Red Black Deck - is it good?

by elsidu on 14 May 2011

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Deck Description

This is one of my first decks I have ever builded. I'm new at MTG so please feel free to advice me if I've made some mistakes.

Deck Tags

  • Experimental

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Red Black Deck - is it good?

Welcome to the game! May it be as rewarding to you as it has been for so many others!

The key to any good build is consistency. You want to be able to put faith into your deck and be confident that the next card you draw is the card you need. The best way to ensure this is to run multiple copies of the cards you are building your deck around. Being new to Magic, I know this is difficult as your card collection/selection isn't so large, but as you become more and more attuned with the game, you will quickly come to realize which cards in your own deck become instrumental, and possibly detrimental, to your build and in your area (player base, etc.).

To improve this build, I imagine you'd like to see more Doom Blades and Lightning Bolts. Remember that Lightning Bolts can often best be used addressing creatures threats (similarly to Flame Slash) instead of dealing damage to a health total; Fireball might be best for this task, too, since you are only running one (this goes back on the idea of having faith in your deck, multiple copies of Fireball here would make the game much easier/faster for you).

So, when you can gather playsets of your idea/strategy, here's a couple of tips that I followed when I first started building years ago.

1) Do not exceed 60 cards;
2) Maintain a 40% mana base (24 lands in a 60 cards deck = 40%, in two color, that's simply 12 per color)
3) Maintain an even split when choosing color (18/color (in 2 color that = 36))
4) If playing artifacts, remove X cards per color to maintain an even match (4 artifacts + 16/color = 36 (you can play more than 4, of course))

These basic rules are an excellent place to start. I co-sponsor a Magic club at the high school I work at and have given newer students of the game these same ideas and it's remarkable how well it works. It's a stepping stool, I've since grown out of these rules, but as you become more and more accustomed to the games inner workings, jumping from these rules to your own will become incredibly easy.

Hope these ideas help.

If you get a chance, take a look at some of my builds, they might help put things into perspective for you. Thanks!

Again, welcome to the game!

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Posted 14 May 2011 at 14:22

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I'm very thankfull for your all comments - here and in the Blue-White deck. I'll do as you adviced and see what's happen. I'm also will be very happy if you would like to comment my future decks to see I'm getting better in MT or not. Again very thanks to you.

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Posted 15 May 2011 at 00:49

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