Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana
| Symbol | ||
| Design Team | Erik Lauer and Gregory Marques | |
| Development Team | same as design | |
| Release Date | October 30, 2009 | |
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| Size | 120 (two 60-card theme decks) | |
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| Sets in Duel Decks | ||
| Divine vs. Demonic | Garruk vs. Liliana | Phyrexia vs. The Coalition |
| Magic: The Gathering Chronology | ||
| Zendikar | Garruk vs. Liliana | Premium Deck Series: Slivers |
Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana is the fourth set in the Duel Decks series. It was released on October 30, 2009 and contains two preconstructed theme decks. The MSRP is $19.99. Similar to its predecessors it includes six cards with new artwork, two of them foil mythic rares.
Contents |
[edit] Contents
- The two 60-card decks
- Two deck boxes which feature the new alternate art of Garruk Wildspeaker and Liliana Vess
- Three creature tokens
- Garruk vs. Liliana strategy insert
- Magic "learn to play" guide
[edit] Storyline
Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana is loosely based on the webcomic The Hunter and the Veil, in which Garruk attempts to stop Liliana from obtaining a dangerous artifact known as the Veil. Garruk summons beasts to fight for him, whist Liliana uses her necromantic powers, eventually obtaining the Veil and cursing Garruk with its powers before planeswalking away. The story was meant to continue in a planeswalker novel named The Curse of the Chain Veil, but it was never published. A webcomic called The Veil's Curse, however, shows Garruk attacking Jace Beleren in an attempt to find Liliana, and Liliana deciding to use the Veil's power to kill some demons to whom she is indebted.
[edit] Alternate Art
There are two foil mythic rare cards with alternate artwork:
There are four other cards with alternate artwork:
- Blastoderm
- Harmonize (depicting Garruk, this artwork was later used in Archenemy)
- Mutilate
- Snuff Out (depicting Liliana)
[edit] Deck lists
[edit] Garruk
| Garruk | ||
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| Lands 21 Forest 2 Slippery Karst 1 Treetop Village Creatures 2 Albino Troll 2 Basking Rootwalla 2 Blastoderm 2 Indrik Stomphowler 1 Krosan Tusker 1 Plated Slagwurm 1 Ravenous Baloth 1 Stampeding Wildebeests 2 Vine Trellis 2 Wild Mongrel 2 Wirewood Savage Planeswalker 1 Garruk Wildspeaker | Artifacts 2 Serrated Arrows Enchantments 1 Elephant Guide 1 Genju of the Cedars 1 Lignify 2 Rancor Instants 1 Beast Attack 1 Giant Growth 1 Invigorate 1 Windstorm Sorceries 2 Harmonize 2 Nature's Lore 1 Overrun 1 Rude Awakening | |
The rares in Garruk's deck are Garruk Wildspeaker, Plated Slagwurm, Ravenous Baloth, and Rude Awakening.
[edit] Liliana
| Liliana | ||
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| Lands 2 Polluted Mire 23 Swamp Creatures 1 Deathgreeter 1 Drudge Skeletons 1 Faerie Macabre 2 Fleshbag Marauder 2 Ghost-Lit Stalker 1 Howling Banshee 1 Keening Banshee 2 Phyrexian Rager 1 Ravenous Rats 1 Skeletal Vampire 2 Twisted Abomination 1 Urborg Syphon-Mage 2 Vampire Bats 1 Wall of Bone | Planeswalkers 1 Liliana Vess Enchantments 1 Bad Moon 1 Enslave 1 Genju of the Fens Instants 1 Hideous End 1 Snuff Out 2 Tendrils of Corruption Sorceries 2 Corrupt 1 Ichor Slick 1 Mutilate 1 Rise from the Grave 2 Sign in Blood 1 Vicious Hunger | |
The rares in Liliana's deck are Bad Moon, Liliana Vess, Mutilate, and Skeletal Vampire.
[edit] Tokens
The Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana tokens are:
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3/3 Beast produced by Garruk Wildspeaker
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4/4 Beast produced by Beast Attack
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3/3 Elephant produced by Elephant Guide
[edit] External links
- Official Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana Information Product Page — Magic: The Gathering
- "Announcing Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana", by "Magic Arcana", DailyMTG.com, Tuesday, June 02, 2009
- "Garruk vs. Liliana Decklists", by "Magic Arcana", DailyMTG.com, Monday, October 19, 2009


