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Magic: Coalition Victory Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/14/2009
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is not at posted coordinates. To find the cache, solve the puzzle below.

MAGIC spells are powered by Mana, which is drawn from the land. Different types of land produce different colors of Mana. Visit the caches linked below to add their colors to your Mana pool. Collect all of the clues, and you will have enough Mana to cast Coalition Victory.

Black Mana Blue Mana Green Mana Red Mana White Mana Colorless Mana

Masters of the Hunt
PIRATE RAT
wetfit
karo92
Bubba Q. Jack
CacheDetectives
WV Muddy Boots
cphug184
reedkickball
Vinny & Sue Team
flyingmoose
TeamIndy
GLM
Liefdawg
jeffnerner
DePhogration
radmanryano
Bocco
fraden
Nemo Consequentia
seadog129
derektiffany
BristowCacher
schwandt
vpdj
waterfieldusa
saberspark77
mapman132
don77
Engalaand
In2Mud
Six Little Spookies
awesnap
CacheClown76
sullydavid
4EverYoungs
hooclass2002
SpursUp11
sbarosko
ZippyFinn
jemcjb
The Unstealthy Monkey
berningc
Cacheboss
freddiecrs
Ezio10
JustMeVA
kiisikwa
hzoi
Wolves of the Hunt Mana Collected
rob3k
rufnredy
donbadabon
Dukester1
rookalunds
OneCroc
NutmegBrownie
two000miler
JPWAVE
Checkers042
dminimax
CWillyPngn
iceleftd
Maryland Steelers Fan
Cheekycow
R4D8
K8Ydd
Gaiter Man
platoaddict
bigcall
rlobecker
Jedi Scout
WWCD
GZip
Invaluable1
frumiousb
CTeam
blubber-nuggets
WanderingExplorer
GoldenDaze
B-Sharps
CaveMinion
CO68
Aronel
TrexM8s
Trevelyan77
bjmiller75
Moorephun
BeachBuddies
Donbert
HeikesFamily
Agazo CT
Baseball Mom
kerrig84
LostDogsArlington
GrandmaMoses
Muddy Tracks
Baja Clan
jfigel
snowjn
GeoBeau
ladyeaglerg
kaekae999
twister69
marmon69
kgazette
bernsa
zygote2k
WVKiwi
HyperactiveGirl
huggy_d1
DeepSeaGoddess
cache mates
briandau
Ted
AA737CA
tiabih
Captain-n-Crew
INgirl91
bad-az
sunshineblue79
jipsie
manvacamp2000
kikat
#1Fishingal
pwesleynd93
SP4FUN
baby_gurl
Bonefixer
lawnrescue911
Nothereeither
zgrav
pfenix
BuckeyeFan
gob1g10
gol1ttle10
sedor18

Once you have all of the clues, follow these steps to discover the coordinates for the cache:

1) Put the clues in order, and then concatenate them into one long string with no spaces.

2) Encrypt the result from step 1 using a Railfence cipher such that the last three characters of the ciphertext are "aaa"

3) Use the result from step 2 to decode this:

kgmnlojgmhnmfinxhfvztkesmwhibzlzlwefzxooxlibhsicbxhezdwrvxiecagf

(This "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" is an attempt to thwart solution of the puzzle without finding the Mana caches, and should be somewhat straightforward once you have all the clues...but feel free to solve it as you like.)

Alternatively, put the clues in order (hint: look at first letter of clue) and type them into this certitude:


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.
Prizes: several copies of the card Coalition Victory have been claimed from the cache. Currently there are 0.

The difficulty rating incorporates the requirement of having to solve the six clue cache puzzles in the series. Terrain rating is for this cache hide only.

I am happy to confirm coordinates via email.

All card texts and card layouts, card names, and graphics included here are copyrighted © by Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

Congratulations to Jedi Scout for making his 300th cache find here!
Congratulations to Pirate Rat for making his 800th cache find here!
Congratulations to reedkickball for making his 2000th cache find here!
Congratulations to CacheDetectives for making their 6900th cache find here!

Congratulations to GLM for making his 6500th cache find here!
Congratulations to BristowCacher for making his 1000th cache find here!
Congratulations to derektiffany for making his 900th cache find here!
Congratulations to vpdj for making his 1400th cache find here!
Congratulations to waterfieldusa for making his 2100th cache find here!
Congratulations to hooclass2002 for making his 1600th cache find here!
Congratulations to JustMeVA for making his 5000th cache find here!

Voted NOVAGO's Cache of the Year for 2009!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgrc 1: Hayrff lbh pna Punaary gur Fhaf, svaq nyy bs gur pyhrf! Fgrc 2: Gur Ynfg Ivfvgbe ergerngf gb Rvtnawb Pnfgyr. Fgrc 3: Gur bar gvzr Pbnyvgvba Ivpgbel jnf cynlrq ntnvafg zr, nyy V unq va zl unaq jnf Erirefr Qnzntr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)