Portal/2-Player Starter Set
The Portal 2-Player Starter Set was a Magic starter-level box set released in 1997, as part of the Portal product range.
Description
This 2-Player Starter Set was part of Wizards of the Coast's first major attempt at a set catering to prospective and newer players. It was designed to provide them a format with simpler rules than a core set or an expansion set. It was released in several languages. A Gift Box edition featured additional content.
Contents
- Two 35 Card preconstructed decks
- 2 Playmats (paper)
- A Play Guide to walk you through the sample game using the decks
- A Rule Book
- 1 Portal booster pack
Gift Box
The Gift Box is actually a bigger box that packages the regular box product with additional content.
- 1 extra Portal booster pack
- 2 score-keeping beads
- A checklist of all the cards in the Portal set
Decklists
Preconstructed deck 1
Preconstructed deck 2
Variant printings
Seven of the cards from these boxed sets were printed with either flavor or reminder text different than their booster pack counterparts. Those cards are: Anaconda, Blaze, Elite Cat Warrior, Hand of Death, Monstrous Growth, Raging Goblin, and Warrior's Charge.