Duel Decks: Mirrodin Pure vs. New Phyrexia

The Duel Decks: Mirrodin Pure vs New Phyrexia was released as a Magic Online exclusive product on January 11, 2013. It tied into the the finale of the Scars of Mirrodin block, which was advertised as to be either Mirrodin Pure or New Phyrexia.
==Decklist design competition==
The Duel Decks announcement was also a competition where any MTG community member could send in a decklist representing a faction. 
The rules were as follows:
*You can submit up to one deck for each side.
*Each deck must be 60 cards.
*The Mirrodin Pure deck will be based on <c>Platinum Angel</c> and the New Phyrexia deck will be based on <c>Phyrexian Plaguelord</c>. These are the only mythic rares allowed.
*No opposite-faction cards are allowed.
*Each deck should have 4-8 rare cards and 20-28 land cards.
*Include a 250-word explanation of the deck.
The winning decklists were actually submitted by Gavin Verhey, in his time before he would come to work for Wizards of the Coast.
==Decklists==
===Mirrodin Pure===
<d title="Mirrodin Pure">
Mythic
1 Platinum Angel 
Creatures
1 Ardent Recruit 
1 Argent Sphinx 
1 Darksteel Gargoyle 
1 Darksteel Sentinel 
1 Duplicant 
1 Glimmerpoint Stag 
1 Gold Myr 
1 Grand Architect 
1 Kuldotha Forgemaster 
1 Lumengrid Gargoyle 
1 Memnite 
1 Myr Retriever 
1 Silent Arbiter 
1 Silver Myr 
1 Spire Serpent 
1 Steel Wall 
1 Trinket Mage 
1 Vedalken Certarch 
Artifacts
1 Bonesplitter 
1 Slagwurm Armor 
1 Neurok Stealthsuit 
1 Talisman of Progress 
1 Viridian Claw 
1 Thunderstaff 
Enchantments
1 Arrest 
Sorceries
1 Steelshaper's Gift 
Instants
1 Condemn 
1 Dispatch
1 Purge 
1 Stoic Rebuttal 
1 Test of Faith 
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Turn the Tide 
1 White Sun's Zenith 
Special Lands
1 Ancient Den
1 Blinkmoth Nexus
1 Coastal Tower 
1 Forbidding Watchtower 
2 Seat of the Synod
2 Terramorphic Expanse 
Basic Lands
8 Plains 
9 Island
</d>
====Rares====
*<c>Argent Sphinx</c> 
*<c>Duplicant</c> 
*<c>Grand Architect</c> 
*<c>Kuldotha Forgemaster</c> 
*<c>Silent Arbiter</c> 
*<c>White Sun's Zenith</c> 
*<c>Blinkmoth Nexus</c>
===New Phyrexia===
<d title="New Phyrexia">
Mythic
1 Phyrexian Plaguelord
Creatures
1 Desecration Elemental
1 Drooling Groodion
1 Flesh-eater Imp
1 Fume Spitter
1 Mitotic Slime
1 Myr Sire
1 Necroskitter
1 Phyrexian Ghoul
1 Phyrexian Juggernaut
1 Plague Myr
1 Plaguemaw Beast
1 Protean Hulk
1 Rot Wolf
1 Soul Snuffers
1 Symbiotic Elf
1 Viridian Corrupter
2 Viridian Emissary
Enchantments
1 Diabolic Servitude
Sorceries
1 Barter in Blood
1 Black Sun's Zenith
1 Exhume
1 Innocent Blood
1 Morbid Plunder
1 One Dozen Eyes
1 Reprocess
1 Spread the Sickness
1 Triumph of the Hordes
Instants
1 Putrefy
Artifacts
1 Contagion Clasp
1 Grafted Exoskeleton
1 Mortarpod
1 Phyrexian Altar
1 Spawning Pit
Lands
10 Forest
14 Swamp
1 Tainted Wood
</d>
====Rares====
*<c>Necroskitter</c>
*<c>Desecration Elemental</c>
*<c>Mitotic Slime</c>
*<c>Protean Hulk</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Altar</c>
*<c>Reprocess</c>
*<c>Black Sun's Zenith</c>
==Trivia==
*When working on Mystery Booster 2, Gavin included a physical reprint of the Duel Decks: Mirrodin Pure vs. New Phyrexia as an homage to his first official Magic product.
==External links==
*Complete Visual Spoiler
==References==
Category:Magic Online sets