Venser vs. Koth features two cards with alternate art and holographic treatment; Koth of the Hammer and Venser, the Sojourner. Furthermore, the set includes another five cards with alternate art; Anger, Chartooth Cougar, Path to Exile, Plated Geopede, and Preordain.[4]
In addition to this, the Duel Deck contains one of each emblem card for each of the two planeswalker's ultimate abilities.[5]
Venser vs. Koth was panned by critics and was ill-received, with some citing a lack of power, lack of favorable card–card interactions or synergy in both decks, and the "broad but shallow" approach with themes and mechanics.[5]
Background
Venser vs. Koth is based on the novel The Quest for Karn, which tells the story of the Scars of Mirrodin block.
Decklists
Venser
Evade and Shimmer
Lands (24)
11 Island
7 Plains
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Flood Plain
1 New Benalia
2 Sejiri Refuge
1 Soaring Seacliff
Creatures (23)
1 Whitemane Lion
1 Augury Owl
1 Coral Fighters
1 Minamo Sightbender
1 Mistmeadow Witch
2 Scroll Thief
1 Neurok Invisimancer
2 Slith Strider
1 Sky Spirit
1 Wall of Denial
1 Galepowder Mage
1 Kor Cartographer
1 Clone
1 Cryptic Annelid
1 Primal Plasma
1 Sawtooth Loon
1 Cache Raiders
1 Windreaver
1 Jedit's Dragoons
1 Sunblast Angel
1 Sphinx of Uthuun
Instants (5)
1 Path to Exile
1 Safe Passage
1 Vanish into Memory
2 Overrule
Sorceries (3)
2 Preordain
1 Revoke Existence
Enchantments (4)
1 Sigil of Sleep
1 Angelic Shield
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Steel of the Godhead
Planeswalkers (1)
1 Venser, the Sojourner
The rares in this deck are Venser, the Sojourner (holographic foil), Clone, Galepowder Mage, Sphinx of Uthuun, Sunblast Angel, and Windreaver.
Koth
Erupt and Overwhelm
Lands (25)
25 Mountain
Creatures (21)
2 Plated Geopede
1 Pygmy Pyrosaur
2 Pilgrim's Eye
1 Aether Membrane
2 Fiery Hellhound
1 Vulshok Sorcerer
1 Anger
1 Cosi's Ravager
1 Vulshok Berserker
1 Bloodfire Kavu
1 Stone Giant
1 Geyser Glider
1 Lithophage
1 Torchling
1 Chartooth Cougar
1 Earth Servant
1 Greater Stone Spirit
1 Bloodfire Colossus
Instants (4)
1 Downhill Charge
1 Searing Blaze
2 Seismic Strike
Sorceries (3)
1 Jaws of Stone
1 Spire Barrage
1 Volley of Boulders
Artifacts (6)
1 Armillary Sphere
1 Journeyer's Kite
1 Vulshok Battlegear
1 Vulshok Morningstar
2 Wayfarer's Bauble
Planeswalkers (1)
1 Koth of the Hammer
The rares in this deck are Koth of the Hammer (holographic foil), Bloodfire Colossus, Lithophage, Torchling, Journeyer's Kite, and Volley of Boulders.