2023 Starter Decks

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Starter Decks (Arena)
Set Information
Set symbol This set has no own expansion symbol.
Symbol description Cards use the symbol of their original expansion.
Release date June 2023
Plane Dominaria
New Phyrexia
Universes Beyond
Multiverse
Set size 60 cards each
Expansion code DMU, BRO, ONE, MOM, MAT, LTR, ANB & A23[1]
Arena Starter Decks
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Arena Preconstructed decks
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There were ten two-colored Starter Decks available during on Magic Arena from June 2023. They featured cards and mechanics from the sets Dominaria United, The Brothers' War, Phyrexia: All Will Be One, March of the Machine, March of the Machine: The Aftermath, as well as The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. As Tales of Middle Earth was not Standard-legal, the Starter Decks also included Alchemy and Arena Base Set cards for the first time.

Description

With the March 27, 2023 update, the new player onboarding experience on Arena was revamped. The old system of unlocking preconstructed decks through daily quests was retired in favor of "Starter Deck Duel", a new permanently available event. Unlocked after completing the tutorial, this new event lets you pick any of the ten preconstructed decks, adding the chosen deck to your collection after you won a game with it. After three wins in the Starter Deck Duel event, another newly added mode unlocks: "Spark Ranked". This mode allowed the use of already unlocked preconstructed decks in a ranked ladder only available to new players. Reaching the highest rank unlocked all the remaining decks.

Arcane Aggression

Arcane Aggression is a Blue/Red deck focused on spell-slinging. Its face card is Baral and Kari Zev.

“  Master arcane wizardry to weave together knowledge and fire in a dizzying flurry of spellcraft!  ”
Arcane Aggression

Creatures (17)

2 Electrostatic Infantry

1 Haughty Djinn

2 Third Path Iconoclast

1 Urabrask

1 Gandalf the Grey

1 Ghitu Embercoiler

1 Chrome Host Seedshark

1 Baral and Kari Zev

2 Tolarian Terror

1 Najal, the Storm Runner

2 Meldweb Curator

2 Ghitu Amplifier

Instants (12)

1 Flame of Anor

2 Shore Up

3 Meeting of Minds

3 Lightning Strike

3 Volcanic Spite

Sorceries (6)

3 Eyes of Gitaxias

3 Ral's Reinforcements

Lands (25)

9 Mountain

7 Island

1 Shivan Reef

4 Swiftwater Cliffs

4 Molten Tributary

Mythic Rares (1):

Rares (7):

Charging Ahead

Charging Ahead is a Green/Red midrange deck with a Dragon subtheme. Its face card is Rampaging Raptor.

“  Unleash the might of dragons and dinosaurs to blast through your opponent's defenses.  ”
Charging Ahead

Creatures (27)

2 Dragon Whelp

1 Samut, Vizier of Naktamun

1 Feldon, Ronom Excavator

1 Tomakul Phoenix

1 Migloz, Maze Crusher

1 Rampaging Raptor

1 Surrak and Goreclaw

1 Ogre Battledriver

2 Shivan Branch-Burner

3 Ilysian Caryatid

2 Volcanic Dragon

2 Sprouting Goblin

3 Viashino Branchrider

2 Furnace Strider

2 Kolaghan Warmonger

2 Ravenous Sailback

Instants (5)

2 Colossal Growth

3 Cosmic Hunger

Sorceries (3)

3 Epic Confrontation

Lands (25)

8 Mountain

8 Forest

1 Copperline Gorge

4 Wooded Ridgeline

4 Rugged Highlands

Mythic Rares (1):

Rares (6):

Grave Secrets

Grave Secrets is a Blue/Black Control deck with a graveyard recursion subtheme. Its face card is Rona, Sheoldred's Faithful.

“  Uncover the secrets of the past and remove all who would stand in your way with esoteric spells.  ”
Grave Secrets

Creatures (20)

2 Fallaji Archaeologist

1 Reezug, the Bonecobbler

1 Hidetsugu and Kairi

1 Mercurial Spelldancer

1 Rusko, Clockmaker

2 Rona, Sheoldred's Faithful

2 Trawler Drake

2 Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator

3 Academy Wall

2 Meldweb Curator

3 Halo-Charged Skaab

Instants (11)

1 Black Sun's Twilight

2 Murder

2 Rona's Vortex

2 Vesuvan Mist

2 Unseal the Necropolis

2 Tribute to Urborg

Sorceries (4)

1 Breach the Multiverse

1 Gix's Command

2 Phyrexian Espionage

Lands (25)

7 Swamp

9 Island

4 Dismal Backwater

1 Darkslick Shores

4 Contaminated Aquifer

Mythic Rares (1):

Growing Hope

Growing Hope is a Green/White aggro deck with a +1/+1 counters theme. Its face card is Serra Redeemer.

“  Cultivate your spirits, elementals, and elephants into an indomitable power that will triumph over all others!  ”
Growing Hope

Creatures (20)

2 Enduring Bondwarden

2 Botanical Brawler

1 Clay Champion

1 Dusk Legion Duelist

1 Serra Redeemer

1 Quirion Beastcaller

2 Benalish Knight-Counselor

2 Kami of Whispered Hopes

3 Juniper Order Rootweaver

2 Ruins Recluse

3 Fairgrounds Trumpeter

Sorceries (5)

2 Storm the Seedcore

1 Titania's Command

2 Bushwhack

Instants (6)

2 Sylvan Smite

2 Strength of the Coalition

2 Fertilid's Favor

Artifacts (1)

1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire

Enchantments (3)

3 Citizen's Arrest

Lands (25)

4 Blossoming Sands

1 Razorverge Thicket

4 Radiant Grove

8 Plains

8 Forest

Mythic Rares (1):

Rares (6):

High-Flying Valor

High-Flying Valor is a Blue/White aggro deck with a Soldier theme. Its face card is Ambush Paratrooper.

“  Soar above your opponents with your skyborne soldiers and ride the winds of victory!  ”
High-Flying Valor

Creatures (26)

1 Myrel, Shield of Argive

1 Valiant Veteran

1 Siege Veteran

1 Rescue Retriever

1 Harbin, Vanguard Aviator

1 Skystrike Officer

2 Recruitment Officer

2 Patchplate Resolute

2 Zephyr Sentinel

2 Yotian Tactician

2 Resolute Reinforcements

3 Ambush Paratrooper

3 Survivor of Korlis

2 Scrapwork Cohort

2 Aeronaut Cavalry

Instants (2)

2 Elspeth's Smite

Sorceries (3)

2 Lay Down Arms

1 Mass Production

Enchantments (4)

1 By Elspeth's Command

3 Prison Sentence

Lands (25)

6 Island

10 Plains

4 Tranquil Cove

1 Fortified Beachhead

4 Idyllic Beachfront

Mythic Rares (1):

Rares (6):

Legions of Phyrexia

Legions of Phyrexia is a Black/White deck with a sacrifice theme focused around the Incubate mechanic. Its face card is Progenitor Exarch.

“  Command the relentless power of Phyrexia and swarm over your enemies with your unstoppable army of biomechanical zealots!  ”
Legions of Phyrexia

Creatures (22)

2 Phyrexian Missionary

1 Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

1 Essence of Orthodoxy

1 Progenitor Exarch

1 Bloated Processor

1 Grafted Butcher

2 Norn's Inquisitor

2 Seedpod Caretaker

3 Alabaster Host Intercessor

3 Infected Defector

3 Benalish Sleeper

2 Ichor Drinker

Instants (4)

3 Deadly Derision

1 Pile On

Sorceries (2)

2 March Toward Perfection

Enchantments (7)

2 Sculpted Perfection

1 Phyrexian Arena

2 Ossification

2 Phyrexian Awakening

Lands (25)

1 Caves of Koilos

4 Sunlit Marsh

4 Scoured Barrens

9 Plains

7 Swamp

Mythic Rares (1):

Rares (7):

Rebel Armory

Rebel Armory is a Red/White aggro deck with an equipment theme focused around the For Mirrodin! mechanic. Its face card is Nahiri, Forged in Fury.

“  Suit up your rebellious forces with potent equipment and fight valiantly in the name of Mirrodin!  ”
Rebel Armory

Creatures (12)

1 Danitha, Benalia's Hope

2 Baird, Argivian Recruiter

1 Nahiri, Forged in Fury

1 Astor, Bearer of Blades

1 Kemba, Kha Enduring

1 Rhuk, Hexgold Nabber

2 Kemba's Outfitter

3 Bladegraft Aspirant

Instants (4)

2 Rebel Salvo

2 Hurloon Battle Hymn

Artifacts (16)

1 Dragonwing Glider

1 Bladehold Cleaver

2 Bladehold War-Whip

2 Hexgold Halberd

2 Hexgold Hoverwings

3 Barbed Batterfist

3 Vulshok Splitter

2 Hexgold Sledge

Enchantments (3)

3 Planar Disruption

Lands (25)

1 Battlefield Forge

4 Wind-Scarred Crag

4 Sacred Peaks

10 Mountain

6 Plains

Mythic Rares (1):

Rares (7):

Savage Scavengers

Savage Scavengers is a Green/Black midrange deck with a graveyard recursion theme. Its face card is Phyrexian Gargantua.

“  Unleash the power of life and death, consigning all creatures to the graveyard. But yours won't stay there for long!  ”
Savage Scavengers

Creatures (24)

2 Diminished Returner

3 Wary Thespian

1 Glissa Sunslayer

1 Terror of Towashi

1 Gixian Recycler

1 Deathbloom Ritualist

1 Sauron, the Necromancer

2 Cult Conscript

2 Phyrexian Gargantua

3 Ravenous Gigamole

2 Burrowing Razormaw

3 Blanchwood Prowler

2 Skyfisher Spider

Instants (7)

2 Go for the Throat

2 Overwhelming Remorse

3 Vanquish the Weak

Sorceries (3)

2 Urborg Repossession

1 Shadow of the Enemy

Artifacts (1)

1 Conduit of Worlds

Lands (25)

1 Llanowar Wastes

4 Haunted Mire

4 Jungle Hollow

8 Swamp

8 Forest

Mythic Rares (1):

Rares (6):

Scrapyard Sacrifice

Scrapyard Sacrifice is a Red/Black sacrifice deck with an artifact subtheme. Its face card is Mishra, Claimed by Gix.

“  Conjure implements of malice and be willing to sacrifice your creatures and artifice in pursuit of power.  ”
Scrapyard Sacrifice

Creatures (24)

1 Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist

1 Fallaji Antiquarian

2 Stormclaw Rager

1 Mishra, Claimed by Gix

1 Phyrexian Dragon Engine

1 Rankle and Torbran

1 Vraan, Executioner Thane

2 Sengir Connoisseur

2 Charforger

3 Testament Bearer

3 Sanitarium Skeleton

3 Gixian Infiltrator

3 Etched Familiar

Instants (7)

2 Corrupted Conviction

2 Ashnod's Intervention

3 Final Flourish

Sorceries (3)

3 Powerstone Fracture

Artifacts (1)

1 Urabrask's Forge

Lands (25)

1 Sulfurous Springs

4 Bloodfell Caves

4 Geothermal Bog

9 Swamp

7 Mountain

Mythic Rares (1):

Rares (7):

Sylvian Wisdom

Sylvan Wisdom is a Blue/Green Elf deck focused on the Scry mechanic and different kinds of counters. Its face card is Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres.

“  Join forces with elves and foresee your glorious victory with memory and might  ”
Sylvian Wisdom

Creatures (22)

3 Nimrodel Watcher

1 Nissa, Resurgent Animist

2 Arwen Undómiel

1 Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres

1 Elrond, Master of Healing

1 Llanowar Loamspeaker

2 Celeborn the Wise

1 Glorfindel, Dauntless Rescuer

3 Grey Havens Navigator

2 Galadhrim Guide

3 Chance-Met Elves

2 Lothlórien Lookout

Instants (4)

2 Desynchronize

2 Bite Down

Sorceries (6)

1 Marwyn's Kindred

2 Impede Momentum

3 Elven Farsight

Artifacts (1)

1 Mirror of Galadriel

Enchantments (2)

1 Tribute to the World Tree

1 Lost Isle Calling

Lands (25)

6 Island

1 Yavimaya Coast

4 Tangled Islet

4 Thornwood Falls

10 Forest

Mythic Rares (2):

Rares (6):

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