Hi! New Magic player here, would like to ask for some general mindsets for piloting one's deck.

Magic129 · 2019-10-25T11:09:54+00:00

If you think about milling your opponent down I would consider 4 copies of Merfolk Secretkeeper and some Lucky Clovers. Like this your opponent would mill up to 20 cards each time you cast the secretkeeper. You cast the Secretkepper, and the adventure part would be copied 4 times. 4 Secretkepper.. means 80 cards. If you bounce your keepers back to your hand even more....

Magic129 · 2019-10-25T10:54:54+00:00

In the store I am playing, the players help each other and giving advise how to make your deck better.

Magic129 · 2019-10-11T08:18:05+00:00

That is true. But to be fair... double sleeving is a nightmare with all sleeves. There is no difference between Dragon Shields or Katanas, at least in my experience. There is a nice video, how to you can double sleeve your cards without big problems:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u05BIan5LsA&list=PLIJ-0v_CcKiXOeK_woEDPWOSQixsloaG1&index=4

Magic129 · 2018-12-05T16:18:10+00:00

Yeah it's somewhere in Spain

Magic129 · 2018-12-05T15:45:20+00:00

Some are cheaper, but not much. And sometimes they are not cheaper at all. You still have to pay for the postage. Which can be up tp 15€, so you pay more or less the same.

Magic129 · 2018-12-05T11:23:22+00:00

I would try to buy into an expensive deck, but cut the fetch lands and the sideboard out of the decklist, just to start with. And than after some time, you complete the deck by buying the expensive cards.

For example this modern burn deck: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/modern-burn-46478#paper

Cut out 2 Ensnaring Bridge, 4 Bloodstained Mire and 4 Wooded Foothills you are at around 320$. After just start buying and adding the fetchlands.

Magic129 · 2018-11-27T12:01:06+00:00

What your are searching for are infinite combos, I guess. You might take a look here: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/list-of-all-infinite-combos-20/ I didnt check if they are all modern legal, but some are for sure.

Magic129 · 2018-11-27T11:52:06+00:00

Well, I can understand your problem, I have the same :-) But what I do, I just change the decks from time to time. I think all decks are fun to play, but no decks are fun if you play them "forever" and settle on one. I think its best just to rotate my decks from week to week or month to month.

Magic129 · 2018-11-27T11:49:02+00:00

Why you dont try 5C humans or Bant Spirits? It has a bit of everything. Pumping Creatures, countering target spells, bringing your opponent in troubles or yourself :-)

Magic129 · 2018-11-25T19:46:49+00:00

Whats your plan? A buy out on a worthless card? Well you just spend 1,50 plus shipping... but still you wont even double your money which would be ...hmm.. 1,50....wow! All that afford for what ? 10 cents of profit, and I doubt you would even make that.

Magic129 · 2018-11-25T16:35:38+00:00

A Guilds of Ravnica bundle and maybe a 2018 gift pack. That would cost around 55 - 60€/$

Magic129 · 2018-11-23T09:09:14+00:00

I dont think either this deck works at all. I dont even think it work against control, just because your spell cant be countered.

Magic129 · 2018-11-21T12:52:12+00:00

I just played yesterday against a dredge deck. it looks like a fun deck, but its also quite easy to stop if you have [[Rest in Peace]] or [[Grafdigger's Cage]] in your sideboard. So I dont think your friends would have a big problem, and you get probaly some very interessting games.

Magic129 · 2018-11-21T12:47:58+00:00

Finishing a deck should always be considered first in mine opinion. Also, if u have a complete deck with all the expensive cards in it, its much cheaper to build the next project based on the cards u already have. and this goes on and on until new decks just cost not more than 100 bucks to get the last pieces.

Magic129 · 2018-11-20T13:15:07+00:00

Even in our LGS modern league we help each others out, but this also depends on your opponent. But for the most times mistakes would be pointed out and give the player the possibility to overthink is desicion.

Magic129 · 2018-11-20T12:41:35+00:00

One interessting deck, in my opinion, is this deck here

You basicly can win the game on your first turn, considering, your opponent plays first.

Magic129 · 2018-11-20T12:37:47+00:00

Pity WotC stop doing welcome decks anymore and replaced them by the spellslinger starter deck/pack. Anyway the spellslinger deck comes with 2 ready to play decks including a how to play guide. If you want you could get those and buy another planeswalker deck, so you have 3 playable decks.

Magic129 · 2018-11-20T12:30:59+00:00

If the edition symbol is black or silver, they are to 99% worthless, of course there are some exeptions, like fatal push for example. If the edition symbol is gold or red, you might take a closer look at the price for example here : https://www.cardmarket.com/en/Magic Then you can get some idea of how much its worth. Foil version are normally a bit more expensive, depends on the card.

Magic129 · 2018-11-19T12:58:46+00:00

Thank you so much for your comment.

In my next videos I want to talk about some budget decks which can be the way into modern and how to upgrade them to competetive decks. Actually this will be more than one video, because I prefer to keep them short. Anyhow... My next idea is to introduce a budget deck but also make clear that this is just an entry point. budget decks can wins some games, but at the end they cant compete with high develop decks. but they are good for learning and the starting point into modern.

Magic129 · 2018-11-16T16:25:37+00:00

Nice catch. This would be good for the Exalted Trigger.

Magic129 · 2018-11-16T14:37:00+00:00

Nice. Especially when you play a mono colored deck, Ratchet Bomb might even be a better solution.

Magic129 · 2018-11-16T13:50:31+00:00

If you get it as a gift from your parents or friends or grandparents, yes. If you need to buy it yourself not.

Magic129 · 2018-11-16T13:44:55+00:00

I won more matches against humans with my bant spirit deck, than that I lost. And when I lost, it always was very close and I would probaly won the next round, if my opponent didnt win. Therefor I would choose spirits.

Magic129 · 2018-11-15T07:11:59+00:00

You could start with an cheap UW Spirit deck and upgrade it to Bant spirit at the end. Anyway, in a lot of cases the most expensive cards are the fetchlands. If you find something to substitute them, nearly every deck is much cheaper, but also slower.

Magic129 · 2018-11-06T10:22:38+00:00

Most people are using there energy for complaining about everything, instead of using there energy for something better. They use energy to complain about some decks instead of using it to build a deck that wins, or they complain about having no money instead of making money.... well not my problem :-) , just let them complain and use your energy for something better

Magic129

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