Izzet vs Golgari, Gatecrash & Knights vs Dragons
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Posted on March 16, 2013, 6:53 a.m. by Leofas
Hello everyone,
I only recently began playing Magic so I don't know an awful lot when it comes to building good decks and as you can imagine don't have a lot of cards at my disposition. I have the Izzet vs Golgari, Knight vs Dragons, & Gatecrash (Red White) decks. I was wondering if I could combine some of the cards found in these decks to make something a little more powerful.
Yes it is. And I do really like how it flows I was just wondering if using cards from the others decks I could perhaps power it up a bit more. I also have 4 other decks so I was wondering if I could combine some of those cards to make something a little stronger.
March 16, 2013 8:52 a.m.
I don't know the knight versus dragon set but I do not think it'll be stronger than the Boros event deck you have. I would build off that. Those kind of decks (The red-white, Boros ones) work best by just sticking to those 2 colours - red and white, and they try to do lethal damage to an opponent by around turn 4. There are many examples of them on this site because it's very easy to play and very effective.
Aggressive decks do exist in white and green (Selesnya) so you could attempt red, white and green but then you'd need to invest in the more expensive lands that can give you two colours - these are very pricey. I would stick to Boros for now and try to come up with a successful aggressive deck.
You might need to buy individual cards (in fact you most likely will!). These can be obtained cheaply from ebay, starcitygames (if you are in the US - I will assume you are because most people on this site are) or in trades with other people.
March 16, 2013 9:02 a.m.
I see. Well thank you for the input! My Knights deck has various Whites I could use and my Dragons Deck is pure Red so I should have plenty of material.
March 16, 2013 9:22 a.m.
Human_Rogue_21 says... #7
If your thinking of playing in a standard tournament, you will not be able to use your Knights vs Dragons deck as those cards are out of standard. The Izzet vs Golgari deck may have a few cards for you to use, but there will not be many. If you would like to improve your Boros deck, without spending tons of money, Avoid expensive cards like Thundermaw Hellkite and add in more Ash Zealot, Champion of the Parish, Silverblade Paladin, add in Frontline Medic and if you want to spend a little bit of money, replace your Boros Guildgate's with Clifftop Retreat's and add another Slayers' Stronghold. I hope this helped and good luck on making your deck better!
March 16, 2013 10:55 a.m.
If you'd like to learn more on how to build decks in general I'd suggest reading this article. http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/rc/188
ChiefBell says... #2
Is that the red white event deck you have with Silverblade Paladin ? That deck is already fairly powerful!
March 16, 2013 8:14 a.m.