It does indeed cast several burn spells and a handful of creatures to synergize alongside them. Aetherling, Mizzium Mortars, and Chandra’s Phoenix were coveted at the time, but have since devalued as the cards rotated out of Standard or were reprinted.Īs far as playability goes, the deck does what it’s advertised to do.

The shock lands have been replaced with solely Guildgates, and the rares are much cheaper than we’re used to at this time. Wrath of the Mortals may have been the first nail in the proverbial coffin. Wrath of the Mortalsīy Journey into Nyx Wizards had almost abandoned the value they printed in the earliest event decks. The only card worth mentioning is the obligatory shock land, Hallowed Fountain. The actual dollar value of this deck is in the dumps, too. There just wasn’t enough return on investment for keeping Skymark Roc around long enough to enchant it with Ordeal of Heliod and try to eke out a midrange victory. This Azorius ( ) deck was definitely an attempt at making all those blue/white cards from Return to Ravnica viable, but it failed utterly in this regard. That’s not to say Battlewise Hoplite and Fabled Hero are bad cards, it’s just false advertising is all. Ultimate Sacrificeĭespite its name, Inspiring Heroics only includes four cards with the heroic ability. The Modern event deck, March of the Multitudes, also came with 80 exclusive card sleeves. Battle for Zendikar’s event deck included eight rares and two mythics, supposedly the new formula. This was bumped to eight rares in New Phyrexia, before becoming 10 rares per deck from Dragon’s Maze forward. The first two event decks ( Mirrodin Besieged’s Into the Breach and Infect and Defile) came with an assortment of commons and uncommons and only seven rares.

The original event decks had a 60-card Standard precon with a 15-card sideboard, a spindown life counter, a strategy guide, a poster, and a deck box. This alternating pattern never came to fruition, and the last event deck printed was Battle for Zendikar’s Ultimate Sacrifice. Magic moved to the 2-set block style in 2015, and it was decided that event decks would alternate with the Clash Packs as the unique precon product for each set. From Dragon’s Maze forward each set only got one event deck, then only the first and third block of a set got one. Two were released with each new Standard set until 2013, when the schedule fell apart. The first two event decks were released alongside Mirrodin Besieged. They were designed to be competitive Standard-legal decks that players could pop open and play right there at an FNM. Extinction Event | Illustration by Filip BurburanĮvent decks were preconstructed 60-card decks with 15-card sideboards.

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