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[[Spite and Martyrdom]] is the first chapter in the two-part event series, [[Duets of Mana]], launched in October 2019 with [[Core Set 2020]].  Each chapter is a [[Legacy]] PvE weekday event, typically with two events being run in the same week.

Duets of Mana changed from Standard to Legacy in November 2020 (v4.5).

Spite and Martyrdom's theme  focuses on the lives of [[Ajani, Strength of the Pride|Ajani Goldmane]] and [[Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord|Sorin Markov]].

=== Special rules ===
The event has the following special features:

{{Perma support}}

Odd-numbered nodes have Perseverance, and even-numbered, Unholy Sustenance.

== Node 1: Ajani's Pridemate ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Ajani's Pridemate
|Image=DM-SM-1.png
|Level=15
|Color=W
|Hit Points=44
|White Mana=+2
|Blue Mana=-1
|Black Mana=-1
|Red Mana=+1
|Green Mana=+2
|Ability 1=Pride
|Ability 1 Description=Gain 4 life.  Your creatures get +2/+2 until end of turn.
|Ability 1 Cost=9
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Win||5|200}}
{{Objective|Healer|15|3}}
{{Objective|Recruit|3|param2=9|2}}
|}
{{Perma support
|name = Perseverance
|color = W
|side = both
|image = SM-Perseverance.png
|Whenever a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, if you control 2 or less creatures, create 2 Cat {{Ability|Token|Tokens}}.
|Whenever you gain life, your first creature gets +1/+1.
}}
{{Deck List
|Angel of Vitality
|Ajani's Pridemate
|Cleric of the Forward Order
|Dawning Angel
|Eternal Isolation
|Glaring Aegis
|Healing Hands
|Ajani's Welcome
|Veteran's Sidearm
|Vial of Dragonfire
}}

== Node 2: Nahiri, the Harbinger ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Nahiri, the Harbinger
|Image=DM-SM-2.png
|Level=30
|Color=WR
|Hit Points=65
|White Mana=+3
|Blue Mana=-1
|Black Mana=-1
|Red Mana=+4
|Green Mana=-1
|Ability 1=Stoneforge
|Ability 1 Description=Give all your creatures +2/+2.
|Ability 1 Cost=9
|Ability 2=Lithomancy
|Ability 2 Description=Discard a card, draw a card, then destroy 2 White Gems.
|Ability 2 Cost=12
|Ability 3=Harbinger
|Ability 3 Description=Give a creature you control {{Ability|Haste}} and {{Ability|Trample}} until the end of your turn.  That creature is also {{Ability|reinforce|reinforced}} once until the end of your turn.
|Ability 3 Cost=15
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Win||5|200}}
{{Objective|Foundry|3|3}}
{{Objective|Veteran|2|param2=11|2}}
|}
{{Perma support
|name = Unholy Sustenance
|color = B
|side = both
|image = SM-UnholySustenance.png
|At the beginning of your turn, if your opponent's Planeswalker has more life than you, they lose 2 life and you gain that amount of life.
|Whenever a creature your opponent controls dies or loses a reinforcement, your first creature gets +1/+1.
}}
{{Deck List
|Kor Bladewhirl
|Kor Entanglers
|Munda, Ambush Leader
|Reckless Bushwhacker
|Fry
|Glaring Aegis
|Infuriate
|Captain's Claws
|Heart-Piercer Bow
|Nahiri, Storm of Stone
}}

== Node 3: Elspeth, Sun's Champion ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Elspeth, Sun's Champion
|Image=DM-SM-3.png
|Level=45
|Color=W
|Hit Points=96
|White Mana=+6
|Blue Mana=+3
|Black Mana=-2
|Red Mana=-2
|Green Mana=+2
|Ability 1=Summon Sun-Soldier
|Ability 1 Description=Summon 3 1/1 Soldier {{Ability|Token|tokens}} with "{{Ability|Exert}} 6: The first creature your opponent controls is Destroyed."
|Ability 1 Cost=9
|Ability 2=Bathe in the Sun
|Ability 2 Description={{Ability|Activate}} 2: Each of your creatures gains +2/+2.
|Ability 2 Cost=12
|Ability 3=Solar Power
|Ability 3 Description=2 of your {{Ability|Activate|Activated}} gems are Destroyed and triggered.
|Ability 3 Cost=15
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Win||7|200}}
{{Objective|Paladin|4|3}}
{{Objective|First Strike|4|2}}
|}
{{Perma support
|name = Perseverance
|color = W
|side = both
|image = SM-Perseverance.png
|Whenever a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, if you control 2 or less creatures, create 2 Cat {{Ability|Token|Tokens}}.
|Whenever you gain life, your first creature gets +1/+1.
}}
{{Deck List
|Cavalier of Dawn
|Corpse Knight
|Skyknight Vanguard
|Valiant Knight
|Brought Back
|Devout Decree
|Gods Willing
|Take Vengeance
|Icon of Ancestry
|Sigiled Sword of Valeron
}}

== Node 4: Ugin, the Spirit Dragon ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
|Image=DM-SM-4.png
|Level=60
|Color=C
|Hit Points=118
|White Mana=+1
|Blue Mana=+1
|Black Mana=+1
|Red Mana=+1
|Green Mana=+1
|Ability 1=Ghostfire
|Ability 1 Description=Deal 3 damage to target creature. If that creature is colored, increase your mana bonuses on each of that creature's colors by 2. Each mana bonus can't be raised by this ability more than 3 times.
|Ability 1 Cost=6
|Ability 2=Hedron Banishing
|Ability 2 Description=Exile target opposing creature that costs 16 or less. If that creature is colored, exile an opposing colored support that costs 13 or less.
|Ability 2 Cost=12
|Ability 3=Pools of Becoming
|Ability 3 Description=Gain 15 life. Draw 5 cards. Then, the first 5 cards in your hand gain 10 mana.
|Ability 3 Cost=21
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Win||7|200}}
{{Objective|Lifeless||2}}
{{Objective|Meek|4|param2=3|2}}
|}
{{Perma support
|name = Unholy Sustenance
|color = B
|side = both
|image = SM-UnholySustenance.png
|At the beginning of your turn, if your opponent's Planeswalker has more life than you, they lose 2 life and you gain that amount of life.
|Whenever a creature your opponent controls dies or loses a reinforcement, your first creature gets +1/+1.
}}
{{Deck List
|Artisan of Kozilek
|Conduit of Ruin
|Matter Reshaper
|Void Winnower
|Evolving Wilds
|Eye of Ugin
|Ruins of Oran-Rief
|Serum Powder
|Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
|Ugin, the Ineffable
}}

== Node 5: Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter
|Image=DM-SM-5.png
|Level=75
|Color=G
|Hit Points=167
|White Mana=+1
|Blue Mana=+3
|Black Mana=-2
|Red Mana=+3
|Green Mana=+6
|Ability 1=Architect of the Untamed
|Ability 1 Description=Create 4 1/1 Colorless Thopter Artifact creature {{Ability|Token|tokens}} with {{Ability|Flying}}, then {{Ability|Energize}} 4.
|Ability 1 Cost=9
|Ability 2=Living Construct
|Ability 2 Description=Summon a 4/4 Living Construct creature {{Ability|Token|tokens}} with "At the beginning of your turn, {{Ability|Fabricate}} 2. {{Ability|Overload}} 1: This creature gets +1/+1."
|Ability 2 Cost=15
|Ability 3=Larger than Life
|Ability 3 Description={{Ability|Energize}} 5 and give each creature you control +X/+X until the end of your turn, where X is the amount of {{Ability|Energize|Energized}} gems times 4.
|Ability 3 Cost=21
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Win||10|200}}
{{Objective|Artificer|3|3}}
{{Objective|Engineer|4|2}}
|}
{{Perma support
|name = Perseverance
|color = W
|side = both
|image = SM-Perseverance.png
|Whenever a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, if you control 2 or less creatures, create 2 Cat {{Ability|Token|Tokens}}.
|Whenever you gain life, your first creature gets +1/+1.
}}
{{Deck List
|Metalwork Colossus
|Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter
|Steel Overseer
|Foundry of the Consuls
|Natural End
|Decoction Module
|Dynavolt Tower
|Fabrication Module
|Manifold Key
|Mystic Forge
}}

== Node 6: Olivia, Mobilized for War ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Olivia, Mobilized for War
|Image=DM-SM-6.png
|Level=90
|Color=BR
|Hit Points=176
|White Mana=-2
|Blue Mana=+3
|Black Mana=+7
|Red Mana=+6
|Green Mana=-2
|Ability 1=Call the Bloodline
|Ability 1 Description=Create 4 Black Vampire Knight {{Ability|Token|Tokens}} [1/1 {{Ability|Lifelink}}]].
|Ability 1 Cost=9
|Ability 2=Vampiric Mobilization
|Ability 2 Description=Discard a noncreature card.  Then, move the first creature from your hand to the battlefield.  It gets +3/+3 and gains {{Ability|Deathtouch}}, {{Ability|Flying}}, and {{Ability|Lifelink}}.
|Ability 2 Cost=15
|Ability 3=Campaign of Vengeance
|Ability 3 Description=You {{Ability|Discard}} 2 cards.  Each creature your opponent controls takes 6 damage and your opponent takes 6 damage.
|Ability 3 Cost=21
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Win||10|200}}
{{Objective|Enraged|10|3}}
{{Objective|Call to Arms|10|2}}
|}
{{Perma support
|name = Unholy Sustenance
|color = B
|side = both
|image = SM-UnholySustenance.png
|At the beginning of your turn, if your opponent's Planeswalker has more life than you, they lose 2 life and you gain that amount of life.
|Whenever a creature your opponent controls dies or loses a reinforcement, your first creature gets +1/+1.
}}
{{Deck List
|Falkenrath Gorger
|Heir of Falkenrath
|Olivia, Mobilized for War
|Stromkirk Condemned
|Behold the Beyond
|Noxious Grasp
|Shreds of Sanity
|Soul Salvage
|To the Slaughter
|Call the Bloodline
}}

== Node 7: Ajani, Strength of the Pride ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Ajani, Strength of the Pride
|Image=DM-SM-7.png
|Level=105
|Color=W
|Hit Points=191
|White Mana=+8
|Red Mana=+4
|Green Mana=+4
|Ability 1=Life Circle
|Ability 1 Description=Gain life equal to the number of creatures and {{Ability|Vanguard|Vanguards}} you control plus 10.  Your creatures gain {{Ability|Lifelink}} until end of turn.
|Ability 1 Cost=9
|Ability 2=Long Live the Leader
|Ability 2 Description=Create a Greater Resplendent Healing {{Ability|Token|token}}.  Create a copy of Ajani's Pridemate on the battlefield under your control.  Gain 8 life.
|Ability 2 Cost=15
|Ability 3=To Die For
|Ability 3 Description=Create a Valorous Sacrifice {{Ability|Token|token}}.  Gain 12 life.
|Ability 3 Cost=21
}}
{{Perma support
|name = Perseverance
|color = W
|side = both
|image = SM-Perseverance.png
|Whenever a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, if you control 2 or less creatures, create 2 Cat {{Ability|Token|Tokens}}.
|Whenever you gain life, your first creature gets +1/+1.
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Win||15|200}}
{{Objective|Healer|30|3}}
{{Objective|Commander|12|2}}
|}
{{Deck List
|Ajani's Pridemate
|Angel of Vitality
|Dawning Angel
|Loxodon Lifechanter
|Resplendent Angel
|Brought Back
|Disenchant
|Healing Hands
|Ajani's Welcome
|Ajani, Strength of the Pride
}}

== Node 8: Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
|Image=DM-SM-8.png
|Level=120
|Color=B
|Hit Points=222
|White Mana=+4
|Blue Mana=+4
|Black Mana=+9
|Red Mana=+4
|Green Mana=-2
|Ability 1=Blood Frenzy
|Ability 1 Description=Target creature you control gains {{Ability|Deathtouch}} and {{Ability|Lifelink}} until end of turn.  If that creature is a Vamprire, it gets +8/+0.  Otherwise, it gains the Vampire subtype.
|Ability 1 Cost=9
|Ability 2=Purify the Bloodline
|Ability 2 Description=Lose a Vampire {{Ability|reinforce|reinforcement}}.  If you can't, destroy your first creature.  Then, deal 12 damage to any opposing target and gain 12 life.
|Ability 2 Cost=15
|Ability 3=Markov's Legacy
|Ability 3 Description=Fetch the first 5 Vampires from your library.  Create an Improved Markov's Legacy {{Ability|Token|token}}.
|Ability 3 Cost=21
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Win||15|200}}
{{Objective|Bounty Hunter|20|3}}
{{Objective|Sorin's Fight|8|2}}
|}
{{Perma support
|name = Unholy Sustenance
|color = B
|side = both
|image = SM-UnholySustenance.png
|At the beginning of your turn, if your opponent's Planeswalker has more life than you, they lose 2 life and you gain that amount of life.
|Whenever a creature your opponent controls dies or loses a reinforcement, your first creature gets +1/+1.
}}
{{Deck List
|Bloodthirsty Aerialist
|Epicure of Blood
|Knight of the Ebon Legion
|Vampire of the Dire Moon
|Infinite Obliteration
|Lich's Caress
|Unholy Hunger
|Icon of Ancestry
|Sanguine Bond
|Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
}}

== Rewards ==
{{Rewards header progression|2019-10-08}}
|-
! 10
| {{Runes|1,500}} || {{Runes|2,000}} || {{Runes|2,500}} || {{Runes|3,000}}
|-
! 15
| {{Jewels|5}} || {{Jewels|10}} || {{Jewels|15}} || {{Jewels|20}}
|-
! 30
| [[M20]] Booster Pack|| [[M20]] Booster Pack || [[M20]] Booster Pack || [[M20]] Booster Pack
|-
! 45
| {{Crystals|15}} || {{Crystals|20}} || {{Crystals|25}} || {{Crystals|30}}
|-
! 60
| [[M20]] Non-dupe Rare Pack <nowiki>*</nowiki> || [[M20]] Non-dupe Rare Pack <nowiki>*</nowiki> || [[M20]] Non-dupe Rare Pack <nowiki>*</nowiki> || [[M20]] Non-dupe Rare Pack <nowiki>*</nowiki>
|-
! 75
| {{Crystals|15}} || {{Crystals|20}} || {{Crystals|25}} || {{Crystals|30}}
|-
! 90
| [[M20]] Booster Pack || [[M20]] Booster Pack || [[M20]] Booster Pack || [[M20]] Booster Pack
|-
! 105
| {{Jewels|5}} || {{Jewels|10}} || {{Jewels|15}} || {{Jewels|20}}
|-
! 110
| {{Runes|2,000}} || {{Runes|2,500}} || {{Runes|3,000}} || {{Runes|3,500}}
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> The M20 Non-dupe Rare Pack contains one of the following cards:
{{Card List Mini
|Leyline of Punishment
|Leyline of Singularity
|Leyline of Vitality
|Leyline of the Meek
}}

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