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[[Origins - Chapter 1, Part 1]] consists of 16 [[PvE]] opponents, ranging from level 3 to level 12.

All 16 of these battles must be beaten using [[Nissa, Sage Animist]] before the [[Events]] and [[Coalition]] game content is unlocked for a new player.

The beginning of the Origins Story chapters, it precedes [[Origins - Chapter 1, Part 2]].

== Rewards ==
Every win awards {{Runes|100}}, and every loss awards {{Runes|50}}.

The first time a battle in this chapter is won, extra runes between {{Runes|310}} and {{Runes|355}} are awarded.

For each battle-specific objective, the first time it is met, a further {{Runes|250}} (first objective) or {{Crystals|15}} (second objective) is awarded.

Once per battle, when it has been beaten with Planeswalkers of all five colors, {{Crystals|10}} is additionally awarded.

== Battle 1: Heavy Infantry ==
Starting enemy: Guardians of Meletis
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Heavy Infantry
|Color=W
|Level=3
|Hit Points=24
|White Mana=-2
|Blue Mana=+0
|Black Mana=-1
|Red Mana=-1
|Green Mana=+0
|Ability 1=
|Ability 1 Description=
|Ability 1 Cost=
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Color Challenge|||175|<br>10 {{Crystals}}}}
{{Objective|Commander|4|||{{Runes}}}}
{{Objective|Identity|10|||15 {{Crystals}}}}
|}
{{Deck List
|Akroan Jailer
|Consul's Lieutenant
|Guardian Automaton
|Heavy Infantry
|Guardians of Meletis
|Knight of the Pilgrim's Road
|Runed Servitor
|Topan Freeblade
|War Oracle
|Yoked Ox
}}

== Battle 2: Anointer of Champions ==
Player starts with Mage-Ring Network
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Anointer of Champions
|Color=W
|Level=4
|Hit Points=27
|White Mana=+1
|Blue Mana=+0
|Black Mana=-1
|Red Mana=-1
|Green Mana=+0
|Ability 1=Anoint
|Ability 1 Description=Give +1/+1 to a creature you control until the beginning of your next turn
|Ability 1 Cost=6
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Color Challenge|||175|<br>10 {{Crystals}}}}
{{Objective|Artificer|3|||{{Runes}}}}
{{Objective|Identity|10|||15 {{Crystals}}}}
|}
{{Deck List
|Anointer of Champions
|Caves of Koilos
|Auramancer
|Grasp of the Hieromancer
|Guardian Automaton
|Guardians of Meletis
|Murder Investigation
|Valor in Akros
|Veteran's Sidearm
|Yoked Ox
}}

== Battle 3:  Kytheon's Irregulars==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Kytheon's Irregulars
|Color=W
|Level=4
|Hit Points=28
|White Mana=+1
|Blue Mana=+0
|Black Mana=-1
|Red Mana=-1
|Green Mana=+0
|Ability 1=Disabling Blow
|Ability 1 Description=Disable one of your opponent's creatures with {{Ability|Defender}} or {{Ability|Reach}} until the beginning of your next turn.
|Ability 1 Cost=6
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Color Challenge|||175|<br>10 {{Crystals}}}}
{{Objective|Spell Caster|3|||{{Runes}}}}
{{Objective|Pauper||||15 {{Crystals}}}}
|}
{{Deck List
|Alchemist's Vial
|Anointer of Champions
|Auramancer
|Celestial Flare
|Healing Hands
|Kytheon's Tactics
|Llanowar Wastes
|Runed Servitor
|Valor in Akros
|Yavimaya Coast
}}

== Battle 4: Kytheon, Hero of Akros ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Kytheon, Hero of Akros
|Color=W
|Level=5
|Hit Points=28
|White Mana=+1
|Blue Mana=+0
|Black Mana=-1
|Red Mana=-1
|Green Mana=+0
|Ability 1=Defensive Position
|Ability 1 Description=Give {{Ability|Defender}} to a creature you control until the beginning of your next turn.
|Ability 1 Cost=6
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Color Challenge|||175|<br>10 {{Crystals}}}}
{{Objective|Pacifist|6|||{{Runes}}}}
{{Objective|Winged|3|||15 {{Crystals}}}}
|}
{{Deck List
|Blessed Spirits
|Charging Griffin
|Citadel Castellan
|Mighty Leap
|Runed Servitor
|Stalwart Aven
|Thunderclap Wyvern
|Topan Freeblade
|Veteran's Sidearm
|Yavimaya Coast
}}

== Battle 5: Returned Centaur ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Returned Centaur
|Color=B
|Level=6
|Hit Points= 
|White Mana=+
|Blue Mana=+
|Black Mana=+
|Red Mana=+
|Green Mana=+
|Ability 1=
|Ability 1 Description=
|Ability 1 Cost=
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Color Challenge|||175|<br>10 {{Crystals}}}}
{{Objective|Protector|5|||{{Runes}}}}
{{Objective|Pauper||||15 {{Crystals}}}}
|}
{{Deck List
|Caves of Koilos
|Deadbridge Shaman
|Eyeblight Assassin
|Infernal Scarring
|Necromantic Summons
|Prism Ring
|Rabid Bloodsucker
|Shambling Ghoul
|Throwing Knife
|Veteran's Sidearm
|}}

== Battle 6: Revenant ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Revenant
|Color=B
|Level=6
|Hit Points=25
|White Mana=-1
|Blue Mana=+0
|Black Mana=+1
|Red Mana=+0
|Green Mana=-1
|Ability 1=Raise Zombie
|Ability 1 Description=Summon a 2/2 Zombie
|Ability 1 Cost=6
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Color Challenge|||175|<br>10 {{Crystals}}}}
{{Objective|Loyalty|3|||{{Runes}}}}
{{Objective|Commander|6|||15 {{Crystals}}}}
|}
{{Deck List
|Bonded Construct
|Catacomb Slug
|Caves of Koilos
|Dark Dabbling
|Infernal Scarring
|Llanowar Wastes
|Rabid Bloodsucker
|Reave Soul
|Shambling Ghoul
|Undead Servant
}}

== Battle 7: Kothophed, Soul Hoarder ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
|Color=B
|Level=7
|Hit Points=31
|White Mana=-1
|Blue Mana=+0
|Black Mana=+1
|Red Mana=+0
|Green Mana=-0
|Ability 1=Draw Power
|Ability 1 Description=Draw 1 card and deal 1 damage to your opponent.
|Ability 1 Cost=6
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Color Challenge|||175|<br>10 {{Crystals}}}}
{{Objective|Deck Challenge||||{{Runes}}}}
{{Objective|Destroyer|5|||15 {{Crystals}}}}
|}
{{Deck List
|Blightcaster
|Catacomb Slug
|Caves of Koilos
|Deadbridge Shaman
|Eyeblight Massacre
|Infernal Scarring
|Llanowar Wastes
|Rabid Bloodsucker
|Read the Bones
|Veteran's Sidearm
}}

== Battle 8: Liliana, Heretical Healer ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Liliana, Heretical Healer
|Color=B
|Level=7
|Hit Points= 
|White Mana=-1
|Blue Mana=-1
|Black Mana=+0
|Red Mana=+0
|Green Mana=-1
|Ability 1=Mutual Destruction
|Ability 1 Description=Destroy the last card from both your hand and the opponent's hand.
|Ability 1 Cost=8
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Color Challenge|||175|<br>10 {{Crystals}}}}
{{Objective|Adamant|13|param2=Red|||{{Runes}}}}
{{Objective|Sacrifice|5|||15 {{Crystals}}}}
|}
{{Deck List
|Caves of Koilos
|Eyeblight Massacre
|Infernal Scarring
|Llanowar Wastes
|Meteorite
|Nightsnare
|Prism Ring
|Returned Centaur
|Shambling Ghoul
|Throwing Knife
}}

== Battle 9: Boggart Brute ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Boggart Brute
|Color=R
|Level=8
|Hit Points=38
|White Mana=+0
|Blue Mana=-1
|Black Mana=-1
|Red Mana=+1
|Green Mana=+0
|Ability 1=Slippery
|Ability 1 Description=Give {{Ability|Unblockable}} to a creature you control until the end of your turn.
|Ability 1 Cost=6
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Color Challenge|||175|<br>10 {{Crystals}}}}
{{Objective|Anti-Magic|4|||{{Runes}}}}
{{Objective|Pacifist|6|||15 {{Crystals}}}}
|}
{{Deck List
|Act of Treason
|Alchemist's Vial
|Battlefield Forge
|Bellows Lizard
|Chandra's Fury
|Cobblebrute
|Fiery Impulse
|Firefiend Elemental
|Prickleboar
|Veteran's Sidearm
}}

== Battle 10: Enthralling Victor ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Enthralling Victor
|Color=R
|Level=9
|Hit Points= 
|White Mana=+0
|Blue Mana=-1
|Black Mana=-1
|Red Mana=+1
|Green Mana=+0
|Ability 1=Enthralling Power
|Ability 1 Description=Gain control of one of your opponent's creatures with power 2 or less and give it {{Ability|Haste}}, until the end of your turn.
|Ability 1 Cost=6
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Color Challenge|||175|<br>10 {{Crystals}}}}
{{Objective|Resilient|15|||{{Runes}}}}
{{Objective|Speed|12|||15 {{Crystals}}}}
|}
{{Deck List
|Act of Treason
|Battlefield Forge
|Cobblebrute
|Ghirapur Gearcrafter
|Lightning Javelin
|Magmatic Insight
|Shivan Reef
|Skyraker Giant
|Titan's Strength
|Veteran's Sidearm
}}

== Battle 11: Abbot of Keral Keep ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Abbot of Keral Keep
|Color=R
|Level=9
|Hit Points=31
|White Mana=+0
|Blue Mana=-1
|Black Mana=-1
|Red Mana=+1
|Green Mana=+0
|Ability 1=Incantation
|Ability 1 Description=Draw a card. It gains 3 mana.
|Ability 1 Cost=6
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Color Challenge|||175|<br>10 {{Crystals}}}}
{{Objective|Aggressive|3|||{{Runes}}}}
{{Objective|Destroyer|5|||15 {{Crystals}}}}
|}
{{Deck List
|Alchemist's Vial
|Battlefield Forge
|Cobblebrute
|Firefiend Elemental
|Ghirapur Gearcrafter
|Gold-Forged Sentinel
|Iroas's Champion
|Lightning Javelin
|Meteorite
|Shivan Reef
}}

== Battle 12: Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
|Color=R
|Level=10
|Hit Points=50
|White Mana=+0
|Blue Mana=-1
|Black Mana=-1
|Red Mana=+1
|Green Mana=+0
|Ability 1=Fire Bolt
|Ability 1 Description=Deal 1 damage to your opponent.
|Ability 1 Cost=5
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Color Challenge|||175|<br>10 {{Crystals}}}}
{{Objective|Defenseless|0|||{{Runes}}}}
{{Objective|Comeback|25|||15 {{Crystals}}}}
|}
{{Deck List
|Battlefield Forge
|Bellows Lizard
|Fiery Impulse
|Firefiend Elemental
|Foundry of the Consuls
|Ghirapur Gearcrafter
|Infectious Bloodlust
|Mage-Ring Bully
|Skyraker Giant
|Thopter Engineer
}}

== Battle 13: Separatist Voidmage ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Separatist Voidmage
|Color=U
|Level=10
|Hit Points= 
|White Mana=+0
|Blue Mana=+1
|Black Mana=+0
|Red Mana=-1
|Green Mana=-1
|Ability 1=Swift Escape
|Ability 1 Description=Return a creature your opponent controls from the battlefield to its owner's hand. It gains 6 mana. If your opponent's hand is full, Destroy the creature instead.
|Ability 1 Cost=6
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Color Challenge|||175|<br>10 {{Crystals}}}}
{{Objective|Pacifist|6|||{{Runes}}}}
{{Objective|Artificer|4|||15 {{Crystals}}}}
|}
{{Deck List
|Alchemist's Vial
|Aspiring Aeronaut
|Bonded Construct
|Deep-Sea Terror
|Guardians of Meletis
|Jayemdae Tome
|Llanowar Wastes
|Mage-Ring Network
|Negate
|Veteran's Sidearm
}}

== Battle 14: Jhessian Thief ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Jhessian Thief
|Color=U
|Level=11
|Hit Points=38
|White Mana=+1
|Blue Mana=+2
|Black Mana=+1
|Red Mana=+0
|Green Mana=+0
|Ability 1=Steal Mana
|Ability 1 Description=Drain 1 mana from your opponent and gain 1 mana. 
|Ability 1 Cost=6
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Color Challenge|||175|<br>10 {{Crystals}}}}
{{Objective|Anti-Magic|4|||{{Runes}}}}
{{Objective|Commander|6|||15 {{Crystals}}}}
|}
{{Deck List
|Battlefield Forge
|Caves of Koilos
|Claustrophobia
|Jayemdae Tome
|Llanowar Wastes
|Mage-Ring Network
|Maritime Guard
|Meteorite
|Screeching Skaab
|Veteran's Sidearm
}}

== Battle 15: Mizzium Meddler ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Mizzium Meddler
|Color=U
|Level=12
|Hit Points= 
|White Mana=+1
|Blue Mana=+2
|Black Mana=+1
|Red Mana=+0
|Green Mana=+0
|Ability 1=Mana Meddler
|Ability 1 Description=Move the first 3 mana from your opponent's cards to your opponent's last card in hand.
|Ability 1 Cost=6
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Color Challenge|||175|<br>10 {{Crystals}}}}
{{Objective|Protector|4|||{{Runes}}}}
{{Objective|Speed|12|||15 {{Crystals}}}}
|}
{{Deck List
|Calculated Dismissal
|Caves of Koilos
|Faerie Miscreant
|Guardians of Meletis
|Maritime Guard
|Meteorite
|Negate
|Prism Ring
|Scrapskin Drake
|Sigil of Valor
}}

== Battle 16: Jace, Vryn's Prodigy ==
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
|Color=U
|Level=12
|Hit Points=56
|White Mana=+1
|Blue Mana=+2
|Black Mana=+1
|Red Mana=+0
|Green Mana=+0
|Ability 1=Mana Void
|Ability 1 Description=Drain 1 mana from the first card in your opponent's hand.
|Ability 1 Cost=4
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Color Challenge|||175|<br>10 {{Crystals}}}}
{{Objective|Deck Challenge||||{{Runes}}}}
{{Objective|Spell Caster|6|||15 {{Crystals}}}}
|}
{{Deck List
|Artificer's Epiphany
|Aspiring Aeronaut
|Disperse
|Guardian Automaton
|Guardians of Meletis
|Negate
|Prism Ring
|Screeching Skaab
|Sigil of Valor
|Watercourser
}}

== Historical Battles ==
Enemies are the same; objectives for battles 1-9 and 16 were changed
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Battle
! rowspan="2" | Level
! rowspan="2" | HP
! colspan="3" | Once-only objectives and rewards
|-
! Win
! First objective ({{Runes|250}})
! Second objective ({{Crystals|15}})
|-
| 1 || Heavy Infantry || 3 || 24 || {{Runes|310}} || Take 15 or less damage || Take 25 or more damage
|-
| 2 || Anointer of Champions || 4 || 27 || {{Runes|315}} || Cast 3 or less supports || Kill 5 or more enemy creatures
|-
| 3 || Kytheon's Irregulars || 4 || 28 || {{Runes|315}} || Kill 6 or less enemy creatures || Summon 4 or less creatures
|-
| 4 || Kytheon, Hero of Akros || 5 || 28 || {{Runes|320}} || Kill 6 or less enemy creatures || Win the fight in 10 or more turns
|-
| 5 || Returned Centaur || 6 || 26 || {{Runes|325}} || Cast 3 or less supports || Win in 12 rounds
|-
| 6 || Revenant || 6 || 25 || {{Runes|325}} || Kill 6 or less enemy creatures || Summon 6 or more creatures
|-
| 7 || Kothophed, Soul Hoarder || 7 || 31 || {{Runes|330}} || Win with 10 or less HP remaining || Kill 5 or more enemy creatures
|-
| 8 || Liliana, Heretical Healer || 7 || 31 || {{Runes|330}} || Lose 4 or less creatures || Lose 5 or more creatures
|-
| 9 || Boggart Brute || 8 || 38 || {{Runes|335}} || Cast 4 or less spells || Cast 6 or more spells
|-
| 10 || Entralling Victor || 9 || 28 || {{Runes|340}} || Take 15 or less damage || Win in 12 rounds
|-
| 11 || Abbott of Keral Keep || 9 || 31 || {{Runes|340}} || Cast 3 or less supports || Kill 5 enemy creatures
|-
| 12 || Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh || 10 || 50 || {{Runes|345}} || Summon no creatures with {{Ability|Defender}} || Take 25 or more damage
|-
| 13 || Separatist Voidmage || 10 || 44 || {{Runes|345}} || Kill 6 or less enemy creatures || Cast 4 or more supports
|-
| 14 || Jhessian Thief || 11 || 38 || {{Runes|350}} || Cast 4 or less spells || Summon 6 or more creatures
|-
| 15 || Mizzium Meddler || 12 || 48 || {{Runes|355}} || Lose 4 or less creatures || Win in 12 rounds
|-
| 16 || Jace, Vryn's Prodigy || 12 || 56 || {{Runes|355}} || Cast 3 or less supports || Cast 6 or more spells
|}

{{Story}}

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