Anthologies

*This article is about the 1998 box set. For other uses, see Anthology.*
**Anthologies** is a box set that was released in November 1998, celebrating the fifth anniversary of *Magic*.

## Set details

*Anthologies* contains two 60-card preconstructed theme decks made up of cards from every *Magic* expansion and edition from the *Alpha* set to the *Urza's Saga* expansion plus 5 token cards in each deck, and a 64-page booklet describing the past, present, and future of *Magic*, with personal commentary from Richard Garfield. The storage box is able to hold 350 cards in standard sized sleeves. The cards are white border with copyright 1993–1998.

## Decklists

### Defenders of the Cause

A control-oriented deck  deck. If you're able to establish a stalemate on the ground, you'll be able to win combat in the air. Even if you need to hold your flying creatures back in defense, you have a stalemate breaker in Overrun.

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#### Creatures (23)

1 Armored Pegasus

1 Benalish Knight

1 Combat Medic

1 Freewind Falcon

1 Icatian Javelineers

1 Infantry Veteran

1 Order of the White Shield

1 Pegasus Charger

1 Samite Healer

1 Serra Angel

1 White Knight

1 Youthful Knight

1 Canopy Spider

1 Carnivorous Plant

1 Erhnam Djinn

1 Giant Spider

1 Gorilla Chieftain

1 Llanowar Elves

1 Mirri, Cat Warrior

1 Scavenger Folk

1 Spectral Bears

1 Woolly Spider

1 Ranger en-Vec

#### Instants (4)

1 Disenchant

1 Giant Growth

1 Swords to Plowshares

1 Warrior's Honor

#### Sorceries (3)

1 Armageddon

1 Hurricane

1 Overrun

#### Enchantments (3)

1 Pacifism

1 Pegasus Stampede

1 Sacred Mesa

#### Artifacts (2)

1 Jalum Tome

1 Serrated Arrows

#### Lands (25)

11 Plains

10 Forest

1 Brushland

1 Drifting Meadow

1 Pendelhaven

1 Slippery Karst

#### Tokens (5)

5 Pegasus

The rares in this deck are Armageddon, Brushland, Jalum Tome, Mirri, Cat Warrior and Sacred Mesa.

### Dark Alliance

An aggro-oriented  deck. When in doubt, attack. This deck is designed to win the "damage race".

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#### Creatures (23)

1 Goblin Balloon Brigade

1 Goblin Digging Team

1 Goblin Hero

1 Goblin King

1 Goblin Matron

1 Goblin Mutant

1 Goblin Recruiter

1 Goblin Snowman

1 Goblin Tinkerer

1 Goblin Vandal

1 Mogg Fanatic

1 Mogg Flunkies

1 Mogg Raider

1 Raging Goblin

1 Uthden Troll

1 Volcanic Dragon

1 Black Knight

1 Cuombajj Witches

1 Hypnotic Specter

1 Ihsan's Shade

1 Knight of Stromgald

1 Lady Orca

1 Aesthir Glider

#### Instants (3)

1 Lightning Bolt

1 Pyrokinesis

1 Terror

#### Sorceries (5)

1 Fireball

1 Goblin Grenade

1 Pyrotechnics

1 Feast of the Unicorn

1 Hymn to Tourach

#### Enchantments (3)

1 Goblin Offensive

1 Goblin Warrens

1 Unholy Strength

#### Lands (25)

12 Mountain

10 Swamp

1 Strip Mine

1 Smoldering Crater

1 Polluted Mire

#### Tokens (5)

5 Goblin

The rares in this deck are Goblin King, Goblin Warrens, Nevinyrral's Disk, Volcanic Dragon and Strip Mine.

## Misprints

* Armored Pegasus has a mana cost of  instead of .
* Carnivorous Plant was printed with a *Legends* expansion symbol instead of *The Dark*.
* Goblin Hero has the The Dark's expansion symbol, even though the art is from the *Fifth Edition* version. Either the art should have been the original Mark Tedin version, or the expansion symbol should have been removed.
* Mirri, Cat Warrior was printed as a common with a black expansion symbol instead of a rare. Its power/toughness was misprinted as 2/2 when it should be 2/3.
* Mogg Raider was printed with a mana cost of  instead of .
* Raging Goblin has the *Exodus* picture but the flavor text from *Portal*.
* Samite Healer has a mana cost of  instead of .
* Warrior's Honor has a mana cost of  instead of .

## References

1. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (August 02, 2004). "Ask Wizards - August, 2004". *magicthegathering.com*. Wizards of the Coast.
2. ↑ Magic Arcana (October 10, 2002). "Goblin misprints". *magicthegathering.com*. Wizards of the Coast.

## External links

* Anthologies Green/White Theme Deck Page
* Anthologies Black/Red Theme Deck Page