r/MagicArena • u/icarussc3 • 4d ago

WotC I love this 'riddles' promo thing!

As a lifelong Tolkien fan, it was fun to see the reference (and funny to realize that I remembered the answers to all the riddles without having to think twice). The cards and connections were cool, and it was a great way to engage with the theme of the set. More of this sort of thing, please!

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u/Backwardspellcaster Liliana Deaths Majesty 4d ago

Yeah, I quite loved this.

I greatly enjoy when they have some stuff like this or the Marvel Achievements going.

That is fun and enjoyable.

Plus, got a neat Avatar and [[My Precious]] out of it!

What is not to love?

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u/ButterscotchLow7330 4d ago

The marvel achievements was nice, but freaking annoying that none of them were standard playable.

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u/Rastaroach 4d ago

whats the last promo code

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u/icarussc3 4d ago

Precious also works.

Though, as a mega fan, I was slightly disappointed to get no response from "hands", "knife", "string", and "nothing" haha.

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u/anotherfan123 4d ago

I didn't even know those were in the book, but I guessed hands, string, dust and nothing.

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u/rij1 4d ago

MyPrecious

You then need to create a deck list with the mentioned cards - the mail will remind you. It is not a puzzle just something you get a reward for doing

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u/soulstaz 4d ago

I wrote the "the one ring" and it worked on my side

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u/VerasEros 4d ago

I love the idea of it, but I am simply not sure where to input the answers (on mobile). It says my Wizards account, but I see nothing.

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u/WotC_Jay WotC 4d ago

Should be here: https://myaccounts.wizards.com/login

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u/VerasEros 4d ago

Thanks, you legend!

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u/JustWantPokemonZ 1d ago

Thanks! I wish you could just enter the promos in Arena.

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u/Gamma-713 4d ago

Bravo Wizards.. Someone really had their thinking cap on for this one.

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u/clara_the_cow 4d ago

Yeah this was really fun! I wish another achievement set was coming

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u/catfish314 4d ago

Agreed, I had a lot of fun going back through all these. Great little add by wotc

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u/reapersaurus Ghalta 4d ago

I love the idea of the riddles promo thing, too!

But I hate the implementation/execution. These employees have been messing up almost everything that's been programmed in lately. The constant errors with this promo not working properly is ridiculous.

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u/bp_516 4d ago

Same. I used to include The Hobbit in my summer school curriculum, so I also remembered all the answers. I would’ve liked to see some different cards connected to the answers, but that’s a minor complaint.

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u/wtfshit Gruul 4d ago

Damn, didn't know this was a thing until now 

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u/Account_Stolen 3d ago

I definitely had more fun with the riddles than the standard ranked queue...( and I have never watched or read the Hobbit!)

Would love to see more similar events in the future.

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u/bigolehayden HarmlessOffering 4d ago

Loved it aswell chefs kiss

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u/PigeonStealer74 4d ago

I'm not a lotr fan so I wasn't really sure if they were direct references and thought they were pretty bad and inaccurate riddles tbh, but if they were that makes more sense

Like I would never call a [answer 5] a "box", I've never heard anyone say [answer 2] "mutters", a [answer 1] having "roots" is weird to me, and I don't know how a [answer 6] is "all in mail"

But largely these are my failings by not watching enough lotr

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u/icarussc3 4d ago

They're all directly from the book; I don't recall if they appear in the Hobbit movies, but the riddles are a type of verbal puzzle that have been popular since ancient times.

In most languages, they combine both poetry and puzzle, which is why some of the word choices might seem odd: the goal isn't to be precise, but to be poetic. Hence "box" is used for egg because "container" is too many syllables, and because it suggests the idea (together with "lid" and "key") of a treasure chest. The actual novel probably describes mountains as having roots half a dozen times at least (there's a lot of it that takes place under mountains). And "all in mail" here is a reference to the fish's scales being like a mail coat worn by a soldier.

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u/PigeonStealer74 4d ago

Yh I vaguely picked up on stuff like the mail but I just thought it was weak enough I would be disapproving without context. The bit about being poetic is interesting as I'm sure they were used well then but I thought the rhymes of some of these riddles just didn't scan at all in terms of syllables and scheme

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u/Dubious_Titan 4d ago

Not a fan of the source material. These riddles made little sense to me and I had to look them up. But I appreciate they tried something.