FTV Legends Decklist

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Happy Thursday MTG Peeps,

You may recall our post about the upcoming 'From the Vault : Legends (linky HERE) way back in February of this year, shortly after the official announcement on the motherhsip. Well we finally have the full decklist now, but before we get to that a quick backgrounder on this special set for those of you just getting into this, our fav game, Magic the Gathering.

From the Vault is a series of box sets, released on an annual basis in late August. Each box set contains 15 tournament legal, black-bordered foil cards with a common theme. Some of these cards feature alternative artwork specific to that set.

Just before we dip into the From the Vault : Legends decklist, we need to take a quick look at a the brand new card not seen before - Mikaeus, the Lunarch. This card is a special early spoiler which will be in this fall's expansion set, Innistrad.

Mikaeus, the Lunarch - X

Legendary Creature - Human Cleric, Mythic Rare

Mikaeus, the Lunarch enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on Mikaeus.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Mikaeus: Put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.
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Magic the Gathering players are already working out a variety of methods to rapidly and effeciently heap piles of +1/+1 counters on this Cleric to make him a Lord of Lords. We are still rather unsure how this may fit into the flavour of the upcoming classic horror theme of Innistrad but we still hope to take this to task to fight off vampires, werewolves, and zombies. Out initial feeling is that without support, this may be a bit slow off the hop and prone to easy spot removal.

This product may be worth the MSRP of $35 if you are looking for a hard to get foil Commander (or general) for your Commander deck, otherwise we think the jury is still out whether players will pump or dump.
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Anywhoos - onto the product details of this set :


1 Cao Cao, Lord of Wei (Portal: Three Kingdoms)
2 Captain Sisay (Invasion)
3 Doran, the Siege Tower (Lorwyn)
4 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker (Champions of Kamigawa) *
5 Kresh, the Bloodbraided (Shards of Alara) *
6 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
7 Omnath, Locus of Mana (Worldwake)
8 Oona, Queen of the Fae (Shadowmoor)
9 Progenitus (Conflux) *
10 Rafiq of the Many (Shards of Alara) *
11 Sharuum the Hegemon (Shards of Alara) *
12 Sun Quan, Lord of Wu (Portal: Three Kingdoms)
13 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir (Time Spiral) *
14 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre (Rise of the Eldrazi)
15 Visara the Dreadful (Onslaught) *

'*' - new art
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From the Vault: Legends
There are some allies whose power is legendary.

Assembled here are fifteen of the most powerful legends in Magic history, legends heralded for their devastating powers and fearsome abilities. As a Planeswalker, you have searched the Multiverse for such allies. That search is finally at an end. This limited-edition set also contains an exclusive preview card, a mythic rare from Innistrad

Product Concept and Development Team: Mark Rosewater, Mark Gottlieb, Jeremy Jarvis
Release Date: August 26th, 2011
MSRP: $34.99

Collector's Highlights

• 15 Premium foil cards, including 7 with new art
• An exclusive spindown life counter
• A collector's guide
• Each card has been printed using a foil process unique to the From the Vault series.
• The 15 legendary creatures are all printed in the current card frame. For several, it is for the first time.
• From the Vault: Legends will be available world-wide in English only, and will have an extremely limited print run.
• All cards are black bordered and tournament legal. This means that these cards are legal for use in any tournaments where the original printings are still legal. For some cards, it is their first time with a black border.

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Lastly,
Don't forget to ensure you have the lastest Commander singles - MTG Mint Card has these available in stock now.
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