Duel Deck: Knights vs Dragons Decklists and Review

So i figured instead of doing a review on this i would go over the lists themselves and believe me they are somewhat dissapointing to be quite honest, only like 12 decent cards per deck and the rest is utter crap in my humble opinion so without further ado let's look at the lists for these decks.

Knights

Creatures (24)

1 Caravan Escort

2 Lionheart Maverick

2 Knight of Cliffhaven

1 Knight of Meadowgrain

1 Knight of the White Orchid

1 Leonin Skyhunter

1 Silver Knight (new art)

1 White Knight

1 Knotvine Paladin

1 Steward of Valeron

1 Benalish Lancer

1 Zhalfirin Commander

1 Knight Exemplar

1 Knight of the Reliquary (new art)

1 Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers

1 Kabira Vindicator

1 Kinsbaile Cavalier

1 Alaborn Cavalier

1 Skyhunter Patrol

1 Plover Knights

1 Juniper Order Ranger

1 Paladin of Prahv

Other Spells (12)

1 Harm's Way

1 Reciprocate

1 Edge of Autumn

1 Mighty Leap

1 Reprisal

1 Test of Faith

1 Heroes' Reunion

1 Sigil Blessing

1 Loxodon Warhammer (new art)

1 Spidersilk Armor

1 Griffin Guide

1 Oblivion Ring

Lands (24)

2 Grasslands

1 Sejiri Steppe

2 Selesnya Sanctuary

1 Treetop Village

12 Plains

6 Forest

Dragons

Creatures (17)

1 Cinder Wall

1 Skirk Prospector

1 Bloodmark Mentor

1 Fire-Belly Changeling

2 Mudbutton Torchrunner

1 Dragonspeaker Shaman

2 Dragon Whelp

1 Henge Guardian

1 Voracious Dragon

1 Bogardan Rager

1 Mordant Dragon

1 Kilnmouth Dragon

1 Shivan Hellkite

1 Thunder Dragon

1 Bogardan Hellkite (new art)

Other Spells (19)

2 Armillary Sphere

1 Dragon's Claw

1 Breath of Darigaaz

2 Dragon Fodder

1 Punishing Fire (new art)

1 Spitting Earth

1 Captive Flame

1 Ghostfire

1 Seething Song (new art)

1 Seismic Strike

1 Claws of Valakut

1 Temporary Insanity

1 Shiv's Embrace

1 Cone of Flame

2 Fiery Fall

1 Jaws of Stone

Lands (24)

24 Mountain

Let's start with knights since it's the most dissapointing i've ever seen, i mean who cares for the new silver knight art. White Knight is good however it doesn't usually mean a deck such as this needs it, though as a uncommon it's pretty basic in my humble opinion. We have Levelers in this duel deck as well 2 Knight of Cliffhaven and a Kabira Vindicator not good i can see getting this for the Exemplar, Reliquary, Lancer and of course Paladin of Prahv since these four cards alone make knights worth it but only those four are the real good stuff oh and Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers as well since he has a seriously good cost and does things that are awesome.

Now let's talk a little bit about the spells of the Knights deck, Warhammer, O-Ring and Harm's way are quite the little package here as these three alone can save your ass when your in a fire, Blessing, Reunion and even Reprisal of all things are worthwhile even as a sweet combat trick but the dissapointment lies in the 0 mana costing Spidersilk Armor, i know it has reach and all but Spidersilk Armor is like the worst choice we all know just give me Nimbus wings instead and those nasty dragons won't stand a ghost of a chance, other then that the standard knights package of spells is present and accounted for, including Reciprocate, Test of Faith and even Griffin Guide, pretty decent spell package even if it is small.

Lands for the knights deck are pretty self explanatory, you've got the standard Grasslands, Sejiri steppe for protection, Selesnya Sanctuary for your dual mana needs, a Treetop village to make a 3/3 ape when you got the mana and basics to boot, overall rounding out the knights deck with some kick butt intution.

Dragons is a lot more dissapointing as i thought wizards precons and duel decks were getting better with Elspeth vs Tezzert and even the next walker filled one Ajani vs Nicol Bolas but i was wrong, creatures for the Dragons deck may include Cinder wall, hold up cinder wall yeah unless you got a soul's fire for that it's a worthless card and besides it blows up when it blocks, Skirk Prospector ok now you're pulling my strings wizards seriously there are few goblins in this deck, but i understand why dragons need a serious power boost and this is one of the reasons why dragons are so powerful, ok continuing on Bloodmark mentor and Fire-Belly Changeling, sure a firebreathing effect and first strike is nice when these two are in play but the firebreathing eats mana like crazy and besides what is better. Mudbutton Torchrunner that's for sure, this little dude is crazy stupidly good you all know what he should do right bout now and all that, your standard dragonian package is present here with Whelps, Voracious, Mordant, Kilnmouth and a Shivan Hellkite and Thunder Dragon along with the affore mentioned Bogardan Hellkite, pretty decent i must admit but i was also expecting a little more oomph for your buck but i will take what i can get these days.

The rest is a pretty standard Dragons pack, mountains for lands, a seething song with new art, Claws of Valakut, etc pretty overall impressive as it's time for the final score of this precon duel deck as i am forced to give this a rather dissapointing 6 out of 10, wizards could have done so much better with this, implenmenting a package of dragons which would have rocked and the fact Knights got the better of the two packages, makes me wonder if this is actually worth picking up, but at 19.99 i am sure it's gonna fly off the shelves as with all other wizards products, so that's it for me, this is vergil signing off

Magic the Gathering News: Vol 4, Duel Deck Knights vs Dragons, Results of Paris Magic Weekend and More

So it's that time again, it's time for the monthly addition of the magic news this edition we will be taking a look at some of the stuff i've already discussed including new product which is just releasing very soon, Duel Deck Knights vs Dragons, the Deckbuilder's Toolkit 2.0 and the results of Magic Weekend in Paris so let's go.

As everyone knows by now duel deck knights vs dragons is scheduled for a april 1st launch with 2 decks, one featuring Knight of the Reliquary and the other duel deck featuring Bogardan Hellkite as the mythic rares, each deck will be 60 cards, feature about 5 rares per deck and will go for about 19.99 roughly in the united states, here it will probably end up being about 24.99 roughly due to store owner's liking to make money off the danged thing, the deck lists have yet to be revealed but as you may recall i talked about this most recently in the last discussion article linked here ----> Knights vs Dragons Talk so you can catch up and see what all the hype is about,

Next on the list is the deckbuilder's toolkit 2.0 following up on the success of the last toolkit released about this time last year, it will again feature 285 cards, 100 lands, 125 random cards and 4 booster packs and will go for about 20 dollars as i said in the article here ----> Toolkit Article this toolkit is a great way for those to get started once again in magic and i feel it important to discuss the aspects of buying this, it gives you ideas for decks, as well as tips and tricks from the pros themselves, since wizards asks for their input for these things, it gives all the necessites to get started, basic lands, random cards and booster packs, it also gives you a neat carrying case for up to 4 decks, as well as being spaced out enough to fit in your backpack or bag of your choice, it's cheap and even suits those magic players whom have not been able to keep up with standard. It also has 4 random boosters from current standard sets and even features stunning artwork on the back of the box this is usually a hot seller look at the first one for crying out loud.

Magic weekend paris was a doozy of a weekend featuring both a Pro Tour and a Grand Prix at the same time, this being the first time in history this has happened and the fact the player of the year race was decided at this event, Brad Nelson took home the title of player of the year from Guillaume Matignon whom played brillantly but brad took it in 5 games to win the 2010 player of the year, this being old news though let's recap the last month of grand prix's and all that, we've seen new standard decks in the form of Tezzert Control, some ramp decks like Valakut and even some aggressive decks like quest decks which are somewhat cheap to build, overall this is pretty solid and features a lot of new ideas for the coming months which also fuel PTQ's and even FNM's to boot, should be a good one.

Well that's all for this month's edition if you have a idea for me for next month's news let me know down below in the comments and till next time readers, keep your magic hand strong, because you never know there might be a oppourtunity for you to be at the next Pro Tour just around the corner see you all next time.

Duel Deck: Knights Vs Dragons Talk

Knights vs dragons again vergil are you kidding me, no i am not, in fact i would go so far to say that this is proving to me that duel decks these days are beginning to be worth it, let me explain to you why this is so, well yesterday it was revealed that Knight of the Reliquary and Bogardan Hellkite were going to be the mythics for this particular duel deck, both with brand new stunning arts as featured below for KOTR anyways.

It also means that KOTR is going to be upgraded from a regular rare to a mythic rare as we all know during the Conflux days it was just a regular rare in a small set, nowadays we've seen KOTR going for a good chunk of change, mind you he's outta standard but still it's a good chunk of change, though no hellkite preview art has been officially unveiled we will soon see how it goes for a fact, though i do wanna see how this particular dragon art is done.

So time to talk bout the decks themselves, each one will have 60 cards with 5 rares and 1 mythic rare totalling up to 12 different decent cards when you purchase the duel deck which will go on sale as of April 1st and Cost a MSRP of $19.99 and will be available in 5 different languages as always with any duel deck, English, Spanish, German, French and Italian. though anyone who's anyone knows what Knight of the Reliquary does it is still a bad mother jammer of a card even in a extended format with lands being sacrificed left and right. Lists for the decks have yet to be revealed however we still have over a month before the product's official release date and believe me when the product is released i'll be one of the many people whom review this duel deck, i believe copysix will also being doing this since this is a piece of magic related news but then again that is just me overall i look forward to buying this on april fools day which is also a family birthday for me to celebrate yes one of my family was born on april 1st so sue me, anyhoo it's time i cut this article's strings till next time, stay frosty and remember, when you untap your lands, draw a card metaphorically speaking, this is vergil signing off.

Duel Deck Speculation: Knights vs Dragons

Now i normally do not do this sort of thing however i am a big dragon fan and i enjoy seeing a duel deck of this nature, however with it being about 3 months away from release no one knows what the heck is going on with this, that is why i feel it necessary to discuss this one since of course we don't have the decklists for this duel deck and the fact of the matter is each card in this deck either has something to do with knights so let's go over what we know so far.

This duel deck is scheduled for release on april fools day and has a price of 19,99 american, it is going to contain 2 60 card decks, one for knights and one for dragons as obvious as that is, according to the image below there may be a certain 8 converted mana cost dragon in the set, take a look at this image.

Now if that isn't a hellkite i don't know what is, the next few images also covered the symbol for this duel deck and the logo of the deck.

Both of these images are interesting and i'd like to examine the hellkite image a little more, shall we, let us first start with the obvious, firstly the amount of spikes on a dragon usually end up determining what breed it is and by the looks of it, it's truly a hellkite and even has the spiky tail to boot, the duel deck logo for this is also a representation of what appears to be knights clashing with dragons in the old fable tales. However no one truly knows what the deck will contain, speculation though the mythic for the knights could possibly be the recently spoiled white mythic known as Hero of Bladehold, found here ----> Hero of Bladehold speculation may end up changing this rumour, all that is known so far is the information provided for this duel deck, though i'd like to run through a few possibilites for the knights decklist and of course the dragons decklist starting with the knights

For the knights i expect there to be the following cards, Knight Exemplar, since it provides a boost to knights and has a awesome ability all around and it is pretty easy to get your hands on these days, Paladin En-Vec is another one of these knights that could possibly be seen since we have not seen him in any form of play since the good old tenth edition days when he was super popular, White Knight is also a decent choice for this duel deck since it's protection from black is a key element in keeping it alive and dragons are known for going into black and finally the most obvious choice off the top of my head Honor of the Pure since it provides a boost to all white creatures on the field and knights are known to be honorable, also let's not forget Knight of the Skyward Eye and Knight of Meadowgrain those two are solid knight cards for this set and should also be included, now let's move onto the obvious dragon side.

For the dragons side of things let's hope there ends up being a Flameblast Dragon thrown in there since dragons love to make things burn and flameblast is one hell of a card in the late and early game, you also have dragon whelp since it's a deadly little beast, but another one i hope that makes it is, Karthus, Tyrant of Jund it would be a bad ass card for this one and would make for one fine mythic, though they might demote Hellkite down to a regular old rare if that were to happen, some obvious spells for the dragons would be Crucible of Worlds and of course Firebreathing as well as the occasional lightning bolt, but we will see the lists when the dang thing is released this april fools day, for now that's all the speculation i can muster see you next article.