Duel Decks: Blessed Vs. Cursed Decklists + New Cards
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Posted on Feb. 15, 2016, 12:36 p.m. by AwesomeName
It might have been overshadowed with the announcement of Eternal Masters, but the duel decks were also posted today! Here are the new cards:
The decklists are on the bottom of the page here. As for new cards, Eerie Interlude looks very good, as a better Ghostway becuase you can choose what you want to flicker. It doesn't look like there are many noticeable reprints besides the (foil and altered art) Geist of Saint Traft that we already knew about, so I'm not sure how much value this one is going to have. What do you guys think?
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #3
Compelling Deterrence looks decent in the right build. UB Zombie Tempo perhaps? Also, the more I think about Topplegeist, the more I like it.
February 15, 2016 1:06 p.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #4
Wonder if Gravecrawler or Victim of Night will get new art.
February 15, 2016 1:33 p.m.
Sam Stoddard said the new arts were Dread Return and Momentary Blink.
February 15, 2016 1:38 p.m.
actually the bounce card and Demonic Pact look insane
February 15, 2016 1:38 p.m.
EmblemMan, I don't mind it. Just don't play Zombies in your deck (which is tough in those colors with this new set coming out I assume). But that + Disperse could possibly make Demonic Pact viable again.
February 15, 2016 1:57 p.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #9
I am very disappointed that every card in these decks is originally from the Innistrad block. The entire point of Duel Decks is that, since they do not add cards to modern and standard, they can use cards from any set, at all, and yet WotC chose to use cards from only a single block in it. This is now the second consecutive Duel Deck to do this, as Zendikar versus Eldrazi used cards almost entirely from the first Zendikar block (with the epic reprint of Primal Command being the only card not from that block), so I now worry that every Duel Deck from now on will draw cards from a limited pool. Is anyone else worried about that?
February 15, 2016 2:49 p.m.
I couldve swore it was confirmed that duel decks and clash packs were discontinued i assume that meaans after this one?
February 15, 2016 3:02 p.m.
EmblemMan I believe it was Event Decks instead of Duel Decks.
February 15, 2016 3:06 p.m.
oohh tahts lame event decks were so much better than duel decks
February 15, 2016 3:15 p.m.
EmblemMan - I disagree because Event decks always had to be Standard legal, while Duel Decks could have high impact reprints such as Gravecrawler, Geist of Saint Traft, and Dread Return like this one does.
February 15, 2016 3:17 p.m.
EmblemMan - Yes, one. And how well did it sell? I bet not nearly as much as Duel Decks sell.
February 15, 2016 3:30 p.m.
JWiley129 I cannot say how well it sold however I would say about as equal as a duel deck because duel decks are not all good and the "impact reprints" are really low impact where as the modern one had inquisition path a sword and elspeth.
February 15, 2016 3:39 p.m.
Do we want to play that game, EmblemMan?
Duel Deck: Zendikar vs Eldrazi reprints: Eldrazi Temple, Avenger of Zendikar, Consume the Meek, Primal Command, Mind Stone, Forked Bolt
Duel Deck: Elspeth vs Kiora reprints: Decree of Justice, Mother of Runes, Inkwell Leviathan, Explore.
Duel Deck: Speed vs Cunning reprints: Goblin Bombardment, Flame-Kin Zealot, Goblin Warchief, Fury of the Horde, Lightning Helix, Arcanis the Omnipotent.
Duel Deck: Jace vs Vraska reprints: Remand, Control Magic, Future Sight, Night's Whisper, Acidic Slime.
Duel Deck: Heroes vs Monsters reprints: Sun Titan, Condemn, Magma Jet.
Duel Deck: Sorin vs Tibalt reprints: Browbeat, Lingering Souls, Spectral Procession, Wall of Omens, Gatekeeper of Malakir, Sulfuric Vortex, Flame Slash.
Duel Deck: Izzet vs Golgari reprints: Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind, Brainstorm, Izzet Signet, Fire/Ice, Putrefy, Golgari Signet, Golgari Grave-Troll, Stinkweed Imp.
Duel Deck: Venser vs Koth reprints: Path to Exile, Preordain, Oblivion Ring, Anger,.
I'll stop there for now, but you should get the gist. All the cards I've mentioned are good reprints that can't happen in an Event deck. Yes, some of these were in the BW Tokens Modern deck. However the primary purpose of the Event decks were to give you a Standard deck ready for FNM. Duel Decks are much better vectors for introducing reprints of key cards in a non-traditional set or supplemental product.
February 15, 2016 4:26 p.m.
Im not playing a game I am making a point if you wanna get pissy about it then take it somewhere else. With each duel deck there was 1 card that was a necessary reprint reprinting sub 1 dollar cards is not even worth praising because its not like they dont exist or are not easy to obtain so I will still disagree with you. I will say that they do perform different functions and I think that having pre built decent decks like event decks are more relevant for the game overall then reprinting 50 cent cards I dont care if both the entire duel decks are full of playable commons if the cards are not worth the box price as a not new player it does not appeal to me as a new player maybe but event decks have a lot more power so they will be more useful to new players should they want to go to fnm.
February 15, 2016 4:33 p.m.
While true, I still disagree. Duel Decks are also an excellent entry vector into Magic. Duel Decks come with two decks that play well against each other. It's much easier to buy two decks than build two decks. Event Decks are narrow in use, and don't sell nearly as well as you seem to think. My LGS still has Magic 2014 Event Decks in stock. After all this time! However people still come in to buy Duel Decks and are a great tool to help people learn how to play.
February 15, 2016 4:39 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #20
Or you can look at it from a lore side of things and love the representation of two factions fighting each other before each new block. It sets the mood for what's to come. The New art is almost always beautiful and you get a cool little casual deck to play with a friend for $20. Not too shabby
February 15, 2016 4:56 p.m.
Topplegeist seems sweet for the type of UWx tempo deck that Reflector Mage was built for. Plus the art is perfect.
February 15, 2016 5:01 p.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #22
One card that I do like in this set, likely the only one not originally from the Innistrad block, is Momentary Blink; that card is long overdue for a reprint, and should have been in _Venser versus Koth, in my mind.
February 16, 2016 8:38 p.m.
cyborg_huey says... #23
Slightly related: Anyone have an idea as to when the new Geist of Saint Traft art will be added?
PartyJ says... #2
I think that a second Ghostway in my EDH sideboard againt Cyclonic Rift never hurts xD
February 15, 2016 12:41 p.m. Edited.