Help a newbie choose a red/black deck
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Posted on Dec. 17, 2012, 3:18 p.m. by xuerebx
I'm a new player to Mtg, and I'm looking for some advice. I'm looking to buy a red/black deck, but there is a lot of choice. I bought Izzet Ingenuity last week but I am not good enough (and I don't have enough extra cards to build a good deck) to utilise it. So I grabbed my old cards (swamp cards from boosters I had bought in 2003) and amalgamated them with the mountain cards from my Izzet deck.
So, with those cards I have in my possession in mind (which can be found here, I know the deck is all over the place, that's just my starting point: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/black-blood-16-12-12-1/ ), which red/black (or perhaps mono red/black) would you suggest? I am trying to come up with a narrow and defined strategy, but as of yet I am unsure which strategy to build my deck on.
I found a couple of decks which I could buy:
Carnival of Blood (Innistrad) - http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/productarticle.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/innistrad/intropacks#deck4
Slaughterhouse (Avacyn Restored) - http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/productarticle.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/avacynrestored/intropacks#deck3
Rakdos Bloodsport (Dissension) - http://www.wizards.com/magic/displaythemedeck.asp?set=dissension&decknum=2&lang=en
Rise of the Vampires Pumped Up (Zendikar) - http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/288
Blood and Fire (Magic 2012) - http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/754
I narrowed it down to these decks (took me a whole day of viewing cards one by one!).
Any ideas on which deck would complement the cards I already own?
Thanks a lot!
PS: Let us assume I can't buy individual cards right now, but just intro/theme decks. Also, I didn't include Rakdos Raid from the Return to Ravnica block because I really dislike the unleash mechanic.
Epochalyptik says... #3
I deleted the double thread; unfortunately, since they had the same name, it happens that the other thread was deleted instead of this one. Moved to Deck Help.
Link to your deck: deck:black-blood-16-12-12-1
December 17, 2012 4:38 p.m.
Don't worry, I had already read the advice from cartwheelnurd and acbooster. :)
December 17, 2012 4:46 p.m.
Speaking of the deck, I commented on it. There're a few ways to go about narrowing down what you want. Firstly, pick the speed of play you like. That alone will narrow it to about one to four different play styles that could suit what you want.
December 17, 2012 4:48 p.m.
Thank you acbooster, I will check out your recommendations.
xuerebx says... #2
Oh darn, wrong forum. Sorry. I'll post this in the deck help section. Please ignore this (I can't seem to be able to delete this).
December 17, 2012 3:20 p.m.