Duel Desks - Sorin vs Tibalt

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Happy Friday MTG peeps,

It is certainly a happy Friday indeed, as 'Sorin vs. Tibalt', the newest Duel Decks from Wizards of the Coast finally hit local games store shelves today.  If you are new to the game, Duel Decks were first printed in 2007 (Elves vs. Goblins) and feature two 60-card pre-constructed theme decks.  The newest deck features the Planeswalkers  Sorin, Lord of Innistrad and Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded.  Sorin heads up the black and white deck while Tibalt the black / red build, and very lucky for Friday Night Magic players, both these have not yet rotated out of standard constructed format. We picked up out copy at OMG! Games here in Barrie, Ontario and will likely grab a few card singles latter from MTG Mint Card of the alt-art cards.
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First - here's a video of the unboxing -
 

Sorin's deck has the extremely popular Lingering Souls in it's hard to get FNM promo art, as well as new Spectral Procession and Mortify art.  The rest of the cards are all about command and control.  Loads of sweet token producers or cards which benefit from tokens (like Twilight Drover or Field of Souls), or clamps down on your opponent with control cards (like Mesmeric Fiend or Gatekeeper of Malakir).

Tibalt's deck is all about the burn.  Amazing new card arts here are featured on Browbeat and Blightning.  Lavaborn Muse and the wildly popular Hellrider (currently in standard) are a host of creatures which coul knock your opponent's life total down without committing themselves to combat.  Other cards are brilliant together like Coal Stoker and Devli's Play to land some serious damage. 

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Sorin vs. Tibalt Spoiler

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Happy Friday MTG peeps,We have today two newsworthy items regarding Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt, the latest in the Duel Deck series which feature two preconstructed theme decks, one centered around Sorin, Lord of Innistrad and the other around Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded.  Duel Decks typically conatin one Mythic Rare and five Rares in each of the two decks and are easily modified to taste if you wish by getting a few additional singles from MTG Mint Card.  This is scheduled to be relased shortly on 15th March, 2013 with a suggested retail price of $20.

Here's the 4.1.1. for the set -
• Features two alternate art, premium foil, Mythic rare Planeswalker cards.
• Contents include a total of 12 rare cards.
• Six cards feature alternate art not available anywhere else.
• Contains two 60-card decks ready to play right out of the box.
• Contains a strategy and a learn-to-play insert.
• Designed for engaging head-to-head duels between experienced players

Yesterday on the mothersite, WotC Monty provided some images which included a product shot and the two Planeswalker cards which feature some very lovely art from Chase Stone.
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• • • SPOILER ALERT • • •

In other news, forum member 'Poem' provided a blurry images of what appears to be an opened Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt product package taken with a low resolution Potato-Cam.  In addition to this, 'Poem' also provided a decklist for both duel decks.

EDIT - DECKLISTS CONFIRMED TODAY  (3.06.2013) ON THE MOTHERSITE.

* We must caution you that this list may be partially or completely false and suggest you only refer to official posts to Wizards of the Coast Magic: the Gathering website. *

~Planeswalkers: 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

Creatures: 1x Butcher of Malakir, 1x Sengir Vampire, 1x Revenant Patriarch, 1x Vampire Outcasts, 1x Phantom General, 1x Mausoleum Guard, 1x Vampire Nightyhawk, 1x Fiend Hunter, 1x Vampire Lacerator, 2x Doomed Traveler, 1x Wall of Omens, 1x Child of Night, 2x Duskhunter Bat, 1x Mesmeric Fiend, 1x Gatekeeper of Malakir, 1x Twilight Drover, 1x Bloorage Vampire
Enchantments: 1x Mark of the Vampire, 1x Field of Souls
Sorceries: 1x Decompose, 1x Lingering Souls (FNM art?), 2x Spectral Procession (? Art), 1x Ancient Craving, 1x Death Grasp (? Art), 1x Absorb Vis
Instants: 1x Unmake, 1x Mortify (? Art), 1x Zealous Persecution, 1x Vampire's Bite, 1x Sorin's Thirst, 1x Urge to Feed
Lands: 2x Evolving Wilds, 2x Tainted Fields, 12x Swamp, 9x Plains
Tokens: 2x Spirit

~Planeswalkers: 1x Tibalt, the Fiend-Blodded
Creatures: 2x Ashmouth Hound, 1x Goblin Arsonist, 1x Reassembling Skeleton, 1x Scorched Rusalka, 2x Hellspark Elemental, 2x Vithian Stinger, 1x Shambling Remains, 1x Coal Stoker, 1x Lavaborn Muse, 1x Mad Prophet, 1x Hellrider, 1x Skirsdag Cultist, 1x Corpse Connoisseur, 1x Scourge Devil, 1x Gang of Devils
Sorceries: 1x Bump in the Night, 1x Faithless Looting, 1x Flame Slash, 1x Pyroclasm, 1x Recoup, 2x Browbeat (Alt art), 1x Breaking Point, 1x Blightning (Alt Art), 1x Torrent of Souls, 1x Devil's Play
Instants: 1x Flame Javelin, 1x Strangling Soot, 1x Terminate, 1x Geistflame, 1x Blazing Salvo
Enchantments: 1x Sulfuric Vortex
Land: 2x Akoum Refuge, 2x Rakdos Carnarium, 14x Mountain, 6x Swamp

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