Tenth Edition/Sample decks

The Tenth Edition Core Set was the first set to be accompanied by ten thirty-card sample decks, consisting of basic lands, commons and 2 uncommons from Tenth Edition and the Lorwyn–Shadowmoor block. There were two different decks for each color. They were made available through the website Here I Rule. "Here I Rule" was a marketing campaign to reach new MtG players. The player that registered on the Wizards Play Network received a sampler, a pin and a DCI registration. All cards are black-bordered. The decks were also given away at conventions. The decks come with an insert that provides the basic rules of play, turn order, and a glossary on one side, and a color wheel detailing each color's basic tenets (white is "protection" and "order", blue is "deceit" and "intellect", etc.) as well as showcasing the five main planeswalkers on the other.

White deck A
 Lands 12 Plains

Creatures 1 Angel of Mercy 2 Apothecary Initiate 1 Goldenglow Moth 2 Skyhunter Patrol 2 Venerable Monk 2 Youthful Knight

Artifacts 1 Angel's Feather

Instants 1 Holy Day 1 Reviving Dose

Sorceries 2 Angelic Blessing

Enchantments 1 Heart of Light 2 Pacifism 

White deck B
 Lands 12 Plains

Creatures 2 Honor Guard 1 Loxodon Mystic 1 Samite Healer 1 Skyhunter Prowler 2 Steadfast Guard 2 Suntail Hawk 2 Wild Griffin

Instants 2 Neck Snap

Enchantments 1 Armored Ascension 1 Holy Strength 1 Serra's Embrace 2 Soaring Hope 

Blue deck A
 Lands 12 Island

Creatures 1 Air Elemental 2 Briarberry Cohort 2 Cloud Elemental 2 Cloud Sprite 2 Sage Owl 2 Snapping Drake 1 Thieving Magpie

Instants 2 Disperse 1 Unsummon

Enchantments 1 Dehydration 2 Robe of Mirrors 

Blue deck B
 Lands 12 Island

Creatures 1 Aven Windreader 1 Aven Fisher 2 Drowner Initiate 2 Lumengrid Warden 2 Merrow Witsniper 1 Sea Monster 1 Wall of Air

Artifacts 1 Moonglove Extract

Instants 1 Cancel 1 Peek 2 Remove Soul

Sorceries 1 Ponder 1 Sift

Enchantments 1 Persuasion 

Black deck A
 Lands 12 Swamp

Creatures 2 Highway Robber 2 Moonglove Winnower 2 Ravenous Rats 2 Smolder Initiate

Instants 1 Afflict

Sorceries 1 Corrupt 1 Distress 2 Essence Drain 1 Gloomlance 2 Mind Rot

Enchantments 1 Contaminated Bond 1 Megrim 

Black deck B
 Lands 12 Swamp

Creatures 2 Dross Crocodile 1 Drudge Skeletons 1 Festering Goblin 1 Gravedigger 1 Looming Shade 2 Scathe Zombies 2 Severed Legion 2 Spineless Thug

Instants 1 Diabolic Tutor 2 Terror

Sorceries 1 Assassinate 1 Recover

Enchantments 1 Unholy Strength 

Red deck A
 Lands 12 Mountain

Creatures 2 Boggart Forager 2 Goblin Sky Raider 2 Goblin Piker 1 Horde of Boggarts 2 Mudbrawler Cohort 2 Mudbutton Torchrunner 2 Raging Goblin 1 Tar Pitcher

Instants 1 Fists of the Anvil

Sorceries 1 Ember Gale 2 Spitting Earth 

Red deck B
 Lands 12 Mountain

Creatures 1 Anaba Bodyguard 1 Axegrinder Giant 2 Flamekin Brawler 1 Hill Giant 2 Lightning Elemental 1 Prodigal Pyromancer 1 Wall of Fire

Instants 2 Incinerate 1 Kindled Fury 2 Shock

Sorceries 1 Blaze 2 Lava Axe 1 Demolish 

Green deck A
 Lands 13 Forest

Creatures 2 Crabapple Cohort 2 Craw Wurm 2 Giant Spider 2 Grizzly Bears 2 Rootwalla 2 Spined Wurm

Instants 1 Naturalize

Sorceries 1 Overrun 2 Rampant Growth

Enchantments 1 Blanchwood Armor </d>

Green deck B
 Lands 11 Forest

Creatures 2 Civic Wayfinder 2 Elvish Berserker 1 Elvish Eulogist 2 Elvish Warrior 1 Gilt-Leaf Seer 1 Jagged-Scar Archers 2 Leaf Gilder 2 Llanowar Elves

Instants 2 Giant Growth

Sorceries 1 Commune with Nature 1 Creeping Mold 1 Natural Spring

Enchantments 1 Treetop Bracers </d>