Help Constructing a 4 color mana base in Standard
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Posted on Jan. 29, 2019, 3:55 p.m. by TheRealPigeons
Hey guys, I wanted to splash red into that esper midrange deck to add some stuff like angrath and bedevil...all the red cards would only cost 1 red, and wouldn't necessarily need to be cast on curve.
Can anyone help me put together a workable mana base for that?
Current mana base is:
1x swamp
4x drowned catacomb
4x glacial fortress
4x godless shrine
3x hallowed fountain
4x isolated chapel
4x watery grave
thanks for any help, i'm terrible at figuring out mana base ratios.
it really depends on how many cards you play that require 2 mana of a specific type. id cut the bedevil for sure, since its already hard to cast in a 3 colored deck, and replace it with something else thats easier on your mana (to cast a vraska's contempt turn 4 reliably u would need 15 black mana in ur deck). otherwise u should also at least use a few basic lands if u play for example, vs field of ruins or assassin's trophy.
January 29, 2019 7:06 p.m.
Wendigo4481 says... #5
If it's a tempo deck consider spells that give treasures so you don't have to depend on land drops and work within your Mana base but unless there is a list to work from suggesting cuts or adds to the deck may just be shooting into the dark.
January 30, 2019 2:44 p.m.
there is an article on channelfireball on how to construct manabases, with a graphic on how many lands you need to hit spells with specific costs: https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/frank-analysis-how-many-colored-mana-sources-do-you-need-to-consistently-cast-your-spells/
in addition, adding treasures is a very good idea. treasure maps are great, in addition u could play pirate's pillage which also draws u cards, and if u don't need all the treasures, u can still use them for more draws with a flipped treasure map.
Demarge says... #2
The real question would be what are you cutting from the deck to fit these red cards, it's best to have what you got so far put into the deckbuilder, the pie chart can also help with figuring this stuff out.
January 29, 2019 4:27 p.m.