 | Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana Release Date October 30, 2009 Publisher Wizards of the Coast (US) Designer Erik Lauer, Gregory Marques Players 2 Brand Magic: The Gathering |
One of the great strengths of the Duel Decks series is the way they keep coming up with well-matched adversaries, both in the decks themselves, and in the flavor of the match. Here, we have the natural order of things with Garruk Wildspeaker, trying to face down the death and decay of Liliana Vess. Whichever side you choose, there are lots of fun interactions to keep the games interesting. Garruk has lots of iconic spells and creatures from down the years, including Blastoderm, Wild Mongrel, Albino Troll, and classics like Giant Growth and Overrun. To combat all this, Liliana can call on a motley assortment of Vampires, Skeletons, and Abominations, plus what seems like every way to kill a creature ever printed. Headlining the decks are the two Planeswalkers themselves, ensuring powerhouse endings to well-balanced games. Choose your side, nature or decay. Either way you win, because this is a good few hours of solid MTG entertainment.
