After a brief period of Coldsnap with its snow cards and many interesting designs, I move back in time once more for the Urza block, starting with the first Preconstructed Deck of Urza’s Saga. I decided to go with Sleeper, a mono-White deck that uses the many enchantments that turn into creatures that the block introduced. I first encountered this concept back when I started playing Magic after trading for some “Lurking Jackals” but I always found the idea rather fascinating. So, without further ado, let’s see what we can do with the deck.

We had Aurochs, a random White-Blue mix, and a three-colored impression of what it means to be a necromancer. However, today I have THE deck of Coldsnap in form of “Snowscape”. What makes it more important than the other three decks combined in my opinion is the deck that it features the unique mechanic that was started back in Ice Age and Alliances but which was made into it own thing via the introduction of a new card super type: Snow. “Snowscape” is a Blue-Black Aggro-Control deck that uses Snow cards as its main gimmick and with the Snow theme having gotten support from various set over the years there should be more potential than ever in the Preconstructed Deck that actually makes use of the mechanic.

Coldsnap was a fascinating set in my opinion. Being released in a bubble so far away from the first and second set of the block, it still not only worked with some of the themes and ideas from Ice Age and Alliances but also reprinted some of those old cards to be used in the Preconstructed Decks; which so far has invited more trash than treasure to be entirely honest. The next candidate on the list does not tune down any of the aforementioned features, forming “Beyond the Grave”, a Black-Red-Green deck with a special focus on the graveyard and sending creatures there. I might be biased due to having good memories about this deck even though it is somewhat silly straight out of the box, and I might give the deck a fresh coat of paint at some point. However, in today’s article I will be going over the cards in this prepackaged product and, as usual, will give you my opinion about whether I think it would be worth an investment for casual players with a limited budget. So, let’s get into it.