The history of Ravnica has long been shaped by the struggle for supremacy among its ten feuding guilds. A tenuous peace keeps the power of the guilds in balance, but they would need little excuse to reignite the smoldering coals of a conflict that could engulf Ravnica’s world-spanning city.
Jace Beleren, a mind mage who has adopted Ravnica as his home, has seen to it that the delicate peace holds. He has become the Living Guildpact, the embodiment of the guilds’ agreement to share power, and he works tirelessly to preserve that peace.
The deadly gorgon Vraska, a Planeswalker who was born on Ravnica, is an assassin for hire who follows her own arcane moral code. She is a master of her trade, killing her marks and then disappearing into the tunnels of Ravnica’s vast undercity. Though she works mostly with the Golgari guild, she is bound by no permanent allegiance.
In the wrong hands, Vraska’s skills could destabilize an entire world. With a few key assassinations, suspicions would lead to accusations, and accusations could lead to war. Jace, the caretaker of Ravnica’s peace, refuses to let that happen.
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska
Deck Design and Deck Development: Chris Millar and Sam Stoddard
Twitter Hashtag: #MTGJVV
Languages Available: English, Japanese
Release Date: March 14, 2014
MSRP: $19.99
Wow, that's the ugliest art I've seen in a long time... (Jace)
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IIW for any CCC (pick the highest one in the list):
A high-costed equipment (I want it big, but make sure it isn't nutso-broken with Stoneforge. So a high equip cost or a benefit for casting or something)
A Squirrel Wizard
A G?? (1-3 colors, including green) legendary creature with its main strat based on not attacking
Strange that they wait until RTR has just 6 months left in standard before releasing this. By then Ravnica block will feel like very old news.
Do they always do Duel Decks this way?
Igor's Elspeth wasn't his best either.
That being said, remember that the ARTIST ACTUALLY POSTS HERE. Keep that in mind if you're going to start bashing on his work please.
Anyways, really interesting that Jace is the aggressor in this conflict considering it would have been fairly easy to make him the target of an assassination.
Strange that they wait until RTR has just 6 months left in standard before releasing this. By then Ravnica block will feel like very old news.
Do they always do Duel Decks this way?
Indeed they did it with Ajani vs Bolas (like 3 blocks after Alara), same with Venser vs Koth, Same with Sorin Vs Tibalt
The set symbol is pretty cool. I won't say jace is that bad, but it seems pretty low energy compared to what planeswalker arts usually depict. New Vraska is about as good as the old one.
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Strange that they wait until RTR has just 6 months left in standard before releasing this. By then Ravnica block will feel like very old news.
Do they always do Duel Decks this way?
Yeah, they're doing it this way now. "Factions" DD gets released in Fall while PW DD gets released in Spring. Faction DD is from the set coming in while the PW DD is from the set a year ago.
Woo, I'm hoping for a Pernicious Deed reprint here, hopefully with new art of Vraska committing some assassination or sabotage ;D
I'm also hoping that the Vraska deck is significantly different from the Golgari (vs Izzet) deck and not just some kind of rehash
Looks like I'm the one that likes Jace's new art; then again, I'm the only one who like the movies Wild Wild West and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
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Intensity, Integrity, Intelligence, Personified and Penguinified.
Jace Beleren, a mind mage who has adopted Ravnica as his home, has seen to it that the delicate peace holds. He has become the Living Guildpact, the embodiment of the guilds’ agreement to share power, and he works tirelessly to preserve that peace.
The deadly gorgon Vraska, a Planeswalker who was born on Ravnica, is an assassin for hire who follows her own arcane moral code. She is a master of her trade, killing her marks and then disappearing into the tunnels of Ravnica’s vast undercity. Though she works mostly with the Golgari guild, she is bound by no permanent allegiance.
In the wrong hands, Vraska’s skills could destabilize an entire world. With a few key assassinations, suspicions would lead to accusations, and accusations could lead to war. Jace, the caretaker of Ravnica’s peace, refuses to let that happen.
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska
Deck Design and Deck Development: Chris Millar and Sam Stoddard
Twitter Hashtag: #MTGJVV
Languages Available: English, Japanese
Release Date: March 14, 2014
MSRP: $19.99
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska
Art by Igor Kieryluk
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2 Halimar Depths
21 Island
1 Aeon Chronicler
1 Æther Adept
1 Æther Figment
1 Archaeomancer
1 Body Double
1 Chronomaton
1 Crosstown Courier
1 Dream Stalker
1 Errant Ephemeron
1 Jace's Mindseeker
1 Jace's Phantasm
2 Krovikan Mist
1 Leyline Phantom
1 Merfolk Wayfinder
1 Phantasmal Bear
1 Phantasmal Dragon
1 Riftwing Cloudskate
1 Sea Gate Oracle
1 Stealer of Secrets
1 Agoraphobia
1 Claustrophobia
1 Control Magic
1 Future Sight
1 Griptide
1 Into the Roil
1 Jace's Ingenuity
1 Memory Lapse
1 Prohibit
1 Ray of Command
1 Remand
1 Spelltwine
1 Summoner's Bane
2 Thought Scour
1 Jace, Architect of Thought
1 Golgari Guildgate
1 Rogue's Passage
11 Swamp
2 Tainted Wood
1 Acidic Slime
1 Corpse Traders
1 Death-Hood Cobra
1 Drooling Groodion
1 Festerhide Boar
2 Gatecreeper Vine
1 Highway Robber
1 Mold Shambler
1 Nekrataal
1 Ohran Viper
1 Oran-Rief Recluse
1 Pulse Tracker
1 Putrid Leech
1 Reaper of the Wilds
1 River Boa
1 Sadistic Augermage
1 Shadow Alley Denizen
1 Slate Street Ruffian
1 Spawnwrithe
1 Stonefare Crocodile
1 Tavern Swindler
1 Vinelasher Kudzu
1 Wight of Precinct Six
1 Consume Strength
1 Grisly Spectacle
1 Hypnotic Cloud
1 Last Kiss
1 Marsh Casualties
1 Night's Whisper
1 Stab Wound
2 Tragic Slip
1 Treasured Find
1 Underworld Connections
1 Vraska the Unseen
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Realy nice history we have here
i m happy with this seems fine and the art is not that bad
Do they always do Duel Decks this way?
That being said, remember that the ARTIST ACTUALLY POSTS HERE. Keep that in mind if you're going to start bashing on his work please.
Anyways, really interesting that Jace is the aggressor in this conflict considering it would have been fairly easy to make him the target of an assassination.
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Indeed they did it with Ajani vs Bolas (like 3 blocks after Alara), same with Venser vs Koth, Same with Sorin Vs Tibalt
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Yeah, they're doing it this way now. "Factions" DD gets released in Fall while PW DD gets released in Spring. Faction DD is from the set coming in while the PW DD is from the set a year ago.
I'm also hoping that the Vraska deck is significantly different from the Golgari (vs Izzet) deck and not just some kind of rehash
Story spoilers, but he basically IS a politician now >_>
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