Phyrexia vs. The Coalition Duel Deck (MTG)

I had these decks for a while and they are pretty nice. They may not have as many high value cards as other sets, but are still fun. I love the Coalition deck since it is a 5 color deck (mostly green, with a good bit of red and white, and a small bit of blue and black). From my duels they seemed fairly balanced, but I might have just been more use to the 5 color style than phyrexian decks. Still, for the low price this is a nice product.

I got a hold of these duel decks recently.. my original impression was that the Phyrexian deck would pretty much eat the Coalition deck more often than not. Much to my suprise though.. since not ALL the cards in the Phyrexian deck are geared entirely to speed wins, the power of each deck is balanced overall. Yes the Phyrexian deck will occasionally get a hold of first turn Negator and/or Totem. but even those arent guarentee wins.. And for all the Uber Lovely Artifacts that the Phyrexian deck has at its disposal (whipsersilk cloak, lightning greeves, Phyrexian Processor), the Coalition deck has a fair bit of artifact destruction to answere with. Playing these two decks against each other is a BLAST.. and normally (if you have two skilled players) each game will be a back and forth all out brawl.. I've played over 20 matches(2 out of 3) with these so far and neither deck has yet to win over 3 matches in a row. Wizards of the coast did superb on this duel deck. Im so very glad I purchased this one.. I know any of you will be too. Not to mention that if you buy more than one you have the makings of a very nice suicide black deck... Now if only they coulda put a Sarcomancy, Carnophage, or even a HATRED in there... *Dreams*

Best flavor of all Dual Deck so far, I'll be surprised if 5 color can win against speed black though.

looks pretty cool

The Phyrexia Deck alone is worth the price, but the Coalition deck needs some help.