Wizard101 Accursed Play Gauntlet

Wizard101's newest game card is here - the Accursed Play Gauntlet! This card has theater-themed items and goodies for any wizard with a love of drama (the internet will adore this!). Take a look at what's new in this latest bundle.

Accursed Play Gauntlet Overview

Location Sold: Walmart

Cost: $39

UPC: 79936649359

Contents:

- Theater Gauntlet

- Stage Ship Mount

- Drama Llama Pet

- Dramaturgist's Gear

- Dramaturgist's Wand

- One-month membership or 5,000 crowns

Accursed Play Gauntlet

The main attraction in this card is the Accursed Play Gauntlet, a zone in the game called the Playhouse. It's a multi-room theater with stages, decorations, and more. You'll be completing only three short but exciting (and entertaining) battles. Note that the difficulty of the gauntlet will be set on par with the lowest level player who enters the dungeon with you.

Here's a quick guide as to what you can expect in the top level tier of this gauntlet. Click to show or hide each of the battles.

Battle 1: Phantom Performers (Click to Show/Hide)

Phantom Kenneth - Ice Rank 15 Boss; 10,000 health
Phantom Olivier - Fire Rank 15 Boss; 11,000 health

Cheats: None; This is arguably the most difficult battle of the gauntlet due to the enormous amount of pips that start in play on these two bosses. Treat them as normal enemies.

Battle 2: Fan-tom Stagehands (Click to Show/Hide)

Fan-tom Stagehand - Balance Rank 14 Elite; 9,960 health
Fan-tom Stagehand - Life Rank 14 Elite; 8,720 health

Cheats: None; Treat these mobs as normal enemies.

Battle 3: MacDeath (Click to Show/Hide)

MacDeath - Death Rank 17 Boss; 12,000 health
Summoned Minions:
MacLife Understudy - Life Rank 17 Elite; 6,300 health
MacStorm Understudy - Storm Rank 17 Elite; 4,700 health

Cheats:

• To be or not to be? To be, obviously! MacDeath will interrupt at the start of the first turn and cast a -100% damage Fortify on himself. 
• Et tu, Wizard? When you hit MacDeath with a damage spell, he will replace his aura with 10% less resistance than before. For example, after hitting him once, he will replace his 100% Fortify with a 90% Fortify. After the second hit, he will replace it with an 80% Fortify, and so on.
• Steal health spells do not count and will not reduce the Fortify.
• If you attempt to Supernova his aura, he will replace it with one tier lower. For example, if you Supernova his 80% aura, he'll replace it with the 70% aura.
• Once his Fortify reaches 10%, he will no longer replace it. After a few turns, the aura will expire.
• This Fortify can be pierced normally.
• May a choir of understudies sing thee to thy rest! MacDeath will summon an Understudy minion.
• Out, out, brief candle! If either a player or pet casts a healing spell, MacDeath will interrupt to cast Doom and Gloom (-75%) healing. If any player attempts to replace it with another global spell, MacDeath will interrupt to recast it.
• We few, we happy few, we band of beguileds! MacDeath will Beguile an enemy.
• Late arrivals will not be seated! If a player enters the battle after the first turn, MacDeath will interrupt to cast a universal 75%, 35%, and 25% trap. Note that these will all trigger at once.

Note: These cheats are only the results of preliminary testing and may change or be updated before the official release of the gauntlet. I am also still in the process of further refining the triggers and patterns.

Stage Ship Mount

This has to be one of the wildest mounts I've seen! The stage ship, surrounded by wooden waves, is a two-passenger mount with the standard 40% speed bonus. This mount does not provide any additional stat bonuses, which makes sense given that applying a bonus from an equipped mount to two players, or not doing so, might be weird.

Drama Llama Pet

This skull-wielding llama is the pet we saw outside the gauntlet in the latest teaser GIF that was included in this month's newsletter. It's a Death pet that provides a Virulent Plague card and starts out with a pleasant 71 pedigree. It cannot be offered for hatchmaking, per a new tag on the pet. I don't recall seeing this on past bundle pets.

Dramaturgist's Gear & Wand

This gear set on this bundle is pretty cool looking! The stats follow a slightly more traditional design this time around, offering power pips on every piece. The boots offer both critical and block. There are a few interesting cards this time around, too. First, a 7-pip AoE Beguile on the hat! The robe then offers a Double Steal Charm, and the boots give an enhanced Hex.

The wand is certainly unique but not quite as cool as the gear set. You get the standard square socket and pip conversion with damage, critical, and piercing. It's a decent wand overall, with a chance to cast Sacrifice or Bad Juju.

All of the gear is shown in the video below, but the top tier is pictured here for your convenience.

Check out this video for all of the wand and gear tiers!

Will you be buying the Accursed Play Gauntlet?

Thanks for reading and see you in the Spiral! Credits: Thanks to Tasha for helping track down this card!