Tri-color Intro Deck Challenge
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Posted on March 12, 2014, 6:33 a.m. by TheNinjaJesus
I tend to buy two or three Intro Packs from every set, just to see what's new & fresh, and they tend to devote a deck to each mechanic. I pick my favorites and study them. Besides, boosters are 4 dollars anyway, so you get a full deck for 7 bucks. Here's my question... I like tri-color decks, budget decks, and interesting conceptual design, so here's a challenge... build a 3 color deck out of an Intro Deck, adding only bulk rares, uncommon cards, and commons to the deck. For added lolz I'll build your deck and take it to FNM, and upload the blow-by-blow humiliating defeat, since I'm sure it won't be competitive... but it will be fun!
pookypuppy6 says... #3
If this is an Intro Pack, are we following similar conventions? I.e: Two rares only?
March 12, 2014 8:35 a.m.
Pick up a Gruul colored deck, add in the 4 bulk rares of Wild Beastmaster and some pump, wreck face!
Pick up the BNG Insatiable Hunger.
10 forests10 mountains
4 Wild Beastmaster 4 Akroan Crusader 4 Foundry Street Denizen 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 3 Hero of Leina Tower 4 Bomber Corps 4 Coordinated Assault 4 Giant Growth
9 cards:
2 Mortal's Resolve 1 Destructive Revelry 1 Fall of the Hammer 2 Lightning Strike 1 Searing Blood 2 Fanatic of Xenagos 1 Mistcutter Hydra
And some random burn-related SB:
2 Lightning Strike 2 Mortal's Resolve 3 Warriors' Lesson 4 Mending Touch 2 Shock 2 Mugging - hell yeah, this actually seems like a nice card here.
March 12, 2014 8:46 a.m.
*The 9 cards highlighted above are from the original intro pack.
March 12, 2014 8:47 a.m.
I just now realized it should be 3 colors, nut three colors will be hard to do, i'll keep thinking about it.
March 12, 2014 9:27 a.m.
pookypuppy6 says... #7
OOHH, I see. Misread. This is not "Design an Intro Pack", this is more "Slam a couple of Intro Packs together or take one and just make it better". Less interesting.
Sill, I can have fun out of this. Get the BNG "Death's Beginning" and fill out the number of Graverobber Spider s. Add Grisly Salvage s, Mulch es and/or more Satyr Wayfinder s. More Nighthowler s wouldn't go amiss, and even Erebos's Emissary could do well. Drown in Filth would make interesting removal in the meantime.
If you want to make it three colours, try blue. Counterspells like Syncopate are easy to splash, and Realmwright can help fix colours. It also allows you to run Far / Away , an excellent card all round.
March 12, 2014 11:05 a.m.
TheNinjaJesus says... #8
Boza, Dritz, and pookypuppy6:
Intro Packs from the current block. Yes, three colors is what makes it both not very competitive, but still probably a good casual deck. Hence the greater comedy of playing at FNM with a deck such as that. Let's implement a cost ceiling more so than no additional rares, because there are so many bulk rares and rares of situational usefulness that adding a rare doesn't automatically mean more wins.
Let's say, match the cost of the Intro Pack. You can add 15 dollars through commons, uncommons, and rares as you see fit.
March 12, 2014 11:07 a.m.
TheNinjaJesus says... #9
pookypuppy6- That's what I mean. Start with the deck list, and add 15 dollars worth of cards, and a third color.
March 12, 2014 11:09 a.m.
Then I think my original gruul submission fits that 15 dollar mark. In any case, I will be making a tri-color mess soonish.
Dritz says... #2
I'm assuming you wanted Standard intro packs?
March 12, 2014 7:41 a.m.