Nodes of Power

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

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.

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.

Special rules

Color restriction	One or more nodes in this event can only be played by Planeswalkers of a specified color.

Locked nodes	Once a Planeswalker has been chosen for a node, it's locked in for the whole event.

Node 1: Black

Planeswalker color restriction	Black
Only planeswalkers with affinity to Black can be played.

See Bugs

Objectives	Reward
Win the fight!  Win the fight against your opponent.	4 · 100
Survivor:  Win the fight with 50 or less HP remaining.	2
Survivor:  Win the fight with 20 or less HP remaining.	1

Node 2: 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 3: 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

Node 4: 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 5: 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

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 and Rare card rewards from M21 to AFR in December 2022.

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	AFR Rare Card Standard Booster Pack 5	AFR Rare Card Standard Booster Pack 10	AFR Rare Card Standard Booster Pack 15	AFR Rare Card Standard Booster Pack 20
6-25	Standard Booster Pack	AFR Rare Card Standard Booster Pack 5	AFR Rare Card Standard Booster Pack 10	AFR Rare Card Standard Booster Pack 15
26-50	Standard Booster Pack	Standard Booster Pack	AFR Rare Card Standard Booster Pack 5	AFR 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

Bugs

The first, Black node counts remaining life as maximum life minus damage taken, plus any life gained while at maximum life. The first part is perhaps only misleading, since neither damage nor the distinction between damage and loss of life are mentioned. But the second part is unequivocally a bug; there is quite obviously a ceiling to life gain: maximum life. Avoiding using life gain until sufficient damage is taken, and avoiding or at least counting life loss (and counteracting that life loss count with sufficient life gain to stay alive), should be sufficient to avoid the sting of these bugs.