Rivals Quick Start Set

The Rivals Quick Start Set was released in the United States in June 1996. It was the first box set in the history of Magic.

Description
The Rivals Quick Start Set aimed to better explain the rules of Magic than any standard rule book could do. It featured four small preconstructed theme decks and extensive game guides. The four decks could later be combined in two larger decks. The set was printed in the United States by Shepard Poorman. This 2-Player Starter Set was supposed to be the first of a series of three Quick Start Sets. The next box, called Conquest Quick Start Set, was already announced, but the production was cancelled shortly afterwards.

A similar box set called the Introductory Two-Player Set was released later that year for the European and Japanese markets.

Contents
The Rivals Quick Start Set contained:


 * 112 Fourth Edition Magic playing cards divided into 4 decks (2 x 30 and 2 x 26)
 * 2 rules cards
 * 4 deck list cards
 * 2 player guides covering 2 demo games
 * 1 enhanced rule book with Fourth Edition rules
 * 1 mini–issue of The Duelist magazine which introduced the Magic world
 * 1 consumer response card to provide feedback

Kazz's First Deck
 Lands 4 Island 4 Mountain 4 Swamp

Creatures 2 Murk Dwellers 2 Scathe Zombies 2 Zephyr Falcon 1 Hill Giant 1 Ironclaw Orcs 1 Lost Soul 1 Merfolk of the Pearl Trident 1 Mons's Goblin Raiders

Instants 2 Unsummon 1 Terror 1 Twiddle

Sorceries 2 Disintegrate 1 Pyrotechnics 

Kazz's Second Deck
 Lands 4 Island 4 Mountain 4 Swamp

Creatures 2 Vampire Bats 1 Orcish Artillery 1 Sorceress Queen

Artifacts 1 Battering Ram 1 Clockwork Beast 1 Jayemdae Tome

Instants 1 Power Sink

Sorceries 1 Detonate 1 Fireball

Enchantments 1 Cursed Land 1 Energy Flux 1 Feedback 1 Orcish Oriflamme 

Zakk's First Deck
 Lands 4 Forest 4 Plains 4 Swamp

Creatures 2 Bog Imp 2 Scryb Sprites 1 Bog Wraith 1 Durkwood Boars 1 Elven Riders 1 Grizzly Bears 2 Pearled Unicorn

Instants 2 Alabaster Potion 2 Healing Salve 2 Terror

Sorceries 1 Raise Dead 1 Untamed Wilds 

Zakk's Second Deck
 Lands 4 Forest 4 Plains 4 Swamp

Creatures 1 Elvish Archers 1 Mesa Pegasus 1 Wall of Bone 1 War Mammoth 1 Whirling Dervish

Artifacts 1 Glasses of Urza 1 Rod of Ruin

Instants 1 Reverse Damage

Interrupts 1 Dark Ritual

Sorceries 1 Winter Blast

Enchantments 1 Circle of Protection: Black 1 Circle of Protection: Red 1 Warp Artifact 1 Weakness 