A victory of 2-0 in a match.
Duel 1:
... i am not sure how opponent meant to win, but his Time Vault play confused me, so i didn't take full advantage of my extra turn.
... i suspect a some sort of combination with Galvanic Key or Voltaic Key.
... with my Sol Ring could play the Bloodline Keeper in my turn 2nd.
... still won in my turn 5th, thanks to my large Vampire tribe.
Duel 2:
Opponent's 2x Black Vise almost got me, but i won in my turn 6, again thanks to my Vampire tribe that could be quickly played.
Black Lotus allowed to play Vampires faster, with transformation & haste.
... every turn counts when one faces the Time Vault with Galvanic Key or Voltaic Key combination.
... a victory in 6th turn.
Story.
... in his travels with Liliana Vess, Attentus the Planeswalker faced many rivals & enemies - who were challenging them for resources - for mysteries, spells, artifacts, power sources & allies mostly.
As soon as a planeswalker was in vincinty, rivalry usually ensued, even if diplomatic efforts occasionally proved a success, as well.
This time letter was unanswered, and pursuit of information began.
Enemy's reputation was considerable, rumours told of his vast magickal lore & wealth - Liliana wanted Attentus to quickly defeat him and steal his secrets for them both.
Attentus prepared with black & red magick spells, allied himself with a Vampyre Clan - this was his fastest opening, and Liliana wished for a hurry, afterall.
What Attentus could not foresee, was a time-meddling challenge, probably enemy was trying to take over the time flow with artifacts of his.
When the time is at stake, one should hurry - as is told by the Wise.
Attentus constructed the Sol Ring Artifact of Power in a mere eight of hours, then used it with a spell to contact Amaranth, the Bloodline Keeper.
'Thou shall recruit more of yours, with utmost haste. do not attack personally as of yet' -- Attentus ordered.
Vampyr preferred to obey this time, recognizing great magickal power within the planeswalker, as well as being seduced by ideas of rising in ranks, and of feasting upon the enemy planeswalker as well. On the noble planeswalker's blood.
Soon after, enemy gained access to the Time Vault, so at first Attentus was confused with the resulting erratic time flow, with it's leaps & stops - but maitained enough of focus to analyze his mistakes & adopted to the new rules of the duel within just one of a night.
First of Amaranth's recruits did a quick recon-attack, didn't report any opposition - he managed to drain some of enemy's life-blood using his supernatural powers, then was forced to retreat.
A quick analysis of the battlefield told Attentus that he should be persistent with initial plan of summoning as many of Vampyr as is possible in the shortest time, preferably the ones with powers to increase strength of the whole clan.
Enemy still played with time's ebbs & flow, Attentus untiringly performed summoning rites of his own, in a nervous hurry of the time-pressure.
He made sure that Vampyres obey him for a while, tempting them with noble & powerful, magickal blood of enemy planeswalker.
Two days later, he did summon enough of Vampyr, that by his hasty judgement was enough to foil enemy's plan of the local time-stream domination. They were numerous enough to arrange for Transformation, to adopt to a Clan-Tactic which increased their powers considerably.
Attentus ordered the attack, part of his forces were able to participate. Yet it proved a partial success - enemy fled weakened in last moment, forgoing his plans for long time. A second round of a magick-duel ensued.
The chase went for months, a game of hide & seek, of covering own tracks & following a trail.
Clan left him, but allowed Attentus to contact them again in future - when enemy is proven to be close.
Enemy warned, enemy prepared - in his pursuit Attentus fell into two artifact-traps that started to torment him, making his spell-advantage a tool of demise.
There was no opportunity to construct the Sol Ring this time, so the summoning rites took one day longer.
Amaranth ansered again, with more of summon spells his clanmates joined as well.
Tortured almost to his death, Attentus did maitain focus for enough to summon enough.
To prepare for the attack, Attentus needed to invest mana - magickal power - into his Vampyr allies.
Problem was it was time consuming, but a solution appeared - he could draw it from the Black Lotus, as he could once a while - transformation was complete, hastening as well.
Vampyres fell upon their prey and feasted fully this time, while Attentus & Liliana Vess gained access to the Time Vault - perhaps they will research it more fully in future.
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