To Make a deck from memories alone
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Posted on Sept. 18, 2015, 6:10 p.m. by Kyleeee
The challenge is to grab a piece of paper, and write down every card you know that could be in a deck. You make a deck out of it then, and we see how it turned out.
I apologize. I want you to make a deck from your memories alone. To do it, you leave the computer, cards, and write down every card you know. You then make a deck from it. As with all of my descriptions, it is casual and constructed, no format. I never knew that formats were generally part of the challenges.
September 18, 2015 6:55 p.m.
I've done that several times, with the added restriction of adding the card if I added/encountered the card during a designated amount of times (usually, it's 4 years for me). It's a neat challenge, but it can lead to very goodstuffy decks, and this challenge would be no exception to that.
September 18, 2015 7:21 p.m.
I'm actually going to do it again. This time, focusing on Grixis colors (it's usually Sultai, so it's a new challenge).
I'll build it later tonight. It's quite easy for me.
September 18, 2015 7:38 p.m.
well the problem i see with this challenge is that i can clearly remember all of the cards in one my already built decks. are there any more limitations on this?
September 18, 2015 7:50 p.m.
You have remembered a few other decks. I want you to do it without using the cards you purposely memorized.
September 18, 2015 7:51 p.m.
I will make sure to make my future descriptions fuller. :)
September 18, 2015 7:53 p.m.
im not saying i purposely memorized them, i just happen to know a lot of decks/cards.
September 18, 2015 7:57 p.m.
EXCALIBRAHHHH says... #11
With all the decks I play with or against often I can name every card in them and the amount of each. Sub a few out for power nine cards and done
September 18, 2015 8:17 p.m.
I have a pretty vast memory of blue EDH staples and understand how most generals are built. As a result, I can craft a rudimentary deck for any blue general with ease.
I'm sure most people have an area they're knowledgeable with. I don't really see the point of this exercise.
September 18, 2015 9:14 p.m.
Anytime. :) It's not my best work, mostly because I'm building a Grixis-themed Commander Box and I further challenged myself by using only cards from there. Others I could've ran are the Vivids, for example.
September 18, 2015 10 p.m.
I honestly thought this challenge would be harder. I see that I have a bad memory. You listed so many cards! And they all work together!
September 18, 2015 11 p.m.
In truth, as I built the deck, it became the shell of a Sedris deck. A few fixes, and it can easily be done.
September 18, 2015 11:15 p.m.
I'll do it again when I next approach it. I don't know when that will be. :/
September 19, 2015 12:02 a.m.
I built 2 from memory this is the first
My deck:
Memory Double Tap Playtest
Standard*
SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 3 VIEWS
September 19, 2015 1:38 a.m.
September 19, 2015 1:41 a.m.
Kyleeee I hope that's what you were looking for. I can do more in commander or tiny leaders formats that was just 10 min builds there.
September 19, 2015 1:46 a.m.
Thank you! This was awesome. I want everything you got.
September 19, 2015 2:07 a.m.
My memory tiny leaders. Crazy thing is I think I may actually build this. I've been meaning to build a yasova tiny leaders deck anyway. It turned out better than I expected.
My deck:
Tiny Yasova Memory Playtest
Tiny Leaders
SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 3 VIEWS
September 19, 2015 4:32 p.m.
It's funny that this post was revived, because I did revisit the challenge again (ok, I cheated a little this time), but this is the for real version of the one I submitted here, this time featuring Garza Zol, Plague Queen at the helm.
September 28, 2015 10:35 p.m.
It is all good. I like when people submit new content.
Seems that with my posts, this forum has entered a state of silence. How should we revive this?
September 28, 2015 11:13 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #30
This struck me as really interesting, and I decided to challenge myself by writing down a list for a deck that I haven't played in a long time. I know I didn't get it 100% correct, and I'm interested in seeing how close I was. I'll check back sometime later with those results.
Memory Challenge - Rebels Playtest
Casual
SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 2 VIEWS
September 29, 2015 2:36 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #32
I posted a follow-up in the deck's description. My "score" was 77%.
xFyre_Flyex says... #2
Are you asking us to recall every magic card we can think of and make a deck out of that? Would it be a singleton format, or would we get to choose the number of cards per deck?
Please make your ideas easier to understand, they are usually very confusing and overly vague.
September 18, 2015 6:47 p.m.