DD: Elspeth vs. Kiora

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Happy Tuesday MTG peeps,

We hope every here in Ontario had a great Family Day and our American cousins to the south had a great President's Day.  For today's Magic: the Gathering post to MTG Realm, we want to take a step back to our earlier post on the leaked decklists for Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora.  Well, it does indeed all look correct with the official post to the mothersite yesterday.  As we now have the confirmation, let's yatter a bit more about this Duel Deck.  -

Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora is the 15th set in the Duel Decks series. It will be released in just over a week from now on February 27, 2015 for a suggested retail price of $20.

The product 'flavour' -

The knight Planeswalker Elspeth Tirel sees herself as the protector of the Multiverse. She has pledged her sword and shield to all who suffer, and she summons forth impressive armies to assist her. The merfolk Planeswalker Kiora calls upon the creatures of the deepest oceans to fight at her side. She is the master of the world beneath the waves, her true power only now beginning to surface. How will these Planeswalkers measure up when they meet in battle?

Six cards receive new artwork: 
• Elspeth, Sun's Champion, 
• Kiora, the Crashing Wave, 
• Temple of the False God,
• Decree of Justice.
• Mother of Runes, and
• Explore.

The art for Icatian Javelineers first appeared on a Gateway promo and the art for Accumulated Knowledge was first used for Duels of the Planeswalkers.

Elspeth Rares: 
• Elspeth, Sun's Champion (foil), 
• Captain of the Watch, 
• Decree of Justice, 
• Dictate of Heliod, 
• Gustcloak Savior, and 
• Precinct Captain

Kiora Rares:
• Kiora, the Crashing Wave (foil, new art), 
• Inkwell Leviathan, 
• Plasm Capture, 
• Scourge of Fleets, 
• Simic Sky Swallower, and 

• Whelming Wave.

If you are planning on picking up this product, we suggest you also give some consideration to picking up the very awesome / cool Ultra • PRO playmat and deckboxes.

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DD: Elspeth Vs Kiora

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Happy Friday MTG peeps,

It is dang cold here in our corner of Canada-Land, so if you are heading out to a Friday Night Magic event like we are at OMG! Games here in Barrie, make sure you wear your warmest anorak and kamik and your sled dogs get a good meal.

Anywhoos, some Magic: the Gathering spoilers incoming today - specifically, the unofficial decklists for the Duel Decks : Elspeth Vs Kiora.  First off, here's the 4.1.1. for this Duel Decks products -

The knight Planeswalker Elspeth Tirel sees herself as the protector of the Multiverse. She has pledged her sword and shield to all who suffer, and she summons forth impressive armies to assist her. The merfolk Planeswalker Kiora calls upon the creatures of the deepest oceans to fight at her side. She is the master of the world beneath the waves, her true power only now beginning to surface. How will these Planeswalkers measure up when they meet in battle?

Deck Design and Deck Development: Chris Millar and Sam Stoddard
Twitter Hashtag: #MTGEVK
Languages: English, Japanese
Release Date: February 27, 2015
MSRP: $19.99

It appears that Lorelorn out of Brisbane, Australia may have the unconfirmed / unofficial decklists.  From what we've heard, a total of eight cards are to receive new artwork: 
• Elspeth, Sun's Champion, 
• Kiora, the Crashing Wave, 
• Mother of Runes,
• Temple of the False God, 
• Explore, 
• Decree of Justice, 
• Standing Troops and 
• Accumulated Knowledge.

Here's the lists !

Planeswalker (1) Elspeth, Sun’s Champion

Lands (24) : 2 Secluded Steppe, 22 Plains 

Creatures (24) : 2 Icatian Javelineers, 1 Mother of Runes, 2 Kinsbaile Skirmisher, 1 Kor Skyfisher, 1 Precinct Captain, 2 Veteran Armorsmith, 1 Court Street Denizen, 1 Standing Troops, 2 Veteran Swordsmith, 1 Banisher Priest, 2 Gustcloak Harrier, 1 Gustcloak Skirmisher, 1 Gustcloak Sentinel, 1 Gustcloak Savior, 2 Loxodon Partisan, 1 Gempalm Avenger, 1 Noble Templar, 1 Captain of the Watch

Spells (11) : 1 Mortal’s Ardor, 2 Sunlance, 1 Mighty Leap, 2 Raise the Alarm, 1 Soul Parry, 1 Celestial Flare, 1 Dauntless Onslaught, 1 Dictate of Heliod, 1 Decree of Justice


Planeswalker (1) : Kiora, the Crashing Wave

Lands (25) : 2 Evolving Wilds, 1 Temple of the False God, 11 Forest, 11 Island

Creatures (20) : 1 Omenspeaker, 2 Coiling Oracle, 1 Kiora’s Follower, 2 Grazing Gladehart, 2 Netcaster Spider, 2 Man-o’-War, 2 Lorescale Coatl, 1 Nessian Asp, 2 Surrakar Banisher, 1 Sealock Monster, 1 Scourge of Fleets, 1 Simic Sky Swallower, 1 Inkwell Leviathan, 1 Nimbus Swimmer


Spells (14) : 2 Explore, 4 Accumulated Knowledge, 1 Peel from Reality, 2 Time to Feed, 1 Explosive Vegetation, 1 AEtherize, 1 Whelming Wave, 1 Plasm Capture, 1 Urban Evolution

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Elspeth vs. Kiora Redux

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Happy Saturday MTG peeps,

We were not able to get out to Friday Night Magic at our local shop, OMG! Games & Collectibles here in Barrie, Ontario last night and are kinda feeling a titch of Magic: the Gathering withdrawal.  To cure this, we're planning a big four-player Commander latter tonight to get our MTG on.  As we were yattering about earlier, we also were planning on picking up three of the five Commander 2014 decks but actually want to wait for the second printing as we've been reading about some rumoured product irregularities (additional or missing cards) in the first print run.  

Anywhoos - we wanting to revisit the PAX Australia MTG Panel previews 'n' reveals from the previous weekend as WotC has just posted a video of the presentation which means we now have better images from Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora rather than those taken with a potato cam or odd angle.  So here is another repost of our previous one -

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Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora

Deck Design and Deck Development: Chris Millar and Sam Stoddard
Twitter Hashtag: #MTGEVK
Languages: English, Japanese
Release Date: February 27, 2015
MSRP: $19.99

The knight Planeswalker Elspeth Tirel sees herself as the protector of the Multiverse. She has pledged her sword and shield to all who suffer, and she summons forth impressive armies to assist her. The merfolk Planeswalker Kiora calls upon the creatures of the deepest oceans to fight at her side. She is the master of the world beneath the waves, her true power only now beginning to surface. How will these Planeswalkers measure up when they meet in battle?

 

 











 
This is the 15th duel deck in the Duel Deck series which contain two pre-constructed sixty-card themed decks which are designed to be played against each-other.  There are a total of 6 of cards which are to receive new alternate artwork including the 'marquee' Planeswalker cards for each deck - Elspeth, Sun's Champion (originally printed in in 'Theros' set) and Kiora, the Crashing Wave (originally printed in the 'Born of the Gods' set).

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Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora

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Happy Monday MTG peeps,

Wow do we have a load of Magic: the Gathering updates for you today.  Please expect a few posts today as we wade through some rather exciting news and announcements.  This is our second post for today.  You can check out our first post on the Dragons of Tarkir set announcement over here.

For this post, we want to cover off the announcement from the mothersite on the very next Duel Decks product.  This is the 15th duel deck in the Duel Deck series which contain two pre-constructed sixty-card themed decks which are designed to be played against each-other.  A number of cards are to receive new artwork including the 'marquee' Planeswalker cards for each deck - Elspeth, Sun's Champion (originally printed in in 'Theros' set) and Kiora, the Crashing Wave (originally printed in the 'Born of the Gods' set).

Here's the announcement and flavour text !

Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora

The knight Planeswalker Elspeth Tirel sees herself as the protector of the Multiverse. She has pledged her sword and shield to all who suffer, and she summons forth impressive armies to assist her. The merfolk Planeswalker Kiora calls upon the creatures of the deepest oceans to fight at her side. She is the master of the world beneath the waves, her true power only now beginning to surface. How will these Planeswalkers measure up when they meet in battle?

Deck Design and Deck Development: Chris Millar and Sam Stoddard
Twitter Hashtag: #MTGEVK
Languages: English, Japanese
Release Date: February 27, 2015

MSRP: $19.99

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There was also some very cool / intriguing images to engage your curiosity and kick start your speculation from the  PAX Australia MTG panel on the weekend in Melbourne.

Wonderful art! We have our suspicions as as to which cards the last two images are and will want to pick up extra singles of these from MTG Mint Card for our Commander decklists.

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