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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The Hobbit “Story Decks”: the next chapter.

I actually did it! Another post, so soon after the last one, and with three new casual Hobbit deck lists for your consideration.
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A storied tale of some The Hobbit “Story decks”.

There’s a disapointing lack of Precons with the new Hobbit MTG set. So I guess we’ll have to try and plug that gap.
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Thoughts on the new Theme Decks

Yeah, I probably ought to tackle this topic hey?
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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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