Arcane Wizardry Precon: Decklist, Value, and Verdict

Inalla, Archmage Ritualist

Eminence — Whenever another nontoken Wizard you control enters, if Inalla is in the command zone or on the battlefield, you may pay {1}. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that Wizard. The token gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. Tap five untapped Wizards you control: Target player loses 7 life.

Singles value

$73.51

TCGplayer market, 80 cards, basic lands counted at $0

Sealed price

$122.01

TCGplayer price for the box · singles are 0.6× that

New cards

17 / 100

First printings in this deck

Bracket

Core, out of the box

Is Arcane Wizardry worth buying?

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At today's prices the singles come to $73.51, carried by Kindred Dominance ($9.14), Polymorphist's Jest ($8.48), Curse of Opulence ($4.36). 17 of the 100 cards are new to this deck.

How Arcane Wizardry plays

Wizards are always a good choice if you’re going for control, but this deck can also dish out a lot of early firepower if you’re lucky enough. Your intended commander, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist, has a pretty decent eminence ability that allows you to create a token copy of any nontoken wizard you play, so you can hold your ground until you get the game under your control. Considering there are bazillion wizard-type creatures in MTG, Inalla is a very valuable commander if you’re planning to upgrade Arcane Wizardry. Kess, Dissident Mage is also a great commander if you want to build a spellslinger deck.

However, the deck doesn’t have a clear win condition and you’ll have to play very carefully to make sure you don’t get completely destroyed. You’ll need some luck to dish out early power and the deck doesn’t ramp up very effectively compared to other decks. If you don’t get shut down in the early game, you have a lot of removals and can use cards from your graveyard, but as I said earlier, you need to play carefully.

With these tips in mind, you’ll need to upgrade this deck to play it competitively. Your options for spells are somewhat limited, so you might need to add some decent removals or counters to better control the game. Luckily, No products found. is by far the best deck since you have a lot of options like Mairsil, the Pretender, which offers a very flexible playstyle if you want to build around him.