Nodes of Power

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)
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)

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	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.

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.