamond
1 Armillary Sphere
1 Pilgrim's Eye
1 Cabal Torturer
1 Caustic Crawler
3 Consumptive Goo
1 Disciple of Tevesh Szat
1 Grandmother Sengir
3 Weed-Pruner Poplar
1 Corrosive Mentor
4 Creakwood Liege
1 Akroma's Memorial
4 Dross Golem
4 Scornful Egotist
1 Viridian Longbow
1 Rod of Ruin
1 Avatar of Woe
1 Delraich
1 Spirit of the Night
1 Stillmoon Cavalier
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
1 Beacon of Unrest
1 Zombify
[sideboard]

Comments and possible additions are welcome.

[Corwin72]

I think that the swords are a bit much.
How about these instead?
Pennon Blade
Sword of Vengeance
Viridian Claw
Sylvok Lifestaff
Dead-Iron Sledge

[timmermac]

Here is my first draft for the Black Dungeon special quest.

Quest 3 Black Dungeon

AI Starts with: Infernal Genesis

Quest 3 Black Dungeon Deck | Open

quest3
[general]
constructed
[main]
20 Swamp
4 Charcoal Diamond
1 Armillary Sphere
1 Pilgrim's Eye
1 Cabal Torturer
1 Caustic Crawler
3 Consumptive Goo
1 Disciple of Tevesh Szat
1 Grandmother Sengir
3 Weed-Pruner Poplar
1 Corrosive Mentor
4 Creakwood Liege
1 Akroma's Memorial
4 Dross Golem
4 Scornful Egotist
1 Viridian Longbow
1 Rod of Ruin
1 Avatar of Woe
1 Delraich
1 Spirit of the Night
1 Stillmoon Cavalier
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
1 Beacon of Unrest
1 Zombify
[sideboard]

Comments and possible additions are welcome.

Where does the blue mana come from to cast the 4x Scornful Egotist?

[Corwin72]

You cast it as a morph but if it gets flipped for Infernal Genesis then you get 8 1/1s.

[Sloth]

I think that the swords are a bit much.
How about these instead?
Pennon Blade
Sword of Vengeance
Viridian Claw
Sylvok Lifestaff
Dead-Iron Sledge

I also think they are a bit swingy. I've chosen them because they give protection from black to make the creatures unblockable by the tokens from Infernal Genesis. Pennon Blade is a good replacement since it becomes stronger with all the tokens around.

Quest 3 Black Dungeon

AI Starts with: Infernal Genesis

Quest 3 Black Dungeon Deck | Open

quest3
[general]
constructed
[main]
20 Swamp
4 Charcoal Diamond
1 Armillary Sphere
1 Pilgrim's Eye
1 Cabal Torturer
1 Caustic Crawler
3 Consumptive Goo
1 Disciple of Tevesh Szat
1 Grandmother Sengir
3 Weed-Pruner Poplar
1 Corrosive Mentor
4 Creakwood Liege
1 Akroma's Memorial
4 Dross Golem
4 Scornful Egotist
1 Viridian Longbow
1 Rod of Ruin
1 Avatar of Woe
1 Delraich
1 Spirit of the Night
1 Stillmoon Cavalier
2 Pennon Blade
1 Beacon of Unrest
1 Zombify
[sideboard]

[Sloth]

Next up is the green dungeon special quest. It's just a collection of expensive green spells (the mana curve starts at 6). It might look scary to face a Craw Wurm on turn two, but if you come prepared you should be able to drop a stronger army yourself. As always, feedback is welcome.

Quest 5 Green Dungeon

AI Starts with: Eladamri's Vineyard, Upwelling

Quest 5 Green Dungeon Deck | Open

quest5
[general]
constructed
[main]
33 Forest
1 Alpha Tyrranax
1 Avatar of Might
1 Barbtooth Wurm
1 Body of Jukai
1 Carnage Wurm
1 Crash of Rhinos
1 Craw Giant
1 Craw Wurm
1 Crush of Wurms
1 Desert Twister
1 Duskdale Wurm
1 Engulfing Slagwurm
1 Enormous Baloth
1 Epic Proportions
1 Fangren Marauder
1 Fangren Pathcutter
1 Feral Thallid
1 Gaea's Revenge
1 Gang of Elk
1 Giant Warthog
1 Goliath Spider
1 Havenwood Wurm
1 Hornet Queen
1 Hydra Omnivore
1 Jedit Ojanen of Efrava
1 Jugan, the Rising Star
1 Kalonian Behemoth
1 Living Hive
1 Loamdragger Giant
1 Lurking Predators
1 Maul Splicer
1 Moss Kami
1 Mythic Proportions
1 Needleshot Gourna
1 Nightsoil Kami
1 Oakgnarl Warrior
1 Paleoloth
1 Pelakka Wurm
1 Penumbra Wurm
1 Phantom Wurm
1 Plated Slagwurm
1 Praetor's Counsel
1 Primalcrux
1 Primeval Titan
1 Primordial Sage
1 Quilled Slagwurm
1 Rampaging Baloths
1 Regal Force
1 Rootbreaker Wurm
1 Scaled Wurm
1 Stone-Tongue Basilisk
1 Symbiotic Beast
1 Symbiotic Wurm
1 Tangle Spider
1 Terra Stomper
1 Thousand-legged Kami
1 Vastwood Gorger
1 Verdant Force
1 Whiptail Wurm
1 Woodfall Primus
1 Yavimaya Wurm
[sideboard]

[Corwin72]

I would give the player a Seal of Doom to start with. That will let them deal with the first threat then they should be able to deal with the torrent of monsters.

[Sloth]

I would give the player a Seal of Doom to start with. That will let them deal with the first threat then they should be able to deal with the torrent of monsters.

It's not really a torrent of monsters, if you count the mana.
The AI will most likely cast one spell on turn 2, than on turn 4, maybe turn 5 and most likely one spell per turn afterwards.

It's easy to beat with a deck that has:
A. A lot of expensive spells as well, or
B. a fair amount of creature removal/bouncing/countering, or
C. some enchantment removal.

[Corwin72]

What about Seal of Strength then? That would allow for a medium threat to take down the first 7/7 or so.

[Sloth]

What about Seal of Strength then? That would allow for a medium threat to take down the first 7/7 or so.

What I don't like about Seal of Strength is that it can be used to add three points of damage, if you rush the opponent. My suggestion is Defense of the Heart. It's powerful and helps the human player only when the AI has 3 fatties online.

[Sloth]

Last is the red dungeon special quest. Creatures with First and Double Strike and mostly everything that deals damage.

Quest 4 Red Dungeon

AI Starts with: Furnace of Rath

Quest 4 Red Dungeon Deck | Open

quest4
[general]
constructed
[main]
49 Mountain
1 Fury Sliver
1 Hearthfire Hobgoblin
1 Ridgetop Raptor
1 Rockshard Elemental
1 Ambush Party
1 Anaba Bodyguard
1 Battering Craghorn
1 Blood Knight
1 Blood Ogre
1 Bloodmark Mentor
1 Boros Recruit
1 Goblin Berserker
1 Goblin Striker
1 Halberdier
1 Hobgoblin Dragoon
1 Jeska, Warrior Adept
1 Lightning Hounds
1 Plated Geopede
1 Renegade Warlord
1 Rockslide Elemental
1 Rustrazor Butcher
1 Sabertooth Wyvern
1 Sabretooth Tiger
1 Shivan Raptor
1 Soulsurge Elemental
1 Talruum Champion
1 Viashino Spearhunter
1 Wall of Razors
1 Anaba Shaman
1 Barbed Field
1 Brimstone Mage
1 Chainflinger
1 Chandra Nalaar
1 Cinder Pyromancer
1 Cunning Sparkmage
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Kamahl, Pit Fighter
1 Kyren Sniper
1 Prodigal Pyromancer
1 Seal of Fire
1 Viashino Fangtail
1 Vithian Stinger
1 Vulshok Sorcerer
1 Leyline of Lightning
1 Warstorm Surge
1 Beacon of Destruction
1 Burn the Impure
1 Burning Fields
1 Chandra's Outrage
1 Cinder Storm
1 Engulfing Flames
1 Fire Ambush
1 Firebolt
1 First Volley
1 Flame Javelin
1 Flame Slash
1 Flame Wave
1 Hammer of Bogardan
1 Incinerate
1 Jagged Lightning
1 Lash Out
1 Lava Axe
1 Lava Spike
1 Lightning Blast
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Lightning Surge
1 Lunge
1 Magma Spray
1 Melt Terrain
1 Poison the Well
1 Puncture Blast
1 Punishing Fire
1 Rockslide Ambush
1 Shock
1 Shower of Sparks
1 Smash to Smithereens
1 Strafe
1 Sudden Shock
1 Tarfire
1 Volcanic Hammer
[sideboard]

[Sloth]

Just found out that there is another dungeon to be replaced:

Quest 7 Gold Dungeon

AI Starts with: Darksteel Ingot

Quest 7 Gold Dungeon Deck | Open

quest7
[general]
constructed
[main]
4 Glimmervoid
4 Reflecting Pool
4 Rupture Spire
4 Undiscovered Paradise
4 Grand Coliseum
1 Tendo Ice Bridge
1 Vivid Crag
1 Vivid Creek
1 Vivid Grove
1 Vivid Marsh
1 Vivid Meadow
4 Manalith
2 Bant Sureblade
2 Esper Stormblade
2 Grixis Grimblade
2 Jund Hackblade
2 Naya Hushblade
1 Gloryscale Viashino
4 Knight of New Alara
1 Dune-Brood Nephilim
1 Glint-Eye Nephilim
1 Witch-Maw Nephilim
1 Yore-Tiller Nephilim
1 Transguild Courier
1 Defiler of Souls
1 Cromat
3 Fusion Elemental
1 Genju of the Realm
1 Horde of Notions
1 Progenitus
2 Blessing of the Nephilim
2 Dragon Arch
1 Conflux
1 Maelstrom Nexus
[sideboard]

[Corwin72]

Both the AI and the player should have a Darksteel Ingot.