Beatdown

Beatdown

mace

Released October 2000

Size 122 cards, 4 of them with alternate art

Expansion code BTD

← Invasion Planeshift →

Beatdown is a box set for Magic: The Gathering, and the fourth compilation set. It was not legal
in Standard at the time of its release. Beatdown was released as a pair of preconstructed decks
combined with accessories, unlike the normal distribution of Magic cards in randomized packs.
Alternate art was done for four cards: Sengir Vampire, Erhnam Djinn, Ball Lightning, and
Clockwork Beast. The set is white-bordered, and the expansion symbol is a mace. There are no
White cards in the set.

The set includes 122 special edition Magic cards divided into two theme decks, Aerodoom and
Ground Pounder. The focus of the two decks in the Beatdown box set is to overwhelm your
opponent with decks that included some of the more powerful creatures in the game, to that date,
such as the aforementioned Erhnam Djinn, Sengir Vampire, Ball Lightning and Clockwork
Beast. The Beatdown set was released in October 2000.

Clockwork Avian was misprinted without flying in Beatdown.

From the Vault

From the Vault is a series of limited-edition Magic: The Gathering boxed sets. Each set consists
mostly of cards released in previous Magic: The Gathering expansions, but in foil and
sometimes with new artwork. Some From the Vault decks contain a pre-release of a card due to
be released in the next Magic: The Gathering expansion. Typically, the boxed set also contains a
20-sided spin-down life counter die in addition to the cards. Because From the Vault releases are
not normal expansion sets, the tournament-legality of the cards depends on the most recent
normal expansion they were printed in.

In February 2018, it was announced[17] that the From the Vault series would be cancelled and
spiritually succeeded by the Signature Spellbook series. The following is a list of all the From
the Vault sets:
  From the Vault: Dragons was released August 29, 2008.[18] It contained 15 cards, all of which
were Dragons or Dragon-related, and one of which was a pre-release of a card in the Shards of
Alara set. 7 of the cards had new artwork (counting the pre-release).
 From the Vault: Exiled was released August 28, 2009.[19] It contained 15 cards, all of which are or
were banned or restricted in at least one format.[20] 8 of the cards had new artwork.
 From the Vault: Relics was released August 27, 2010.[21] It contained 15 cards, all of which were
artifacts, and one of which was a pre-release of a card in the Scars of Mirrodin set. 11 of the
cards had new artwork (counting the pre-release).
 From the Vault: Legends was released August 26, 2011.[22] It contained 15 cards, all of which
were legendary creatures, and one of which was a pre-release of a card in the Innistrad set. 8 of
the cards had new artwork (counting the pre-release).
 From the Vault: Realms: was released on August 31, 2012. It contained 15 cards, all of which
were lands.[23] 7 of the cards had new artwork.
 From the Vault: Twenty was released on August 23, 2013. It contained 20 cards, each of which
represented a year in Magic's history, in commemoration of Magic's 20th anniversary.[24] 9 of
the cards had new artwork.
 From the Vault: Annihilation was released on August 22, 2014. It contains 15 cards, with a
"sweep the battlefield" theme.[25] 6 of the cards have new artwork.
 From the Vault: Angels was released on August 21, 2015. It contains 15 cards, all of which were
angel themed (14 creatures, 1 sorcery),[26] with five of them having new artwork.
 From the Vault: Lore was released on August 19, 2016. It contains 15 cards, all of which
showcased important moments in Magic's story.[27]
 From the Vault: Transform was released on November 24, 2017. It contains 15 cards, all of
which are double faced.[28]

Premium Deck Series

Premium Deck Series was a set of preconstructed 60-card Magic: The Gathering decks. All
cards were foil and were reprints of cards first printed in other Magic sets.[29] All of the cards are
black bordered and tournament legal in their original formats.

There have been three Premium Deck Series printed:

 Premium Deck Series: Slivers was released November 20, 2009. All creatures in this deck were
of the Sliver subtype (including the mythic-rare Sliver Overlord).[30]
 Premium Deck Series: Fire & Lightning was released November 19, 2010. The set was mono-red
and revolved around Elemental creatures and various red spells that dealt direct damage to
creatures or opponents.[31]
 Premium Deck Series: Graveborn was released November 18, 2011. The set revolved around
cards that deal with the graveyard.[32]

In July 2012 at San Diego Comic-Con, Wizards of the Coast announced that the Premium Deck
Series would be discontinued after Graveborn.

Duel Decks
Duel Decks are a series of boxed sets for Magic: The Gathering, each consisting of a pair of 60-
card decks built around a rivalry between two forces, often planeswalkers or creature type
"tribes". Typically, each deck contains a mythic rare, several rares, and a number of cards with
alternate art. Most cards are reprints of cards from previous sets; however, some duel decks
contain pre-release cards from unreleased future sets.

Release
Code Name t b c u r m notes
date

2007-11- EVG Elves vs. Green elves vs. red goblins.[33][34]

3 8
16 Goblins

2008-11- DD2 Jace vs. Blue Jace Beleren vs. red Chandra Nalaar.[35][36]
3 6 2
07 Chandra

2009-04- DDC Divine vs. White angels vs. black demons.[37][38]

3 8 2
10 Demonic

2009-10- DDD Garruk vs. Green Garruk Wildspeaker vs. black Liliana
3 6 2
20 Liliana Vess.[39][40]

2010-03- DDE Phyrexia vs. Black Phyrexia vs. five-color coalition.[41]

10 2
19 The Coalition

2010-09- DDF Elspeth vs. White Elspeth, Knight-Errant vs. blue-artifact

03 Tezzeret 10 2 Tezzeret the Seeker, 2 Scars of Mirrodin
previews.[42]

2011-04- DDG Knights vs. White-green knights vs red dragons.[43]

10 2
01 Dragons

2011-09- DDH Ajani vs. Nicol White-green-red Ajani Vengeant vs. blue-black-red
10 2
02 Bolas Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker.[44]

2012-03- DDI Venser vs. Koth Blue-white Venser, the Sojourner vs. red Koth of the
10 2
30 Hammer.[45][46]

2012-09- DDJ Izzet vs. Golgari Red-blue Ravnica's Izzet League vs. black-green
07 37 38 33 10 2 Ravnica's Golgari Swarm, 6 Return to Ravnica pre-
releases.[47][48]

2013-03- DDK Sorin vs. Tibalt Black-white Sorin, Lord of Innistrad vs. red-black
41 32 35 10 2
15 Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded.[49][50]

2013-09- DDL Heroes vs. White-red humans and auras vs. green-red large
41 35 32 10 2
06 Monsters trampling creatures, 6 Theros pre-releases.[51]
2014-03- DDM Jace vs. Vraska Blue Jace, Architect of Thought vs. black-green
3 41 42 25 10 2
14 Vraska the Unseen.[52][53]

2014-09- DDN Speed vs. Red-white-black Zurgo Helmsmasher vs. red-white-

05 Cunning 2 39 42 27 10 2 blue Arcanis the Omnipotent, 6 Khans of Tarkir pre-
releases.[54][55]

2014-12- DD3 Anthology A reprint of the first four releases.[56]

35 28 6
05

2015-02- DDO Elspeth vs. White Elspeth, Sun's Champion vs. green-blue Kiora,
2 44 50 14 10 2
27 Kiora the Crashing Wave.[57][58]

2015-08- DDP Zendikar vs. Green-white Zendikar vs. black-red Eldrazi, 6 Battle
10 39 10 2
28 Eldrazi for Zendikar pre-releases.[59][60][61]

2016-02- DDQ Blessed vs. White-blue Blessed vs.black-blue Cursed, 6 Shadows

26 Cursed over Innistrad pre-releases.[62][63][64]

2016-09- Nissa vs. Ob Green Nissa, Voice of Zendikar vs. Black Ob Nixilis,
DDR
02 Nixilis Reignited[65]

2017-03-
DDS Mind vs. Might Blue-red mages vs. green-red warriors[66]
31

2017-11- Merfolk vs.

DDT Blue merfolks vs. red goblins[67]
10 Goblins

2018-04- Elves vs.

DDU Green elves vs. red-blue inventors[68]
06 Inventors

Other
 Deckmasters: Garfield vs. Finkel, usually known as simply Deckmasters, was a set released in
2001 featuring copies of the decks used in a promotional match between Richard Garfield, the
creator of the card game, and Jon Finkel, a Magic World Champion. Two decks were included in
the set, a red/green deck used by Richard Garfield, and a red/black deck that was played by
Finkel. It is the fifth compilation set.[15][16] The match from which the decks are taken was held in
January 2002. About a year before, Wizards of the Coast challenged Garfield and Finkel to build
a deck out of Ice Age and Alliances cards to compete against each other with. They were given
very strict criteria to build these decks, such as that each deck could only use four rare cards and
no more than two copies of any one card. Some cards were banned for the purpose of this
event such as Kjeldoran Outpost. Finkel won match one because Garfield misplayed the current
timing rules at least twice during the course of the game. Garfield joked, "Shouldn't we be
playing by the rules as I made them?" In the second match, Garfield was defeated by lack of
 mana. "This is the first time I am sitting up here and am honestly unhappy that my opponent is
manascrewed," Finkel confessed.
 Premium Foil Booster was released by Wizards of the Coast in 2010. It was sold as booster packs
which contained a randomized collection of 15 cards from Alara block, except all guaranteed to
be foiled. All 539 cards printed in Shards of Alara, Conflux, and Alara Reborn were potentially
included.[69]