Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Archenemy Details Released!

Looks like some info on the new Magic multiplayer format, Archenemy is out. It's not much but the synopsis of the game and its 4 preconstructed decks is on the Magic official website in Daily Arcana. The Archenemy player assumes the role of some heinous villian bent on some form of world domination and the opposing players (anywhere from 2-100) are supposed to band together to prevent him from accomplishing it. Personally to me it sounds alot like the Raid format in the WoW TCG, but I like that format so I hope its as good.

The theme decks are described as follows:

Bring About the Undead Apocalypse:
Reanimate zombie horrors, use big creatures to lethal advantage, and hunt down other Planeswalkers with your aberrant army of the undead.

Assemble the Doomsday Machine:
Use machinery incomprehensible to others to build a doomsday device. Its sole purpose: to destroy the world and any Planeswalker foolish enough to oppose you.

Trample Civilization Underfoot.
When you're a Planeswalker possessed by a maniacal desire to obliterate civilization by unleashing the forces of nature upon the world, carnage can be the only result.

Scorch the World with Dragonfire.
When you use your force of dragons to rain down incendiary destruction upon lesser Planeswalkers, how can they hope to stop you?








Notice each one is themed not only after a color but has very strong ties to existing Planeswalker cards. The Undead Apocalypse definatly sounds right up Liliana Vess's (very dark) alley. Tezzeret practically patented the Doomsday Machine idea. Both 'trampling' and 'underfoot' are probably a few of the words used daily in Garruk Wildspeaker's vocabulary. As for Dragonfire... need I say it? I think Sarkahn Vol has that one covered pretty nicely.

And since all those Planeswalkers could easily be seen in one of those senarios I think it's safe to say some new art based around the Planeswalkers will probably be included in the decks.

*crosses fingers*

In any case Archenemy drops June 18th so look for em!

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