Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana

Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana is the fourth set in the Duel Decks series. It was released on October 30, 2009 and contains two preconstructed theme decks. The MSRP is $19.99. Similar to its predecessors it includes six cards with new artwork, two of them foil mythic rares.

Contents

• The two 60-card decks
• Two deck boxes which feature the new alternate art of Garruk Wildspeaker and Liliana Vess
• Three creature tokens
• Garruk vs. Liliana strategy insert
• Magic "learn to play" guide

Storyline

Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana is loosely based on the webcomic The Hunter and the Veil, in which Garruk attempts to stop Liliana from obtaining a dangerous artifact known as the Veil. Garruk summons beasts to fight for him, whist Liliana uses her necromantic powers, eventually obtaining the Veil and cursing Garruk with its powers before planeswalking away. The story was meant to continue in a planeswalker novel named The Curse of the Chain Veil, but it was never published. A webcomic called The Veil's Curse, however, shows Garruk attacking Jace Beleren in an attempt to find Liliana, and Liliana deciding to use the Veil's power to kill some demons to whom she is indebted.

Alternate Art

There are two foil mythic rare cards with alternate artwork:

• Garruk Wildspeaker
• Liliana Vess

There are four other cards with alternate artwork:

• Blastoderm
• Harmonize (depicting Garruk, this artwork was later used in Archenemy)
• Mutilate
• Snuff Out (depicting Liliana)

Deck lists

Garruk

Garruk

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Lands (24)

21 Forest

2 Slippery Karst

1 Treetop Village

Creatures (18)

2 Albino Troll

2 Basking Rootwalla

2 Blastoderm

2 Indrik Stomphowler

1 Krosan Tusker

1 Plated Slagwurm

1 Ravenous Baloth

1 Stampeding Wildebeests

2 Vine Trellis

2 Wild Mongrel

2 Wirewood Savage

Planeswalker (1)

1 Garruk Wildspeaker

Artifacts (2)

2 Serrated Arrows

Enchantments (5)

1 Elephant Guide

1 Genju of the Cedars

1 Lignify

2 Rancor

Instants (4)

1 Beast Attack

1 Giant Growth

1 Invigorate

1 Windstorm

Sorceries (6)

2 Harmonize

2 Nature's Lore

1 Overrun

1 Rude Awakening

The rares in Garruk's deck are Garruk Wildspeaker, Plated Slagwurm, Ravenous Baloth, and Rude Awakening.

Liliana

Liliana

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Lands (25)

2 Polluted Mire

23 Swamp

Creatures (19)

1 Deathgreeter

1 Drudge Skeletons

1 Faerie Macabre

2 Fleshbag Marauder

2 Ghost-Lit Stalker

1 Howling Banshee

1 Keening Banshee

2 Phyrexian Rager

1 Ravenous Rats

1 Skeletal Vampire

2 Twisted Abomination

1 Urborg Syphon-Mage

2 Vampire Bats

1 Wall of Bone

Planeswalkers (1)

1 Liliana Vess

Enchantments (3)

1 Bad Moon

1 Enslave

1 Genju of the Fens

Instants (4)

1 Hideous End

1 Snuff Out

2 Tendrils of Corruption

Sorceries (8)

2 Corrupt

1 Ichor Slick

1 Mutilate

1 Rise from the Grave

2 Sign in Blood

1 Vicious Hunger

The rares in Liliana's deck are Bad Moon, Liliana Vess, Mutilate, and Skeletal Vampire.

Tokens

The Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana tokens are:

• 3/3 Beast produced by Garruk Wildspeaker
• 4/4 Beast produced by Beast Attack
• 3/3 Elephant produced by Elephant Guide

External links

• Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana product information page — Wizards of the Coast
• "Magic Arcana" (Tuesday, June 02, 2009). "Announcing Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
• "Magic Arcana" (Monday, October 19, 2009). "Garruk vs. Liliana Decklists". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.