Life Meter:
Maxine: 20
Lily: 20
Corpse: 36

Lily made her move and when her turn ended it was Max's go. Maxine knew what she was getting next thanks to Nocturnus, she then reached in to get the dual land and placed in her hand. She followed up by revealing the next card which was a Stormkirk Captain, it being a red/black card meant that Nocturnus would power up. It could be seen as it looked like the creature had gained some muscle mass like it had hit the gym and gained the effects instantly. A small smile crossed Max's face and she was fairly confident her opponent had nothing to help him this turn, well fairly certain anyway. She throws down her dual land before looking at her small hand which had about 2-3 cards in, mostly vampire creatures. Her eyes looking down at her one extra Nocturnus, Nighthawk, and one other thing. Maxine gave herself a little time to think before tapping three mana to summon Nighthawk which was a plague to many opponents due to how good it was for the cost it was.

An eerie dark spot appeared next to Maxine like the one Nocturnus was in but this one showed a figure which was Nighthawk itself. It was now her battle phase and so Max sent her Vampire Nocturnus in who was 5/4 with flying at this time thanks to her dual coloured creature. The creature Nocturnus suddenly had giant back wings appear behind it, a dark essence seemed to appear around the wings which were somewhat torn in place making it seem impossible to fly yet Nocturnus was off to attack the corpse. Strange like feathers began to litter the battlefield though they were not really feather like as it was made of darkness. The creature itself was massive and so even though it could fly it did not really move much as he sent a wave of bats towards the being who at this time tried to avoid being hit. The first swarm of bats missed him but the second swarm hit him.

The bats attacking him in any way possible, biting, scratching and even ramming him even though they were small. The corpse began to scramble a bit as if it was in pain, his arms trying to shoo the bats away. As he did his life points dropped by 5 and he would not let Maxine get away with it, for now, she would but he would make sure to do something to get back at her. The bats that plagued him soon disappeared like they never existed in the first place.

Updated Life Meter:
Maxine: 20
Lily: 20
Corpse: 31

It was the creature's turn next. He drew from the top of his deck. He then put down a swamp and tapped 4 swamps casting barter in blood. Blood appeared from the card, forming spikes and looking like they would hit each of the players. The spikes of blood then split off near Max and Lily, killing the creatures instantly. It also killed the black knight the creature had. "Ittttt sseeeeeemmmsss yooouurrr crrreeeatttuuuurreesss doooon'tttt ssssssttttaaayyy oooooonnnn ttttthhhheeee fffieeelddd for veryyyy looonnngggggggg," the creature laughed after he said this. It was then Lily's turn.

"Well you can't do much by just destroying creatures and doing no damage yourself," Lily said condescendingly. Lily than drew her next card. It was an island. She then played it and tapped all her mana to summon Rubina Soulsinger. A faerie, all dressed in green and wearing a crown, appeared. A tree was standing behind her as well, just like in the card. She was holding a piece of paper and a quill in her hand. Using the paper and quill would be how she would take control of whatever creature she wanted. There wasn't a whole lot Lily could do after that so she decided to end her turn.

Land:
Maxine: 5 (3 Swamp, 1 Mountain, 1 Dual Land)
Lily: 5
Corpse: 5 (All Swamp)

Updated Life Meter:
Maxine: 20
Lily: 20
Corpse: 31

Barter in Blood was played and not much was left in Maxine's hand. With Nighthawk and Nocturnus both now gone, she was open though it was not like the opponent had much or so she hoped. Seeing the blood killing her creatures had freaked her out a little though she choked a little on her spit. Her eyes widened for a moment as she tried to catch her breath again though at the same time heard the corpse mention not keeping creatures on the field very long. Lily spoke back as she began her turn, whatever she had up her sleeve she hoped it would be played soon. Lily played a card by the name Rubina Soulsinger though that looked like that was it. Now it was her turn forcing her to pick her top card though the one under the said card ws not revealed due to Nocturnus not being on the field anymore.

Maxine looked at the card she had drawn which was a creature card known as Stormkirk Captain which would be helpful if other vampires were on the field. That was the problem with her deck, if you could control it she would have a difficult time. Her eyes scanned the cards before her before wandering what to do, she could not do much other then play a card as that was all she could do. She soon tapped three lands, one swamp, one mountain and one dual land to summon Stormkirk Captain. Like in his art he appeared with weapon in hand, gates appearing behind him which swing open with various creatures in the background. Though they moved they were not involved in the fight itself. Maxine soon ended her turn.

The corpse soon began his turn as his rotten flesh grabbed the top card from his deck where he had a quick look to see what it was. "Yooooouuuuuuuu only play with some of the rituallllll cards, I annnnnndddddd many other will play with cards one has never heeeeeaaaaarrrrrrrddddddd offfffff. I will tap ffffffiiiiiivvvvvvveeeeee lands to pppppllllllaaaaaaayyyyyyy Blooddddddd Pact of Xoth, this is a colourlesssssssss eeeeeeenchamenttttttt artifact caaaaarrrrrrddddd. You and Iiiiiiiii wiiiilllllll losssssseeeeee llllliiiiiffffffeeeeee based on the mana cost of each creature on yourrrrrrr ssssiiiiiddddeeeeee each turn uuuuunnnnnnlllllleeeeesssssess yoooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuu taaaaaapppppppppp a land and ccccccccccccrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaatureeeeeeee caaaaaaarrrrrrddddddd. Since a creature is oooonnnnnnn thhhhheeeeeee fielldddddd yoooouuuuu wwwwiilllll lossssseeeeee tttttttttttttttthree lifffffeeee per turn unleeeesssss yoooouuuuuuu payyyyyyy." The enchantment had appeared in a form of a secret book on a dark looking alter, a dark being hidden under a blanket of darkness.

Only red eyes could be seen from the shadows. It was not the end of his turn and the start of Lily's turn. "Whhhhaaaaaattttt will yyyou dddoooooo plainssssswallllkkkkeeer of plaaaaiinnnssss, ffoooorrreeesssstttt andddddd oceannnn."

Land:
Maxine: 5 (3 Swamp, 1 Mountain, 1 Dual Land)
Lily: 5 ( 2 islands, 2 forests, tri color land)
Corpse: 5 (All Swamp)

Life Meter:
Maxine: 20
Lily: 20
Corpse: 31

Lily wish she could have done something about that enchantment, but she was all tapped out. She also didn't have any card in her hand that could deal with the enchantment. "Well that is a pretty strong enchantment you have there. Hopefully I can draw something that might be able to deal with it." It was Lily's turn.

She drew her card, hoping it would be something that could deal with the enchantment. Sadly, it wasn't anything of the sort. While Roon of the Hidden Realm wasn't a bad card, it wasn't something that Lily needed to draw at this particular time. It wouldn't hurt to put it down though. She would have to take the damage from the enchantment though. Lily thought it would be worth it regardless. Lily tapped all of her mana to summon Roon. The rhino soldier appeared exactly as he did on the card, holding a staff in one hand and a shield in the other. Due to not being able to pay for the enchantment's affect, Xoth appeared. Xoth moved towards Lily and attacked her. It hit Lily in the left arm, causing some blood to flow down her arm. Lily screamed due to it. "Fuck, that hurts. I was hoping I wouldn't actually get hurt. Well guess i can attack with Rubina Soulsinger, even if it won't be much damage."

Lily had Rubina attack the creature. She flew over to the creature and attacked it in the arm in the same place Lily got hit. "Well that's karma for you!", Lily said excitedly. She then ended her turn.

Updated Life Meter:
Maxine: 20
Lily: 18
Corpse: 29

Land:
Maxine: 5 (3 Swamp, 1 Mountain, 1 Dual Land)
Lily: 5 ( 2 islands, 2 forests, tri-color land)
Corpse: 5 (All Swamp)

Updated Life Meter:
Maxine: 20
Lily: 18
Corpse: 29

Blood Pact of Xoth Effect:

A colourless enchantment artifact card. Where players lose life based on the mana cost of each creature on your side of the field. At the start of each turn, you lose equal to the mana cost of each creature unless you tap a land and creature card. (Defined it a bit better for future reference, well until this match ends)

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Maxine watched in horror as Lily was hurt by the enchantment on the field though she did get back at the caster of the enchanment. Still it was a little sickening to see, this game needed to come to a swift end before something even worse happened. It seemed to be her turn though she had nothing that could remove that enchantment which would be doing big blows every turn. Maxine soon swiped the card from the top of her deck where her eyes glued to the artwork of a known vampire she used every so often. Drana, Liberator of Malakir, a three costing legendary mythic vampire creature. Though a 2/3 it had first strike and flying plus it could buff other vampires on the field if they attacked the same turn as well. Maxine did not have much in her hand and so she was limited to what she could do. However, she could not leave herself open.

She had no creatures on the field so she would not take damage this turn unless a spell was thrown her way though so far it seemed all that really happened was field clearance. She never had more then two to three creatures down at one time since playing this game. Her mind ponders over the limited plays she could do forcing her just to tap three mana to play Drana, Liberator of Malakir. Unlike how Nocturnus turned up Drana, Liberator of Malakir appeared as a large puddle of blood under Maxine's feet and around her, staining her shoes in the process. A figure soon began to rise from the said red crimson puddle to take the form of Drana, Liberator of Malakir. It was still very strange to see this stuff as the spell of iron hit Maxine's nosetails, it felt very real though for a moment she somehow forgot it was real. Her eyes glared over the field that was once the kitchen.

It was now the Corpses turn to make his move, hopefully not a creature killing card or something of that nature.

Land:
Maxine: 5 (3 Swamp, 1 Mountain, 1 Dual Land)
Lily: 5 ( 2 islands, 2 forests, tri-color land)
Corpse: 5 (All Swamp)

Updated Life Meter:
Maxine: 20
Lily: 18
Corpse: 29

Blood Pact of Xoth Effect:

A colourless enchantment artifact card. Where players lose life based on the mana cost of each creature on your side of the field. At the start of each turn, you lose equal to the mana cost of each creature unless you tap a land and creature card. (Defined it a bit better for future reference, well until this match ends)

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It was the corpse's turn. He drew a card. He then played a swamp and tapped 4 of his lands to summon Abyssal Persecutor. A demon with large red wings and horns appeared. In his right hand he was carrying a black sword. "Thiiisssss carrrdddd is verrryyyy sttttrroonnngggg. Theee doowwwnsiddeee beeeiinnngg I cannnn'tttt wwiiiinnn annndd yoouuuu twwooo caaannn't lossseee thhheeee gaaaammmeeee. Thaaattt gives mmmmeeee moooorrreee tiiiimmmmeeee tooo meesss wittttthhhh yooooouuuu.", the corpse said with a smile on his face. He did nothing for the rest of his turn.

A creature card with 6/6 flying and trample for 4 wasn't a very bad card at all, especially with the downside. Lily knew it would be a difficult to deal with. Lily could use Rubina to take control of the demon, but that would result in taking more damage as a result and she didn't really want to do that, not right now. Things could change depending on what card was drawn. Lily did her turn and drew naturalize. The card she needed to deal with it. Lily than tapped a mana and Rubina in order to not get dealt damage by the enchantment. She then tapped a forest and an island to use naturalize. The corpse's enchantment dissipated as a result of the spell. "Well that didn't last very long. Could thing I drew that card as it would have made this game more difficult as time went on. Sadly, I don't have enough mana to summon what I want, but will next turn and things should turn around fast after that." The corpse was not enthused that his enchantment was destroyed already. "Yooouuuuu wiiillllll paaaayyyy fffooorrr thiiisssss," the corpse said looking at Lily.

"Whatever you say. Know me and Max should be able to deal with you in no problem, am I right?", Lily said looking over to Max. Lily then ended her turn.

Land:
Maxine: 5 (3 Swamp, 1 Mountain, 1 Dual Land)
Lily: 5 ( 2 islands, 2 forests, tri-color land)
Corpse: 6 (All Swamp)

Land:
Maxine: 5 (3 Swamp, 1 Mountain, 1 Dual Land)
Lily: 5 ( 2 islands, 2 forests, tri-color land)
Corpse: 6 (All Swamp)

Updated Life Meter:
Maxine: 20
Lily: 18
Corpse: 29

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A creature card with 6/6 flying and trample was played on the corpses turn and it was a very good card for its cost even with the effect it had. It was like Platinum Angel but it could trample and was stronger and cheaper. The corpse did not seem to do anything else and soon ended his turn though Maxine watched the new creature on the enemies side while Lily took her turn. Lily tapped her creature and one mana so she would not lose any life. This was really not the game she knew, the game she knew was fake and you would not get hurting playing it. So far this game has caused some form of pain and it was downright scary knowing something bad could happen at any moment. Lily soon played her next card which seemed to get rid of that horrible enchantment which made make sigh we relief. The corpse did not seem pleased by what Lily did.

"Right Lily, we can do this..... I mean we are best friends and have been playing this for ages anyway." It was now Maxine's turn meaning she drew her top card to see what it was though it was nothing but land at this time and her hand was pretty small at the moment. Maxine soon played her new swamp card which soon faded into existence around her like the other lands did for her and the two other players on the field. Maine was in a tight bind at the moment as some of her better creatures were wiped out due to the opponents strategy. At this point, it seemed as if the opponent could only control and stall with what she had seen so far, those that did not stall were monster fodder. Maxine soon looked at Drana, Liberator of Malakir, the only creature on her side of the field so far. Max had a choice to attack or not, the corpse did spend four of his six mana so she could possibly attack him without any problems on her turn at least.

"Drana, Liberator of Malakir attack the corpse directly" Max uttered. The mythic creature soon went into attack, the creature was quick as it ran towards the corpse who in turn took a few steps back. Players would generally try to not get hit though would always get hit unless they had a spell or monster to protect them. "Ggghhhhhhaaaaaaaaaa" the corpse moaned as he took damage to his upper left chest area, a place that would be fatal if he were alive. With that Maxine's turn ended and the corpse's one began.

The corpse picks up his next card with his rotten hand before looking it over. For a moment, the corpse did nothing but stare the two girls down. It was hard to tell but he was doing it, the landscape had distanced the three though somehow they could still hear each other. The corpse soon tapped two mana to play Order of the Ebon Hand who soon burst onto the field out of nowhere. It was a 2/1 black creature with two mana abilities. One was to gain first strike for two mana and the other was to buff attack for one mana. The corpse soon looked over to Max where he soon ordered his creature from the last turn to attack Max unless she blocked. Maxine would take damage regardless if she blocked or not due to trample. The big 6/6 creature soon made its way towards Maxine through flight.

Upon seeing it approach Maxine became to scared to move and even to scared to demand her creature block her. Even if she called it right now it was too late. Maxine's eyes widened as the creature lunged at her which in turn knocked her on her bum. A big splash followed and it felt as if she was winded from it, it was like a tackle from a bear going full force yet somehow not being killed by it. Maxine was not going to get up for several turns. The swamp water bathing her as she stayed still trying to breathe properly once more. At this time she wondered why she did not die, she was going to question it but the wind that was knocked out of her prevented her from doing so. The corpse soon ended his turn.

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Land:
Maxine: 6 (4 Swamp, 1 Mountain, 1 Dual Land)
Lily: 5 ( 2 islands, 2 forests, tri-color land)
Corpse: 6 (All Swamp)

Updated Life Meter:
Maxine: 14
Lily: 18
Corpse: 29

Land:
Maxine: 6 (4 Swamp, 1 Mountain, 1 Dual Land)
Lily: 5 ( 2 islands, 2 forests, tri-color land)
Corpse: 6 (All Swamp)

Updated Life Meter:
Maxine: 14
Lily: 18
Corpse: 29

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Lily was surprised Max didn't have a way to deal with the demon that attacked. She thought for sure that she would. Lily wasn't too worried though as she had Rubina. Lily took her turn. The card she drew was an island which she put onto the field. She then tapped 5 mana to finally summon Tamiyo. Lily had wanted to for such a long time. She appeared on the field similar to the card. She was a tall, pale figure wearing a green and white garb. She held a telescope in her left hand and several scrolls were moving around her body. There wasn't much targets Lily wanted to use Tamiyo on though, as she just wanted to tap stuff. Lily instead tapped Rubina so she could take control of Abyyssal Persecutor. Rubina was signing a contract and when she did, the demon moved from the corpse's side of the field to her's, still tapped. "Thanks for the creature. Hope you weren't too attached to it," Lily said with a devilish grin on her face. Lily then ended her turn.

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Land:
Maxine: 6 (4 Swamp, 1 Mountain, 1 Dual Land)
Lily: 6 ( 3 islands, 2 forests, tri-color land)
Corpse: 6 (All Swamp)

Updated Life Meter:
Maxine: 14
Lily: 18
Corpse: 29

Land:
Maxine: 6 (4 Swamp, 1 Mountain, 1 Dual Land)
Lily: 6 ( 3 islands, 2 forests, tri-color land)
Corpse: 6 (All Swamp)

Updated Life Meter:
Maxine: 14
Lily: 18
Corpse: 29

Maxine's Field:
Drana, Liberator of Malakir x1 (2/3)

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When Lily did her turn she really did put a wrench in the corpses plan though still no one could win or lose. She summoned her planeswalker Tamiyo making Max wonder where she put her planeswalker, it was not in this deck but perhaps somewhere in her collection. Something in her head yelled that her planeswalker might be important. Lily soon ended her turn though Max still tried to recover from being rammed so hard from the Demon now in Lily's possession. Max looked over at Lily for a moment as she got back on her feet though her body ached somewhat and there she was now wet from the swamp water her cards were dry as if the swamps were not there. The smells coming from the swamp were starting to go as if Maxine was getting used to it, the swamp water under her was strangely warm.

A moment passed before Maxine went to pick her top card from the deck. She took it slowly and soon looked it over before looking at her nearly none existing hand, something that happened time to time in a game of MTG. Maxine once again could do nothing forcing her to play the card she just drew. The dual land, one swamp and one mountain were tapped to bring forth Stromkirk Captain, a 2/2 vampire and with him on the field, her other creature would get a boost in power and defence as well as gain first strike. Maxine was on guard just because so far the corpse had destroyed almost everything on the field. Maxine soon ordered Drana, Liberator of Malakir to attack the corpse, though the corpse had something on the field it could not fly so he was going to get attacked directly.

Like last time Drana, Liberator of Malakir moved swiftly through the air, the blade it used pointing at the corpse who once again took a few steps back as the vampire went for him. A chunk of flesh had come off his body when the vampire struck him, this one hurt as he made a sound that could be described as agony. Black fluid leaving the area that was now gone and even though most would bleed out he stood strong like before and soon spoke to Max directly. "Dooooo Yyyyoooouuuu notttttt have aaaaaaa plllaneswwwwallkerrrr young laaaadddddyyyy?" Max shook her head at that answer and soon said "Not on me, why is it important?"

The corpse replies "The gggggggame offffffff tttthhhhhheeeee daaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrkkkkkkk gammmmmmeeeeeeeessssssss isssssssssssss based around the planeswalkers and so youuuuuuu neeeeeeeedddddddd one to be youuurrrrr ally. Iiiiiii aaaammmmm goinggggggg easyyyyyy on yoooouuuu buttttt otherssssss won't. The planewalkers will protect you and will be byyyyy yourrrrrr siddeeeee afttterrrr thhiiiisss battle, this batttlllle is to teachhhh yooouuuu and awaken youuuuurrrr planewalker. Though if yooouuuu wantttt theeemmmm to figgghhhttt you muussstttt play their card to do so." Max sighs for a moment before saying "So you are saying our chosen planeswalker(s) will be awakened during this battle and will be there to guide us but not fight unless they are played like other cards, is that right?" Corpse "Yeeesssss, here in physical form buttttt onlllyyyy during the dark games. Doooooo you unddderstandddddd plainswalker of plains, forest and ocean?"

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Land:
Maxine: 6 (4 Swamp, 1 Mountain, 1 Dual Land)
Lily: 6 ( 3 islands, 2 forests, tri-color land)
Corpse: 6 (All Swamp)

Updated Life Meter:
Maxine: 14
Lily: 18
Corpse: 26

Maxine's Field:
Drana, Liberator of Malakir x1 (3/4 because of boost)
Stromkirk Captain

Corpse's Field:
Order of the Ebon Hand x1 (2/1)

Land:
Maxine: 6 (4 Swamp, 1 Mountain, 1 Dual Land)
Lily: 6 ( 3 islands, 2 forests, tri-color land)
Corpse: 6 (All Swamp)

Updated Life Meter:
Maxine: 14
Lily: 18
Corpse: 26

Maxine's Field:
Drana, Liberator of Malakir x1 (3/4 because of boost)
Stromkirk Captain

Corpse's Field:
Order of the Ebon Hand x1 (2/1)

Lily's Field:
Tamiyo the Moon Sage x1

Rubina Soulsinger x1 (2/3)

Abyssal Persecutor x1 (6/4)

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Lily looked content with what the corpse was saying. "Well Tamiyo is one of my favorite plainswalkers, so that is fine if it is one I will have to use throughout the dark games," Lily said, smiling at the end. I have an idea of what Max's could be, but maybe I could be wrong and might be another plainswalker entirely."

The corpse didn't wait long to see if Lily really understood before starting his turn. He drew a card, put down a swamp, and tapped all his mana to summon Hollowborn Barghest. It was a hound covered in black fur and looked like it had no eyes. It was a 7/6 creature and it's ability might affect both Lily and Max if they continue to play their cards or the corpse discards cards more. The corpse didn't have much else to attack with so decided end his turn.

Lily took her turn. She drew her card, which was a counterspell. Lily knew this card would come very handy, especially with things a black mana player can do to the field in general. Lily then tapped 5 of her mana to summon roon of the hidden realms. He appeared from the card, a rhino warrior carrying a staff in his right and and a shield in his left. His ability would be good to use when she had the chance. Lily than had the Abbysal Prescutor attack the corpse. The demon ripped into his left leg, dark blood gushing out of his wound. The corpse's life was now around Max and Lily's amount, which was good for them. Lily also used one of Tamiyo's abilities, tapping down the Hollowborn Barghest that was recently summoned. Things were looking good for Max and Lily.

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Land:
Maxine: 6 (4 Swamp, 1 Mountain, 1 Dual Land)
Lily: 6 ( 3 islands, 2 forests, tri-color land)
Corpse: 7 (All Swamp)

Updated Life Meter:
Maxine: 14
Lily: 18
Corpse: 20

Maxine's Field:
Drana, Liberator of Malakir x1 (3/4 because of boost)
Stromkirk Captain

Corpse's Field:
Order of the Ebon Hand x1 (2/1)

Lily's Field:
Tamiyo the Moon Sage x1

Rubina Soulsinger x1 (2/3)

Abyssal Persecutor x1 (6/4)

Roon of the Hidden Realms x1 (4/4)

The creature the corpses summoned was a little freaky, Maxine was not too sure what to think of it other than it being a freaky yet strong hound creature. It looked like the corpse was having some problems at the moment and as he said he was going easy on them, Maxine doubted at this point how far the two could go if things were going like this. It was now Lily's turn, what could she do at this point, probably a whole lot more than what Maxine could do. Maxine's eyes looked over to Lily as she took the top card from the deck despite her being somewhat far from her since the mana on the field changed the environment separating them somewhat. Lily managed to keep the corpse at bay at this time as she summoned another creature, attack with the one the corpse summoned during the last turn and even tapped the hound creature making him mostly defenceless, he still had Order of the Ebon Hand though but at the moment it was not too much of a problem.

Soon it was Max's go like all players did she took the top card and had a quick look at it. When she did she lowered the card a little before looking at the corpse. Her face was mostly neutral though as quickly as she lowered the card she picked it up, her eyes looking it over. "How did you get here?" she said softly to herself. Maxine looked at Lily for a moment though at this time looked a little bewildered. Her hand was close to empty at this time, only two cards were in her hand, both non-spell cards. Maxine pondered what she could do but at this time, she was a little useless, Lily was kind of carrying the team at this point. Max soon tapped the number of mana she needed to summon the card she was going to play. "Come forth, even if I don't understand how you got in my deck." A phase of purple mist appeared with elements of darkness weaving in-between the purple mist. The mist soon fused with the darkness and formed a figure out of it.

Liliana of the Dark Realms was now on the field, she stood right next to Max at this time and since her card was played she could now use her abilities if Maxine wanted too. Since the corpse was pretty free to attack she sent her mythic vampire at the corpse since it could fly over the one creature that was no tapped. Like last time, the vampire used its weapon to slash the corpse but unlike last time, no flesh was removed. The corpse was down to 17 life points now but even then it did not matter as they nor the corpse could win this game until that creature was destroyed. With that, Maxine ended her turn.

"My turn now," said the corpse as he pulled his next card from the deck where he looked it over before just getting on with his turn. He then tapped five of his mana to play his planeswalker, one the two players or any player had ever seen before. A pool of dark shadows appeared around the corpse and off it a unhuman shaped creature appeared from him as if it was acting as his aura. "This planeswalker isssssssssssss not iiiinnnnnnnn the game you plllllllaaaaaaaayyyyyyy young oneeeeeeesssssssss, this is Xilla of ffffffllllllleshhhhhhh. A 5 power planewalker yet has the same number of abilities as your planeswalkers have." The corpse paused for a moment. "In shhoort the thrrreeee abilities areeeee theeee folowing. Discardddddd X from my handdddd forces other playyyyerssss to discard X cardddsss from there hand but remove two points from the planeswalker. Theeeee second ability is an add point ability. It isssss ratherrr a simple oonnneeee, It cannnnnn counterrrrr any ability or spell. The lasssttt one is a game changer young oneeesss and for thatttt reason won't be used."

The corpse soon ended his turn meaning it was Lily's go now.

[Xilla of Flesh is not real, just so you know]

"Well it seems like you got the plainswalker I was talking about," Lily said pretty excitedly. "Though not sure why you don't put that into your deck normally. She is a pretty good one. Weird that it got into your deck and you didn't put in it though. Not sure how that would happen. Mean guess we know what your plainswalker will be for use as this game should be over pretty soon unless this rotting carcass can come up with something that can stop it. I highly doubt it though."

Lily took her turn. She hoped for a card she could actually use, but just got an island. didn't really matter at this point since the game was probably going to end real soon. She still had that counterspell from last turn so that could help as long as it didn't get discarded by the corpse. Lily played the island that she drew and then did Tamiyo's first ability again, tapping the hound. Lily then attacked with the Abyssal Presecutor and Roon of the Hidden realms at the corpse. She was hoping both the attacks would go through, but she wasn't sure what else the corpse might have as he still had one swamp open.

Lily was right. While Abyssal Persecutor was able to attack the corpse directly just fine, the corpse had order of the ebon hand block Roon. Roon's weapon killed the creature without much thought. The corpse than tapped his last swamp and played tragic slip. As the creature was flying back to Lily's side of the field, it bumped into a branch, falling to it's death and dying. Lily laughed a bit from what just happened.

"Was curious as to what would happen when a card like that was played once we started this time of game, but now I know. Doesn't really matter much now since this game should be over soon. I imagine you can deal with the rest right Max?" There wasn't much left the corpse could do at this rate and Max should have some way of doing the needed damage.

"Huh, Tragic Slip made it look rather silly, not a good way to go in battle, well it is now out of the way so things should end very soon." In the end, Lily made her move, did some damage to the corpse and things were going their way which was good. Max soon grabbed the top card on her deck and had a look at it. It was a creature by the name of Quag Vampires, it was a one mana creature but she could buff it with its ability. Max did not waste much time as she soon tapped her dual land and summoned the new vampire to the field. Maxine also tapped all four of her swamps to pay the kicker cost. Quag Vampires would enter the battlefield a 3/3 instead of a 1/1. Nocturnus would have done real nicely at this time but she only had one left in the deck and so drawing it was unlikely now.

The vampire creatures were against a nearby tree which was found in most swamps. The red tribal patterns on the creatures were of unknown understanding to all except other vampires, vampires of their tribe and Liliana of the Dark Realms. The creatures were silent as one held a bow while the other a spear. The new vampires eyed all the players on the field though they watched the corpse more so since he was the enemy. Maxine could not do much at this time and so she sent her mythic rare vampire at the corpse. He could not block it but he could, however, block Stormkirk Captain so Maxine left him to defend this turn, next turn if the Corpse survived Lily's turn would get a rush of all of her vampires. Max then ended her turn.

It was the corpses turn now and his speaking changed somewhat, he no longer said words longer then one should from what he said next. "Good, good, just as things should be. Learn young ones and you will live to play another day, though I was never going to let you lose as it is my job to get you ready for the real games which could take your very lives. I hope you are ready to go forth after this fight as trouble will come to you." The corpsed paused before taking his next card and had a quick look at it. He soon taps three mana to summon PhyrexianCrusader who was a 2/2 with protection from red and white. The corpse could not do much more, hopefully, the game would be ended by either Lily or Max. Lily did have some blue so who knew what would come up.

"I end my turn, Lily can you finish me or will it be Max? Whatever the case when I do lose my body will be gone forever but my spirit will remain with both of you. So if you have questions I will be there to guide you" he said.

"Not sure how I feel about a creepy corpse still following us in spirit, but I guess if it's just along to help that's okay." Lily said outloud. It was Lily's turn and unless she drew some type of pump spell, she wouldn't be able to end the game on her turn. The Hollowborn Barghest was still tapped from Tamiyo's ability and could use it on the other creature the corpse summoned. Lily just wouldn't have enough damage. It didn't end up mattering as the card she drew was gigantic growth. Lily then had Tamiyo do her ability to tap the Phyrexhian Crusader. Lily then tapped a forest to pump up Roon of the Hidden Realms. Lily than had Roon attack the corpse. Roon jabbed his staff into the corpse's chest, dealing the required damage to defeat the corpse. Once that was done, everything on the field and around the room disappeared, appearing as the living room was before they started the game. The corpse was still in the room however.

"I thought you were going to like disappear and be with us in spirit or whatever?" If that's the case why are you still here?," Lily said with a confused look on her face.

The game had ended and Maxine was relieved about that, she watched as the mana based environment and creatures fade from existence. Lily soon brought something up which the corpse eventually began to explain. "I will lose my physical body in a moment young ones. Before that happens I need to tell you even if I have said it before the following. I went easy on you, the fight was indeed hard but everyone after me will not let you by so easily. It is important to have each other's backs if you want to survive, time to time you will be teaming up during MTG fights. Not everyone will be an enemy but that does not mean they won't fight you to test your worth if you prove yourself they will aid you if not will leave you where you stand." The corpses body started to smoke and fall apart slowly, a deep blue flame began to cover the creatures body.

"You must defeat all those who come to destroy even if it is someone you know or like. Players from the past, present and future will awaken and so new good and evil players will awaken. In turn, this will feed the dark games which will make it stronger, your job is to make sure it does not go out of control or it will swallow the whole world as we know it. Once you beat everyone which is a great task on its own you must watch over the dark games which will be locked away in a special place until the games once more returns." The corpse soon began to lose his stance as he soon ended up on all fours on the ground. Parts of his flesh began to melt, rip and just fade into dust, his blood dripping to the ground yet not straining it. "You will know if something is wrong as your senses will tell you so you don't need to watch it all the time" the corpse added.

The corpse's jaw soon ripped from where it once was to the ground where it shattered into a million pieces before just fading from reality. Though it was gone his voice was still heard. "Some will cheat, others won't but in the end, you must prevail over them. I don't have much time so I will say one more thing and this is only advice and you don't have to take it. Young ones if you can make another deck, it may prove useful.... I will be gone from the physical world but not from the spirit world, I won't be able to speak to you for 24 hours but after I will. I can fillllllllllllll yoooooouuuuuuuu innnnnnnnnnnnnn ssssoooommmmmeeeeeemmoreeeeeee iffffff neeeeddddeeeedddd." The corpse soon melted into a puddle, a potent smell followed that made Maxine want to gag. However, the smile soon just went away as if it was never here in the first place. The puddle was gone as well.

"Ummmmmmm, did you follow any of that Lily and that was pretty disturbing right?" Max said to her friend.

"Uhhh yeah I did get some of whatever the corpse was saying. So basically we need to fight people from the past, present, or future who will do something to make the dark games stronger? Sounds very similar to Yu-Gi-Oh, but better since it is in regards to magic! Can never get enough of magic, though rather it'd be the traditional game instead of what we just played. You are also very right Max. What the corpse did was pretty disgusting. Actually think I need to go use the restroom.", Lily said as she ran into the restroom, shutting the door. Strange noises were coming from it. Shortly after Lily came back out.

"So how do we know when these people will strike? Will it be like whenever or what? Guess we'll just have to wait a day until the corpse tells us more about it, if he does come back. I don't know about you, but we should go relax and eat or something. That match was pretty demanding. Have any ideas of what you want to do? Anything but magic would be good with me.", Lily laughing after she said that line.

Max listened to Lily who soon ran to the bathroom, strange sounds followed though at this time Maxine was not sure why she was still listening. That fight was harder than she thought it was, decks with the ability to control the field always made things ten times harder for her. Perhaps she should make another deck as the corpse suggested, but what deck could she make? She did not think for very long as Lily soon returned. Lily asked a question or two and Max was not sure how to answer it, she could try, though. "Ummm, well if they are anything like the corpse we will know, if not I guess we will get a horrible surprise." Maxine paused for a moment thinking what they could do. "Well we could go to the movies, I mean we have not done that since last month where we almost got into a fight with the prick in the middle row, you remember that right?" Maxine said slowly.

Max looked over at Lily for a moment, her BFF generally liked the same things as her and the two always did end up in some funny and somewhat strange situations a lot fo the time. "I think a break from Magic is needed, I do have to think of a second deck, though. The corpse said we should and so maybe I should do it. He did control me for most of the fight until you started controlling him. I believe you are fine though both of our decks have weaknesses," Maxine said quickly. The young woman was not even sure what was even showing at the movies, she had not seen the listings seen last month. Hell, who knew if Lily was even up for a movie at this time. Max could use a drink but it was a little early for that, plus the house had no beer, vodka or whiskey at this time. Max did start thinking about what Lily said once more.

These people from the past, present and future could pop up anywhere at any time, it could interfere with their lives. Max's face had focus on it which soon turned to the usual face she made showing she was OK.

Lily reminisced a bit about that. "Oh yeah! I remember that. Not sure what it was over again, but we definitely could had taken him on easily". Lily really wanted to beat that person up the more she thought about it. "Going to the movies would be a very nice way to relax, especially after today. Maybe we could see Warcraft or X-Men Apocalypse? Both of those movies look pretty good."

Lily thought more about how the fight went against the corpse and what Max was saying. "Yeah I feel I need to make another deck as well. There wasn't a whole lot I could do several of the times. Will go up against must stronger opponents as well, so might have to make even more, depending on the situation. I think we can overcome whatever gets in our way so I'm not too worried.", Lily said smiling.

Lily loved Max's idea about drinking as well, even if they didn't have anything in the house right now. "You know what we could do Max? We could go get some drinks and go see a movie. What do you think of that? Haven't drank in some time and that would be really fun to do, especially today."

"Drinking and a movie did I get defeated in the game we just had and now I am in some sort of afterlife?" Maxine said. Max soon moved over to the fridge and opened it up, the fridge was one of those big American type fridge/freezers. An ice dispenser was located on one of the fridge/freezer doors of the fridge, a small digital display was above the dispenser though all it displayed was the time and the current temperature of the fridge itself. Not much was in the fridge itself, it seemed the pair would have to go shopping sometime today or tomorrow, that or they order in again. Some vegetables sat in the drawer under all the shelves present, various drinks such as water, orange juice, semi-skinned milk and an energy drink or two were on the shelf which was connected to the door of the fridge. Various other items were in the fridge as well such as butter, two eggs, a block of cheese, something that was once jelly and several jars which had jam, mustard, mayonnaise and sauerkraut in them.

"Lil, we are out of food again. Looks like we will be having take out again unless we make a trip to the supermarket. Anyway, I better get my ID, these places sense when you don't have them and so they ask you just to annoy you" Max said. The question was where did Maxine leave her ID, she was drunk the last time she had it and she vaguely remembered placing it somewhere on the ground floor. She sighed a little, she could have asked Lily but she too was pissed out of her skull the last time she had her ID on her. Maxine soon closed the doors of the fridge before she turned to Lily, she did not say anything as the young woman began looking around the room. She was sure Lily knew what Max was looking for, it happened often and each time Max would go red. She sighed once more as she darted about the kitchen, she was sure Lily would just find it as if she knew where it was.

All they needed us there ID's and wallets. "Crap" Maxine uttered as she had not seen her wallet since she had seen her ID. She had found cash laying about her room, mostly in the side table where a large number of notes were rolled up. Well, it was large once now it was more on the small side. Max kept darting around the kitchen wondering if Lily was thinking 'That is Max for you.'