Next to Jace vs. Chandra, this is probably the best duel deck. Elspeth is a great planeswalker with a nice deck. Tezzeret is great with his deck, but overall not the greatest... Both decks have awesome cards: Swords to Plowshares, Steel Overseer, Master of Etherium, Mishra's Factory, and of coruse the planeswalkers. Even some lesser cards like Thirst for Knowledge, Darksteel Citadel, Seat of the Synod, Crusade, Journey to Nowhere, Kor Skyfisher, and such are great to have. Both decks are very fun with lots of powerful and good cards and well balanced too.

  -- By Garret Castle from NJ USA on January 02, 2011

One of the best duel decks Wizards has made. Even if you never play the decks, just the cards included make it amazing. Alternate art Elspeth and Tezzeret are awesome. Add in the killer new art for Swords to Plowshares and Mishra's Factory? Come on! How can you not love these decks. Worth every penny!

  -- By Seth from Florida on September 20, 2010

So, does anyone else see the potential for a Tezzeret Affinity deck being amazing in Archenemy?

  -- By Anonymous from NY, USA on September 20, 2010

Fantastic! These decks are really fun to play with and nicely balanced. Though I'm a bit disappointed about Rustic Clachan taking up a rare slot in the white deck, I'm very happy with the decks overall. Elspeth's deck is very powerful in the early game, but Tezzeret's deck can beat some face once it hits 6 and 7 lands. The decks, especially Tezzeret's, have some quite nice synergies built into them - In Tezzeret's deck, Tezzeret can turn Pentavus's 1/1 flying Pentavite tokens into huge threats, and Energy Chamber can put charge counters on Everflowing Chalice every turn to increase your mana supply. In elspeth's deck, you can return your permanents to your hand to abuse "enters the battlefield" effects and load your hand with cards with Reinforce. Definitely worth buying.

  -- By Jens from Denmark on September 19, 2010

nice set of cards.

  -- By Anonymous from Common Sense, NJ on September 19, 2010