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'''Story Mode''' is a set of battles against pre-constructed enemy decks which teach the [[Abilities|game mechanics]]introduced with most [[set]]s, provide challenges (especially for new players), and give [[resources]] and [[card]] rewards. Story Mode content is always available in ''[[Magic: the Gathering Puzzle Quest]]''.
Beating the first chapter of the [[#Origins|Origins]] story using [[Nissa, Sage Animist]] unlocks [[Events]] and [[Coalition]] game content.
:''Main article: [[Origins (Story)]]''
The Origins story features battles of increasing difficulty. In each battle, all of the opponents' cards are from the [[Origins]] set. This is where new accounts begin.
All four [[Objectives]] give [[Resources]] as [[#Rewards|Rewards]]. Winning earns mana runes and opens up the next battle for play - this objective is unlisted. Winning a given battle once with a Planeswalker of each of the five colors earns 10 Mana Crystals. A third objective, the second listed, earns mana runes, and the final objective earns 15 Mana Crystals.
=== Training ===
=== Battle for Zendikar ===
The [[Battle for Zendikar (Story)|Battle for Zendikar story ]] features a tutorial (similar to Training) plus further chapters of increasing difficulty. The enemies' [[deck]]s in the tutorial consist of mostly [[BFZ]] and some [[Origins]] cards, unlike in the Chapters, which are only BfZ cards. Battle for Zendikar gives the most crystals of any of the Story sections: 20 for winning a battle with Planeswalkers of all five colors.
* [[BFZ - Learn the BasicsBosses - Mechanics - Rewards #Deathless Behemoth - {{Ability|Rally}} and {{Ability|Ally}} - Chasm Guide#Breaker of Armies - {{Ability|Landfall}} and {{Ability|Converge}} - Geyserfield Stalker #Desolation Twin - {{Ability|Awaken}} - Sheer Drop#Nissa, Sage Animist - {{Ability|Devoid}}, {{Ability|Ingest}}, and {{Ability|Processor}} - Benthic Infiltrator #Ulamog, Learn the Ceaseless Hunger - Recap of previous abilities - [[BFZBasics]] Booster pack
* [[Battle for Zendikar - Chapter 1]]
* [[Battle for Zendikar - Chapter 2]]
* [[Battle for Zendikar - Chapter 3]]
=== Heroic Encounters ===
Each level starts with the enemy getting some sort of advantage in the form of creatures and/or supports that are in play before the battle begins.
The [[Runes|Mana Rune]] rewards for winning the game and completing objectives are unusually high: 1760 or more. Subsequent win Rune rewards are also the highest of Story mode, at 250. Heroic Encounters gives 15 Crystals for winning a battle with Planeswalkers of all five colors.
== Strategies ==
* The [[#Training|Training]] section should be given a high priority; it is designed to teach players the mechanics of the game and it earns card rewards which are needed for [[Events]] and later sections of the Origins Story games.
* Some Training chapters are harder; some are easier or more lucrative. An example of the latter is the [[War of the Spark]] chapter, completion of which yields five {{Ability|Vanguard}} cards, three of them Green, which are quite powerful early on.
* Since the player is not using their own Planeswalker, there is no damage done that has to be healed in the event of a loss, and the card order is not fixed for some of the hardest games, so they can potentially be attempted repeatedly. But on the other hand, for those who prefer to pick the lowest hanging fruit first, the games will forever be there to try again, until completed.
As of the 2022 [[Streets of New CapennaDominaria United]] set, all of the two-planeswalker combinations which cover all 5 colors are:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" | First planeswalker
! colspan="2" | Second planeswalker
|-
| stylerowspan="border-right:0px2" | {{Color Icons|WUB}}| stylerowspan="border-left:0px2" | [[Dakkon, Shadow Slayer]]
| style="border-right:0px" | {{Color Icons|GR}}
| style="border-left:0px" | [[Arlinn, the Pack's Hope]], [[Domri, Chaos Bringer]], [[Samut, the Tested]], or [[Wrenn and Six]]
|-
| style="border-right:0px" | {{Color Icons|URG}}| style="border-left:0px" | [[Sarkhan Unbroken]]|-| style="border-right:0px" | {{Color Icons|WUR}}| style="border-left:0px" | [[Narset of the Ancient Way]]
| style="border-right:0px" | {{Color Icons|BG}}
| style="border-left:0px" | [[Garruk, Cursed Huntsman]], [[Nissa of Shadowed Boughs]], [[Vraska, Golgari Queen]], or [[Vraska, Relic Seeker]]
|-
| stylerowspan="border-right:0px3" | {{Color Icons|WUG}}| stylerowspan="border-left:0px3" | [[Tamiyo, Field Researcher]]
| style="border-right:0px" | {{Color Icons|BR}}
| style="border-left:0px" | [[Angrath, the Flame-Chained]], [[Ob Nixilis, the Adversary]], [[Sarkhan the Mad]], or [[Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor]]
| style="border-right:0px" | {{Color Icons|WBR}}
| style="border-left:0px" | [[Dihada, Binder of Wills]]
|-
| style="border-right:0px" | {{Color Icons|UBR}}
| style="border-left:0px" | [[Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh]], [[Nicol Bolas, the Ravager]], or [[Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{Color Icons|WBR}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Dihada, Binder of Wills]]
| style="border-right:0px" | {{Color Icons|UG}}
| style="border-left:0px" |
or [[Tamiyo, Compleated Sage]]
|-
| style="border-right:0px" | {{Color Icons|UBRWUG}}| style="border-left:0px" | [[Tamiyo, Field Researcher]]|-| rowspan="2" | {{Color Icons|UBR}}| rowspan="2" | [[Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh]], [[Nicol Bolas, the Ravager]], or [[Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God]]
| style="border-right:0px" | {{Color Icons|WG}}
| style="border-left:0px" | [[Ajani, Unyielding]], [[Calix, Destiny's Hand]], or [[Huatli, Radiant Champion]]
|-
| style="border-right:0px" | {{Color Icons|URGWUG}}| style="border-left:0px" | [[Tamiyo, Field Researcher]]|-| rowspan="3" | {{Color Icons|URG}}| rowspan="3" | [[Sarkhan Unbroken]]
| style="border-right:0px" | {{Color Icons|WB}}
| style="border-left:0px" | [[Daxos the Returned]], [[Kaya, Orzhov Usurper]], [[Kaya, the Inexorable]], [[Kaya, Geist Hunter]], or [[Sorin, Grim Nemesis]]
|-
| style="border-right:0px" | {{Color Icons|WUB}}
| style="border-left:0px" | [[Dakkon, Shadow Slayer]]
|-
| style="border-right:0px" | {{Color Icons|WBR}}
| style="border-left:0px" | [[Dihada, Binder of Wills]]
|}
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