Beats and Skies – A love letter to Preconstructed Magic

The definitive Premodern-era Theme Deck Top 10.

All the decks from Tempest to Scourge: what’s the best? Not relying on other sources today: I’m telling you what I think.
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Theme Deck Review Compendium: Eventde “Life Drain”

OK. Lorwyn Eclipsed drops this month. Let’s try and get the five Eventide decks done before that, hey? And then think about reviewing the two new theme decks.
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Theme Deck Review Compendium: Shadowmoor “Turnabout”

Hey: remember me? I just copy and paste stuff that other people have said about various old Precons. Please accept my deepest apologies for depriving you of this valuable service.
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Theme Deck Review Compendium: Shadowmoor “Overkill”

I’m just two Duels expansions off having every precon up on mtg.wiki so it’s about time to take some time out to look at a nice, simple, RG deck.
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Theme Deck Review Compendium: Shadowmoor “Army of Entropy”

Yeah so the art for the cards in this deck is pretty interchangable, eh. Just lots of dudes who are all inexplicitly on fire and still just doing their thing. Angrily. Which if you happened to be on fire does make sense, I guess.
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Theme Deck Review Compendium: Shadowmoor “Mortal Coil”

I’ve not forgotten about doing these, but I am pretty busy watching youtube footage of the 2023 MTG Arena Yargle Day event in orger to transcribe the decklists for mtg.wiki….
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Theme Deck Review Compendium: Shadowmoor “Aura Mastery”

I consider the theme decks of Shadowmoor and Eventide to be fairly transitionary to the intro packs which would soon replace them. Can you see it with this one? Or is it just me?
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Theme Deck Review Compendium: Morningtide “Warrior’s Code”

Coming straight in again with post preview art from my boy Warren Mahy. Lunk Errant just jumped out – that and the Guay piece, obviously – as being the obvious choice even before seeing the credit.
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Theme Deck Review Compendium: Morningtide “Shamanism”

When is a Treefolk deck not a Treefolk deck? When it is apparently a Shaman deck!
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Theme Deck Review Compendium: Morningtide “Going Rogue”

Another theme deck which echos a popular competitive archetype of the time, so no surprises that reviews all seem pretty positive about it.
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Theme Deck Review Compendium: Morningtide “Battalion”

The first of four decks from Morningtide, after the five of Lorwyn. Which will be followed by five in Shadowmoor and Eventide. Where’s our missing deck, Wizards circa 2008! Absolutely maddening stuff.
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Theme Deck Review Compendium: Lorwyn “Merrow Riverways”

It goes without saying that any Rebecca Guay art is fantastic, but this one has flown under the radar a bit, For me at least. There’s a bit more darkness than you’d often get which is pretty cool.
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