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Because it is a PvE event, the opponents' deck lists are full of cards from Hour of Devastation and its plane of Amonkhet. [[A World Reborn]], [[Avacyn's Madness]], [[Battle of Four Tribes]] and [[The Elderspark]] are also both PvE and Coalition. None of its objectives require cards from HOU. Elements from HOU, other than the cards and bosses themselves are present: [[#1.3 Proven Combatant|Proven Combatant's ability]] affects {{Ability|Activate| classActivated}} gems, one summons Zombies, and another buffs them once cast. The 70 hour Avacyn's Madness will be the longest and most difficult event newer players have seen. Return of the God-Pharaoh is longer still: 96 hours, four days. Because it is a Boss Health event, it may, like Avacyn's Madness, end sooner. It is also more dangerous to the unwary. [[#3.3 Nicol Bolas|Nicol Bolas, Node 3.3]], is a good example. He can easily kill opponents in a very short number of turns, but plays almost entirely Spells and Spell-reliant Supports, most of which require a target: the player's creatures. It was always possible to play without creatures and make most of his deck and his Loyalty ability redundant, but he may be one of the easier bosses now because of Test of Talents. RGP has three "wheel" nodes to AM's five. The points awarded on each "wheel" vary greatly just as AM's do: 15 points on the first and 60 on the last, compared with AM's 10 points on the first and 55 on the last. They are spread similarly, also, with the middle wheel on both being 15 points for the Win! objective in both events. === Special rules ===This event has the following special rules:{{Boss health}} == Node 1 ===== 1.1 The Sunset Pyramid ===:''"wikitableDecades to build. Hours to demolish."''{{Enemy Stats|Name=The Sunset Pyramid|Image=RGP-1.1.png|Color=C|Level=1|Hit Points=24|Ability 1=Brick by Brick|Ability 1 Description=Summon 1 2/2 Zombie {{Ability|Token}} and draw 1 card.|Ability 1 Cost=6}}{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Win||5|100}}{{Objective|Pauper||5}}{{Objective|Nimble|5|param2=10|5}}|}{{Deck List|Carrion Screecher|Disposal Mummy|Desert of the Fervent|Desert of the Indomitable|Desert of the True|Dunes of the Dead|Dutiful Servants|Mummy Paramount|Unconventional Tactics|Wretched Camel}} === 1.2 Oketra's Avenger ===:''"Oketra's arrow is my spear, and her love my shield."''{{Enemy Stats|Name=Oketra's Avenger|Image=RGP-1.2.png|Color=W|Level=10|Hit Points=35|White Mana=+1|Ability 1=Fanaticism|Ability 1 Description=Target creature you control gains {{Ability|Prevent Damage}} and {{Ability|Berserker}} until the end of your turn.|Ability 1 Cost=6}}{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Win||5|100}}{{Objective|Hunter|4|5}}{{Objective|Terraforming|2|5}}|}{{Deck List|Aven of Enduring Hope|Farm//Market|God-Pharaoh's Faithful|Graven Abomination|Manalith|Resolute Survivors|Steadfast Sentinel|Sunscourge Champion|Traveler's Amulet|Wall of Forgotten Pharaohs}} === 1.3 Proven Combatant ===:''"It's not wise to keep glory waiting."''{{Enemy Stats|Name=Proven Combatant|Image=RGP-1.3.png|Color=U|Level=20|Hit Points=47|Blue Mana=+2|Ability 1=Exertion|Ability 1 Description=Destroy 1 Activated gem you control.|Ability 1 Cost=6}}{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Win||5|100}}{{Objective|Mightstone|3|param2=5|5}}{{Objective|Prodigal|10|5}}|}{{Deck List|Champion of Wits|Crumbling Necropolis|Eternal of Harsh Truths|Farm//Market|Jace's Defeat|Proven Combatant|River Hoopoe|Seer of the Last Tomorrow|Sinuous Striker|Vizier of the Anointed}}
== Node 2 ===== 2.1 Burning-Fist Minotaur ===:''"There is no afterlife. Not for me, and not for you. So think again before getting in my way."''{{Enemy Stats|Name=Burning-Fist Minotaur|Event Type Image=RGP-2.1.png|Color=R|Level=60|Hit Points=136| [[PvE]]Black Mana=+1|-Red Mana=+3|Coalition Event Green Mana=+1|Ability 1=Burning Mind| TrueAbility 1 Description=You Discard one card, then the first creature you control gains X Power, where X is the Discarded card's mana cost.|-Ability 1 Cost=9}}{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Set Win|| [[HOU]]15|150}}{{Objective|-Magician|4|param2=9|5}}{{Objective|Veteran|Deck Restrictions3|param2=12|[[Standard Format]]5}}
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{{Deck List
|Abrade
|Burning-Fist Minotaur
|Dagger of the Worthy
|Earthshaker Khenra
|God-Pharaoh's Gift
|Hour of Devastation
|Inferno Jet
|Refuse//Cooperate
|Struggle//Survive
|Wildfire Eternal
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== Opponents =2.2 Eternal of Harsh Truths ===:''"If creating the Eternals was Bolas's plan here, what was his plan for the Eternals?"''{{Enemy Stats|Name=Eternal of Harsh Truths|Image=RGP-2.2.png|Color=U|Level=80|Hit Points=166|White Mana=+2|Blue Mana=+3|Black Mana=+2|Ability 1=Affliction|Ability 1 Description=Your opponent takes 6 damage and you gain 6 life.|Ability 1 Cost=6}}{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Win||15|150}}{{Objective|Ambush|2|5}}{{Objective|Foundry|4|5}}|}{{Deck List|Champion of Wits|Endless Sands|Imaginary Threats|Kefnet's Last Word|Ominous Sphinx|Riddleform|Swarm Intelligence|The Locust God|Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign|Vizier of the Anointed}}
=== Node 12.1 The Sunset Pyramid 3 Unraveling Mummy ===:''"We are no longer in control - Elekh, vizier of embalming"''{{Enemy Stats|Name=Unraveling Mummy| classImage="wikitable"RGP-2.3.png|+Color=BObjectives|Level=100!Objective|Hit Points=196!Ribbons|White Mana=+1|-Blue Mana=+2|Win the FightBlack Mana=+4|5Red Mana=+2|-Ability 1=Mummy's Touch|Win with only common Ability 1 Description=Each Zombie you control gets +4/+4 and uncommon cards{{Ability|Lifelink}}.|5Ability 1 Cost=9}}{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Win|-|15|150}}{{Objective|Researcher|12|Cast 3 or more creatures with cost 10 or less.5}}{{Objective|Gadgeteer|4|param2=9|5}}
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{{Deck List|Accursed Horde|Ammit Eternal|Carrion Screecher|Djeru, With Eyes Open|Doomfall| classGideon's Defeat|Hour of Glory|The Scarab God|Torment of Hailfire|Unraveling Mummy}} == Node 3 ===== 3.1 Uncage the Menagerie ===:''"wikitableThe destruction of Rhonas's monument released his collection upon the city."''{{Enemy Stats|+AbilitiesName=Uncage the Menagerie!Name|Image=RGP-3.1.png!Description|Color=G!Cost|Level=150|-Hit Points=392|Brick by BrickWhite Mana=+4|Summon 1 Blue Mana=+2/|Black Mana=+2 Zombie token and draw 1 card|Red Mana=+4|Green Mana=+6|-Ability 1=Gone Wild|Ability 1 Description=Each creature you control is {{Ability|reinforce|Reinforced}} 6 times.|Ability 1 Cost=30}}{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Win||30|200}}{{Objective|Enraged|-20|5}}{{Objective|Hardened|4|param2=6|5}}
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{{Deck List|Desert of the Indomitable|Endless Sands|Hostile Desert| classHour of Promise|Majestic Myriarch|Pride Sovereign|Ramunap Excavator|Ramunap Hydra|Rhonas's Last Stand|Scavenger Grounds}} === 3.2 Razaketh, the Foulblooded ===:''"wikitableLiliana insisted on coming to Amonkhet to confront one of the two remaining demons to whom she is bound."''{{Enemy Stats|+StatisticsName=Razaketh, the Foulblooded!Level|Image=RGP-3.2.png!HP|Color=B!W|Level=180!U|Hit Points=452!B|White Mana=+2!R|Blue Mana=+5!G|Black Mana=+7!L|Red Mana=+5|-Green Mana=+2|Ability 1=Sacrifice|24Ability 1 Description=Your opponent takes X damage, where X is the sum of each of your creatures’ Power, then each creature you control is Destroyed.|0Ability 1 Cost=15}}{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|0Win||30|200}}{{Objective|0Artificer|5|5}}{{Objective|0Grimoire|03|05}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"{Deck List|+Decklist!Card Name!Creature!Spell!SupportApocalypse Demon|-Doomfall|[[Carrion Screecher]]Dreamstealer|XGrind//Dust|Hour of Glory|No Mercy|-Obelisk Spider|[[Disposal Mummy]]The Scarab God|XThe Scorpion God|Torment of Hailfire|}}|-|[[Dutiful Servants]]=== 3.3 Nicol Bolas ===|X:''"This is what glory looks like. - Nicol Bolas"''|{{Enemy Stats|Name=Nicol Bolas|Image=RGP-3.3.png|[[Mummy Paramount]]Color=UBR|XLevel=220|Hit Points=532|White Mana=+4|-Blue Mana=+6|[[Wretched Camel]]Black Mana=+6|XRed Mana=+6|Green Mana=+4||-|[[Desert Ability 1=Touch of the Indomitable]]Bolas|Ability 1 Description=The last 2 cards in your opponent hand are {{Ability|XExile||-|[[Dunes of Exiled}}, then the last 2 creatures your opponent controls on the Dead]]battlefield are {{Ability|Exile|XExiled}}, then your opponent takes 40 damage.|Ability 1 Cost=15|-}}|[[Desert of the True]]{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Win|X|50|-200}}{{Objective|(unknown card)Reanimator|13|5}}{{Objective|Archmage|-3|(unknown card)||param2=12|5}}
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{{Deck List
|Doomfall
|Hazoret's Undying Fury
|Hour of Devastation
|Hour of Glory
|Imminent Doom
|Inferno Jet
|Kefnet's Last Word
|Swarm Intelligence
|Torment of Hailfire
|Wildfire Eternal
}}
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{{Event points table|event=Return of the God-Pharaoh|start_hour= Charges 16|total_hours=96|base_1=50|bonus_1=30|base_2=50|bonus_2=30|base_3=70|bonus_3=30}} == History ==A more than five year old event, which diminished in frequency in its fourth and Possible Score fifth year; it was scheduled to run three times each in 2019 and 2020, twice in 2021, and once in 2022, on the 4th of November. Currently seeing a resurgence, being run on the 10th of February, 2023, and the 27th of October, 2023. Objectives have been changed twice; first in July 2018. In 2023, Puzzle Quest's new developers, Webcore, replaced some of the objectives for the near-Halloween running of this event. The deck list for [[#1.1 The Sunset Pyramid|Node 1.1, The Sunset Pyramid]], was incomplete for years. When originally compiled, a duplicate listing of {{Card URL|Dunes of the Dead}} was overlooked. The correct card listing, {{Card URL|Desert of the Fervent}}, was added before the November 2022 run. ===Historical objectives===
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| colspan="6" |+ Original secondary objectives=== '''Total Possible Points''' ===!Date Run|-!Node| colspan="2" |'''Initial Charges:''' 2| colspan="2" |'''Max Charges:''' 8!Objective 1| colspan="!Objective 2" |'''Time between charges:''' 6 hours|-|'''Number of Charges'''|'''Base Points'''|'''Bonus Points'''|'''Total Possible Points'''|'''Time from Start'''|'''Time in PDT''' (9 AM Friday Start)
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|2Until Jul 2018|1001.1|60Take 10 or less damage|160|<nowiki>-START-</nowiki>|9:00 AM FriLose 2 or less creatures
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|3Until Jul 2018|1701.2|90|260Lose 3 or less creatures|<nowiki>+6 Hrs</nowiki>|3:00 PM FriSummon 4 or more creatures
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|4Until Jul 2018|2201.3|120Cast 2 or less Supports|340|<nowiki>+12 Hrs</nowiki>|9:00 PM FriCast 4 or more spells
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|5Until Jul 2018|2702.1|150|420|<nowiki>+18 Hrs</nowiki>Cast 3 or less spells|3:00 AM SatSummon 2 or less creatures
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|6*Until Jul 2018|3402.2|180Kill 3 or less enemy creatures|520|<nowiki>+24 Hrs</nowiki>|9:00 AM SatCast 4 or more supports
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|7Until Jul 2018|390|210|6002.3|<nowiki>+30 Hrs</nowiki>Take 20 or less damage|Kill 3:00 PM Sator more enemy creatures
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|8Until Jul 2018|4403.1|240Cast 2 or less spells|680|<nowiki>+36 Hrs</nowiki>|9:00 PM SatLose 3 or less creatures
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|9Until Jul 2018|510|270|7803.2|<nowiki>+42 Hrs</nowiki>Cast 2 or less supports|3:00 AM SunCast 4 or more spells
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|10Until Jul 2018|5603.3|300Kill 3 or less enemy creatures|860|<nowiki>+48 Hrs</nowiki>|9:00 AM SunCast 4 or more supports
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|11Until Oct 2023|6101.1|330|940|<nowiki>+54 Hrs</nowiki>Same|Recruit: Cast 3:00 PM Suncreatures with cost 10 or less
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|12Until Oct 2023|6802.3|360|1040|<nowiki>+60 Hrs</nowiki>Call to Arms: Create 8 or more Creature Tokens during a single fight|9:00 PM SunSame
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|13Until Oct 2023|7303.2|390Spellsmith: Cast 3 or more enchantments during a single fight|1120|<nowiki>+66 Hrs</nowiki>|3:00 AM MonSame
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|14Until Oct 2023|7903.3|420|1210|<nowiki>+72 Hrs</nowiki>Striker: Deal 20 or more damage during a single turn|9:00 AM MonSame
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