Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari

Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari is the tenth set in the Duel Decks series. It will be released on September 7th, 2012 and contains two preconstructed theme decks. The MSRP is $19.99.

Contents

Izzet vs. Golgari contains two 60-card decks consisting of reprints from throughout Magic’s history, along with a preview from the Return to Ravnica set from October.

Flavor

The Izzet League, under the ingenious mind of its guildmaster, the dragon Niv-Mizzet, has dabbled, delved, and decoded many mysteries in its insatiable thirst for knowledge. Now the dracomagus seeks to plumb the depths of Ravnica’s undercity. But the Golgari don’t welcome interlopers in their dank, moldy realm.

Under the command of the elvish lich lord Jarad, the Golgari have dwelled in darkness long enough. The Swarm grows restless and its rot farms need fresh corpses. Jarad believes the time is right to teach Niv-Mizzet’s magewrights a lesson: that there is no place for Izzet research in the vicious cycle of life and death.

Alternate Art

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Box Artwork

This Duel Deck has two foil mythic rare cards with alternate artwork:

• Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord

There are two other cards with alternate artwork:

• Prophetic Bolt
• Feast or Famine

Deck lists

Izzet

Izzet deck

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Lands (24)

1 Forgotten Cave

10 Island

2 Izzet Boilerworks

1 Lonely Sandbar

9 Mountain

1 Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind

Guild Leader (1)

1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind

Creatures (14)

1 Djinn Illuminatus

1 Galvanoth

1 Gelectrode

1 Goblin Electromancer

1 Izzet Chronarch

1 Izzet Guildmage

2 Kiln Fiend

1 Ogre Savant

2 Shrewd Hatchling

1 Steamcore Weird

2 Wee Dragonauts

Other Spells (21)

1 Brainstorm

1 Call to Heel

1 Dissipate

1 Fire // Ice

1 Force Spike

1 Invoke the Firemind

1 Isochron Scepter

1 Izzet Charm

1 Izzet Signet

1 Magma Spray

1 Overwhelming Intellect

1 Prophetic Bolt

2 Pyromatics

1 Quicksilver Dagger

1 Reminisce

1 Sphinx-Bone Wand

1 Street Spasm

1 Thunderheads

1 Train of Thought

1 Vacuumelt

The rares in the Izzet deck are Djinn Illuminatus, Galvanoth, Invoke the Firemind, Prophetic Bolt, Sphinx-Bone wand and Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind.

The three preview cards from Return to Ravnica are Izzet Charm, Street Spasm, and Goblin Electromancer.

Cards newly printed in modern frames are Force Spike and Quicksilver Dagger.

Golgari

Golgari deck

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Lands (24)

1 Barren Moor

1 Dakmor Salvage

8 Forest

2 Golgari Rot Farm

1 Svogthos, the Restless Tomb

10 Swamp

1 Tranquil Thicket

Guild Leader (1)

1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord

Creatures (22)

1 Boneyard Wurm

1 Brain Weevil

1 Doomgape

1 Dreg Mangler

2 Elves of Deep Shadow

1 Eternal Witness

1 Gleancrawler

1 Golgari Grave-Troll

2 Golgari Rotwurm

1 Golgari Thug

1 Greater Mossdog

1 Korozda Guildmage

1 Plagued Rusalka

1 Putrid Leech

1 Ravenous Rats

1 Reassembling Skeleton

1 Sadistic Hypnotist

1 Shambling Shell

1 Stingerfling Spider

1 Stinkweed Imp

Other Spells (13)

1 Feast or Famine

1 Ghoul's Feast

1 Golgari Germination

1 Golgari Signet

1 Grim Flowering

1 Life // Death

1 Life from the Loam

1 Nightmare Void

2 Putrefy

1 Twilight's Call

1 Vigor Mortis

1 Yoke of the Damned

The rares in the Golgari deck are Doomgape, Gleancrawler, Golgari Grave-Troll, Life from the Loam, Twilight's Call and Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord.

The three preview cards from Return to Ravnica are Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord, Dreg Mangler, and Korozda Guildmage.

Reprints new to the modern frame are Sadistic Hypnotist, Feast or Famine, Ghoul's Feast, Life // Death and Twilight's Call.

External links

• "Magic Arcana" (Monday, May 07, 2012). "Announcing Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
• "Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari", by "Wizards of the Coast", Wednesday, August 8, 2012
• "Playing with Izzet vs Golgari", by "Wizards of the Coast", Monday, August 27, 2012