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Part 7
Magic: The Gathering Arena

Part 7

Complete the final tutorial duel in Magic: The Gathering Arena Part 7. Learn about the Polis Crusher deck, its strengths, weaknesses, and strategies for victory.

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Complete the final tutorial duel in Magic: The Gathering Arena Part 7. Learn about the Polis Crusher deck, its strengths, weaknesses, and strategies for victory.

This section covers the final tutorial duel in Magic: The Gathering Arena, known as the Polis Crusher duel. It also details the Living Death duel, which is the first of the campaign battles in Innistrad.

Walkthrough
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    Polis Crusher Duel: This is the final tutorial duel. The deck is composed of 15 Creatures, 2 Instants, 4 Sorceries, 1 Enchantment, and 38 Lands. Key cards include Foundry Street Denizen, Kiln Fiend, Marauding Maulhorn, Primal Huntbeast, Regathan Firecat, Spire Tracer, Stomper Cub, Timberland Guide, Lightning Talons, Shock, Krenko's Command, Hunt the Weak, Forest, and Mountain. The deck's weaknesses are its terrible control, draw power, speed, stay power, and synergy, with average strength primarily from Stomper Cub and Marauding Maulhorn. Spire Tracer is unblockable, and the beatsticks have decent power but low toughness. If you lose, consider reselecting deck colors. Winning this duel earns a rare, deck-dependant card.
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    Living Death Duel (Duel 1-1): This is the first campaign battle in Innistrad. The deck consists of 32 Creatures and 28 Lands. Key cards include Carrion Crow, Ghoulraiser, Maalfeld Twins, Mass of Ghouls, Polluted Dead, Rotting Fensnake, Scathe Zombies, Walking Corpse, and Warpath Ghoul. The deck has poor control, draw power, speed, stay power, and synergy, with average strength. Polluted Dead destroys a land when killed, and Ghoulraiser returns a zombie to hand.
Tips
  • Polis Crusher Duel Strategies: If you lose the Polis Crusher duel, consider reselecting your deck colors. Winning this duel rewards a rare, deck-dependant card.
  • Living Death Duel Strategies: Specific strategies for the Living Death duel depend on the deck you are using:
    • Blazing Intellect: Simple beatdown tactics, Marauding Maulhorn with Lightning Talons, or Siege Dragon.
  • Chaos & Slaughter: Use Flesh to Dust, Shock, Act of Treason/Bloodflow Connoisseur, Quest of the Gravelord, or Rockslide Elemental.
  • Cruel Denial: Utilize removal methods like Void Snare, Surrakar Banisher, Flesh to Dust, Nullify, flyers, and Guard Gamazoa.
  • Echoing Roar: Use blue control like Frost Lynx and Void Snare to manage congestion and leverage flyers.
  • Freezing Winds: Employ removal, Attended Knight with Nimbus Wings, Angelic Edict, Banisher Priest, Void Snare, and Military Intelligence.
  • Heed the Call: This deck has green beatsticks, white removal, Seraph of the Masses, and Resolute Archangel.
  • Heroic Charge: Combine Marauding Maulhorn with Nimbus Wings, or use Brood Keeper with auras.
  • Winning the Polis Crusher duel earns a rare, deck-dependant card.
  • Clearing all four battles in Innistrad unlocks custom deck creation and allows redemption of booster packs.

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