How Many Basic Lands EDH?
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Posted on Feb. 21, 2014, 9:53 p.m. by kruski
How many basic lands should I start with in my first B/U/R EDH deck?
So far my deck includes the following...
I have 8 artifacts producing colored mana.
Stuff producing colorless mana-thran dynamo-sol ring -ancient tomb
Lands producing colored mana-city of brass-reflecting pool-urborg ToY-vesuva-gemstone mine-cabal coffers
fetch(ish) lands-evolving winds-terramorphic expanse
Dual(ish) lands-steam vents-watery grave-blood crypt
So how many basics shall i add? Thanks in advance for any insight
the3rdH0kage says... #3
If you want to post your deck, I look at it and offer any advice I can. Shameless dek plug sice it's the same color combo Draw All the Cards (Nekusar EDH) , also welcome to Tappedout, if you need anything I'm on at least once a day.
February 21, 2014 10:16 p.m.
I am brand new here tonight, I now understand my question was kinda half assed with out the rest of the cards. I will try to get it in asap and post a link back here
February 21, 2014 10:20 p.m.
Context matters, but my general rule of thumb is 40 lands - 1 for ever two mana rocks. You have 8 mana producing artifacts so, 36 land. Subtract off all your non-basics. I count lands that produce more than one mana as just one land. I do not include lands that produce no mana like Maze of Ith .
The rest is non basics. You can adjust this number based on your mana curve. This assumes you have spells that top out at the 7-9 cmc range.
February 22, 2014 1:10 a.m.
smash10101 says... #9
yeah, looking at the deck, you should have about the right number of lands. The number of basics you want to run really depends on the deck and your meta, do people play things like From the Ashes or Collective Voyage ? If yes, up the basic count, if no, go as crazy as you want with nonbasics and get up to at least 35 lands with the rest.
February 22, 2014 2:27 a.m.
A mana rock is an artifact that produces mana. The signets, Darksteel Ingot , things like that.
February 22, 2014 10:48 a.m.
smash10101 says... #12
I generally count a mana rock or a ramp spell as 1/2 of a land when I count to about 40. I do count things like Gem of Becoming
, as well as Cultivate
and Darksteel Ingot
, towards that 40. Something like Explore
does not count. And the 40 is a general rule. If you have a low curve, you can get away with less, high curve, maybe go for more.
the3rdH0kage says... #2
Do you happen to have the list up on the site, listing what lands and mana roxks you have won't really let someone help you without seeing the rest of the deck. But a general thing for Commander is somewhere between 34-38 lands.
February 21, 2014 10:11 p.m.