Card Game Review The decks are balanced, fun, simple and it's a cheap way to play MTG. 4 stars overall.
Good for Beginners This is a good introduction to the game of Magic the Gathering. The bad news is that these theme decks don't include the rules of the game, which are available as a free download from magicthegathering.com. However, unlike the Starter Game, you end up with five different AND PLAYABLE decks. From these decks, you'll begin to understand the differences between the colors. You'll understand that green is full of really large and powerful monsters, while blue likes to grab control over card draws.
If you continue to play Magic the Gathering, you'll end up buying lots of booster packs or buying individual cards from card dealers (either in person or online). And eventually you'll outgrow these cards. But for the beginning, this is not a bad place to start.
Magic Starter Decks If you are just starting out, this is the perfect buy for you. It's the latest addition set from Magic the Gathering and it gives you everything you need to start out, minus the instructions which can be found online. You get land cards of every color, and even some rares.
An Expensive Introduction to a Marvelous Game For the same amount of money you are spending on these decks at full retail, you could buy a couple thousand magic cards from a card store. Keep in mind these decks are 40 cards each, only come with two 'rare' cards each. For the same price per deck, buying 3 booster packs at full retail gives 3 rares. Additionally, normal magic the gathering decks are 60 cards each, so playing the 'normal' game you'd have to get more cards somehow or mash two of the decks together.
Overall, if you really want to learn Magic the Gathering, go down to your local comic or card store, and ask the cashier about learning how to play. They'll probably tell you about regular tournaments, but if you mention you have money to spend, they may arrange a tutorial. Magic the Gathering is a great intellectual fantasy game. The secondary market value of the cards inside these decks is very low, so be warned.
Decklist for Arcanis's Guile (U = uncommon) 2 Sage Owl 2 Cloud Elemental 1 Phantom Warrior U 1 Aven Fisher 1 Thieving Magpie U 1 Air Elemental U 1 Arcanis the Omnipotent -- Rare 1 Denizen of the Deep -- Rare 2 Unsummon 2 Remove Soul 1 Telling Time U 1 Boomerang 2 Counsel of the Soratami 2 Cancel 1 Tidings U 1 Kraken's Eye U 1 Rod of Ruin U 17 Island
Decklist for Evincar's Tyranny 2 Vampire Bats 1 Drudge Skeletons U 1 Thrull Surgeon U 1 Looming Shade 2 Severed Legion 1 Dross Crocodile 1 Gravedigger 1 Mortivore -- Rare 1 Mass of Ghouls 1 Ascendant Evincar -- Rare 1 Bottle Gnomes U 1 Unholy Strength 1 Cruel Edict (Uncommon, worth as much as a rare) 1 Terror 1 Assassinate 2 Mind Rot 1 Diabolic Tutor U 1 Essence Drain 1 Consume Spirit 1 Demon's Horn U 17 Swamp
Decklist for Kamahl's Temper 1 Raging Goblin 1 Viashino Sandscout 2 Bloodrock Cyclops 2 Bogardan Firefiend 1 Prodigal Pyromancer 2 Lightning Elemental 1 Furnace Whelp U 2 Thundering Giant U 1 Kamahl, Pit Fighter -- Rare 1 Shock 2 Incinerate 2 Spitting Earth 1 Threaten U 1 Beacon of Destruction -- Rare 1 Blaze U 1 Dragon's Claw U 1 Phyrexian Vault U 17 Mountain
Decklist for Molimo's Might 2 Canopy Spider 2 Civic Wayfinder 2 Rootwalla 1 Stampeding Wildebeests U 2 Spined Wurm 1 Kavu Climber 1 Craw Wurm 1 Enormous Baloth U 1 Molimo, Maro-Sorcerer -- Rare 1 Mantis Engine U 2 Commune with Nature 1 Giant Growth 2 Rampant Growth 2 Blanchwood Armor U 1 Overrun U 1 Hurricane -- 'Rare' in X edition, originally printed as uncommon 1 Wurm's Tooth U 16 Forest
40 cards this is an okay set if your new to magic,but otherwise stay clear of this set.there are 40 cards to a deck,the idiea is you combine two of the decks to make an 80 card deck,but then you have one problem.....you have 40 cards left over,not enough to make a deck.this product is at least decent.in my opinion youd be better off buying the saviors of kamigawa set of 4 theme decks. Magic the Gathering - Saviors of Kamigawa Theme Deck Set of 4
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