I'm reentering Magic after a 4 year or so hiatus. I used to frequent FNM and seeing as I depended on an allowance, I also frequented getting my ass handed to me.
I am going to go back and play in an FNM soon with a couple friends who just got into the game. Are there any (relatively) cheap decks that are competitive? I guess I'm asking for something aggro, since I'm not the greatest control player. Hell, I keep hearing Jund, Grixis, Esper etc and I don't have a clue what those are.
Thanks
I would suggest looking at the event decks (if you can still get them) as they are made to be standard and competitive when they come out. They shouldn't be overly expensive and they are built around a current theme.
Also check out the links I. This thread, that might help you to understand what the terminology that people use here.
http://imtgapp.com/forum/index.php?topic=9393.0.html
Those are color combination names jund ({R}{B}{G}) and bant ({W}{U}{G}) are pretty strong and tend to rise to the top of most competitions right now. The over all meta (what people play as a whole and common decisions they make) is fairly open right now though and leaves a lot of options for players to do good with what they want to play instead of top teir decks taking all the glory.
As for cheap, if your looking to toolbox it and build using what you can get your hands on, selesnya ({G}{W}) and rakdos ({R}{B}) are good places to start. If you're looking to buy a cheap deck the I recommend the {burn at the stake} combo deck that once understood can really steal some wins or you can buy orzhov({B}{W}) exalted for a fairly simple aggro beat down. Im happy to further explain whatever you're interested in an welcome back to the world of magic.
{G}{W} Humans or {B}{R} Zombies for standard.
Is Gatecrash going to make any of those obsolete?
Oh man.... I must say thanks for asking the question!:-)
I was trying to find all the words out myself but there are just too many!
I just started playing/collecting about 4 months ago so I still have a lot to learn!
No, but it will shift some of the cards used as well as introduce gruul {R}{G} as another cheaper option.
So do you think BR Zombies or GR beats will be better? And do you have any suggestions particular to those decks?
I tried your Stakeout deck, and I do like it, but using the sample hand feature on iMtG, I typically fail to go off by turn 5.
Black white exalted can be fairly cheap, if you skip the exalted angel. Throw in some green splash and add rancor and giant growth.
I have an exalted trample deck in standard, just add vampire night hawks to it and its golden.
{G}{W} will always be good through this format. It lays out such awesome creatures with crazy abilities. {Mayor of Avabruck} and {Thalia, Guardian of Thraben} for spell denile, {Sublime Archangel} and {Silverblade Paladin} for beats. Unless they print rediculous hate for any of those cards (in the way of protection), you can be sure that it will play like aggro and win like aggro.
Quote from: KangaRod on January 17, 2013, 01:27:47 AM
I think it's hard to beat mono-red for a competitiveness to dollar percentage. You can save so much money by not requiring a $100 mana base.
I was going to say Rdw.......
The fiery dawn {R}{W} deck is kick but. It's fast, and the creatures deal a lot of damage. And there are some neat Johnny combos you can pull with it. After all MaRo designed it/tempered it
Quote from: Testset on January 16, 2013, 06:34:01 PM
Quote from: Risk26 on January 16, 2013, 06:19:07 PM
I'm reentering Magic after a 4 year or so hiatus. I used to frequent FNM and seeing as I depended on an allowance, I also frequented getting my ass handed to me.
I am going to go back and play in an FNM soon with a couple friends who just got into the game. Are there any (relatively) cheap decks that are competitive? I guess I'm asking for something aggro, since I'm not the greatest control player. Hell, I keep hearing Jund, Grixis, Esper etc and I don't have a clue what those are.
Thanks
Jund, Grixis, and Esper were different "shards" from the Alara block. Each is a color and its two "allied" colors. In this case, {G}{R}{B}, {R}{B}{U}, and {B}{U}{W}, respectively. The other two are Bant ({U}{W}{G}) and Naya ({W}{G}{R}).
They are an easy way to name some color archtypes. Others are acronyms: BUG, RUG, then Junk ({W}{B}{G}), Superman/USA ({R}{W}{U}), and the no-name {R}{B}{W}.
I always call {R}{B}{W} = DAD.
Which stands for "Demons Angels Dragons"
I get that from {Kaalia of the Vast}