Because it is a PvE event, the opponents' deck lists are full of cards from Hour of Devastation and its plane of Amonkhet. None of its objectives require cards from HOU. Elements from HOU, other than the cards and bosses themselves are present: Proven Combatant's ability affects 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.
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.
RotGP is also more dangerous than Avacyn's Madness, to the unwary. 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 possible, until the December 2024 run of RotGP, to play without creatures and make most of his deck and his Loyalty ability redundant, but he became one of the easier bosses after Test of Talents.
The 2024 changes proposed by Webcore add four Masterpiece cards. Using Masterpieces in PvE events is a hallmark of Webcore; Oktagon and even Hibernum avoided using them, and may in fact have used none at all. Mythics incongruously replace Uncommons and Rares in the low level boss decks. Objectives are changed to be more difficult, in an already grueling event.
Special rules
This event has the following special rules:
Boss Health event
Wins, by any player, reduce a global boss health pool. The event ends when the boss hp reaches 0%.
Contents
2024 Edition
3.3's Touch of Bolas was changed to do 40 damage even if the player controlled no creatures. Test of Talents should still be an effective counter.
"We are no longer in control - Elekh, vizier of embalming"
Researcher 12 replaced by Call to Arms 6
Djeru, With Eyes Open replaced by Zul Ashur, Lich Lord. Ammit Eternal replaced by Grave Titan. Carrion Screecher replaced by Tragic Banshee
"Liliana insisted on coming to Amonkhet to confront one of the two remaining demons to whom she is bound."
Artificer 5 : "Cast 5 or more supports in a single fight" replaced by Spellsmith 3
Obelisk Spider replaced by Mirko, Obsessive Theorist. Grind//Dust replaced by Pest Control
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
Level
HP
180
452
+2
+5
+7
+5
+2
+0
Abilities
Effect
Sacrifice
15
Your opponent takes X damage, where X is the sum of each of your creatures’ Power, then each creature you control is Destroyed.
Reanimator 13 "Summon 13 or more Zombies in a single fight." replaced by Striker 20
Doomfall replaced by Chaos Warp. Imminent Doom replaced by Hidetsugu’s Second Rite
Nicol Bolas
Level
HP
220
532
+4
+6
+6
+6
+4
+0
Abilities
Effect
Touch of Bolas
15
The last 2 cards in your opponent hand are Exiled, then the last 2 creatures your opponent controls on the battlefield are Exiled, then your opponent takes 40 damage.
A more than five year old event, which diminished in frequency in its fourth and 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 thrice; 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.
Researcher 12 : "Draw 12 or more cards during a single fight." replaced by Call to Arms 6
Djeru, With Eyes Open replaced by Zul Ashur, Lich Lord. Ammit Eternal replaced by Grave Titan. Carrion Screecher replaced by Tragic Banshee
"Liliana insisted on coming to Amonkhet to confront one of the two remaining demons to whom she is bound."
Artificer 5 replaced by Spellsmith 3 : "Cast 3 or more enchantments during a single fight. "
Obelisk Spider replaced by Mirko, Obsessive Theorist. Grind//Dust replaced by Pest Control
Before December 2024, Touch of Bolas could not be activated if the player controlled no creatures.
Reanimator 13 "Summon 13 or more Zombies in a single fight." replaced by Striker 20
Doomfall replaced by Chaos Warp. Imminent Doom replaced by Hidetsugu’s Second Rite
* Maximum charges reached if you have not started playing yet. † This is a boss health event, which can potentially end prior to the scheduled finish time.
PvE Legacy Coalition
Progression
Coalition placement
Boss Health event
HOU · Jul 2017 · v2.2
and draw 1 card.
· 100 
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and Berserker 
until the end of your turn.
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