elpablo wrote:

How are you playing your deck?  Casually with friends?  Planning on going to events at the local game shop?  Do you plan to keep the deck in a standard format (see link below)? That can change people's advice a lot.

I honestly doubt I'll play any tournaments with this deck (or any really.) I mainly got into this for the purpose of playing with friends. So I'll probably keep it VINTAGE or MODERN.

Do tournaments tend to stay STANDARD?

elpablo wrote:

In general there's nothing "wrong" with your strategy. You need to shore it up some and get a more focused strategy, by obtaining more copies of important cards.

The biggest thing I'm wondering is if there is just no way around having duplicates in a deck. I'm not necessarily against it, though I do like the variety of different cards. I'm assuming their must be a way to capitalize on both, in that there must be such a variety that different cards can do similar things to others. I've already noticed some crossover. Perhaps this is an absurd question.

And, elpablo, thank you for all the resources. It's nice to have the stuff I need to know streamlined for me. I really appreciate it.

It's a little overwhelming with the massive amount of cards and ways to play, but certainly keeps it interesting.

Hi there all,

Just recently started playing and I'm experimenting with building decks for the first time. I'm not as familiar with the entire Magic universe as many of you may be, so I'm wondering if there are cards I would just never know about unless told to me by word-of-mouth. Maybe what I'm doing with my deck could be doing what it should be doing better if I had a certain card? Perhaps the deck's just not as focused as I'd like to think it is? I'd love a wide variety of feedback.

http://deckbox.org/sets/479624

It's a blue and white deck with a focus on humans and spirits, with spirits being the main recipients of power ups and the humans ample opportunities to re-emerge from the graveyard if killed. I'm attempting to keep it exactly at 60 cards and I tend to like having ~25 land, usually no less than 23. Are there other perspectives on how many land should be contained in a basic 60 card deck. I hear back and forth between 20 and 25. I suppose a happy medium, then.

It's nice to (sort of) meet you all and I'm looking forward to any suggestions. I really appreciate it.