Return to Innistrad with the New Magic the Gathering Duel Deck
March 17, 2013 by dracs
Duel decks allow us to revisit the previous block of Magic cards, this time through the eyes of two mighty Planeswalkers. The latest duel deck has just been released, returning to my favourite block Innistrad with decks headed by Sorin and Tibalt.
Duel decks are great for new players and veterans alike. For newbies it provides two good decks to get playing with and start building your collection around. For collectors it brings them two great planeswalkers!
Sorin, the Lord of Innistrad, uses white and black mana in his deck and allows you wield an army of vampires and spirits, as well take control of your opponent's creatures and even their planeswalkers!
The demon Tibalt, on the other hand, wields a combination of red and black mana. At only two mountains to cast he is incredibly cheap for a planeswalker card. His abilities are far more chaotic than Sorin's, but in the end you can enjoy the look of horror on your opponent's face when you take control of all their creatures for a turn, leaving them utterly defenceless and facing two attacking forces.
I myself am definitely going to pick this duel deck up. Sorin is one of my favourite planeswalkers, with white and black being my preferred combo anyway.
Are any of you returning to the plane of Innistrad?
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Having not been there I can’t return, but might well book a ticket.
My intro to MTG was through the Izzet v Golgari duel deck which was good value imho.
My daughter has a Red/Black deck so might want that one, although living in Newcastle she might want the Magpies’ colours! lol
Do fancy playing White?Back myself though.
White and Black, despite being opposites or maybe because of it in Magic, work really well together, I have two such decks. White allows you to support your creatures, while Black allows you to deal with your opponents.
Tibalt is probably one of the more “disappointing” Planeswalkers; the draw then discard a random isn’t a great +1 to have, the -4 ability is expensive for what is going to be…3 damage….and if you get that -6 ability off, then you were winning anyway, because if your opponent was in a stronger position and had more creatures, why haven’t they killed Tibalt already?
Tibalt might have been more interesting if he was draw and then discard a card of your choice.
With Tibalt, it kind of depends upon the rest of the deck. Might make an interesting twist to have a red deck that operates more like a black one with a lot of casting from the graveyard or similar mixed with things that base their ability by what’s in the graveyard
Black and white has been for some time very good combination and that Sorin continues that and hopefully deck itself shares that.