What kind of decks are you playing?

Energy · 25-10-2005, 08:19

I like playing white-green decks and black-red combo's. What kind of decks are you guys playing?

Shabbaman · 25-10-2005, 10:17

Well... playing... none

But I own a lot of decks, and even more cards. I have decks in most formats, but no Standard deck for the last two years. My last Standard deck was a BR reanimator deck when Odyssey was legal.

Vintage:

I have a RG beatz deck that used to be an original Ice Age Stormbind deck. It's good against a lot of decks, but unfortunately it's no match against modern Vintage decks (you know, anything with power in it) and it's really agressive. I like that, I can't hold a counterspell and wait until my opponent does something. The deck might be taken apart (for the first time in 8 years!) because I have bought 4 Survival of the fittest and I want something to do with them. A legacy RG survival build is in the making.

Though I got 4 Squees last week, so the stormbind might go in again as well.

I also got a proxied Worldgorger dragon combo deck, but that's too good to play against.

I'm currently building a Legacy reanimator deck (with the burning wishes from the old Standard deck, the spells from an old Extended reanimator deck and with the 4 new Squees!). Legacy is my favorite format, a lot of old cards but nothing overly expensive (like in Vintage). I have a UG madness deck in this format, which can be tuned for Extended easily.

Next up is The Rock, the name for almost any BG deck. BG is my favorite color pair. Some cool shit in the new set for this color combination! The deck is Extended legal, but not really tuned. It has Pernicious deed (BEST CARD EVER) and Living wish, I can play it in multiplayer as well (play more multiplayer than anything else anyway). If I can think of a killer combo for the deck I think ít'll become my 2HG deck.

For multiplayer I have a zombie/tombstone stairwell deck (New and improved! Now with Squee and Zombie infestation!) and a Varchild War-riders deck.

In short, I play anything as long as it doesn't have white in it. Although I did get a Savannah recently...

Darkness · 25-10-2005, 10:20

Oh, ancient history...

I haven't picked these up in at least 4 years.
I used to play a lot, but I simply can't find time for it anymore, and neither can the guys I used to play against.

For multiplayer I had a really solid Green-Blue combo deck, utilizing the react-capacities and flying skills of the Blue for the early game (to quietly grow) and the heavy creatures and unit boosts of the Green to finish it off...

Single Player:
Red-White combo deck, a la "White Heat"
All Black Necromany/Leech-based deck
5-Colour Sliver deck. This one was actually pretty decent, but later I removed the Red Slivers and it was even better. The key to a good sliver deck is, IMHO, having enough of the really good ones (Winged Sliver - Blue, Horned Sliver - Green, Cristalline Sliver - Blue/White, and one other that I can't seem to recal right now. The Sliver Queen was nice too

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Tubby Rower · 26-10-2005, 08:19

I'm trying to gather enough cards for an artifact deck with red spells, a red-green deck, and maybe a black/green deck. I've got ~300 cards right now and I'm trying to find people to trade with. One kind soul online let me have his excess common cards over 4. I only took 15 because I didn't want to be greedy. If anyone is playing online, see if I'm onliine and see if you like anything.

ProPain · 26-10-2005, 09:37

I own 100o cards online and bout the same offline I guess. They're all booster bouht cards so no real consistency. Offline I have deck that's affinity but not even comes close to the real fast affinity decks. (but still good enough to beat Swingue on a permanent basis!)

Online my cards are a mess, I rarely trade and mostly play tourny so no real need for a constructed deck. I do built a very low cost counter online, it's very slow but fun to play and I thought it up myself. Needs some improvement though.

What name do you use online Tubby? (So I can add you to my buddy list) I'm ProPainCDZ.

Tubby Rower · 26-10-2005, 09:40

'Tubby Rower' is my username. I'll add you as well

Shabbaman · 26-10-2005, 10:08

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by ProPain

Offline I have deck that's affinity but not even comes close to the real fast affinity decks. (but still good enough to beat Swingue on a permanent basis!)

You know they banned a lot of the affinity cards, right? So in fact you should be dq'd and Swingue given the match win

ProPain · 26-10-2005, 13:24

Which ones, I only saw skullclamp and disciple of the vault being banned but I dont really follow it much.

I dont own any skullclamps and only one disciple. Also my deck contains only 4 arti lands or so and no ornithopters. I do managed to get a broodstar from one of my boosters, and that usually does the trick around the office, combined with lightning greaves and cranial plating. I only have one of those as well so it's all pretty weak.

DrAlimentado · 26-10-2005, 13:35

this thread is really very strange... I never knew MTG was so er, involved [nerd]

so its not like top trumps then?

Shabbaman · 26-10-2005, 14:22

@PP: In extended, skullclamp, disciple and aether vial. Especially aether vial is really strong. In standard they banned arcbound ravager and all the artifact lands. If you do get those ornithopters, artifact lands and some atogs, you have a really competetive deck. I'd only cost you about 5 euros or so. If you're interested, gameforce and cardexchange are cheap and trustworthy sites to buy cards. There are sites where you can buy magic online singles and packs as well, but I don't know them.

For your budget control deck I suggest standstill. Most budget decks lack card drawing, and standstill is cheap (in mana, in value probably as well) and extremily annoying (especially if combined with zombie infestation and squee, muahaha). A fun route for any control deck, but especially for multiplayer.

Cowardice:

Enchantment, 3UU

Quote:

quote:Whenever a creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, return that creature to its owner#65533;s hand. (It won#65533;t be affected by the spell or ability.)

It's a rare, but it's not a really competetive card so you might be able to pick it up cheap. For example, it kills any deck reliant on equipment (see Kemal, this is what I mean when I say there's a way to play around newer cards/abilities!), but it lets you play with icy manipulators as well! Ooh, icy... The budget version would be crystal shard, I guess.

Got you a budget deck for it and a nice article that covers a lot of angles and a lot of expensive decks.

@dr. A.

25-10-2005, 08:19	#1
Energy Chieftain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 163	What kind of decks are you playing? I like playing white-green decks and black-red combo's. What kind of decks are you guys playing?

25-10-2005, 10:17	#2
Shabbaman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Costa La Haya Posts: 8,493	Well... playing... none But I own a lot of decks, and even more cards. I have decks in most formats, but no Standard deck for the last two years. My last Standard deck was a BR reanimator deck when Odyssey was legal. Vintage: I have a RG beatz deck that used to be an original Ice Age Stormbind deck. It's good against a lot of decks, but unfortunately it's no match against modern Vintage decks (you know, anything with power in it) and it's really agressive. I like that, I can't hold a counterspell and wait until my opponent does something. The deck might be taken apart (for the first time in 8 years!) because I have bought 4 Survival of the fittest and I want something to do with them. A legacy RG survival build is in the making. Though I got 4 Squees last week, so the stormbind might go in again as well. I also got a proxied Worldgorger dragon combo deck, but that's too good to play against. I'm currently building a Legacy reanimator deck (with the burning wishes from the old Standard deck, the spells from an old Extended reanimator deck and with the 4 new Squees!). Legacy is my favorite format, a lot of old cards but nothing overly expensive (like in Vintage). I have a UG madness deck in this format, which can be tuned for Extended easily. Next up is The Rock, the name for almost any BG deck. BG is my favorite color pair. Some cool shit in the new set for this color combination! The deck is Extended legal, but not really tuned. It has Pernicious deed (BEST CARD EVER) and Living wish, I can play it in multiplayer as well (play more multiplayer than anything else anyway). If I can think of a killer combo for the deck I think ít'll become my 2HG deck. For multiplayer I have a zombie/tombstone stairwell deck (New and improved! Now with Squee and Zombie infestation!) and a Varchild War-riders deck. In short, I play anything as long as it doesn't have white in it. Although I did get a Savannah recently... __________________ "Our spam is backed with COMETS!"

25-10-2005, 10:20	#3
Darkness Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Netherlands. Posts: 4,169	Oh, ancient history... I haven't picked these up in at least 4 years. I used to play a lot, but I simply can't find time for it anymore, and neither can the guys I used to play against. For multiplayer I had a really solid Green-Blue combo deck, utilizing the react-capacities and flying skills of the Blue for the early game (to quietly grow) and the heavy creatures and unit boosts of the Green to finish it off... Single Player: Red-White combo deck, a la "White Heat" All Black Necromany/Leech-based deck 5-Colour Sliver deck. This one was actually pretty decent, but later I removed the Red Slivers and it was even better. The key to a good sliver deck is, IMHO, having enough of the really good ones (Winged Sliver - Blue, Horned Sliver - Green, Cristalline Sliver - Blue/White, and one other that I can't seem to recal right now. The Sliver Queen was nice too ) __________________ "Death is lighter than a feather, but duty is heavier than a mountain..." - The Eye of the World

26-10-2005, 08:19	#4
Tubby Rower Moderator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Middle of VA. Posts: 3,896	I'm trying to gather enough cards for an artifact deck with red spells, a red-green deck, and maybe a black/green deck. I've got ~300 cards right now and I'm trying to find people to trade with. One kind soul online let me have his excess common cards over 4. I only took 15 because I didn't want to be greedy. If anyone is playing online, see if I'm onliine and see if you like anything. __________________ 3/2006 : Now, surely that must be because some fists might have caused internal damage to certain delicate parts?

26-10-2005, 09:37	#5
ProPain Customized Admin :) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: sailing the seas of cheese. Posts: 5,852	I own 100o cards online and bout the same offline I guess. They're all booster bouht cards so no real consistency. Offline I have deck that's affinity but not even comes close to the real fast affinity decks. (but still good enough to beat Swingue on a permanent basis!) Online my cards are a mess, I rarely trade and mostly play tourny so no real need for a constructed deck. I do built a very low cost counter online, it's very slow but fun to play and I thought it up myself. Needs some improvement though. What name do you use online Tubby? (So I can add you to my buddy list) I'm ProPainCDZ. __________________ I fed my Dog the American Dream Well, he rolled over and he started to scream He said, I dig the taste of salt but it don't keep me alive yeah, yeah

26-10-2005, 09:40	#6
Tubby Rower Moderator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Middle of VA. Posts: 3,896	'Tubby Rower' is my username. I'll add you as well __________________ 3/2006 : Now, surely that must be because some fists might have caused internal damage to certain delicate parts?

26-10-2005, 13:24	#8
ProPain Customized Admin :) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: sailing the seas of cheese. Posts: 5,852	Which ones, I only saw skullclamp and disciple of the vault being banned but I dont really follow it much. I dont own any skullclamps and only one disciple. Also my deck contains only 4 arti lands or so and no ornithopters. I do managed to get a broodstar from one of my boosters, and that usually does the trick around the office, combined with lightning greaves and cranial plating. I only have one of those as well so it's all pretty weak. __________________ I fed my Dog the American Dream Well, he rolled over and he started to scream He said, I dig the taste of salt but it don't keep me alive yeah, yeah

26-10-2005, 13:35	#9
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