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The Preconstructed Deck Buyers Guide: An IntroductionByJay Kirkman| 07 April 2011 |Feature,Free,Timmy|Preconstructed|9 Comments

I havent always loved preconstructed decks. Although

Ive come to be almost inextricably linked to them now

through writing here and on Ertais Lament, my passion

for collecting and playing them has a rather pedestrian

origin. The more Ive thought about it, the more Iveconcluded that it stems from something that many (if not

most) of us have done at least once: quit the game.

This is the thirdtime Ive taken upMagic: The

Gatheringas a hobby, and its certainly after the

longest drought. I began at the very start of the game

and continued on through Legends, quitting when I left

home and moved on my own out of state. I fell into it again somehow rightaround Mirage, and stuck with it a little longer this time, quitting right

before Mercadian Masques.

Returning once again for Zendikar, it seems that a fair part of the reason that I

fell in love with preconstructed decks was because I had missed so much

of Magics history in my time away. Whole blocks had come and gone, new

mechanics surfaced and submerged, stories were started and finished their

telling.

Entire worlds had passed me by.
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I had neither the time nor inclination to go chasing down scads of booster

packs to catch up on lost time, and Ive never been all that partial to any

format other than Standard. Although Id only owned a single theme deck in

my time before (Deep Freezefrom Tempest), I suddenly discovered that they

made the perfect little windows into the sets I had missed. Having the interest

kindled, the next step was to go about collecting them.

This presented some rather unique challenges. For one, it was largely

unexplored country. I really had no idea what was a good price for a precon

deck, and what was a rip-off. Were some decks better than others? More

valuable? More scarce? It wasnt too hard to gauge the price of Magic singles

as there are always scores of dealers out there vying for business, and oneonly had to check a few pulses and read a few articles to get a feel for what

was the fair market value for a card. We may no longer have access to

standardised pricing like Beckettfor sports cards or Scryefor Magic, but in

the age of the internet those resources are obsolete.

Another factor adding to the difficulty was scarcity. You can go on eBay at any

time and youre all but guaranteed to findStoneforge Mystics,Tezzerets, and

anything else you might want for Standard. Youre highly likely to get anythingyou need whenever you want it for Extended. Vintage and Legacy? Youre

probably good. And if you happen to have a spare $100,000 burning a hole in

your pocket, what says sound investment strategy quite like aBGS-10

graded Beta Black Lotus?

But when it comes to precons its not quite so easy. I would have liked to have

had some sort of guide or advice as I began my collection, and as the proud

owner almost 150 precon decks I felt it might be time to create one for others

who might be starting to do the same thing. Well begin today with an

overview of the series to come.
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In order to build a good precon collection,

it helps to be one of three things.1. Rich

This is the easiest way to assemble a

collection: just buy em all and damn the

cost. As cruel fate has it, this category

probably doesnt cover a great many of

us. It certainly doesntme.

2. Patient

This is the one Id recommend, effectively trading time for money. If you are

able to manage the impulse to buyitnow, you can slowly and steadily amass a

very solid collection for a relatively modest amount of money. Heres an

important observation: you can buy most precons for between $5.00 and

$8.00, a figure that includes shipping. There are a small number of decks

youll rarely see at this price point, but thats where the patience comes in.

One of the most expensive theme decks to acquire is TempestsTheSlivers,which typically sells for $60-80. To my disgust, I once missed bidding

on an auction for two sealed Tempest decks, one of which was The

Slivers. When I saw the closing bid was $10, I wanted to retch. The deals are

out there, though, and theyre waiting to be found. Of course, when all else

fails, that leads us to our next characteristic:

3. Crafty

Know that most precon decks hold the value theyre assigned for one of three

reasons. One is demand. Obvious, right? But to dig a little deeper, most of the

expensive precons contain something in demand beyond the precon itself.

The best example is the Betrayers of Kamigawa deckRats Nest.Nobody
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cares much about the Rat nezumianymore, outside of a few tribal enthusiasts

whose dreams contain waterfalls ofRelentless Rats, but this deck typically

clocks in at the $20-25 level. The reason?Umezawas Jitte. How about

ProphecysDistress, which retails for the distressingly large sum of around

$40? Hint: it aint theMaggot Therapy. No, weve got the wildly-popularAvatar

of Woeto thank for this one.

Our friend the Avatar is a nice transition to Reason Two: inertia. Unlike the

singles market, where inertia can be death, the precon market is marginal

enough not to demand the fastidious attention that a singles inventory does.

Prices can spike, but they tend to stick around that level. TheAvatar of

Woehas since been reprinted twice (and again as a Pro Tour foil), and youcan find her at your card-merchant-of-choice for around five bucks. For a

more modern example, the prospect of a foilStudent of Warfarespiked the

price of Rise of the EldrazisLevelers Glory. How many Students do you see

burning up the tables in Standard? She faded, but her intro decks price often

stayed right where it was: too high.

Finally, we have Reason Three: cult status. This is a characteristic generally

found in tribal decks of the Elf, Goblin, and Sliver varieties, as folks from allstripes of the game do love their tribes. As well see ahead, this boosts the

price of decks as varied as ScourgesGoblin Moband LegionssSliver

Shiversto LorwynsElvish Predation. All three (and others) punch above their

wight because they offer players a readymade tribal experience.

So what does this have to do with crafty? Simple.

Unless youre an absolute purist whoabsolutely

musthave the original box and insert, you can bypass

these ridiculous prices altogether by assembling the

deck from scratch out of singles. That $60-80 The

Slivers?How does less than $24

onCoolStuffIncsound? Thats usingTempestversions
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of each card. Opt for more genericCounterspells andDark Banishings and

you save even more. If, like me, youre something of a traditionalist who at

least wants to preserve the feel of the deck, throw in a little extra for some

Tempest Islands and Swamps at about thirty cents apiece. Youllstillsave a

bundle.

The documentarian nature of the Internet means that the insert manual youre

sacrificing is probably excerpted on some Wiki somewhere. Heres another

pro tip: the old inserts used to be standardised booklets that were the same

for each theme deck. In other words, get one and youve got em all.

In the coming weeks Ill be looking in great detail at the preconstructedmarketplace. If youre a collector of precons, or just looking to start, you may

be interested to know that well be checking every step of the consumer

experience, from buying through an online retailer versus eBay; which decks

will save you the most to make yourself; and how much you really should (and

should not) be paying for your precons. The answers might surprise you.

For simplicitys sake, Ive dividedMagics precon history into three broad

periods. The Vintage Era begins with the advent of the theme deck way backin Tempest, and ends with 2002sJudgment. The Classic Era picks up from

there with Onslaught, and finishes with Coldsnap, from 2006. Finally, that

leads into the Modern Era, which began with Time Spiral. Naturally, well

also be looking at the Core Setdecks from each era, and will also be taking a

critical eye on other releases such as Beatdownand the Duel Decks.

Thanks for joining me today. If you have any specific areas of interest or

concern, please dont hesitate to make a suggestion in the comments below.

See you next week, when we begin with the Modern!

Jay Kirkman
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Stric91 week ago

Jay, you've already saved me money when you pointed out some of thosesame things on Ertai's Lament. I haven't recently bought any older preconsbecause I now realize, I don't actually need the box. Given the ease withwhich an almost identical deck can be made through an online retailer, Ishould be able to generate some really large savings. The only reason for asealed, new-in-box, deck is for purely collecting reasons. Since I, like you,want to relive all those moments I missed during my extended hiatus, I open

the boxes anyways so I can play and get a feel for the sets.

eotfofyl1 week ago

Great article, looking forward to the next one...

web89701 week ago

Oh, you sneaky wizard adept ... building theme decks out of singles issomewhat a stroke of genius ... :-)

However, it depends whether you want those precons for fun reasons to seehow they play out or whether you are a real purist collector needing to haveeach and every one sealed as they come shipped, never intending to opening
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them, just admiring the collection on your shelf. (There are a bunch of toycollectors out there that need their Star Wars figures originally packed ...)

This is as well something I find myself considering every once in a while: I donot run a museum, I want to have fun out of my Mtg-Collection ... so openthose packs, play them, tweak them, take any reasonable advice on doing soand curiously take challenges on creativeness ... that's the motto and amongstothers thanks to Ertai, it's being filled with life.

ertaislament44p4 days ago

I like to think of myself as being somewhere in the middle. Yes, they're

opened and played with, but also lovingly sleeved and double-boxed fororganised storage. A bit of an archival treatment, really!

DrJones1 week ago

This was a great article. I remember when I bought Exodus' Groundbreakerjust for the 3x Diabolic Edicts it included, and then bought the ones fromTempest and Stronghold for the story snippets.

DrJones1 week ago

I've also bought Theme Decks with the prize card missing. These are prettycheap and you can replace it later for much less.


I usually don't seem them broken up, but this is a good idea and the kind ofcreative thinking that can really help build a collection for less. Anotheralternative for the modern decks is buying them without the booster packinside. I've done that for a few, and saved good money in doing so.
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Andy1 week ago

Have you talked about the Vintage era/Classic era/Modern era distinctionbefore, and if so, where can I read about it? Not following precons too closely,

I'm curious about how you drew these lines.


As it happens, quite arbitrarily! This is one of those times where in theabsence of any real definition in the game, you make one up that best breaksyour articles into reasonable length. In essence, I took the deck pool anddivided it into three, and each "Era" will get its own column here.
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