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For the next few weeks, I'm going to post some of the old articles we wrote or published on MTGZone.com back in the late 90s and early 2000s! There's not a lot of content but some of it is still kinda relevant today 😛

This article was originally published in January 2003. All spelling and grammar mistakes are left as is. I have modified the referenced cards to link to the scryfall page for the card.

I remember a time when you could actually buy a preconstructed deck, or "precon" as I like to call them, and put up a fighting chance against your friend's deck. I'm talkin about Tempest block and maybe even Urza's block. White Heat, Dominator, and that near-mono-red burn deck from Tempest block rocked. They gave you good, usable cards like Paladin en-Vec, Counterspells (Forbid and Mana Leak), and [Aluren](https://scryfall.com/card/tpr/165/alur