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Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Mason on April 08, 2010, 11:09:06 PM
Aright enough foolin around. One mention of Magic:The Gathering and we gotta see the deck lists. Post'em if you got'em.
[ic=Huskin Around]

 Huskin' Around
 By: Sarisa
 
 Green / Black
 
Creatures
 Symbiotic Wurm x1
 Symbiotic Elf x4
 Symbiotic Beast x4
 Diligent Farmhand x4
 Nantuko Husk x4
 Brawn x2
 
 Enchantments / Artifacts
 Doubling Season x1
 Grave Pact x2
 Fecundity x2
 Mortuary x 1
 Death Pit Offering x1
 Spellbook x1

 Instants / Sorceries
  Sprouting Vines x2
  Stitch Together x3
  Exhume x4
  Dark Banishing x3
  Naturalize x1

  Lands
  Tainted Wood x2
  Swamp x9
  Forest x9
[/ic]
  Not the fastest deck, but once you get Nantuko Husk+Grave Pact in play it takes off. Use dark banishing to keep attackers off you and exhume/stitch together to put your symbiotes back in play before Mortuary shows up.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Nomadic on April 09, 2010, 02:54:18 AM
I haven't played since Kamigawa so there's sadly no way I could give you my deck list. :/
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Elemental_Elf on April 09, 2010, 03:23:30 AM
18 Snow - Covered Islands
2 Scrying Sheets
2 Mouth of Ronom
~~~~~~~~~~~~
4 Fleeting Image
4 Imaginary Pet
4 Krovikan Mist
4 Phantom Warrior
2 Vertigo Spawn
3 Riftwing Cloudskate
4 Fathom Seer
~~~~~~~~~~~~
4 Repeal or Boomerang
4 Rune Snag
4 Slight of Hand
2 Halcyon Glaze
2 Muddle the Mixture
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Ninja D! on April 09, 2010, 06:50:06 AM
Awww shit, I need to find my goblin deck and post it. It doesn't look impressive but think : The only creature that costs more than 1 is the Goblin King. With good draws (and I've done it many times) I can be attacking for 3 on the second turn.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Mason on April 09, 2010, 09:12:35 AM
I love goblin decks Ninja D!
  A few goblin shrines , goblin recruiter , your golden.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Ninja D! on April 09, 2010, 11:22:03 AM
I think the Goblin Shrine is waaaay too risky. If someone uses disenchant, all the goblins are dead.

As far as the recruiter goes, that ruins the set up with everything but the King costing only 1.

Most people prefer other stuff in there, I just go for the speed.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Weave on April 09, 2010, 02:36:36 PM
Ahh, this brings back memories. I'm starting back up once Scars of Mirrodin comes out... I was that lame kid who made some imbalanced artifact affinity deck way back when Mirrodin first hit the scene. It was way too much fun, especially since I was at a 40-60 percent win ratio with my friend (a Magic veteran), so I finally felt like I could contribute in the battle against his blue control decks.

Sadly, I would have to dig to find the deck, but it wasn't all that special.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Ninja D! on April 09, 2010, 03:51:36 PM
I never had much luck with Affinity but it sure was fun to play.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Steerpike on April 09, 2010, 04:05:07 PM
I don't have a deck of my own to contribute but this thread made me think of a friend's deck... it was a blue control deck that functioned almost entirely on counterspells and drawing cards.  I remember that there was precisely one creature, a Teferi's Drake (I think - it was definitely some kind of flying, phasing creature).  It was a slow deck, but really, really frustrating to play against.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Weave on April 09, 2010, 04:08:38 PM
Dropping my entire hand on turn 1 for free is always fun :]. Affinity was awesome like that.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Elemental_Elf on April 09, 2010, 04:37:37 PM
What's your guy's favorite color and your favorite color combination?

My favorite color is Green. I like speed and nothing is faster than Green. As for color combination... Well I like G/B because Black tends to have a lot of techy abilities that green simply doesn't have (especially removal cards). G/R is also fun because Red adds burn and I love using Goblins. G/W is also fun, especially for speed weenie spam. G/U is ok... I'm not a huge fan of control with Green but a lot of people enjoy it. Out of them all, I think Green/Black is my favorite. The flavor of evil nature is just... Appealing :)

Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Elemental_Elf on April 09, 2010, 04:54:03 PM
Unfortunately, WotC ruined their forums, so I can't access my favorite deck list but here are a few of the key cards. It was an Elvish themed G/B list that abused the living heck out of killing my opponent's creatures, having a ton of mana and being able to dredge (i.e. get cards back from my graveyard by sacrificing x number of cards off the top of my deck). It was a ton of fun and I did quite well with it (including getting SECOND place at the first tournament I ever went to)!

 (http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=89073&type=card) (http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=83833&type=card)  (http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=89021&type=card)  (http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=83515&type=card)  (http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=45442&type=card)  (http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=83584&type=card)  (http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=96825&type=card)  (http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=83838&type=card)   (http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=83688&type=card) (http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=87922&type=card)  (http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=89056&type=card)  (http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=89009&type=card)  (http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=107569&type=card)  (http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=83004&type=card)  (http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=45414&type=card)
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Steerpike on April 09, 2010, 05:02:14 PM
I'm a big fan of Black (big surprise eh), mostly for the flavor but also for creatures like shades (yay for pumping) and horrors, fear-causing creatures, and instant kills.  My favorite colour combinations are Black/Blue, because you can totally dominate and control a game, and Red/Black, for the sheer destructive power.  I also once experimented with Black/White, the White's healing enchantments helping to fuel Black's "self-harm" style spells.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Nomadic on April 09, 2010, 06:15:35 PM
Black/Blue decks are some of the most evil things you can ever play. I worked one up with a friend who liked playing black (while I favored blue). The resulting deck was so nasty that after a couple days the other players there demanded that I switch back to mono-blue (these being the people that ground their teeth at my control deck beforehand).
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Ninja D! on April 09, 2010, 07:25:40 PM
Red is much faster than green. burn.burn!Burn!BURN!BURN!!BURN!!!

Errr...sorry.

For color combos, I have a sweet black / white deck and I think that is the best combo.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Kindling on April 09, 2010, 07:34:27 PM
Just aesthetically, I like green /  black. But then again I haven't played since about 2002 or 2003 ish, and I was never very seriously into the game anyway.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Elemental_Elf on April 09, 2010, 07:40:18 PM
Quote from: Ninja D!Red is much faster than green. burn.burn!Burn!BURN!BURN!!BURN!!!

Errr...sorry.

For color combos, I have a sweet black / white deck and I think that is the best combo.

Red is faster at killing but Red also leads to empty hands. That's why Blue is better for single card control/destruction (Blue has draw cards). But for sheer speed and mana development, Green is unparalleled.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Ninja D! on April 09, 2010, 07:42:17 PM
I never need more than maybe three lands playing red. I like my goblin deck and games pretty much never go past the 10th turn.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Nomadic on April 09, 2010, 08:35:49 PM
Quote from: Ninja D!I never need more than maybe three lands playing red. I like my goblin deck and games pretty much never go past the 10th turn.

Yea red is insanely fast and the direct damage is hell against anything outside of heavy control/heavy cancellation. Only major danger for red is if your opponent is playing a green deck with heavy healing and big beaters with trample (or possibly a black life loss deck). Blue and white can stop the damage but their creatures are much easier to take down so you often get a stalemate. If it's red vs white stalemate the winner is whoever is luckier/better. If it's a red vs blue it's about the same unless blue has some nasty milling combos (in which case red is going to get raped).
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Elemental_Elf on April 09, 2010, 09:38:07 PM
Quote from: Ninja D!I never need more than maybe three lands playing red. I like my goblin deck and games pretty much never go past the 10th turn.

I'd say 4 would let you sit pretty. 1 for a red weenie goblin and 3 for either a beatstick or something like Char.  (http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=87942&type=card) Or 3 more little goblins, lol.

One of my favorite Goblin cards was Empty the Warrens:
 (http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=109735&type=card)

I used to be able to get a TON of goblins in my old R/g Goblin deck.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Weave on April 09, 2010, 11:31:58 PM
I'll admit to being a simpleton: Green is my favorite of the colors. I don't prefer it because of its speed, but rather its ease of play; drop a big guy, hit people with it. Play elves and get them out faster. Call me dumb, but I never got into the complexities of playing Blue or Black and carefully calculating my turns... consequently, I also have a particular penchant for Red. I also like cards that just mess with the whole game, like Warp World or coin flip cards.

To me, that's fun Magic :]. My best friend plays a nasty blue control deck, and he always schools me; countering my big guys. I sometimes beat him with my Red deck, but usually just because I play so unpredictably he can't figure out how best to try and stop me. Ah well...
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Nomadic on April 10, 2010, 03:04:20 AM
(http://www.coolstuffinc.com/images/Products/mtg%20art/Tempest/Chill.jpg)

Problem red?
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Ninja D! on April 10, 2010, 06:00:32 AM
Green stuff is still about the most expensive. Drawn into a longer game, red wouldn't stand a chance. The way I play red, though, there are no long games.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Nomadic on April 10, 2010, 06:59:36 AM
Quote from: Ninja D!Green stuff is still about the most expensive. Drawn into a longer game, red wouldn't stand a chance. The way I play red, though, there are no long games.

I've seen a green deck do some nasty things to red with healing and regeneration to keep the game going long enough for mana acceleration to swing things over to its side so it could drop a plated slagwurm. Then again the guy playing the green deck was out to get the red guy (who liked decks like yours... which constantly raped the greenie).
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Ninja D! on April 10, 2010, 08:12:30 AM
Quote from: Nomadic
Quote from: Ninja D!Green stuff is still about the most expensive. Drawn into a longer game, red wouldn't stand a chance. The way I play red, though, there are no long games.

I've seen a green deck do some nasty things to red with healing and regeneration to keep the game going long enough for mana acceleration to swing things over to its side so it could drop a plated slagwurm. Then again the guy playing the green deck was out to get the red guy (who liked decks like yours... which constantly raped the greenie).
The trouble is, they have to get the many to do that sort of thing. Even if the green in built to destroy the red, at that point it will come down to luck.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Steerpike on April 10, 2010, 10:18:16 AM
[blockquote=Ninja D!]Green stuff is still about the most expensive.[/blockquote]Even though it has some of the most expensive creatures (Wurms etc) isn't Green the most cost-effective colour, Blue the least cost-effective (i.e. you get the biggest creatures for the least mana with Green)?
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Mason on April 10, 2010, 11:10:00 AM
My favorite red/green deck I ever played used Fires of yavimaya. (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Fires%20of%20Yavimaya)

 4x Wild Mongrel
 4x Basking Rootwalla
 4x Fiery Temper
 
 Other green creatures like blastoderm helped. But once you got the fires out, it was game over. Early turns involved the mongrel and dumping all kinds of madness cards into it. 5th turn kills were not uncommon with that bad boy. I had to take it apart because my circle of gamers got so pissed at it.

Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Elemental_Elf on April 10, 2010, 01:21:08 PM
(http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/images/8/8d/Color_pie.jpg)

[spoiler=What is White best at?]    * Damage prevention and life gain: White is a protector first; it has many cards that prevent damage to itself and/or its creatures. In addition, White places great emphasis on the continuity of life, and endurance. It can restore life to a player, allowing that player to shake off the attacks of the opponent. To contrast, whereas Green life gain cards always have life gain as the main effect, there are White cards whose principle effect is not life gain but have that as an added bonus, making White the best choice for keeping up a life total while  fighting off the opponent. Note the lifelink  keyword ability, primary in White. Examples: Angel of Salvation, Ancestor's Chosen, Reverse Damage

    * Small creatures (Weenies): White uses the strength of cooperation and discipline to assemble a powerful army out of small creatures. Often these creatures have abilities that make the whole group stronger. Examples: Knight of Meadowgrain, Steadfast Guard, Veteran Armorer

    * Rules-setting and "Taxing": White values order and law, and so it has ways of restricting the actions of players so that they do not do anything which White considers unnecessary or unfair. This can be outright denial of privileges (rules), or an imposition of some form of "cost" on a regular part of game play (taxing). Rules-setting on players is commonly symmetric, while taxation is asymmetric. Examples: Rule of Law, Windborn Muse, Recumbent Bliss

    * Artifact and enchantment destruction: Although White is attached to both these types, it sees vice in their excess. White mana has the ability to purge what is false, to take away the vestments in which wickedness hides. Since even early years of the game, no White card able to destroy an artifact is unable to destroy an enchantment, although there are many which can destroy an enchantment but never an artifact. This creates an asymmetry in costs. Recently (with the rotation of Disenchant from Standard), White is able to destroy enchantments with much less effort (less mana) than for artifacts. Examples: Demystify, Tempest of Light, Dispeller's Capsule

    * Balance and uniformity: White has a sense of honor and fair play, which is seen in its use of mass destruction effects, and other 'equality' spells. "Mass destruction" spells reduce all players to possessing no more of any resource than that of the player with the least, and oftentimes, they set that quantity to zero. In addition, White believes in making the world uniform. Differences cause individuals to dissent and dislike one another. Differences only allow for unrest. In sameness, there is fairness, and the way to consider a person justly is more clear. Examples: Wrath of God, Balance, Mirror Entity

    * Combat superiority: Ultimately, White wants to create peace. It has no interest in prolonging warfare and hates to kill even its enemies. As a result, White emphasizes the need for strong, effective methods to bring an engagement to a close - or at least bring the enemies offensives, and resistance, to an end. In addition to spells which banish or utterly destroy attackers or blockers, White has creatures with abilities representing skills (e.g., archery) that allow White's team to break up stalemates, protect each other from the enemy, and in general, facilitate the end of the hostilities. Examples: Neck Snap, Ballista Squad, Loxodon Mystic

    * Total defense: Above and beyond the degree to which White seeks options to expedite combat, it has every ability to stop attackers and other aggressors in their tracks. It will punish anything which causes - or even threatens to cause - pain. In this way, White magic sends a clear message, and it is that those who dare to inflict harm, will soon meet their maker. Examples: Hail of Arrows, Reciprocate, Retaliate [/spoiler]

 [spoiler=What is Blue best at?]    * Card drawing: Blue is the color of knowledge and research. As such, it is the best at expanding its mind, represented by drawing additional cards. This also comes about via card selection (i.e. the "looter" ability), which enables Blue to keep its ideas and plans relevant and up to date. Examples: Inspiration, Merfolk Looter.
    * Counterspells: Blue is disposed to deny or reverse its opponents' actions, rather than take actions of its own. Blue's logic empowers it to prevent others from taking actions it deems foolish. The use of "countermagic" reflects Blue's understanding of magic itself: dismantling opposing spells at their fundamental level. Examples: Cancel, Mana Leak.
    * "Return to hand" (Bounce) effects: Blue is the color most adept at manipulating time. The use of bounce effects net crucial tempo for Blue, slowing its opponents long enough for a permanent solution to be found. It is an element of Blue's technological aspect: changing the environment, in precise ways, to its advantage, such as by removing an attacker or blocker, or preserving one of its own permanents. Examples: Boomerang, Evacuation.
    * Tapping and untapping permanents: These effects come from Blue's tricky nature. The untapped status is necessary for certain actions, and for some of those, it is expended (the permanent becomes tapped). Due to this, Blue can slow or disrupt its opponent with tap effects, or untap its own permanents for extra and perhaps unexpected uses. Examples: Twitch, Puppeteer.
    * Gain control (theft) effects: Blue is a controlling color. It believes it knows best how to use others' resources. It is also very practical about combat, turning its knowledge of the mind toward controlling it. Examples: Persuasion, Take Possession. [/spoiler]

 [spoiler=What is Black best at?]    * Creature destruction, including toughness reduction: Black is the color that most embraces death as a tool. It sees the ability to take a life as exerting the greatest power over others, and so will ruthlessly demonstrate this power against its enemies. Examples: Sudden Death, Dark Banishing.
    * Discard: Black is able and willing to cause mental trauma to others. As a result, black can cause its opponents to discard cards. Examples: Mind Rot, Hypnotic Specter.
    * Reanimating creatures: Black has no compassion for the dead, nor any moral inhibitions about exploiting them. As a result, black will force its creatures (or even those of its enemies) to serve it even from beyond the grave. Examples: Zombify, Animate Dead.
    * Sacrificing itself and others for power: Black will not turn down any opportunity to gain power, even if it comes at great personal risk. As a result, black will enter into agreements with powers other colors would never go near. This gives black access both to under-costed creatures and powerful effects such as card drawing, but they are balanced with dangerous drawbacks. examples: Dark Confidant, Lord of the Pit.
    * Draining life from others: Black is parasitic in nature, growing through taking from others. Its ability to siphon life from creatures and players is reflective of this. Examples: Soul Feast, Consume Spirit. [/spoiler]

 [spoiler=What is Red best at? ]    * Direct damage (Burn): Red favors direct action. It doesn't waste time looking for ways 'around' a problem - it blasts a path clean through. When the obstacle is a physical thing, Red employs this solution literally, throwing fire, rocks, or anything else at the problem until it goes away. Examples: Char, Fireball, Barbed Lightning
    * Artifact and land destruction: Red's use of destruction goes to a deep philosophical origin, although it is frequently explained as unthinking glee. Briefly put, order arises from tradition, which occurs when some things are constant or expected. Chaos is the counter to order because chaos is change - unsettling change. When everything is changing, people are free, because there is no tie to "the way things were." Since Red wants freedom, it uses chaos. Destruction is clearly a force of chaos; it changes the world by removing something from it. Additionally, since Red is in every other respect a short-term thinker, the disruption effect of destroying your opponent's resources before they are used can be quite valuable. Examples: Shattering Spree, Demolish, Volcanic Awakening
    * Aggressive creatures: Red is capable of mounting a quick offensive, hoping to blitz its opponents before they have a chance to react. Unlike White, Red's creatures are focused almost entirely on the attack; little to no thought is given to blocking or endurance. Red creatures can be fast, at the cost of consistency, long term resources, or harm to the controller. Examples: Ball Lightning, Jackal Pup, Goblin Cohort
    * Gambits and short-term mana acceleration: Red wants to act on its desires without delay, whatever the cost. As such, its magic can give itself sudden, potent, but short-lived boosts of energy, or create high-risk-high-reward effects. This enables Red to do powerful things quickly and easily, though they carry the risk that, if the opponent recovers, Red's resources will "burn out." Examples: Seething Song, Fiery Gambit, Final Fortune
    * Trickery and randomness: Red is the color of pranksters; Red enjoys playing tricks on its enemies and changing the effects of their magic. Blue interferes with magic also, but it specifically controls the magic for its own long-term profit. Red is concerned more with taking control away from its enemies - forcing them to deal with the unexpected. Sometimes Red can dictate the new effect, sometimes it is random. Such trickery includes temporarily gaining control of permanents, preventing creatures from blocking, and changing the targets of spells, though some cards in this category are truly unique. Examples: Reroute, Confusion in the Ranks, Tide of War [/spoiler]

 [spoiler=What is Green best at?]    * Powerful creatures: As the color of nature and growth, green is able to field mighty creatures with ease. Although other colors have access to cheap creatures or strong creatures, Green alone has access to efficiently-costed creatures at any cost. Examples: Verdant Force, Ravenous Baloth, Elvish Warrior
    * Token creatures: Tying in with green's creature focus and emphasis on growth is its ability to generate large numbers of token creatures. In green, these effects are often repeatable and represent an ever-expanding community of creatures. Examples: Thallid, Centaur Glade.
    * "Pump" effects: Green's philosophies of growth and strength both mean it can boost the power and toughness of its creatures, making them more effective in combat. These boosts can either be temporary, though instants and sorceries, or permanent through enchantments and +1/+1 counters. Examples: Giant Growth, Thrive.
    * Permanent mana acceleration: Green's focus on growth enables it to permanently expand its mana base, both through putting additional lands into play and through creating creatures and enchantments that generate additional mana. Examples: Rampant Growth, Llanowar Elves, Overgrowth.
    * Mana fixing: Green's community aspect means it is the best color at creating other colors of mana, either through being able to search for other lands or through changing one color of mana into another. Examples: Farseek, Orochi Leafcaller.
    * Artifact and enchantment destruction: Green hates illusions and the artificial, seeing them as perversions of the natural world. Thus, green actively works to destroy such things. Examples: Naturalize, Viridian Shaman. [/spoiler]
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Nomadic on April 10, 2010, 04:53:07 PM
Quote from: Ninja D!
Quote from: Nomadic
Quote from: Ninja D!Green stuff is still about the most expensive. Drawn into a longer game, red wouldn't stand a chance. The way I play red, though, there are no long games.

I've seen a green deck do some nasty things to red with healing and regeneration to keep the game going long enough for mana acceleration to swing things over to its side so it could drop a plated slagwurm. Then again the guy playing the green deck was out to get the red guy (who liked decks like yours... which constantly raped the greenie).
The trouble is, they have to get the many to do that sort of thing. Even if the green in built to destroy the red, at that point it will come down to luck.

It isn't hard to do. Just play some library search cards. Actually as I recall he had a slagwurm out on like turn 4. Yea here's the card.

(http://magiccards.info/scans/en/po/101.jpg)

If by turn 5 you have a 13/11 trample swinging (rancor + giant growth) the red guy with his little goblins is going to be screwed.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Elemental_Elf on April 10, 2010, 11:37:33 PM
Green, unfortunately, is always best paired with another color. It just doesn't have any real means of dealing with its opponent's threats outside of mana spam, big  creatures and lots of pumps. Having said that, Green makes every other color better. It makes decks faster, more reliable and all around better.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Nomadic on April 11, 2010, 12:07:29 AM
Quote from: Elemental_Elf Green, unfortunately, is always best paired with another color. It just doesn't have any real means of dealing with its opponent's threats outside of mana spam, big  creatures and lots of pumps. Having said that, Green makes every other color better. It makes decks faster, more reliable and all around better.

Against colored yes, though the aforementioned greenie had a nasty win percentage against this one guy who had an artifact deck.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Polycarp on April 11, 2010, 03:59:37 AM
I stopped playing and sold my cards years ago, but the most reliably good deck I ever played was a very straightforward red/blue deck.  Nothing fancy, just shutdown with blue and damage with red.  The only thing it had that even resembled a combo was Drain Power + Disintegrate.  The only creature it had was Fog Bank; if this wasn't enough to deal with the opponent's creatures, I just killed everything with mass damage or THAT &@#%ING DISK.

What my friends hated about this deck was that I played with 4 each of Force of Will and Thwart, so even when I was fully tapped out nobody could ever be certain that I wouldn't still be able to counter them.  That knowledge was typically more useful than the cards themselves.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Nomadic on April 11, 2010, 04:32:59 AM
Entangler + Fog Bank was one of the most dickish parts of my deck. It completely shut down any attack save for massed trample or unblockable. And if someone wants to pull that on me I'd just wipe the grin off their face with a holy day. Then on my turn wash out all their creatures, and if I was feeling super evil drop a discard your hand on them.

Oh I have so many fond memories of my U/W deck
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Ninja D! on April 11, 2010, 07:42:36 AM
I've seen things like that in action, Nomadic. I'm not saying my goblin deck always wins but that kind of strategy isn't very effective against it. Have a big creature down by fourth turn, or even third. I've already been attacking at that point and I will have multiple creatures in play, attacking every turn.

The basis of my black / white deck is killing everything (a lot of it by making my opponent sacrifice their creatures so it works even when color protection is in play) and reanimating what I want under my control, from either graveyard. It works wonderfully.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Nomadic on April 11, 2010, 12:43:01 PM
Quote from: Ninja D!The basis of my black / white deck is killing everything (a lot of it by making my opponent sacrifice their creatures so it works even when color protection is in play) and reanimating what I want under my control, from either graveyard. It works wonderfully.

*grabs white/blue deck*

wanna play a game? trollface.jpg

:P
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Elemental_Elf on April 11, 2010, 03:03:49 PM
Quote from: Nomadic
Quote from: Elemental_Elf Green, unfortunately, is always best paired with another color. It just doesn't have any real means of dealing with its opponent's threats outside of mana spam, big  creatures and lots of pumps. Having said that, Green makes every other color better. It makes decks faster, more reliable and all around better.

Against colored yes, though the aforementioned greenie had a nasty win percentage against this one guy who had an artifact deck.

Yeah Green is awesome against Artifacts, lol!
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: SamuraiChicken on April 11, 2010, 04:31:57 PM
This thread made me go to my closet and dig through a bunch of stuff until I found my old magic decks.

My first deck began as nothing special, but later focused on just getting out a lot of creatures followed by an Overrun (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=201779). I would have gone with saprolings had it not been for this combo: Squirrel Nest (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=31836) + Earthcraft (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=4756). These two cards will give you any number of squirrels that you want, though not infinite because you have to stop at some point. It's a mean combo, but I find that it only comes up occasionally (so it is actually plan B for this deck).

The second deck I ever made is one that I'm very proud of, and wins often. It's a white/blue discard deck that relies on discarding powerful creatures, then bringing them from the graveyard to play directly (as soon as turn 4), or using Riptide Shapeshifter (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=25812) to get creatures into play straight from the library (and then you resurrect the Shapeshifter). Unlike tribal decks, this deck has only one creature of each type, so if I choose 'angel,' then I know I'm going to get Reya Dawnbringer (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=196998). The cards have changed slightly over the years, but the deck has kept the same basic strategy.
[spoiler=Decklist]
Quote from: http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=89096Autochthon Wurm[/url] x2
Azorius First-Wing (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=97101) x2
Blazing Archon (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=83754)
Confessor (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=31769) x2
Merieke Ri Berit (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=108871)
Merfolk Looter (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=190174) x3
Nemesis of Reason (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=188962)
Oathsworn Giant (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=89012)
Reya Dawnbringer (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=196998)
Riptide Shapeshifter (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=25812) x4
Tireless Tribe (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=29695) x2
Visara the Dreadful (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=39863)

Awe Strike (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=48074)
Breath of Life (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=13112) x4
Confiscate (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=83037)
Control Magic (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=21141)
Dragon Scales (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=44400) x2
Forbid (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=5157) x3
Protective Bubble (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=139687)

Angel's Feather (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=191245)
Kraken's Eye (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=191246)
Skullmead Cauldron (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=107326) x2

Azorius Chancery (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=97087) x4
Island x9
Plains x9

Total Cards: 60

After these two decks, I've made several others over the years. Some I still have today, while others had the best cards taken out and put into other decks. Some decks are rather straightforward (like my goblin deck), while others focus more on awesome combos. I might post more of my decks later.

As for favorite colors, most of my decks happen to be Green, followed by Red and Blue. While I have one or two black decks, I find it very hard for me to make a good White deck. My best white decks are always part of a two-color deck, but it seems like every solid-white deck I make tends to fail (even though I have plenty of awesome white rares that I would like to see in a deck).
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Nomadic on April 11, 2010, 06:39:12 PM
I had a fun white weenie deck that used equips to pump creatures up to unholy power levels. It always warmed my heart to take a swing at someone with a 30/20 trample, first strike critter who heals me for the damage it deals.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Elemental_Elf on April 12, 2010, 12:24:17 AM
I used to have a Mono White deck that kicked a lot of butt. Basically it focused on Weenies, Protections and Paldin En Vec (Love that card!) It was fairly straight forward but it won a lot of games.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Nomadic on April 12, 2010, 01:38:07 AM
Oh hey ninja d I have a new combo for your goblin deck.

(http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4539/1271050188513.jpg)

prepare for RAGE
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Elemental_Elf on April 13, 2010, 06:24:07 PM
This thread as inspired me to get back into Magic. Luckily my FLGS has just started a Draft on Tuesday nights, so once finals are over I'll be a regular drafter! After I get a bunch of the new cards, I'll transfer over into the Type 2 Friday Night Magic.

I was looking up stuff about what's cool in magic these days and I just found out they renamed their core sets. So instead of stuff like 6th, 9th, Xth, they're calling them "Magic *insert year*". So right now the current edition is called Magic 2010 and this summer Magic 2011 will be released. On the Cards, they use the abbreviation: M10.

Yuck, I do not like that. Feels too much like a used car. I'd rather see XIth and 12th edition, etc.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Nomadic on April 13, 2010, 07:56:05 PM
Awesome. I want to get back into it but I don't know anyone who plays. I have a few friends from the old days who know how to play. Problem is they were super casual players and they don't like playing me because I have a 95% win chance vs them.

Actually maybe we can get a few people here to download Apprentice from http://www.magic-league.com/download/apprentice.php (http://www.magic-league.com/download/apprentice.php) and run some games. Would be fun.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Mason on April 14, 2010, 12:41:59 AM
Nomadic, downloaded apprentice. Haven't used it in a long time. I'll mess around with building a deck over the next couple of days.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: TheMeanestGuest on April 14, 2010, 01:07:12 AM
But it doesn't have any pretty pictures.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Nomadic on April 14, 2010, 01:22:23 AM
pictures are for communists...

awesome Sarisa, I'm pretty busy but I'll do my utmost to put together something and perhaps we can run a game.
Title: MTG post your decks
Post by: Elemental_Elf on April 14, 2010, 01:40:59 AM
Why not use Magic Online?

They have a free newbie corner with the Newbie decks last time I checked.

I'll have to see if I can figure Apprentice out again... I remember having a hell of a time with it when I played YuGiOh.