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Teaching Kids to Play - Step Two White

Casual Casual Mono-White

Fimbrethil


This deck is designed for use after the step one beginner learning decks (found in my Teaching folder) and should be played against any of the 4 other step two decks. The new player should be given the Green deck first for familiarity and should be played against the Blue deck first because Reach won't make sense without learning about Flying. Once they're comfortable with the new concepts, move on to any of the other three but have them use the deck they just played against to get familiar with it.

In White, we teach some new mechanics and concepts including First Strike, Vigilance, Tokens, Equipment, Protection, Creature Types. If I did it right, this deck should highlight the strengths and weaknesses of White. Any of these cards can be replaced with comparable ones from other sets, these are all just cards I had around. The only real requirement is that they're simple and easy to understand. White Knight is really only here to highlight Protection and the difference between a Knight creature and a Soldier creature in the strategy of this deck. As soon as that concept is grasped, it should be replaced with a couple of Serra Zealot or similar.

This one is still under development since I'm still building the other decks, so may be changed for balance. Please give suggestions if you have ideas for balancing between the 5 decks, they do help.

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I've been advised that Mother of Runes is a broken bitch and should be on the restricted list. Since this is, after all, a friendly teaching deck, I've replaced one of her with another White Knight. Again, this card does get replaced with Serra Zealot once the new player understands protection and the difference between creature types.

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Date added 8 years
Last updated 8 years
Legality

This deck is Casual legal.

Rarity (main - side)

3 - 0 Rares

19 - 0 Uncommons

18 - 0 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.02
Tokens Soldier 1/1 W
Folders Teaching
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