Deck building includes discussion of games where you build decks and strategies and methods to build decks. Generally a tag for another game should be included with this tag.
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How can I improve my deck building skills?
I've been playing M:tG for nearly a decade now. I understand the rules very well, I've participated in a few draft tournaments, and I've built a few decks that I'm very proud of.
Nonetheless, I seem to have hit a wall in my MtG deck-building…
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Comparisons Betwen Deck-Building Games
I never played Magic. I briefly tried the original Vampire: The Masquerade (V:TM) themed CCG (Jyhad?). I had some Illuminati: New World Order (INWO) cards. I bought and listlessly toyed with a deck of the A Game of Thrones CCG. I really, really…
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How many lands should I have in my sealed or draft decks?
A standard draft deck has 40 cards in it; a 4-booster sealed deck has 30 cards. How many lands should I put in each of these formats? And why do I need this ratio?
The conventional wisdom that I received for a 60-card constructed deck is to have 20…
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In MTG, was there ever a five-color deck that worked well?
The first pre-con I ever bought was the five-color one from I believe planeshift. I liked that deck when I was learning the game, but it didn't hold up when I actually started going to tournaments, and learned more about the game (such as the fact…
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What cards can be used to cheat Eldrazi creatures onto the table?
I'm constructing an Eldrazi based deck and I'm thinking about possible ways of getting one onto the table. What I already considered:
Summoning Trap
Polymorph
Do you know any other cards like these?
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I'm talking about the "big three"…
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What is a good Pokemon deck ratio?
My son really likes Pokémon, and owns a lot of cards. He mostly plays the video games and reads the books, but wants to build a Pokemon deck to play as well. We understand the basic rules. I know decks can only have four of each type of card (except…
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How should I determine how many lands of each different color to put in my deck?
Situation: You've built your at least 2 color deck, know exactly what number of lands you want in it, but don't know how many to put in of each basic-land type.
How do pro-players figure this out? Obviously it seems like a deck that is about 50-50…
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Can I use a card with "Add one mana of any color to your mana pool" in any Elder Dragon Highlander (EDH) deck?
I recently tried Elder Dragon Highlander/Commander, and found it to be a ton of fun. I've started customizing one of the pre-cons I got, but I'm a little confused by some of the deck-building requirements.
According to the deck-building rules:
A…
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How many creatures should be in a draft deck?
How many creatures should the average, typical draft deck contain?
Obviously this depends on a multitude of factors, including the kinds of creatures in your deck, the kinds of non-creatures you have available, and the overall composition of the…
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How to build a budget-friendly manabase for a 5-color deck?
I am a commander player who operates on a very tight budget. I recently started brewing for a 5-color Jodah chaos deck, but am having trouble building an affordable manabase. I can't afford shocklands, fetchlands, original duals and the like. I am…
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What is the fastest MTG Mill deck that can be made?
I have been working on putting together a Mill deck and it occurred to me that there are likely much faster Milling decks out there. So, what is the fastest Milling win condition that can be achieved?
Deck limitations: Standard 4-card limit, and all…
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What's the strategic advantage of building around alternate win conditions?
In MTG, there are several ways to win that don't involve damaging your opponent. The most prominent is milling (running an opponent out of cards to draw), but there are also special cards like Felidar Sovereign, Laboratory Maniac, Battle of Wits,…
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When should I add life gain cards to my deck in MTG?
One common mistake in MTG is to overvalue life-gain cards (at least in 2 player games) because they don't do anything to actually help you WIN the game, and only make you lose slower. This makes them seem like the kind of card that's good in any…
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Becoming better at sideboarding
One of the keys to tournament performance in Magic is proper sideboarding. This seems to be a point of failure with many Magic players that want to move up from casual play and compete in tournaments such as Star City Games Open, Grand Prix, TCG…
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Why are MUD decks called MUD?
I have done numerous Google searches, and come up with nothing remotely definitive for the reason for the name MUD given to MUD decks.
The definition of MUD appears to be, an artifact deck, that uses Mishra Workshop, AND Metal Worker. If the deck…
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