Urza's Saga/Theme decks
Urza's Saga has four theme decks. One is monocolored; two are bicolored; and one is tricolored.[1]
Included with each deck was a booklet with deck lists and strategy guides for all four decks. An enhanced version of each deck was also suggested to upgrade it for a competitive Standard environment. (The cards for the enhanced deck lists were not supplied)
The Plague
The Plague is a white/black control combo theme deck focusing on Pestilence.
| “ | This black/white deck uses the power of Pestilence to infect your opponent with fear while leaving you unscathed. | ” |
The rares in this deck are Pariah and Worship.
| “ | The enhanced version of “The Plague” adds additional copies of certain key cards and replaces weaker cards with the more powerful ones available in the Standard environment.[2] | ” |
Sleeper
Sleeper is a white weenie theme deck focusing on sleeping enchantments.
| “ | This mono white deck exploits the many sleeping enchantments in Urza's Saga that will awaken and transform into powerful creatures. | ” |
Creatures (15)
Enchantments (13)
2 Pacifism
The rares in this deck are Barrin's Codex and Opal Titan.
| “ | Usually the enhanced version of a preconstructed deck trims colours from the basic version or tightens the existing ones, but “Sleeper” actually gains a lot from expanding the original mono-white deck with green. White is still important as a support colour for creature suppression. Another variation that you could create from the basic recipe is a traditional “white weenie” deck.[3] | ” |
Special Delivery
Special Delivery is an aggro red/green theme deck focusing on echo.
| “ | This red/green deck makes effective use of cheap creatures with echo to deliver the damage to your opponent early and often. | ” |
The rares in this deck are Argothian Wurm and Wildfire.
| “ | The Enhanced version of “Special Delivery is similar to the basic one. The primary difference is in the mana base the enhanced version has three fewer lands. You can get away with this by using the many nonbasic lands from Tempest and Fifth Edition that let you access your two primary colours more efficiently. Thus, even though the deck has fewer lands overall, it still has the same number of red and green mana sources.[4] | ” |
Tombstone
- For the icon and part of a Magic card, see Tombstone icon.
Tombstone is a white/blue/black theme deck focusing on cycling and reanimation.
| “ | Blue/black/white is a powerful combination in this reanimator deck. Cycling allows you to get the cards you need when you need them. | ” |
Creatures (12)
The rares in this deck are Abyssal Horror and Somnophore.
| “ | The enhanced version of “Tombstone” is similar to the basic deck but makes use of improved creatures and reanimation cards in the Standard environment. [5] | ” |