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Posted on March 29, 2013, 2:31 a.m. by jorgesoares
Hello all, its my first time in this forum and i think its the perfect place to ask for sugestions. So heres the deal, me and some friends are gonna buy a deck and we have been watching videos and some tutorials about the game, but the thing is i've also played the Pc Game and it looks like the "light" and "dark" type of cards (sorry if im not using the right name of the card) look a bit stronger than the rest, also the "green" ones look pretty good aswell. The type of deck that ive tried was the "red" one and i kinda like it but im afraid that some friend of mine gets like the "light" one and it gets impossible to beat him. My question is do u guys suggest me to get the "red" deck and practise to get better with it, or its not viable at all and i should start thinking in other type of deck?? Thanks for your time reading and for the help.
jorgesoares says... #3
Hello thanks for the answer !Im completely new to the game it will be my very first deck, the guy at the store (where im getting the deck) showed us this "Intro packs" and i was thinking about the one with the "red" type of cards.
March 29, 2013 2:57 a.m.
I definitely would not recommend an intro pack. You'd be better off picking up a random pile of cards. If you want to just buy a deck and start playing then I'd recommend an event deck. It's sort of like an intro deck but it's not completely awful... they cost a bit more though. If you'd like to actually try and build your own deck there's a lot of good cheap decks out there that you'd be able to get all the cards for at your local game store
March 29, 2013 3:09 a.m.
CalciferDK says... #5
The decks should be pretty balanced If you are buying from the same set of intro decks.
But it would be easier to help you if you knew the name of the deck, then we could look it up and see what cards it contains.
Playing red is about being agressive and dealing fast damage. If that sounds fun you could try it.
March 29, 2013 3:19 a.m.
jorgesoares says... #6
Alright thanks a lot for the help guys :D cant wait to try this game :D
March 29, 2013 3:23 a.m.
At least in the general sense, the five colors of Magic: the Gathering each have an equal power level (that's how they're designed to be).
Just choose the color that you think best reflects how you'd want to play the game:
White is all about focusing your resources on amassing an army of smaller creatures and embracing the mentality of "many hands make light work," so to speak. It also lends itself to pooling everything into a single champion to get the job done. The themes that revolve around White are life-gain (Angel's Mercy ), creature lock-down (Pacifism ), purification (Rest in Peace , Wrath of God , Devout Lightcaster ), and reinforcing your army of little creatures (Honor of the Pure , Glorious Charge ). The most common types of creatures in White are Humans (Champion of the Parish ) and Angels (Avacyn, Angel of Hope ). The original White Planeswalker is Ajani Goldmane .
Blue is completely obsessed with controlling your opponents to benefit yourself. The themes that revolve around Blue are card-drawing (Divination , Blue Sun's Zenith ), countering spells (Counterspell , Negate ), creature control (Mind Control ), permanent "bouncing" (Unsummon , Cyclonic Rift ), and "mill" (which is making your opponent lose by draining the cards in their library, with things like Increasing Confusion and Mind Sculpt ). The most common types of creatures in Blue are Wizards (Azami, Lady of Scrolls ) and air-bound creatures (Storm Crow , Chasm Drake ). The original Blue Planeswalker is Jace Beleren .
Black loves to increase your power beyond that of your opponent through greed and crime. The themes that resolve around Black are creature removal (Murder , Doom Blade ), greedy tactics (Sign in Blood , Bone Splinters ), reanimation (Reanimate , Rise from the Grave ), and hand-disruption (Mind Rot , Duress ). The most common types of creatures in Black are Demons (Griselbrand , Desecration Demon ) and Zombies (Gravecrawler , Cemetery Reaper ). The original Black Planeswalker is Liliana Vess .
Red just wants to kill your opponent, no matter how reckless or spontaneous it may be. The themes that revolve around Red are direct damage (Lightning Bolt , Chandra's Outrage ), temporary creature theft (Act of Treason , Zealous Conscripts ), and quick & dirty creatures (Raging Goblin , Ash Zealot ). The most common creature types in Red are Goblins (Goblin Chieftain , Goblin Arsonist ) and Dragons (Ancient Hellkite , Flameblast Dragon ). The original Red Planeswalker is Chandra Nalaar .
Green is most concerned with growth, nature, and big 'ole fat creatures. The themes that revolve around Green are mana acceleration (Rampant Growth , Llanowar Elves ), naturalization (Back to Nature , Creeping Corrosion ), creature growth (Giant Growth , Forced Adaptation ), and big creatures (aka, "fatties") (Terra Stomper , Worldspine Wurm ). The most common creature types in Green are Elves (Elvish Archdruid , Arbor Elf ), Beasts (Obstinate Baloth , Garruk's Companion ) and Wurms (Craw Wurm , Pelakka Wurm ). The original Green Planeswalker is Garruk Wildspeaker .
The five colors do other things, of course, but what's most interesting is that they find ways of hating on each other. Green loves growth but Black loves death, so you get cards like Autumn's Veil and Deathmark . Blue loves controlling creatures but Red hates control and order, so you get cards like Flashfreeze and Guttural Response .
What's more, Red and Blue share certain traits, like a passion for spellcraft, so we wing up with things like Twincast and Reverberate , which are identical in function. White and Black both tend to favor the single championed creature, so we have the mechanic "Exalted" in both colors (Knight of Glory , Knight of Infamy ).
Once you build yourself a one-color deck and get a feel for Magic and deck-building, you can move on to building decks with multiple colors. In Standard right now, nearly every top-tier deck has three or more colors in it (due to the current sets being mostly multicolored cards).
March 29, 2013 5:21 a.m.
That is probably the best summary of the Color pie and the lore of magic I have ever Read zandl. That being said, OP its important to try out a myriad of decks and get a feel for how magic works from more than one side and see which angle fits you best. Good luck to you in your quest to understand magic. All that I can say is go watch games. At your LGS watch pro-tour stuff on youtube. watch people open packs and build decks on youtube. Look around tapped out for people's logic about cards (some better than others). Immerse yourself in the minds of the community and I think you'll pick it all up pretty quickj
March 29, 2013 10:41 a.m.
I recommend the intro packs. You are a new player and they are generally only one or two concepts to learn at a time, so they let you ease into it. The boxes should have the name of the deck on them, so depending on which set/block (i will explain this later) they are you would be buying the Magic 2013 Core "Mob Rule", Return to Ravnica "Rakdos Raid" (Red/Black) or "Izzet Ingenuity" (Red/Blue), or Gatecrash Gruul Goliaths" (Red/Green). Anyways, have you and your friends get packs from the same set and work on learning them, you will have a lot of fun that way.
Blocks are sections that three sets belong to, like the 'Return to Ravnica' block has "Return to Ravnica", "Gatecrash" and the soon to be released "Dragons Maze". These are mainly used to identify sets of cards for a tournament, as a standard or Friday Night Magic tourny uses the newest two blocks of cards and the newest core set.
Anyways, choose which ever one of these that looks like the ones at your local store, and have you and your friend get one and enjoy.
xlaleclx says... #2
Well "red" is pretty vague for for building a deck of just a single colour you definitely can't go wrong with red. Definitely one of the cheapest and strongest decks would be "Red deck wins". Are you using newer cards? Or old ones?
March 29, 2013 2:41 a.m.