Brewing "challenges"
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Posted on July 5, 2017, 4:06 a.m. by Kurppa
so, i was bored and thougth that "hey why don't i make a golgari deck, by just searching for cards in golgari colours, looking at what i have and trying to make a deck out of them. well, it wasn't the best deck for sure, (here it is if you want to check it out: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/random-golgari-midrange/)but it gave me an idea. what other brewing "challenges" could there be? well a youtuber by the name of strictly better mtg has made videos about decks wich only used mono colored junk rares, and that's like a brewing challenge. so, can you come up with other brewing challenges? let me know your ideas.
JoltsOfEnergy says... #3
You can try building decks completely around a certain keyword or creature type. You can also try making a deck according to a theme, like having all cards represent a character or thing from a movie/book/tv-show etc. Or you can just find a card that is normally unplayable, but try building a deck just to make that card work optimally.
July 5, 2017 6:16 a.m.
This probably wouldn't be possible, but it would be funny: A deck made only from cards on banned/restricted lists for all formats.
July 5, 2017 10:10 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #6
I've started building beginner decks based around bulk rares that I know nobody will ever trade for.
July 5, 2017 10:35 a.m.
Oloro_Magic says... #7
Make a deck that only has Clone Legion as a win-con, should be interesting.
July 5, 2017 11:35 a.m.
Epochalyptik that sounds very similar to the Card Kingdom decks you can buy.
They are very Casual and we've been having loads of fun with them.
July 5, 2017 12:13 p.m.
those are all great ideas! this is what i was hoping to happen! keep on commenting. (now i can glue myself to my chair longer without getting bored)
July 5, 2017 2:36 p.m.
landofMordor says... #10
My favorite challenge for brewing is to take "unplayable" cards like Endless Whispers and put four of them in a deck. Close second is to build decks under $15 including lands.
For more cards like that, I've got a list at Wacky Combos: Builder's Resource.
July 5, 2017 5:17 p.m.
pizzagod13 says... #11
You could build a deck with cards only from 1 set, I.E. only cards from Fate Reforged
July 5, 2017 8:06 p.m.
Please, please, PLEASE build a deck with cards only from Fate Reforged.
I loved that set and you can use Ugin, the Spirit Dragon.
July 6, 2017 11:32 a.m.
One of my favorite things to do is to choose a set (preferably an old one) and look through it for any potentially good cards. Then, make a deck out of them (That's how my current deck, Gro-bots (Developing competitive) started out
July 6, 2017 11:55 a.m.
landofMordor I have always wanted to see Harmless Offering and Aggressive Mining together in a deck.
I'm sure there are some nasty Creatures you can make your Opponents take with Endless Whispers.
I used to like janky combos like that until I started to build more competitively.
July 6, 2017 1:33 p.m.
landofMordor says... #16
Argy, I like to give opponents Phage the Untouchable. Or, in Modern, Phylactery Lich.
I bet Aggressive Mining would be a fun gift next to some mainboard Stone Rain...
I'm with you. I actually build the crazy combos only electronically to keep my creativity up. Then I apply the same principles to more competitive play, to help me find loopholes in dominant strategies and so forth.
Winterblast says... #2
what about making a deck only with cards that are available with the pre 8th edition border?
July 5, 2017 5:09 a.m.