Theme deck (preconstructed)

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Contents 1 Structure 2 Core Sets 3 Expansion sets 3.1 Shadowmoor block 3.2 Lorwyn block 3.3 Time Spiral block 3.4 Ice Age block 3.5 Ravnica block 3.6 Kamigawa block 3.7 Mirrodin block 3.8 Onslaught block 3.9 Odyssey block 3.10 Invasion block 3.11 Masques block 3.12 Urza block 3.13 Tempest block 3.14 Mirage block (MTGO only) 4 Starter Level Sets 5 Duel Decks 6 Trivia

Theme decks, constructed by Wizards of the Coast, are a type of Magic product that have been sold as a part of each expansion since Tempest. In Shards of Alara, they were called intro packs.

[edit] Structure

A preconstructed theme deck is a deck made from a card pool of the current legal edition and cards from the current block as well.

Theme decks from expansions, like a Starter-level deck, contain two rares and 13 uncommons (older theme decks from the Tempest block contained three rares and 12 uncommons), but the amount of lands and common cards are different because it is an actual deck design, with a total of 60 cards. Theme decks from core sets contain two rares and five uncommons with a total of 40 cards.

Intro packs consist of 41 cards, one of which is a foil rare and 1 booster pack.

[edit] Core Sets

Core Sets have had theme decks since 7th Edition and have had one for each color. Theme decks from core sets are only made with cards from that core set, while theme decks from expansion sets have cards from that set's block. Every core set theme deck has two rares.

Main article: Core set/Preconstructed theme decks

[edit] Expansion sets

Theme decks from expansion sets may contain any card printed in that specific block as of that expansion set. For example, the Critical Mass preconstructed deck from Saviors of Kamigawa, contains seven cards from the other sets in the Kamigawa block.

[edit] Shadowmoor block

Main article: Shadowmoor block/Preconstructed theme decks

[edit] Lorwyn block

Main article: Lorwyn block/Preconstructed theme decks

[edit] Time Spiral block

Main article: Time Spiral block/Preconstructed theme decks

[edit] Ice Age block

Main article: Ice Age block/Preconstructed theme decks

Coldsnap is part of the Ice Age block. Unlike the other block sets, Alliances and Ice Age, it does have preconstructed theme decks thus the block has four theme decks.

[edit] Ravnica block

Main article: Ravnica block/Preconstructed theme decks

Each of the Ravnica block sets have theme decks that concentrate on the individual guilds in that set. Since the block was built around the 10 guilds of Ravnica, the set has 10 theme decks instead of the standard 12 per block.

[edit] Kamigawa block

Main article: Kamigawa block/Preconstructed theme decks

[edit] Mirrodin block

Main article: Mirrodin block/Preconstructed theme decks

[edit] Onslaught block

Main article: Onslaught block/Preconstructed theme decks

Onslaught theme decks introduced a new design on their cardboard box that quickly showed the colors used to build the deck. Although Legions is a creature-only set, only one theme deck has only creatures in it (besides lands) — Elvish Rage. The other decks have other card types from Onslaught.

[edit] Odyssey block

Main article: Odyssey block/Preconstructed theme decks

[edit] Invasion block

Main article: Invasion block/Preconstructed theme decks

Invasion was the first expansion set to have a five-color theme deck; Spectrum.

[edit] Masques block

Main article: Masques block/Preconstructed theme decks

[edit] Urza block

Main article: Urza block/Preconstructed theme decks

Urza's Saga was the first expansion set to have a three-color theme deck. Radiant's Revenge is the only theme deck with both rares being artifacts.

[edit] Tempest block

Main article: Tempest block/Preconstructed theme decks

Theme decks from this block contained 3 rares each. After this block, theme decks contained two rares each.

[edit] Mirage block (MTGO only)

Main article: Mirage block/Preconstructed theme decks

The Mirage block theme decks were designed for MTGO, as these expansion sets were printed before theme decks were first printed in the Tempest block.

[edit] Starter Level Sets

Main article: Starter level/Preconstructed theme decks

Portal did not contain theme decks, but Portal Second Age and Portal Three Kingdoms contained five and three decks respectively. Each of these theme decks contained three rares. Starter 1999 contained five theme decks, each with two rares.

[edit] Duel Decks

Main article: Duel Decks

The Duel Decks contain two theme decks and a total of eight rares.

[edit] Trivia

From expansions, there are 148 theme decks; 30 decks are mono-colored, 103 decks contain 2 colors, 10 are tri-colored and five contain all five colors. From core sets, there are 20 theme decks; each of which are mono-colored.

From starter level sets, there are 13 theme decks; each of which are mono-colored.

In total, there are 181 theme decks; 63 decks are mono-colored, 103 decks contain two colors, 10 are tri-colored and five contain all five-colored.

Theme decks from Portal Second Age, Portal Three Kingdoms and the ones from the Tempest block each have three rares. All other theme decks have two rares.

• Invasion was the first expansion set to have a five-color theme deck.
• Urza's Saga was the first expansion set to have a three-color theme deck.
• Little Bashers contains the most Equipment (8) of any theme deck.
• Radiant's Revenge is the only theme deck with both rares being artifacts.
• Ravnica block and Shadowmoor block are the only blocks where each of their theme decks are two-colored.