Here is the problem with that. That basically puts me back at The pre-core intro pack, which lost to most of the intro packs, before they were all tweaked. Now everyone that I am playing is using a better version of the deck they started with, which would destroy me if I stayed with the original. I needed to make some big changes. One, being the mana curve. I have plenty of removal, but the good removal costs too much to cast and I generally lose early. And also, I think black is a good splash. With Necropolis Regent I'm replacing a Sealock, which is expensive. I'm in the same boat either way. It is difficult to get those giant creatures out even with it being a red/blue.
2 2014-03-10 00:40:43
Re: Intro Pack League Deck Tips (8 replies, posted in Decks and Deckbuilding)
TyWooOneTime wrote:
Certainly an interesting concept. My suggestion would be to try to really hone in on two colors perhaps with a tiny splash of a third if there's a piece that's really worth it.
Based on what you're sitting on, I'm seeing you running only four black cards in your deck... you could easily cut them for red or blue pieces. Specifically, I'm thinking you'd want to bring in a second Lightning Strike, Omenspeaker, and either Traitorous Instinct or Rage of Purphoros. You're losing Necropolis Regent - arguably the biggest loss as it's a serious bomb, Grim Roustabout - no biggie, and two removal spells - these hurt too, but if you slide in the red burn, you should be in the clear.
Sadly you're not sitting on a lot of real power here as your rares and uncommons are pretty lacking (it would suck in a sealed pool too...). I'd also suggest making room for Frostburn Weird and a few other bigger items from your "inventory" - specifically, you can lose things like Bellows Lizard at the bottom end of your curve as almost nobody can pull off aggro victories (and you have removal for smaller targets with your burn) in sealed/limited.
I hope these help some...
Yeah that really does help. I like that you actually gave reasoning. Haha yeah it is a cool concept. Especially since I am new to MTG. I'm playing against the same crappy decks, but as I have gotten further into opening packs, I just didn't know what I was doing. The pack started Blue/Red, and I splashed black for the, IMO, better removal spells. I definitely see what you mean though. I'm going to do some more tweaking here in a bit.
3 2014-03-09 16:31:37
Re: Intro Pack League Deck Tips (8 replies, posted in Decks and Deckbuilding)
Can anyone help me out? It would be greatly appreciated
4 2014-03-04 17:07:35
Topic: Intro Pack League Deck Tips (8 replies, posted in Decks and Deckbuilding)
Just wondering if you guys could take a look at my Intro Pack League Deck, and help me tweak it. I'm doing pretty bad in the league as of late. The way the League works is explained in the notes of the deck, but a short explanation would be that I can only use cards, excluding basic lands, from my sideboard to tweak my deck. Those cards come from opening one booster pack each week. So it is a nice league to learn how to deck build/tweak, but I don't have anyone to help explain the best choices with what I have. It would be great if you guys could help. Please, and thank-you!