What is Magic Online Theme Decks (TD0)?

TD0 is the set code for the Magic Online Deck Series, a short-lived line of Legacy-competitive preconstructed decks released exclusively on Magic Online by Wizards of the Coast. Only two decks were released — Boltslinger and Exiler — on November 8, 2010. Each package included a 60-card main deck, a 15-card sideboard, and two event tickets for $29.99.

How many cards are in the Magic Online Theme Decks set?

The TD0 set is listed as containing 197 cards across both products — Boltslinger and Exiler — reflecting the combined card pools of the two 75-card decks (main deck plus sideboard).

Are the Magic Online Theme Decks (TD0) legal in any format?

The decks were designed to be Legacy-competitive, so legality depends on the individual cards rather than the TD0 set code itself. Check each card on Scryfall for its current format legality, as Legacy has its own banlist.

Why was the Magic Online Deck Series discontinued after only two decks?

Wizards of the Coast never gave an official public explanation for why the series wasn't continued beyond Boltslinger and Exiler. The series launched in November 2010 and was simply never followed up on.

What decks are included in Magic Online Theme Decks (TD0)?

The two decks in the TD0 set are Boltslinger, a red-focused aggressive burn deck, and Exiler, a removal-oriented deck. Both were released simultaneously on November 8, 2010.

Why does TD0 share a set symbol with Commander Theme Decks?

The Boltslinger and Exiler decks were assigned the same set code and symbol as the Commander Theme Decks released around the same period on Magic Online. This is a cataloguing quirk rather than any meaningful connection between the two product lines.

Magic Online Theme Decks (TD0): Set Guide

Some sets exist to shake up a format. Some introduce mechanics that ripple through Magic for decades. Magic Online Theme Decks - set code TD0 - exists in a quieter corner of Magic history: a short-lived attempt to bring Legacy-competitive preconstructed decks to Magic Online players, packaged with event tickets and ready to play straight away.

It launched. It released exactly two decks. Then it stopped.

That's the whole story, more or less - but it's a genuinely interesting footnote in MTGO history, and if you're here trying to understand what TD0 actually is, you've come to the right place.

What is Magic Online Theme Decks?

The Magic Online Theme Decks series - officially called the Magic Online Deck Series - was a line of non-Standard, Legacy-competitive preconstructed theme decks released exclusively on Magic Online by Wizards of the Coast. Each package contained a 60-card main deck, a 15-card sideboard, and two event tickets, priced at $29.99.

The first (and only) two decks in the series, Boltslinger and Exiler, were released on November 8, 2010. They shared a set code and set symbol with the Commander Theme Decks of the same era.

The series was never continued beyond that initial release.

Format check: These decks were designed around Legacy legality, not Standard or any other rotating format. If you're looking at the individual cards from a format-legality perspective, check each card individually on Scryfall - Legacy has its own banlist, and card legality varies.

A series that launched and immediately ended

The concept behind the Magic Online Deck Series was appealing on paper. Legacy is an expensive format - both in paper and, historically, on MTGO - and preconstructed entry points at a fixed price make a lot of sense as a way to lower that barrier. Bundling event tickets alongside a ready-to-play 75-card package gave players an immediate path from purchase to game.

But the series stopped after two decks, with no official explanation from Wizards of the Coast about why it wasn't continued. In that sense, TD0 is less a "set" in the traditional Magic sense and more a product line that was quietly shelved.

I think that's genuinely a shame - the idea of affordable, competitive-format entry points for digital play is a good one. Whether the execution, the price point, the timing, or something else didn't land, we don't have much to go on.

The two decks

Only two products carry the TD0 set code:

Boltslinger - a red-focused, aggressive deck built around burn spells and fast creatures, as the name suggests
Exiler - the name implies a removal-heavy or exile-based strategy

Both decks were built to be Legacy-competitive out of the box, which distinguished them from the introductory-level theme decks Wizards regularly packaged with Standard-legal sets.

A note on card counts: The TD0 set is listed as containing 197 cards across both products combined, reflecting the full card pools of the two 75-card decks (main deck plus sideboard) with some overlap in the count methodology.

How TD0 relates to other MTGO-exclusive products

Magic Online has a long history of products that exist only in digital form - from the Masters Edition sets that brought older cards into the MTGO ecosystem, to the Mirage block theme decks designed specifically for MTGO because those expansions predated physical theme decks entirely.

TD0 fits into that tradition of MTGO-native products, though its Legacy focus and competitive intent made it a different beast from the introductory precons typically associated with theme deck releases. Sharing a set symbol with the Commander Theme Decks of the same period is a small quirk that sometimes causes confusion when browsing set codes.

Set legacy

Honestly, TD0 doesn't have much of a competitive legacy - the series ended before it could build one. What it represents is more interesting than what it achieved: an early attempt to make competitive Magic Online formats more accessible through a curated, ready-to-play product at a fixed price point.

The broader question of how to make Legacy and other non-rotating formats accessible to new players online is one that Wizards has revisited in various forms over the years. TD0 was an early, ultimately short-lived answer to that question.

For collectors and set completionists on MTGO, TD0 is a minor curiosity - a set code attached to two decks that came and went in November 2010, leaving just a small footprint in Magic Online's long history.