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Nodes of Power is a Legacy event which was introduced in July 2016, a month after the release of the Oath of the Gatewatch set. It was the first PvP event added to the game after Quick Battle.

Nodes of Power (NoP)
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Type PvP Legacy PvP Legacy
Rewards Progression rewards Progression
Placement rewards Individual placement
Nodes 5
Charges 1 initial charges
3 maximum charges
8h recharge time
Specials Color restriction  PW color-restricted
Locked nodes    PW choice locked
Card XP gain 20 XP (all wins on a node)
Introduced Oath of the Gatewatch OGW · Jul 2016 · v1.5.8
Portal:Events   (Infobox · Data)

From its introduction until December 2016, Nodes of Power was a coalition event, and had no secondary objectives.

Each battle in this event features the same secondary objective twice, the second time with a more difficult target.

Once a Planeswalker has been chosen for a node, another may not be chosen for that node, nor may that Planeswalker be chosen for another node, for the whole event.

Charges are added in excess of the maximum; charges can be missed.

The March 2023 run made alterations to the event, introducing new objectives for Black node, and changing the order of the nodes into the standard color order.

Special rules

Color restriction Color restriction One or more nodes in this event can only be played by Planeswalkers of a specified color.
Locked nodes Locked nodes Once a Planeswalker has been chosen for a node, it's locked in for the whole event.

Contents

Node 1: White

  Planeswalker color restriction    White
Only planeswalkers with affinity to White can be played.
Objectives Reward
Win the fight!  Win the fight against your opponent.
4  · 100  
Protector:  Have 4 or fewer creatures you control destroyed or exiled during a fight.
2 
Protector:  Have 2 or fewer creatures you control destroyed or exiled during a fight.
1 

Node 2: Blue

  Planeswalker color restriction    Blue
Only planeswalkers with affinity to Blue can be played.
Objectives Reward
Win the fight!  Win the fight against your opponent.
4  · 100  
Resilient:  Take 30 or less damage during a single fight.
2 
Resilient:  Take 10 or less damage during a single fight.
1 

Node 3: Black

  Planeswalker color restriction    Black
Only planeswalkers with affinity to Black can be played.
Objectives Reward
Win the fight!  Win the fight against your opponent.
4  · 100  
Destroyer:  Destroy 3 or more opposing creatures during a single fight.
2 
Destroyer:  Destroy 1 or more opposing creatures during a single fight.
1 

Node 4: Red

  Planeswalker color restriction    Red
Only planeswalkers with affinity to Red can be played.
Objectives Reward
Win the fight!  Win the fight against your opponent.
4  · 100  
Speed:  Win the fight within 10 rounds.
2 
Speed:  Win the fight within 5 rounds.
1 

Node 5: Green

  Planeswalker color restriction    Green
Only planeswalkers with affinity to Green can be played.
Objectives Reward
Win the fight!  Win the fight against your opponent.
4  · 100  
Burst:  Cast 5 or less creatures during a single fight.
2 
Burst:  Cast 2 or less creatures during a single fight.
1 

Schedule

Begins at midnight UTC and ends 46 hours later, at 10PM UTC. One initial charge and five recharges on five nodes, for 210 total Ribbons. With a maximum of three charges, the player must finish their first game less than a day after commencement, and subsequent games less than eight hours later, or miss charges.

Rewards

Unlike other older events, rewards for Nodes of Power were detached from the set of its origin and flavor: Battle for Zendikar. Rewards were changed from BFZ to M21 and Standard in 2021. Rare card rewards were changed briefly from M21 to AFR in December 2022, and back to M21 in February 2023.

  Progression rewards (May 2021)
Ribbons Bronze Silver Gold Platinum
5 500   600   700   800  
25 600   750   800   900  
50 Standard Booster Pack Standard Booster Pack Standard Booster Pack Standard Booster Pack
75 1,000   1,000   1,000   1,000  
100 Standard Booster Pack Standard Booster Pack Standard Booster Pack Standard Booster Pack
  Individual rewards (May 2021)
Rank Bronze Silver Gold Platinum
1-5 M21 Rare Card
Standard Booster Pack
5  
M21 Rare Card
Standard Booster Pack
10  
M21 Rare Card
Standard Booster Pack
15  
M21 Rare Card
Standard Booster Pack
20  
6-25 Standard Booster Pack M21 Rare Card
Standard Booster Pack
5  
M21 Rare Card
Standard Booster Pack
10  
M21 Rare Card
Standard Booster Pack
15  
26-50 Standard Booster Pack Standard Booster Pack M21 Rare Card
Standard Booster Pack
5  
M21 Rare Card
Standard Booster Pack
10  
51-100 1,000   Standard Booster Pack Standard Booster Pack Standard Booster Pack
5  
101-250 500   500   500   500  

Notes

On the 16th of March, 2023, alterations were implemented.

The order of the nodes was changed from the irregular Black Red Green Blue White, to the standard color wheel of White Blue Black Red Green seen in so many places, including on the back of Magic the Gathering cards and Revolving Planeswalk.

New objectives for Black node replaced these objectives :

Objectives Reward
Survivor:  Win the fight with 50 or less HP remaining.
2 
Survivor:  Win the fight with 20 or less HP remaining.
1 

The then first, Black node counted remaining life as maximum life minus damage taken, plus any life gained while at maximum life. The first part was only misleading; neither damage nor the distinction between damage and loss of life were mentioned. But the second part was unequivocally a bug; there is quite obviously a ceiling to life gain: maximum life. Players needed to avoid using life gain until sufficient damage is taken, avoid or at least account for life loss and counteract that life loss with sufficient life gain to stay alive.