First of all,when I say "girlfriend" I mean my friend whose a girl that wants to start playing.Should I just give her the deck I made for her or just go with an Intro Deck?
What is the deck you made for her? I've found over the years, the girls I've helped play have liked {W}{G} because they have the cats, bears, wolves and humans and healing, fixing, protecting and nurturing. That's being very general and pigeon holing but I've taught a lot of girls the game over the years (especially lately being a school teacher) and that's averagely the outcome. Blue Faeries with cantrips is another one due to the choice from a full hand ... and cute Faeries.😃
I've actually taught more just straight RDW than any.
It's really easy for someone to understand play land and turn creatures sideways.
I made her a {U}{W} Azorius deck.She liked thise two colors the best so that's what I made her.
My gf has a thing for faeries so I put together a dimir faerie deck that actually plays pretty well and is fun and very straight forward to play.
Well with the zombie craze I have seen a few girls playing stacked zombie decks "casual"
I played against a girl at FNM who was borrowing a deck from her boyfriend. She was playing BW sacrificial zombies.
My girlfriend plays a mono black deck with lots of buffs and enchantments
Start with mono color. Most new players learn with green, as it's the most straightforward of all of the strategies, but depending on her personality, she might love black zombies, red burn, or white weenies to start with. In any case, I'd rely heavily on creatures for (and against) her first deck. Don't overwhelm a new player with a lot of instant-speed shenanigans and certainly no manipulating the stack just yet.
When I made a deck for my friend (Not girlfriend) I taught him about the rules, and let him use my cards, and he liked it. I then explained each colour and each guild, and he chose Golgari, moved to simic, then orzhov for a long time, and has finally settled (for now) on rakdos. I would recommend Rakdos, as it's very simple to play and make but can be extremely overpowered. I could post the deck list if you want.I think the easiest guilds are Gruul, Selesnya, Rakdos, and anything else simple Aggro. You could do Azorius, if you left out counter. Then it's very easy.
A girl I like wanted to play magic when she saw me and her friend playing once, let her use my RB innistrad vampire deck and she went nuts. Since then I try to stay as close to standard as possible since I don't like broken combos, so for her b-day I gave it to her permanently. Not throwing stereotypes around or anything, but girls certainly do love vampires...
Quote from: Anoobass on July 31, 2013, 01:45:39 PM
A girl I like wanted to play magic when she saw me and her friend playing once, let her use my RB innistrad vampire deck and she went nuts. Since then I try to stay as close to standard as possible since I don't like broken combos, so for her b-day I gave it to her permanently. Not throwing stereotypes around or anything, but girls certainly do love vampires...
RB? I thought girls liked W vampires, because Edward Cullen. Not saying anything, but...
Idk, all I know is she loved it more than life itself.
Quote from: Anoobass on July 31, 2013, 01:51:11 PM
Idk, all I know is she loved it more than life itself.
It's because {Rakish Heir} is such a stud-muffin.
That is pretty sick.
I don't know why, but the girl who I helped into magic likes all the -1/-1 counters, and the idea of letting your enemy decay... Then again she is goth.
I started out Golgari, wandered into Dimir, and now I'm a Grixis girl. Anything with Black is a FABULOUS choice, because Demons/Vampires/Zombies :D loooovvvveeeee. But honestly, I think she'd like anything, so long as you made it especially for her ;) because it shows you care enough to put in the effort to get her interested and playing regularly with colors and tactics that she might like! Bravo!!!
Quote from: Gorzo on July 31, 2013, 03:46:23 PM
Quote from: Anoobass on July 31, 2013, 01:51:11 PM
Idk, all I know is she loved it more than life itself.
It's because {Rakish Heir} is such a stud-muffin.
That he is, that he is.
Quote from: Anoobass on August 01, 2013, 12:17:23 AM
Quote from: Gorzo on July 31, 2013, 03:46:23 PM
Quote from: Anoobass on July 31, 2013, 01:51:11 PM
Idk, all I know is she loved it more than life itself.
It's because {Rakish Heir} is such a stud-muffin.
That he is, that he is.
Ummm, because {Vish Kal Blood Arbiter}!
Quote from: LadyGrixis on August 01, 2013, 12:20:54 AM
Quote from: Anoobass on August 01, 2013, 12:17:23 AM
Quote from: Gorzo on July 31, 2013, 03:46:23 PM
Quote from: Anoobass on July 31, 2013, 01:51:11 PM
Idk, all I know is she loved it more than life itself.
It's because {Rakish Heir} is such a stud-muffin.
That he is, that he is.
Ummm, because {Vish Kal Blood Arbiter}!
Standard deck for another month :p but its her deck now so she can do whatever she likes with it so long as she doesn't damage the cards and make them worthless.
Quote from: Anoobass on July 31, 2013, 01:45:39 PM
A girl I like wanted to play magic when she saw me and her friend playing once, let her use my RB innistrad vampire deck and she went nuts. Since then I try to stay as close to standard as possible since I don't like broken combos, so for her b-day I gave it to her permanently. Not throwing stereotypes around or anything, but girls certainly do love vampires...
Buahaha my first deck was vampires because I was all in to Twilight xD
Quote from: YumiBug on August 01, 2013, 02:44:53 AM
Quote from: Anoobass on July 31, 2013, 01:45:39 PM
A girl I like wanted to play magic when she saw me and her friend playing once, let her use my RB innistrad vampire deck and she went nuts. Since then I try to stay as close to standard as possible since I don't like broken combos, so for her b-day I gave it to her permanently. Not throwing stereotypes around or anything, but girls certainly do love vampires...
Buahaha my first deck was vampires because I was all in to Twilight xD
zelda fan? :D
When I first started playing I didn't get excited over cute cards or creatures. I liked the game itself, and I enjoyed winning. The first deck I made for myself was a mono white weenie deck. I agree that for new players, mono colored decks are easily the best to start out on. As a female, I sort of despise all of this "they like cute cards" talk. Make her a deck that has potential to win, she'll appreciate it a hell of a lot more than a {Grizzly Bears} deck.
Quote from: Moneekahh on August 01, 2013, 03:00:13 PM
When I first started playing I didn't get excited over cute cards or creatures. I liked the game itself, and I enjoyed winning. The first deck I made for myself was a mono white weenie deck. I agree that for new players, mono colored decks are easily the best to start out on. As a female, I sort of despise all of this "they like cute cards" talk. Make her a deck that has potential to win, she'll appreciate it a hell of a lot more than a {Grizzly Bears} deck.
Why can't it be both cute and win?
Quote from: Millionlittlee on August 01, 2013, 03:17:39 PM
Quote from: Moneekahh on August 01, 2013, 03:00:13 PM
When I first started playing I didn't get excited over cute cards or creatures. I liked the game itself, and I enjoyed winning. The first deck I made for myself was a mono white weenie deck. I agree that for new players, mono colored decks are easily the best to start out on. As a female, I sort of despise all of this "they like cute cards" talk. Make her a deck that has potential to win, she'll appreciate it a hell of a lot more than a {Grizzly Bears} deck.
Why can't it be both cute and win?
ya get all the sexiest humans together 👍 and smash. Just kidding that deck would suck well I'm not a girl so I guess I don't really know what human cards are sexy
Quote from: Taysby on August 01, 2013, 04:26:32 PM
Faeries are cute. And they pound face.
^^^^^^^your gonna give me nightmares
My gf plays a mean boros deck with 4 rekoners and 2 Aurelia's.
I got a sister and many friends that are girls. Girls like Wear Wolves. It gets annoying. Twilight makes my life impossible around the girl I like. But she only uses to try making me jealous. I know the truth cause she told me. Ha ha ha.
Beebles deck! Girls love them {bouncing beebles}
Quote from: Taysby on August 01, 2013, 04:26:32 PM
Faeries are cute. And they pound face.
I made my GF {U}{B} Faeries and this is what happened.
Quote from: Johng4490 on August 04, 2013, 08:25:04 PM
Quote from: Taysby on August 01, 2013, 04:26:32 PM
Faeries are cute. And they pound face.
I made my GF {U}{B} Faeries and this is what happened.
This is what I put together for my gf, picked up pink sleeves, pink deck box, I think did pretty well. Didn't really work though, it hasn't really grabbed her, she respects that I play, but she's just not the kind of person to embrace it(at least I don't have to worry about her sneaking into fnm).
Spirits are a good starter.
Quote from: Johng4490 on August 04, 2013, 08:25:04 PM
Quote from: Taysby on August 01, 2013, 04:26:32 PM
Faeries are cute. And they pound face.
I made my GF {U}{B} Faeries and this is what happened.
I see what you did there...
Quote from: Millionlittlee on August 01, 2013, 03:17:39 PM
Quote from: Moneekahh on August 01, 2013, 03:00:13 PM
When I first started playing I didn't get excited over cute cards or creatures. I liked the game itself, and I enjoyed winning. The first deck I made for myself was a mono white weenie deck. I agree that for new players, mono colored decks are easily the best to start out on. As a female, I sort of despise all of this "they like cute cards" talk. Make her a deck that has potential to win, she'll appreciate it a hell of a lot more than a {Grizzly Bears} deck.
Why can't it be both cute and win?
Agreed^,^
Quote from: Millionlittlee on August 01, 2013, 03:17:39 PM
Quote from: Moneekahh on August 01, 2013, 03:00:13 PM
When I first started playing I didn't get excited over cute cards or creatures. I liked the game itself, and I enjoyed winning. The first deck I made for myself was a mono white weenie deck. I agree that for new players, mono colored decks are easily the best to start out on. As a female, I sort of despise all of this "they like cute cards" talk. Make her a deck that has potential to win, she'll appreciate it a hell of a lot more than a {Grizzly Bears} deck.
Why can't it be both cute and win?
I guess it can be. But I doubt any deck based solely around how adorable cards are ever won a tournament. On a deeper level, it's just irritating to see females being stereotyped, especially when it comes to this game. As a female, I'm not just seen as "another" player, I'm a "girl player" in most of their eyes, and when people make degrading comments like "haha you got beat by a GIRL" (to my opponent) or "wow, you placed?" (To me, not even knowing how long I've played or what deck I run, only knowing my gender), it makes me want to hit things. So yea, it's not my favorite thing to come on here and read about how much girls "love" cute creatures.
{Tarmogoyf} is the cutest creature they ever printed. And he wins games :3
Quote from: imthelolrus on August 07, 2013, 08:41:25 PM
{Tarmogoyf} is the cutest creature they ever printed. And he wins games :3
I think {lord of the pit} is cuter :)
Quote from: Moneekahh on August 07, 2013, 08:16:16 PM
Quote from: Millionlittlee on August 01, 2013, 03:17:39 PM
Quote from: Moneekahh on August 01, 2013, 03:00:13 PM
When I first started playing I didn't get excited over cute cards or creatures. I liked the game itself, and I enjoyed winning. The first deck I made for myself was a mono white weenie deck. I agree that for new players, mono colored decks are easily the best to start out on. As a female, I sort of despise all of this "they like cute cards" talk. Make her a deck that has potential to win, she'll appreciate it a hell of a lot more than a {Grizzly Bears} deck.
Why can't it be both cute and win?
I guess it can be. But I doubt any deck based solely around how adorable cards are ever won a tournament. On a deeper level, it's just irritating to see females being stereotyped, especially when it comes to this game. As a female, I'm not just seen as "another" player, I'm a "girl player" in most of their eyes, and when people make degrading comments like "haha you got beat by a GIRL" (to my opponent) or "wow, you placed?" (To me, not even knowing how long I've played or what deck I run, only knowing my gender), it makes me want to hit things. So yea, it's not my favorite thing to come on here and read about how much girls "love" cute creatures.
I feel you homie. I ran a Dimir deck during the Gatecrash release and EVERYONE was like "Dimir sucks, but girls like it". I stomped face that day with my Rogues and Ciphers. But it does make me feel good to be recognized as a contender amongst a male-driven sport. Because let's face it, Magic is made up of majority male players. Nevertheless, I'm okay with stomping faces of girls and boys alike :)
Quote from: Moneekahh on August 01, 2013, 03:00:13 PM
When I first started playing I didn't get excited over cute cards or creatures. I liked the game itself, and I enjoyed winning. The first deck I made for myself was a mono white weenie deck. I agree that for new players, mono colored decks are easily the best to start out on. As a female, I sort of despise all of this "they like cute cards" talk. Make her a deck that has potential to win, she'll appreciate it a hell of a lot more than a {Grizzly Bears} deck.
Ohhh! A {Bear Cub} deck is cute 😆
Okay guys, she's been playing for a while now.This is the deck me and my friend made for her:
8 {Plains}
8 {Island}
4 {Azorius Guildgate}
2 {Ascended Lawmage}
2 {Keymaster Rogue}
4 {Scroll Theif}
2 {Archaeomancer}
2 {Deputy of Acquittals}
1 {Archon of the Triumvirate}
4 {Inaction Injunction}
2 {Lyev Decree}
2 {Paralyzing Grasp}
2 {Claustrophobia}
2 {Arrest}
2 {Soul Tithe}
2 {Runner's Bane}
2 {Agoraphobia}
2 {Azorius Keyrune}
4 {Divination}
2 {Unsummon}
2 {Dramatic Rescue}
So, what do you guys think?
Quote from: IntoFire on September 20, 2013, 09:36:33 PM
Okay guys, she's been playing for a while now.This is the deck me and my friend made for her:
8 {Plains}
8 {Island}
4 {Azorius Guildgate}
2 {Ascended Lawmage}
2 {Keymaster Rogue}
4 {Scroll Theif}
2 {Archaeomancer}
2 {Deputy of Acquittals}
1 {Archon of the Triumvirate}
4 {Inaction Injunction}
2 {Lyev Decree}
2 {Paralyzing Grasp}
2 {Claustrophobia}
2 {Arrest}
2 {Soul Tithe}
2 {Runner's Bane}
2 {Agoraphobia}
2 {Azorius Keyrune}
4 {Divination}
2 {Unsummon}
2 {Dramatic Rescue}
So, what do you guys think?
Needs more counterspells. If you'd like, I could send you some decent azorius controlly rares to put into that deck :)
My gf tried to enjoy it. She went Esper Tokens. It really wasn't bad. But alas, she doesn't really enjoy it. She mentioned a Cat deck, so I'm building it for her. But if she doesn't want it ill just have a $100 cat tribal deck... Lol
Well, with {Fleecemane Lion} it'll raise a bit. The only real expenses are
2x {Cavern of Souls} $20
4x {Temple Garden} $40
4x {Fleecemane Lion} $30
2x {Raksha Golden Cub} $6
3x {Khemba Kha Regent} $6
4x {Lightning Greaves} $20
For a total of $122 now with Fleecemane
Quote from: Spikepit on July 31, 2013, 07:15:52 AM
What is the deck you made for her? I've found over the years, the girls I've helped play have liked {W}{G} because they have the cats, bears, wolves and humans and healing, fixing, protecting and nurturing. That's being very general and pigeon holing but I've taught a lot of girls the game over the years (especially lately being a school teacher) and that's averagely the outcome. Blue Faeries with cantrips is another one due to the choice from a full hand ... and cute Faeries.😃
Lol the one I'm teaching isn't that Girly haha she loves beats and dragons! Strong brutes xD
Quote from: Moocow4u2 on September 22, 2013, 05:20:49 PM
Quote from: Spikepit on July 31, 2013, 07:15:52 AM
What is the deck you made for her? I've found over the years, the girls I've helped play have liked {W}{G} because they have the cats, bears, wolves and humans and healing, fixing, protecting and nurturing. That's being very general and pigeon holing but I've taught a lot of girls the game over the years (especially lately being a school teacher) and that's averagely the outcome. Blue Faeries with cantrips is another one due to the choice from a full hand ... and cute Faeries.😃
Lol the one I'm teaching isn't that Girly haha she loves beats and dragons! Strong brutes xD
All the girls I see play run some zombie grixis thing, or something similar. (My deck's weakness, mainly... :/ ) A lot of times they won't kill you, they wait for Nicol Bolas to do it...
I have a cat deck that I put together for my daughter that isn't super but it sucks playing against. It's basically a bunch of chump cats, combined with a play set of {Ethereal Armor} and a bunch of {Pacifism}, {Arrest}, {Oblivion Ring}. Doesn't work the greatest, but it's coming along.
The girl I'm after steals my black-white newt deck and makes me play reanimator Q.Q