3 color deck needs mana masters to fix my land problem!

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Posted on Nov. 24, 2012, 4:48 p.m. by MasterWithAPlan

Ok, for some reason, the lands in this deck deck:new-token-pop are driving me crazy. To splash blue into this green/white deck I would think I would need at LEAST 7-8 blue mana sources in the deck. I do not want to run all shock lands because thats a lot of pain (but they do count as both lands which works well for Arbor Elf ).

First turn you want to play a forest for mana dorks, second turn white is preferable, 3rd turn you wana a blue for the Geist of Saint Traft . After that you just need 3 forests in the late game for Garruk, Primal Hunter .

Please leave your comments on the deck page as well (deck:new-token-pop), hope some mana master out there leaves me some good suggestions to start playtesting with.

Dornith says... #2

Despite how most people approach it, Land in MTG is mostly probability, and thus can be calculated.

(Number of Lands in Deck) / (Number of Cards in Deck) = (Number of Lands in Han) / (Number of Cards in Hand)So, for 1 forest on turn one (assuming you go first):f = 60(1/7) = 9 ForestsFor 1 white mana by turn two:w = 60(1/8) = 8 PlainsFor 1 island on turn three:u = 60(1/9) = 7 IslandsFor the extra 3 forests, we'll just count that as 4 forests by turn 6, so:f = 60(4/13) = 18 Forests

So 8 plains, 7 islands, and 18 forests. Now that's a lot total, but you can cut down on it by either adding some dual lands which can count as both, or lower your expectations of getting all 3 colors in the first 3 turns.

November 24, 2012 6:22 p.m.