Deckmasters 2001

Deckmasters 2001 is a box set that was released in December 2001. Richard Garfield and Jon Finkel were tasked with designing decks to pit against each other.

Description
The card pool was Ice Age and Alliances, and the reprint policy had to be taken in account. Each could only use four rare cards in the deck, and no more than two copies of any one card. Color hosers were not permitted. The resulting decks are showcased in this set.

Obviously meant to be a series, referring to the Deckmaster brand, a follow-up set has never been published.

In the actual match, Finkel beat Garfield 2-0. The first game was fairly even and was lost due to Garfield making a number of mistakes based on rules that had changed since he invented the game; game 2 wasn’t even close.

Contents
The contents of the box set are:
 * The two 62-card prebuilt decks, each featuring 60 white bordered Ice Age and Alliances cards and two exclusive black bordered premium cards
 * Two 20-sided Spindown life counters
 * A 10-by-14 inch poster of Lhurgoyf fighting Goblin Mutant
 * A full-color booklet containing decklists, expert analysis, biographies, behind-the-scenes stories
 * Embossed metal Deckmasters case which can hold over 700 cards in standard sized sleeves or eleven 60 card decks.

The four premium cards in the box set are:

Garfield
Garfield is a red / green deck. Drop creatures as fast as you can, and use the red spells to clear the way for them to attack. Most of the creatures in the deck have such a high toughness that red burn spells won't kill them.

 Lands 12 Mountain 12 Forest 1 Karplusan Forest

Creatures 2 Balduvian Bears 1 Elvish Bard 2 Fyndhorn Elves 1 Folk of the Pines 2 Giant Trap Door Spider 1 Lhurgoyf 2 Storm Shaman 2 Woolly Spider 2 Yavimaya Ants 2 Yavimaya Ancients

Artifacts 2 Barbed Sextant 1 Elkin Bottle 2 Phyrexian War Beast 2 Walking Wall

Instants 2 Death Spark 2 Incinerate 1 Shatter 1 Bounty of the Hunt 2 Giant Growth

Sorceries 1 Hurricane 1 Jokulhaups 2 Lava Burst 1 Pillage 

Finkel
Finkel is a black / red deck. The deck starts by summoning efficient, versatile and hard-to-neutralize creatures. Clear a path with spot removal, and finish by hurling great balls of fire at the opponent. Use the Necropotence whenever you can.  Lands 12 Swamp 12 Mountain 1 Sulfurous Springs 1 Underground River

Creatures 2 Abyssal Specter 2 Foul Familiar 2 Lim-Dûl's High Guard 2 Phantasmal Fiend 1 Balduvian Horde 2 Goblin Mutant 2 Orcish Cannoneers 2 Storm Shaman

Artifacts 2 Icy Manipulator 2 Phyrexian War Beast

Instants 2 Contagion 2 Dark Ritual 2 Dark Banishing 2 Guerrilla Tactics 2 Incinerate

Sorceries 2 Soul Burn 2 Lava Burst 2 Pyroclasm

Enchantment 1 Necropotence 