Rivals Quick Start Set

The Rivals Quick Start Set was released in July 1996. Being the first box set in the history of Magic, featuring preconstructed theme decks and extensive game guides, it was aimed to better explain the rules of Magic than any standard rule book could.

Contents

The Rivals Quick Start Set contained:

• 112 standard 4th Edition cards divided into 4 decks (2 x 30 and 2 x 26)
• 2 rules cards
• 4 deck list cards
• 2 player guides covering 2 demo games
• 1 enhanced rule book with 4th Edition rules
• 1 mini–issue of The Duelist magazine which introduced the Magic world
• 1 consumer response card to provide feedback
  

Decklists

Kazz's First Deck

Kazz's First Deck

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Lands (12)

4 Island

4 Mountain

4 Swamp

Creatures (11)

2 Murk Dwellers

2 Scathe Zombies

2 Zephyr Falcon

1 Hill Giant

1 Ironclaw Orcs

1 Lost Soul

1 Merfolk of the Pearl Trident

1 Mons's Goblin Raiders

Instants (4)

2 Unsummon

1 Terror

1 Twiddle

Sorceries (3)

2 Disintegrate

1 Pyrotechnics

Kazz's Second Deck

Kazz's Second Deck

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Lands (12)

4 Island

4 Mountain

4 Swamp

Creatures (4)

2 Vampire Bats

1 Orcish Artillery

1 Sorceress Queen

Artifacts (3)

1 Battering Ram

1 Clockwork Beast

1 Jayemdae Tome

Instants (1)

1 Power Sink

Sorceries (2)

1 Detonate

1 Fireball

Enchantments (4)

1 Cursed Land

1 Energy Flux

1 Feedback

1 Orcish Oriflamme

Zakk's First Deck

Zakk's First Deck

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Lands (12)

4 Forest

4 Plains

4 Swamp

Creatures (10)

2 Bog Imp

2 Scryb Sprites

1 Bog Wraith

1 Durkwood Boars

1 Elven Riders

1 Grizzly Bears

2 Pearled Unicorn

Instants (6)

2 Alabaster Potion

2 Healing Salve

2 Terror

Sorceries (2)

1 Raise Dead

1 Untamed Wilds

Zakk's Second Deck

Zakk's Second Deck

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Lands (12)

4 Forest

4 Plains

4 Swamp

Creatures (5)

1 Elvish Archers

1 Mesa Pegasus

1 Wall of Bone

1 War Mammoth

1 Whirling Dervish

Artifacts (2)

1 Glasses of Urza

1 Rod of Ruin

Instants (1)

1 Reverse Damage

Interrupts (1)

1 Dark Ritual

Sorceries (1)

1 Winter Blast

Enchantments (4)

1 Circle of Protection: Black

1 Circle of Protection: Red

1 Warp Artifact

1 Weakness

Follow-up

The Rivals Quick Start Set was supposed to be the first on a series of Quick Start Sets. The next box, called Conquest Quick Start Set, was already announced, but the production was cancelled shortly afterwards.

A similar box set called Introductory Two-Player Set was released later that year for the European and Japanese markets.