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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|Activated}} 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| class="wikitable"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.
== Opponents =Special rules ===This event has the following special rules:{{Boss health}}
== Node 1 ==
=== 1.1 The Sunset Pyramid ===
:''"Decades 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 token {{Ability|Token}} and draw 1 card.
|Ability 1 Cost=6
}}
{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Win||5|100}}{{Objective|Pauper||5}}{{Objective|Nimble|5|param2==== The Sunset Pyramid Deck List ====10|5}}|}
{{Deck List
|[[Carrion Screecher]]|creature|[[Disposal Mummy]]|creature|[[Dutiful Servants]]|creatureDesert of the Fervent|[[Mummy Paramount]]|creatureDesert of the Indomitable|[[Wretched Camel]]|creature|[[Desert of the Indomitable]]|spellTrue|[[Dunes of the Dead]]|Dutiful Servants|spellMummy Paramount|[[Desert of the True]]Unconventional Tactics|spellWretched 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}}==== Oketra's Avenger Deck List ===={{Objective|Win||5|100}}{{Objective|Hunter|4|5}}{{Objective|Terraforming|2|5}}|}
{{Deck List
|[[Aven of Enduring Hope]]|creatureFarm//Market|[[God-Pharaoh's Faithful]]|creature|[[Graven Abomination]]|creatureManalith|[[Resolute Survivors]]|creature|[[Steadfast Sentinel]]|creature|[[Sunscourge Champion]]|creatureTraveler'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
|Ability 1 Description=Destroy 1 Activated gem you control.
|Ability 1 Cost=6
}}
{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Win||5|100}}{{Objective|Mightstone|3|param2==== Proven Combatant Deck List ====5|5}}{{Objective|Prodigal|10|5}}|}
{{Deck List
|[[Champion of Wits]]|creatureCrumbling Necropolis|[[Eternal of Harsh Truths]]|creatureFarm//Market|Jace's Defeat|[[Proven Combatant]]|creature|[[River Hoopoe]]|creature|[[Seer of the Last Tomorrow]]|creature|[[Sinuous Striker]]|creature|[[Vizier of the Anointed]]|creature|[[Crumbling Necropolis]]|support|[[Farm // Market]]|support|[[Jace's Defeat]]|support
}}
== 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
|Image=RGP-2.1.png
|Color=R
|Level=60
|Hit Points=136
|Blue Black Mana=+1
|Red Mana=+3
|Green Mana=+1
|Ability 1=Burning Mind
|Ability 1 Description=You Discard one card, then the first creature you control gains X Power, where X is the Discard Discarded card's mana cost.
|Ability 1 Cost=9
}}
{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Win||15|150}}{{Objective|Magician|4|param2=9|5}}{{Objective|Veteran|3|param2=== Burning-Fist Minotaur Deck List ====12|5}}|}
{{Deck List
|[[Abrade|Burning-Fist Minotaur]]|creatureDagger of the Worthy|[[Earthshaker Khenra]]|creature|[[Wildfire Eternal]]|creatureGod-Pharaoh's Gift|[[Hour of Devastation]]|spellInferno Jet|[[Struggle Refuse// Survive]]|spellCooperate|[[Abrade]]|spell|[[Dagger of the Worthy]]|support|[[God-Pharoah's Gift]]|support|[[Refuse Struggle// Cooperate]]Survive|supportWildfire Eternal
}}
=== 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
|Ability 1 Description=Your opponent takes 6 damage and you gain 6 life.
|Ability 1 Cost=6
}}
{{Objective table header}}==== Eternal of Harsh Truths Deck List ===={{Objective|Win||15|150}}{{Objective|Ambush|2|5}}{{Objective|Foundry|4|5}}|}
{{Deck List
|[[Champion of Wits]]|Endless Sands|creatureImaginary Threats|Kefnet's Last Word|[[Ominous Sphinx]]|Riddleform|creatureSwarm Intelligence|[[The Locust God]]|creature|[[Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign]]|creature|[[Vizier of the Anointed]]|creature|[[Endless Sands]]|spell|[[Imaginary Threats]]|spell|[[Kefnet’s Last Word]]|spell|[[Riddleform]]|support|[[Swarm Intelligence]]|support
}}
=== 2.3 Unraveling Mummy ===
:''"We are no longer in control - Elekh, vizier of embalming"''
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Unraveling Mummy
|Image=RGP-2.3.png
|Color=B
|Level=100
|Hit Points=196
|Red Mana=+2
|Ability 1=Mummy's Touch
|Ability 1 Description=Each Zombie you control gets +4/+4 and {{Ability|Lifelink}}.
|Ability 1 Cost=9
}}
{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Win||15|150}}{{Objective|Researcher|12|5}}{{Objective|Gadgeteer|4|param2==== Unraveling Mummy Deck List ====9|5}}|}
{{Deck List
|[[Accursed Horde]]|creature|[[Ammit Eternal]]|creature|[[Carrion Screecher]]|creature|[[Djeru, With Eyes Open]]|creature|[[The Scarab God]]|creatureDoomfall|[[Unraveling Mummy]]|creature|[[Doomfall]]|spellGideon's Defeat|[[Hour of Glory]]|spellThe Scarab God|[[Torment of Hailfire]]|spell|[[Gideon’s Defeat]]|supportUnraveling Mummy
}}
== Node 3 ==
=== 3.1 Uncage the Menagerie ===
:''"The destruction of Rhonas's monument released his collection upon the city."''
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Uncage the Menagerie|Image=RGP-3.1.png|Color=G|Level=80150
|Hit Points=392
|White 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==== Burning-Fist Minotaur Deck List ====6|5}}|}
{{Deck List
|[[Majestic Myriarch]]|creature|[[Pride Sovereign]]|creature|[[Ramunap Excavator]]|creature|[[Ramunap Hydra]]|creature|[[Desert of the Indomitable]]|spell|[[Endless Sands]]|spell|[[Hostile Desert]]|spell|[[Hour of Promise]]|Majestic Myriarch|Pride Sovereign|Ramunap Excavator|spellRamunap Hydra|[[Rhonas’s Rhonas's Last Stand]]|spell|[[Scavenger Grounds]]|spell
}}
=== 3.2 Razaketh, the Foulblooded ===
:''"Liliana insisted on coming to Amonkhet to confront one of the two remaining demons to whom she is bound."''
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Razaketh, the Foulblooded
|Image=RGP-3.2.png
|Color=B
|Level=180
|Hit Points=452
|Ability 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.
|Ability 1 Cost=15
}}
{{Objective table header}}==== Razaketh, the Foulblooded Deck List ===={{Objective|Win||30|200}}{{Objective|Artificer|5|5}}{{Objective|Grimoire|3|5}}|}
{{Deck List
|[[Apocalypse Demon]]|creatureDoomfall|[[Dreamstealer]]|creatureGrind//Dust|Hour of Glory|No Mercy|[[Obelisk Spider]]|creature|[[The Scarab God]]|creature|[[The Scorpion God]]|creature|[[Doomfall]]|spell|[[Grind // Dust]]|spell|[[Hour of Glory]]|spell|[[Torment of Hailfire]]|spell|[[No Mercy]]|support
}}
=== 3.3 Nicol Bolas ===
:''"This is what glory looks like. - Nicol Bolas"''
{{Enemy Stats
|Name=Nicol Bolas
|Image=RGP-3.3.png
|Color=UBR
|Level=220
|Hit Points=532
|Green Mana=+4
|Ability 1=Touch of Bolas
|Ability 1 Description=Exile opponent’s The last 2 cards in your opponent handare {{Ability|Exile|Exiled}}, then exile their the last 2 creatures your opponent controls on the battlefieldare {{Ability|Exile|Exiled}}, then they take your opponent takes 40 damage.
|Ability 1 Cost=15
}}
{{Objective table header}}{{Objective|Win||50|200}}{{Objective|Reanimator|13|5}}{{Objective|Archmage|3|param2==== Nicol Bolas Deck List ====12|5}}|}
{{Deck List
|[[Wildfire Eternal]]|creature|[[Doomfall]]|spell|[[Hazoret’s Hazoret's Undying Fury]]|spell|[[Hour of Devastation]]|spell|[[Hour of Glory]]|spellImminent Doom|[[Inferno Jet]]|spell|[[Kefnet’s Kefnet's Last Word]]|spellSwarm Intelligence|[[Torment of Hailfire]]|spell|[[Imminent Doom]]|support|[[Swarm Intelligence]]|supportWildfire Eternal
}}
== Rewards Structure =={| class="wikitable"| colspan="5" |=== Progression {Rewards ===header progression}}
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!40|'''Ribbons'''{{Runes|500}}|'''Bronze'''{{Runes|2,000}}|'''Silver'''{{Runes|2,500}}|'''Gold'''{{Runes|'''Platinum'''3,000}}
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!80|'''40'''{{Crystals|5}}|500 Runes{{Crystals|5}}|2000 Runes{{Crystals|10}}|2500 Runes{{Crystals|3000 Runes15}}
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!140|'''80'''[[Card pack|5 CrystalsBasic Booster Pack]]|5 CrystalsBasic Booster Pack|10 CrystalsBasic Booster Pack|15 CrystalsBasic Booster Pack
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!200|'''140'''{{Crystals|10}}|Basic Booster{{Crystals|15}}|Basic Booster{{Crystals|15}}|Basic Booster{{Crystals|Basic Booster20}}
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!280|{{Runes|'''200'''1,000}}|10 Crystals{{Jewels|5}}|15 Crystals{{Jewels|10}}|15 Crystals{{Jewels|20 Crystals10}}
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!440|'''360'''{{Crystals|10}}|HOU Booster{{Crystals|20}}|HOU Booster{{Crystals|20}}|HOU Booster{{Crystals|HOU Booster25}}
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!520|'''440'''{{Jewels|10}}|{{Jewels|10 Crystals}}|20 Crystals{{Jewels|15}}|{{Jewels|20 Crystals|25 Crystals}}
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{{| class="wikitable"| colspan="5" |=== Coalition Ranking Rewards ===header coalition}}
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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===
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="6" |+ Original secondary objectives=== Total Possible Points ===!Date Run!Node!Objective 1!Objective 2
|-
| colspan="2" Until Jul 2018|'''Initial Charges:''' 21.1| colspan="2" |'''Max Charges:''' 8Take 10 or less damage| colspan="Lose 2" |'''Time between charges:''' 6 hoursor less creatures
|-
|'''Number of Charges'''Until Jul 2018|'''Base Points'''1.2|'''Bonus Points'''Lose 3 or less creatures|'''Total Possible Points'''|'''Time from Start'''|'''Time in PDT''' (9 AM Friday Start)Summon 4 or more creatures
|-
|2Until Jul 2018|1001.3|60|160|<nowiki>-START-</nowiki>Cast 2 or less Supports|9:00 AM FriCast 4 or more spells
|-
|3Until Jul 2018|1702.1|90|260Cast 3 or less spells|<nowiki>+6 Hrs</nowiki>|3:00 PM FriSummon 2 or less creatures
|-
|4Until Jul 2018|2202.2|120Kill 3 or less enemy creatures|340|<nowiki>+12 Hrs</nowiki>|9:00 PM FriCast 4 or more supports
|-
|5Until Jul 2018|270|150|4202.3|<nowiki>+18 Hrs</nowiki>Take 20 or less damage|Kill 3:00 AM Sator more enemy creatures
|-
|6*Until Jul 2018|3403.1|180Cast 2 or less spells|520|<nowiki>+24 Hrs</nowiki>|9:00 AM SatLose 3 or less creatures
|-
|7Until Jul 2018|390|210|6003.2|<nowiki>+30 Hrs</nowiki>Cast 2 or less supports|3:00 PM SatCast 4 or more spells
|-
|8Until Jul 2018|4403.3|240Kill 3 or less enemy creatures|680|<nowiki>+36 Hrs</nowiki>|9:00 PM SatCast 4 or more supports
|-
|9Until Oct 2023|5101.1|270|780|<nowiki>+42 Hrs</nowiki>Same|Recruit: Cast 3:00 AM Suncreatures with cost 10 or less
|-
|10Until Oct 2023|5602.3|300|860|<nowiki>+48 Hrs</nowiki>Call to Arms: Create 8 or more Creature Tokens during a single fight|9:00 AM SunSame
|-
|11Until Oct 2023|6103.2|330Spellsmith: Cast 3 or more enchantments during a single fight|940|<nowiki>+54 Hrs</nowiki>|3:00 PM SunSame
|-
|12Until Oct 2023|6803.3|360|1040|<nowiki>+60 Hrs</nowiki>Striker: Deal 20 or more damage during a single turn|9:00 PM SunSame
|-
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