The Tarkir: Dragonstorm Welcome Decks are five monocolored thirty-card ready-to-play sample decks. The decks will be rolled out to WPN stores over the year 2025.[1]
Description[]
The Welcome decks consist of basic lands, commons, 4 uncommons and 1 rare. They are provided for free to newcomers in a pack that contains two of these decks and instructions.
These 30-card decks can be provided by an LGS to new players during Open House events or for walk-in demos. There are two decks in each box; one in an indicated color, and the other a random one of the five mana colors in Magic. After the demo experience, the new player can take home their deck free-of-charge to continue their Magic journey. Designed as a tool for new player acquisition, the decks also include a peek at some Booster Fun cards (with 2 Booster Fun cards in each deck), plus a way to play against a friend or mentor until they get the hang of the rules.
Similar to Jumpstart packs, a player can pick any two Welcome Decks, shuffle them together, and instantly have a 60-card deck to play with. Players are encouraged to use the mix-and-match gameplay as a mechanically simple way to demonstrate color combinations and variety in deck strategy.
The Welcome Decks are not Standard-legal and do not add cards to format they are not already legal in. Instead they contain a wide array of cards from across Magic's history meant to showcase everything the game has to offer. The cards range from TBA to TBA. All cards are "pick ups" from their original data files, with a planeswalker symbol in the lower left corner (similar to cards from the List).
The expansion code used by Wizards of the Coast for these decks is WD3.
Decklists[]
White deck[]
Land (13)
13 Plains
The rares in this deck are YBA
The Booster fun cards are: TBA
Blue deck[]
Land (13)
13 Island
The rares in this deck are TBA
The Booster fun cards are: TBA
Black deck[]
Land (13)
13 Swamp
The rares in this deck are TBA.
The Booster fun cards are: TBA
Red deck[]
Land (13)
13 Mountain
The rares in this deck are TBA.
The Booster fun cards are: TBA
Green deck[]
Land (13)
13 Forest
The rares in this deck are TBA.
The Booster fun cards are: TBA
References[]
- ↑ WPN (December 10, 2024). "Dates & Details for Aetherdrift". Wizards Play Network.