Need help with land count for tri color deck
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Posted on June 9, 2013, 10:55 a.m. by Seventeen
I have no land in it because im not quite sure how i should put them. I have a playset of rakdos, gruul, and golgari guildgates. I was told that I would need shocklands... but those are too pricey for me. I also was looking at tcg player for other cards to add. I was thinking: 2 more Akroma's Memorial , and 1 more Primordial Hydra .
Thank you for your time :)
btw, i would X the Verdant Haven you might gain life when you cast it but to me its not worth it. look up some 1 drop green land enchants and put those in there. The two extra mana is not worth the 2 or 3 life early on when your needing mana ramp. You need mana ramp quickly and spending the 2 extra mana can be costly. Mana ramp cards like that are meant to be played early if possible in my opinion to help you get going and if it is played early your still around 20 life. Whats more important the 2 extra life or getting the mana ramped up cheaper?
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June 9, 2013 2:11 p.m.
So do you think Abundant Growth is like what this deck needs?
June 9, 2013 2:26 p.m.
Exactly but I dont remember the draw a card on that. Hmmm...must have came out with the added ability on avayacen restored. Or maybe im just crazy and didn't know it had that!
June 9, 2013 2:33 p.m.
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June 10, 2013 2:57 a.m.
Utopia Sprawl also works if you're looking for ramp over card draw.
jcris25 says... #2
I see you have 42 or 43 cards without the land right now so I am assuming you are going to try and keep it at around 60 cards in the deck. Here is my suggestion although to have decent land you will probably have to go over 60 a little in my opinion. I would through 7 or 8 basic lands of each color in to the deck. I would also throw in 4 Terramorphic Expanse and one Evolving Wilds giving you a solid 5 search for land cards. You could throw in some non basic duel color lands but most of those enter the battlefield tapped or do 1 damage to you for it not entering tapped and I think in a tri color deck you dont need to be taking damage since you will need a few rounds to get out the necessary land to get your deck going. Artifacts that let you pay a few colorless mana to search for a non basic land and put it on the field or in your hand are good but then even sometimes those lands still have to enter tapped or do 1 damage to you since it's still a nonbasic land. So in my opinion go for the 7 or 8 basic land of each color and throw in about 5 of those cards total I was telling you about. They wont enter tapped and you can search for exactly what you want.
June 9, 2013 2:03 p.m.