Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari

Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari is the 10th set in the Duel Decks series. It was released on September 7, 2012, with an MSRP of US$19.99.

Izzet vs. Golgari contains two preconstructed theme decks, one centered on the Izzet League guild of Ravnica and the other around the Golgari Swarm guild. Izzet vs. Golgari depicts the struggle for supremacy, of the Ravnican undercity and of the wider Ravnica, between two guilds, ultimately stemming from ideological considerations.

Description
Izzet vs. Golgari features two cards with alternate art and holographic treatment; Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord and Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind. Furthermore, the set includes another ten cards with alternate art; Brainstorm, Life // Death, Feast or Famine, Fire // Ice, Golgari Signet, Golgari Thug, Izzet Chronarch</c>, Izzet Signet</c>, Prophetic Bolt</c>, and Putrefy</c>.

In addition to this, the Duel Deck contains two copies of the 1/1 Saproling creature token, which is created by Golgari Germination</c> and Korozda Guildmage</c>.

Flavor
The Izzet League, under the ingenious mind of its guildmaster, the dragon Niv-Mizzet, has dabbled, delved, and decoded many mysteries in its insatiable thirst for knowledge. Now the dracomagus seeks to plumb the depths of Ravnica's undercity. But the Golgari don't welcome interlopers in their dank, moldy realm.

Under the command of the elvish lich lord Jarad, the Golgari have dwelled in darkness long enough. The Swarm grows restless and its rot farms need fresh corpses. Jarad believes the time is right to teach Niv-Mizzet's magewrights a lesson: that there is no place for Izzet research in the vicious cycle of life and death.

Izzet
<deck title="Izzet"> Lands 10 Island 9 Mountain 1 Forgotten Cave 2 Izzet Boilerworks 1 Lonely Sandbar 1 Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind

Creatures 1 Djinn Illuminatus 1 Galvanoth 1 Gelectrode 1 Goblin Electromancer 1 Izzet Chronarch 1 Izzet Guildmage 2 Kiln Fiend 1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind 1 Ogre Savant 2 Shrewd Hatchling 1 Steamcore Weird 2 Wee Dragonauts

Instants 1 Brainstorm 1 Call to Heel 1 Dissipate 1 Fire // Ice 1 Force Spike 1 Izzet Charm 1 Magma Spray 1 Overwhelming Intellect 1 Prophetic Bolt 2 Pyromatics 1 Street Spasm 1 Thunderheads

Sorceries 1 Invoke the Firemind 1 Reminisce 1 Train of Thought 1 Vacuumelt

Enchantments 1 Quicksilver Dagger

Artifacts 1 Isochron Scepter 1 Izzet Signet 1 Sphinx-Bone Wand

Golgari
<deck title="Golgari"> Lands 8 Forest 10 Swamp 1 Barren Moor 1 Dakmor Salvage 2 Golgari Rot Farm 1 Svogthos, the Restless Tomb 1 Tranquil Thicket

Creatures 1 Boneyard Wurm 1 Brain Weevil 1 Doomgape 1 Dreg Mangler 2 Elves of Deep Shadow 1 Eternal Witness 1 Gleancrawler 1 Golgari Grave-Troll 2 Golgari Rotwurm 1 Golgari Thug 1 Greater Mossdog 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord 1 Korozda Guildmage 1 Plagued Rusalka 1 Putrid Leech 1 Ravenous Rats 1 Reassembling Skeleton 1 Sadistic Hypnotist 1 Shambling Shell 1 Stingerfling Spider 1 Stinkweed Imp

Instants 1 Feast or Famine 1 Ghoul's Feast 2 Putrefy

Sorceries 1 Grim Flowering 1 Life // Death 1 Life from the Loam 1 Nightmare Void 1 Twilight's Call 1 Vigor Mortis

Enchantments 1 Golgari Germination 1 Yoke of the Damned

Artifacts 1 Golgari Signet