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Title: Unsure which way to go?
Post by: Mundootz on September 09, 2012, 11:48:05 PM
I play with my buddies casually, and have only been playing for about 2 months now. I live green and blue but i wanna make a few decks but i really dont know what to focus on?
Like for example there are tons of combos like spirt decks(w/bl or w/g) and vampire and wolves i dunno where to start. I have a decent black deck but i wanna expand. Any tips on where i could find a chart of different combinations/deck themes?

Thanks you
Title: Re: Unsure which way to go?
Post by: Quackmaster5 on September 09, 2012, 11:52:19 PM
I don't know about a chart but I say you own one already.

It's called. Your library of cards.

I always look at the cards I have and find themes among them. Then see which ones work well together. There is no right answer when playing casually of course. 😜.
Title: Re: Unsure which way to go?
Post by: Mikefrompluto on September 09, 2012, 11:53:17 PM
I play a U/B {blood artist} deck that relies heavily on its effect plus a ton of kill spells, with zombies thrown in as backup. It's a fun deck to play. Delver is also fun, no matter what anyone says.
Title: Re: Unsure which way to go?
Post by: peepew on September 10, 2012, 12:12:12 PM
If you're starting off and you want a casual but competitive deck you should look into mono red burn goblins
Title: Re: Unsure which way to go?
Post by: Rass on September 10, 2012, 01:09:02 PM
Check out some modern decks here. It gives you an idea of what can be done with the current card pool.
Title: Re: Unsure which way to go?
Post by: cltrn81 on September 10, 2012, 04:19:37 PM
Quote from: Mikefrompluto on September 09, 2012, 11:53:17 PM
I play a U/B {blood artist} deck that relies heavily on its effect plus a ton of kill spells, with zombies thrown in as backup. It's a fun deck to play. Delver is also fun, no matter what anyone says.
I love {blood artist} I run him a {B}/{G} {birthing pod} deck and it is just an awesome casual deck.  The point of a good deck is to find a theme and try to build around it and abuse it.  My deck relies on creatures dying so I have good morbid cards like {tragic slip} and {morkut banshee}.....then other cards that benefit like {quest for the gravelord} and of course {blood artist}......then creatures like {gravecrawler} and {geralf's messanger} can come back from the GY to be abused more.  Pick a theme and run with it 👍

There are some cards that are just junk by themselves but can be very useful in the right deck.  Take {morkut banshee}....crap card that I would never run in any other deck......but being able to sac a 4 CMC creature to {birthing pod} instantly ensures the morbid takes effect and the banshee comes in and destroys another creature.
Title: Re: Unsure which way to go?
Post by: Mikefrompluto on September 10, 2012, 09:06:58 PM
Quote from: cltrn81 on September 10, 2012, 04:19:37 PM
Quote from: Mikefrompluto on September 09, 2012, 11:53:17 PM
I play a U/B {blood artist} deck that relies heavily on its effect plus a ton of kill spells, with zombies thrown in as backup. It's a fun deck to play. Delver is also fun, no matter what anyone says.
I love {blood artist} I run him a {B}/{G} {birthing pod} deck and it is just an awesome casual deck.  The point of a good deck is to find a theme and try to build around it and abuse it.  My deck relies on creatures dying so I have good morbid cards like {tragic slip} and {morkut banshee}.....then other cards that benefit like {quest for the gravelord} and of course {blood artist}......then creatures like {gravecrawler} and {geralf's messanger} can come back from the GY to be abused more.  Pick a theme and run with it 👍

There are some cards that are just junk by themselves but can be very useful in the right deck.  Take {morkut banshee}....crap card that I would never run in any other deck......but being able to sac a 4 CMC creature to {birthing pod} instantly ensures the morbid takes effect and the banshee comes in and destroys another creature.

{blood artist} is such a fun card to build around. Many people underestimate it. Only things I lack are {gravecrawler} and {geralf's messenger} which no one seems too eager to trade away 😢😢😢
Title: Re: Unsure which way to go?
Post by: Rass on September 10, 2012, 09:15:37 PM
He's good in a token or pod deck too