Talk:Battles From the Ages

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I was thinking that instead of duplicating all the info from the opponents' source events, we could just have a table with some basic info and a link to the original node. To me this would look a lot cleaner and be easier to browse through to find the node you're looking for. (It would replace the separate deck lists section as well.) Something like this, maybe?

Opponent	Colors	Level	HP	Set	Original Event
A History Rewritten		110	260		Space-Time Catastrophe
Crystal Slipper		80	173		Fables of Eldraine
Elder Hydra Catastrophe		140	285		Hero's Path - Face the Hydra
Elenda, the Dusk Rose		160	360		Battle of Four Tribes: Part 2
Exquisite Archangel		150	392		Revolt against the Consulate

--MetaBunny (talk) 01:20, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

A few things. I like your setup, and I agree the abilities are too much. We should be encouraging players to see the full deck lists, since those old lists represent work by not only this wiki but that database. However, I think the current gem rows look nice.

Also, Nissa Vital Force, Breaker of Armies and probably a few more do NOT come from events. I suspect they are outtakes, as it were, consigned to the cutting room floor and resurrected here. I think a separate section for those with a different markup would look neater, but as you like. And I don't work here all that much so others should have their say. AnarchangeI (talk) 02:17, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Eventually the "new" bosses that are only part of this event could have gem rows as well; eg I put the bonuses and 8/10 cards for Vile Aggregate in invisible notes (and its ability is to give +3/+0 to all its creatures) AnarchangeI (talk) 02:29, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. I suspect that many of the "missing" opponents are actually from Battle for Zendikar story missions. (I've been meaning to look into them at some point.) But yeah, any that aren't already somewhere on the wiki could have full entries here in another section. Do you think adding the mana bonuses to the table would be a good idea? (I'd probably drop the level, as AFAIK it doesn't actually tell you anything useful.) --MetaBunny (talk) 19:56, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Opponent	Colors	HP	Mana Bonuses						Set	Original Event
A History Rewritten		260	-2	+3	+4	+3	+1	+0		Space-Time Catastrophe
Crystal Slipper		173	+4	+4	-1	+2	+3	+0		Fables of Eldraine
Elder Hydra Catastrophe		285	+4	+1	+1	+4	+6	+0		Hero's Path - Face the Hydra