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{{Infobox event|Battle of Four Tribes}}
== Historical event==This page contains historical information about the old five-node Battle of Four Tribes event, appearing as it appeared from the time of its release in March 2018 , to January 2019.
Since February 2019, Battle of Four Tribes has been split into two new events (see :* [[Battle of Four Tribes: Part 1]]), and corresponding to nodes 1-3 of the original event.* [[Battle of Four Tribes: Part 2]], corresponding to nodes 3-5 of the original event. The original five-node event, described below, is no longer run. Battle of Four Tribes was released at the same time as [[Rivals of Ixalan]], and features elements of the set.
== Historical Special Rules ==
==== 1.1 Timestream Navigator ====
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Timestream Navigator
|Level=10
|Hit Points=35
|Ability 1 Description=Gain an extra swap.
|Ability 1 Cost=9
}}
{{Objective table header}}==== Timestream Navigator Deck ===={{Objective|Win||5}}{{Objective|Speed|5|3}}{{Objective|Resilient|10|2}}|}
{{Deck List
|Deadeye Rig-Hauler
==== 1.2 Captain Lannery Storm ====
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Captain Lannery Storm
|Level=20
|Hit Points=47
|Red Mana=+2
|Ability 1=Loot 'em All
|Ability 1 Description=Create a {{Ability|Treasure }} for each Pirate you control. Your Pirates gain +1/+0 until the end of your turn.
|Ability 1 Cost=6
}}{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Objective 1=Win the Fight.|Objective 1 Ribbons=|5}}{{Objective|Aggressive|2|3}}{{Objective 2|Commander|4|param2=Cast cast|2 or less supports.}}|}{{Deck List|Objective 2 Ribbons=3Captain Lannery Storm|Daring Buccaneer|Rigging Runner|Rowdy Crew|Storm Fleet Swashbuckler|Wily Goblin|Buccaneer's Bravado|Fiery Cannonade|Objective 3=Cast 4 or more creatures.Storm the Vault|Objective 3 Ribbons=2Trove of Temptation
}}
==== 1.3 Admiral Beckett Brass ====
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Admiral Beckett Brass
|Level=40
|Hit Points=88
|Red Mana=+1
|Ability 1=X Marks the Spot
|Ability 1 Description=Find all 4 {{Ability|Treasure|Treasures}}.
|Ability 1 Cost=6
|Ability 2=Fleet Assault
|Ability 2 Description=All your creatures get +20, {{Ability|Deathtouch}}, {{Ability|Double Strike}}, and {{Ability|Flying }} until end of turn.
|Ability 2 Cost=15
|Ability 3=Cannon Storm
|Ability 3 Description=Deal X damage to opponent, where X is the number of grean green and white gems, then destroy those gems.
|Ability 3 Cost=21
}}{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Objective 1=Win the Fight.|Objective 1 Ribbons=|5}}{{Objective|Comeback|20|3}}{{Objective |Loot|6|2=Take 20 or more damage.}}|}{{Deck List|Admiral Beckett Brass|Captivating Crew|Storm Fleet Aerialist|Storm Fleet Arsonist|Storm Fleet Sprinter|Admiral's Order|Chart a Course|Objective 2 Ribbons=3Field of Ruin|Objective 3=Cast 6 or more Pirates.Makeshift Munitions|Objective 3 Ribbons=2Pirate's Cutlass
}}
==== Admiral Becket Brass Permanent Node - Dead Men Tell no Tales ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Node Effect: Permanent Support (both players) * see bugs
|-
|Red
|Whenever you match 4 or more Red gems, destroy a block of 3x3 gems
|-
|Blue
|Whenever you match 4 or more Blue gems, draw a card
|-
|Black
|Whenever you match 4 or more Black gems, deal 3 damage to your opponent Planeswalker
|-
|5 Gems
|Whenever you match 5 or more gems, gain control of your opponent's first creature and give it {{Ability|Haste}}
|}
=== Node 2 - Sun Empire (Dinosaurs) ===
==== 2.1 Blood Sun ====
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Blood Sun
|Level=50
|Hit Points=101
|Ability 1 Description=Your supports gain 1 shield. Change 3 gems to red. Draw a card.
|Ability 1 Cost=4
}}{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Objective 1=Win the Fight.|Objective 1 Ribbons=|10}}{{Objective|Artificer|3|3}}{{Objective |Burst|4|2=Cast 3 or more supports.}}|}{{Deck List|Avaricious Dragon|Fire Shrine Keeper|Chandra's Ignition|Demolish|Star of Extinction|Unfriendly Fire|Blood Sun|Objective 2 Ribbons=3Makeshift Munitions|Objective 3=Summon 4 or less creatures.Molten Vortex|Objective 3 Ribbons=2Vance's Blasting Cannons
}}
==== 2.2 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn ====
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Zetalpa, Primal Dawn
|Level=60
|Hit Points=136
|Green Mana=+1
|Ability 1=Praise the Sun
|Ability 1 Description=Your first creature gains {{Ability|Flying}}, {{Ability|Double Strike}}, {{Ability|Prevent Damage}}, {{Ability|Vigilance}}, and {{Ability|Trample }} until the beginning of your next turn.
|Ability 1 Cost=9
}}{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Objective 1=Win the Fight.|Objective 1 Ribbons=|10}}{{Objective|Aggressive|2|3}}{{Objective 2|Commander|4|param2=Cast cast|2 or less supports.}}|}{{Deck List|Objective 2 Ribbons=3Kinjalli's Sunwing|Relentless Raptor|Ripjaw Raptor|Trapjaw Tyrant|Zetalpa, Primal Dawn|Demystify|Savage Stomp|Tragic Arrogance|Objective 3=Cast 4 or more creatures.Baffling End|Objective 3 Ribbons=2Sphinx's Decree
}}
==== 2.3 Zacama, Priamal Calamity ====
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Zacama, Priamal Calamity
|Level=80
|Hit Points=202
|Green Mana=+3
|Ability 1=Primal Roar
|Ability 1 Description=Deal 4 damage to your opponent. Create a 3/3 green Dinosaur token {{Ability|Token}} with {{Ability|Trample}}.
|Ability 1 Cost=6
|Ability 2=Primal Rend
|Ability 2 Description=Deal 4 damage to all creatures your opponent controls. Create 2 3/3 green Dinosaur tokens {{Ability|Token|Tokens}} with {{Ability|Trample}}.
|Ability 2 Cost=12
|Ability 3=Primal Bite
|Ability 3 Description=Deal 12 damage to your opponent. {{Ability|fetch|Fetch }} the next Dinosaur from your library. It gains 15 mana.
|Ability 3 Cost=18
}}
{{Objective table header}}
{{Objective|Win||10}}
{{Objective|Fossils|4|3}}
{{Objective|Resilient|30|2}}
|}
{{Deck List
|Regisaur Alpha
|Thundering Spineback
|Zacama, Primal Calamity
|Commune with Dinosaurs
|Emergent Growth
|Savage Stomp
|Thunderherd Migration
|New Horizons
|Sunbird's Invocation
|Unclaimed Territory
}}
==== Zacama Permanent Node - Primal Hunt ====
During the boss fight, activated gems (Red, Green and White) will grant special benefits for each player's Dinosaurs, while harming their opponent's strategy.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
If you have a dinosaur in play:
! colspan="2" |Node Effect: Permanent Support (both players) * see bugs
|-
|{{Ability|Activate}} 1 Red
|Deal 3 damage to your opponent's first creature. Your Dinosaurs gain {{Ability|Beserker}} and {{Ability|Trample}} until the end of turn.
|-
|{{Ability|Activate}} 1 White
|Wain 3 life. Your dinosaurs gain {{Ability|Vigilance}} and {{Ability|Regenerate}} 3 until the beginning of your next turn. *See Bugs
|-
|{{Ability|Activate}} 1 Green
|Destroy a non-land support your opponent controls. Your Dinosaurs get +1/+1
|}-
=== Node 3 - Shapers (Merfolk) ===
==== 3.1 Kopala, Warden of Waves ====
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Kopala, Warden of Waves
|Level=100
|Hit Points=196
|Green Mana=+2
|Ability 1=Waveward
|Ability 1 Description=Create 2 1/1 blue Merfolk tokens {{Ability|Token|Tokens}} with {{Ability|Hexproof}}, then increase the mana cost of the first spell in your opponent's hand by 2.
|Ability 1 Cost=6
}}{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Objective 1=Win the Fight.|Objective 1 Ribbons=|15}}{{Objective|Spell Caster|5|3}}{{Objective |Comeback|30|2=Cast 5 or more spells.}}|}{{Deck List|Jungleborn Pioneer|Kopala, Warden of Waves|Mist-Cloaked Herald|Silvergill Adept|Tempest Caller|Dive Down|Expel from Orazca|Objective 2 Ribbons=3Secrets of the Golden City|Objective 3=Take 30 or more damage.Deeproot Waters|Objective 3 Ribbons=2Jace's Sanctum
}}
==== 3.2 Tishana, Voice of Thunder ====
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Tishana, Voice of Thunder
|Level=100
|Hit Points=196
|Ability 1 Description=Draw a card, then your first creature gets +X/+X, where X is the amount of cards in your hand.
|Ability 1 Cost=6
}}{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Objective 1=Win the Fight.||15}}{{Objective|Resilient|Objective 1 Ribbons=15|3}}{{Objective|Speed|8|Objective 2=Take 15 or less damage.}}|}{{Deck List|Herald of Secret Streams|Merfolk Mistbinder|Shapers of Nature|Tishana, Voice of Thunder|Vineshaper Mystic|Overflowing Insight|River Heralds' Boon|Objective 2 Ribbons=3Send to Sleep|Objective 3=Win the fight within 8 rounds.Hadana's Climb|Objective 3 Ribbons=2Sphinx's Tutelage
}}
==== 3.3 Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca ====
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
|Level=120
|Hit Points=204
|Green Mana=+3
|Ability 1=Shaper's Wrath
|Ability 1 Description=Target Merfolk gets +2/+2 and gains {{Ability|Unblockable }} and {{Ability|Hexproof }} until the beginning of your next turn.
|Ability 1 Cost=6
|Ability 2=Tyrant's Plot
|Ability 2 Cost=9
|Ability 3=Army of Streams
|Ability 3 Description=Your Merfolk get +4/+4, then create 4 1/1 blue Merfolk tokens {{Ability|Token|Tokens}} with {{Ability|Hexproof}}.
|Ability 3 Cost=18
}}{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Objective 1=Win the Fight.|Objective 1 Ribbons=|15}}{{Objective|Anti-Magic|3|3}}{{Objective |Scales|3|2=Cast 3 or less spells.}}|}{{Deck List|Deeproot Champion|Forerunner of the Heralds|Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca|Silvergill Adept|Flood of Recollection|Perilous Voyage|Slice in Twain|Objective 2 Ribbons=3Alhammarret's Archive|Objective 3=Summon 3 or more Merfolk.Kumena's Awakening|Objective 3 Ribbons=2Primal Amulet
}}
==== Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca Permanent Node - Call of Kumena ====
During the boss fight, casting creatures, spells and drawing cards will create cyclical benefits by reducing mana costs, empowering creatures and increasing the speed of the battle.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Node Effect: Permanent Support (both players) * see bugs
|-
|Whenever your draw a card, all cards in your hand gain 1 mana
|-
|Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, draw a card.
|-
|Whenever you cast a spell, your first creature gets +1/+1.
|}
=== Node 4 - Dusk Legion (Vampires) ===
==== 4.1 Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle ====
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
|Level=130
|Hit Points=220
|Ability 1 Description=Reinforce target Vampire you control.
|Ability 1 Cost=3
}}
{{Objective table header}}==== Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle Deck ===={{Objective|Win||20}}{{Objective|Pacifist|2|3}}{{Objective|Comeback|40|2}}|}
{{Deck List
|Bishop of Rebirth
|Squire's Devotion
}}
==== 4.2 Vona, Butcher of Magan ====
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Vona, Butcher of Magan
|Level=140
|Hit Points=252
|Ability 1 Description=Destroy the last creature your opponent controls, gain life equal to its toughness. *See Bugs.
|Ability 1 Cost=9
}}
{{Objective table header}}==== Vona, Butcher of Magan Deck ===={{Objective|Win||20}}{{Objective|Destroyer|4|3}}{{Objective|Protector|3|2}}|}
{{Deck List
|Champion of Dusk
==== 4.3 Elenda, the Dusk Rose ====
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Elenda, the Dusk Rose
|Level=160
|Hit Points=360
|Green Mana=+1
|Ability 1=Legion of Dusk
|Ability 1 Description=Create 4 1/1 white Vampire tokens {{Ability|Token|Tokens}} with {{Ability|Lifelink}}
|Ability 1 Cost=6
|Ability 2=Bloodletting
|Ability 2 Cost=12
|Ability 3=Eternal Devotion
|Ability 3 Description={{Ability|reinforce|Reinforce }} all your creatures. They gain {{Ability|Lifelink}}.
|Ability 3 Cost=15
}}
{{Objective table header}}==== Elenda, the Dusk Rose Deck ===={{Objective|Win||20}}{{Objective|Sacrifice|4|3}}{{Objective|Sorin's Fight|4|2}}|}
{{Deck List
|Bishop of Rebirth
|Whenever a black Vampire dies under your control, your opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
|-
|Whenever a nontoken non-{{Ability|Token}} Vampire dies under your control, create a 1/1 White Vampire token {{Ability|Token}} with '''{{Ability|Lifelink'''}}.
|-
|Whenever a creature dies under your opponent's control, all your Vampires get +1/+1.
==== 5.1 Golden Guardian ====
The Golden Guardians will fully benefit from loyalty gems. They have abilities to replicate themselves and smash the player's planeswalker. Be ready to face a constant flow of large Golems.{{Enemy Stats|Name=Golden Guardian
|Level=170
|Hit Points=401
|Green Mana=+2
|Ability 1=Seventy Times Seventy
|Ability 1 Description=Convert 7 gems of your opponent's colors to Loyalty gems. Create a 7/7 colorless Golem token{{Ability|Token}}.
|Ability 1 Cost=15
}}
{{Objective table header}}==== Golden Guardian Deck ===={{Objective|Win||30}}{{Objective|Pacifist|4|3}}{{Objective|Survivor|20|2}}|}
{{Deck List
|Awakened Amalgam
==== 5.2 Azor's Gateway ====
Should be approached as a puzzle as you try your opponent tries to ascend {{Ability|Ascend}} as fast as possible to receive the {{Ability|City's Blessing }} in order to deliver the ultimate hit on the opponent's planeswalker. Be aware of a one-hit KO battle, and prevent the Gateway from {{Ability|Ascend|Ascending}}.
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Azor's Gateway
|Level=180
|Hit Points=222
|Green Mana=+4
|Ability 1=Maze of the Sun
|Ability 1 Description=If you don't have the {{Ability|City's Blessing }} gain 10 life, then {{Ability|fetch }} the next support from your library. It gains full mana.
|Ability 1 Cost=9
|Ability 2=Trap of the Sun
|Ability 2 Description=If you have the {{Ability|City's Blessing}}, deal 999 damage to your opponent.
|Ability 2 Cost=9 City's Blessing
}}
{{Objective table header}}==== Azor's Gateway Deck ===={{Objective|Win||30}}{{Objective|Aggressive|4|3}}{{Objective|Speed|10|2}}|}
{{Deck List
|Shore Keeper
==== 5.3 Azor, the Lawbringer ====
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Azor, the Lawbringer
|Level=200
|Hit Points=503
|Ability 3 Description=Exile all your opponent's creatures.
|Ability 3 Cost=24
}}
{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Win||50}}{{Objective|Spell Caster|6|3}}{{Objective|Artificer|6|2}}==== Azor, the Lawbringer Deck ====|}<nowiki>{{Deck List[|Azor, the Lawbringer
|Paladin of Atonement
|Ringwarden Owl
|Thaumatic Compass
|The Immortal Sun
}}</nowiki>
==== Azor, the Lawbringer Permanent Node - Azor, the Lawbringer ====
|'''Total Possible Points'''
|'''Time from Start'''
|'''Time in PDTUTC'''
|-
|2
|210
|Initial
|18:00 PM PDT
|-
|3
|335
|<nowiki>+8 hours</nowiki>
|94:00 PM PDTAM
|-
|4
|440
|<nowiki>+16 hours</nowiki>
|512:00 AM PDTPM
|-
|5 *
|545
|<nowiki>+24 hours</nowiki>
|18:00 PM PDT
|-
|6
|670
|<nowiki>+32 hours</nowiki>
|94:00 PM PDTAM
|-
|7
|775
|<nowiki>+40 hours</nowiki>
|512:00 AM PDTPM
|-
|8
|880
|<nowiki>+48 hours</nowiki>
|18:00 PM PDT
|-
|9
|1,005
|<nowiki>+56 hours</nowiki>
|94:00 PM PDTAM
|-
|10
|1,110
|<nowiki>+64 hours</nowiki>
|512:00 AM PDT PM <sup>§</sup>
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Maximum charges reached if you have not started playing yet.
|4.2
|
|If you have Gideon's Intervention out, Vona’s ability will deduct a shield instead of destroying your creature. This is true of all prevent damage {{Ability|Prevent Damage}} effects. However, Vona will still gain life.
|-
|3/20/18
|5.1
|
|If you have a creature with {{Ability|Ascend }} while you have the City’s {{Ability|City's Blessing }} and you steal a copy of that same creature, it will lose {{Ability|Ascend }} for the rest of the match. Observed with Lay Claim and Wayward Swordtooth.
|}
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