Help me make a deck

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Posted on Jan. 31, 2012, 2:18 a.m. by TenaciousTaurus

So I wanna make a standard deck but idk what to make. If you guys can post ideas I will make the one i like best and go from there. Thanx :D

Epochalyptik says... #2

Are there any budget restrictions?

Do you have a preference or disinclination for netdecking?

What is your meta like?

What do you like to play?

January 31, 2012 2:34 a.m.

TenaciousTaurus says... #3

Budget: not really

Idk what netdecking/ my meta is.....

I like to play aggro and controll mainly

January 31, 2012 2:43 a.m.

mafteechr says... #4

I'll post the cards that are cornerstones to decks currently:

, Burning Vengeance, Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Birthing Pod, Heartless Summoning, Kessig Wolf Run, Stromkirk Noble

Picking any one of those will set you down a path toward a particular archetype. If you select none, you are building something rogue.

January 31, 2012 2:44 a.m.

mafteechr says... #5

Also: Tempered Steel

Netdecking means you just copy a popular deck online, rather than tweak it to your play style.

January 31, 2012 2:45 a.m.

TenaciousTaurus says... #6

ahh ok im fine with netdecking.

January 31, 2012 2:46 a.m.

TenaciousTaurus says... #7

Is Birthing Pod just a way to get out bigger creatures faster?

January 31, 2012 2:48 a.m.

mafteechr says... #8

If you like aggro and control, then maybe check out all the U/W Tempo decks, specifically PikeBlade.

http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/forumdisplay.php?f=664

January 31, 2012 2:49 a.m.

mafteechr says... #9

Yes. It is the deck I am currently building: G/B Undying Pod

January 31, 2012 2:49 a.m.

TenaciousTaurus says... #10

HM pod seems interesting. Does it really matter what other color you match birthing pod up with?

January 31, 2012 2:56 a.m.

Epochalyptik says... #11

Pod decks are usually somewhat combo-oriented, using enters-the-battlefield and on-death abilities to their advantage to essentially cycle their creatures into better ones.

The colors you build a Pod deck around affect what creatures you have available and also what support spells you get. For example, GB Pod can use Birds of Paradise, Skinrender, Viridian Emissary, etc. If you splash white, you can do things like pod Wurmcoil Engine into Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite.

With artifact hate and Grafdigger's Cage, I think Pod decks are a bit endangered. You'll have to build carefully if you want to play one and overcome the answers to it.

January 31, 2012 3:17 a.m.

TenaciousTaurus says... #12

Is a GR pod deck a good idea?

January 31, 2012 3:20 a.m.

Epochalyptik says... #13

GR seems too limited in what it can do. What would you use for a creature lineup?

January 31, 2012 3:21 a.m.

TenaciousTaurus says... #14

Inferno titan and balefire dragon both came to mind

January 31, 2012 3:25 a.m.

mafteechr says... #15

The most common colors are Bant (GWU) and Naya (GWR).

Bant allows you to do silly things with Sun Titan and Phantasmal Image, plus Blade Splicer is an awesome 3-drop.

I like GB because it keeps the mana simple and has a lot of removal through creatures. Additionally, Massacre Wurm is the nuts against tokens.

You can find out more about Bant Pod here, and all other Pod variants here.

January 31, 2012 3:32 a.m.

mafteechr says... #16

As Epochalyptik said, artifact hate and Grafdigger's Cage are cards that need to be taken into account. The deck should be able to run efficiently without Birthing Pod (to get around artifact hate) and have answers to the Cage (green is good at this, thankfully).

January 31, 2012 3:34 a.m.