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Very Frustrated, Need help please!

So I spent close to $1000.00 building a Green/White deck that I had 14 years ago. My goal was to create a beat down/ modern ernham meggadon deck. I decided to recreate it using the best cards from each set making it a Legacy deck. Last night I play against 2 standard decks and I lose to both. 1 Was an all white knight deck and the other was an infect deck. How does a $1000.00 deck loose to a $100.00 deck? It does not make sense. Is it possible to make 1 G/W legacy deck that is versatile against different types of decks? Has MTG decks lost there versatility? I don’t believe in spending lots of $ to continue to buy cards, why can’t we build 1 or 2 decks that are versatile.
How can I make this deck better or more versatile against infect or any of the new decks out there?

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=174388
Posted 28 April 2011 at 13:23

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Well, generally "beatdown" or aggro decks can't always be that versatile. Decks are still designed very versatile and that's why most have a 15 card sideboard to prevent the decks from being stalled out due to a singular color or card combination.

Also, I wouldn't generally run with 4 Path to Exile maindecked with another 4 Swords to Plowshares. That's more of the use for the sideboard to be honest, maindecking 8 creature removal spells, when you're not even 100% sure you'll be playing against an aggro deck is dead draws.

If I remember correctly also, Mox Diamond is restricted. Meaning you can only have one in your deck. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

And just as an idea... even a cheap deck can be VERY fast. And somewhat versatile...
Example: Kiln Fiend (I know... fetchlands aren't THAT cheap)
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Posted 28 April 2011 at 15:37

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mox diamond is illegal in most tournament types and when it's legal you can only have it 1X in your deck
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Posted 29 April 2011 at 01:43

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[QUOTE=citabogue]mox diamond is illegal in most tournament types and when it's legal you can only have it 1X in your deck[/QUOTE]

You can have 4 diamonds in your deck in legacy format.
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Posted 29 April 2011 at 05:46

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[QUOTE=akita78]How does a $1000.00 deck loose to a $100.00 deck? It does not make sense. [/QUOTE]

through player skill, draw luck and deck tuning.

MTG would be a pretty boring/pointless game if simply throwing money at a deck was a sure way to beat everything else.
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Posted 29 April 2011 at 15:13

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[QUOTE=akita78]You can have 4 diamonds in your deck in legacy format.[/QUOTE]

I doubt it, mono artefact is 1X max in any format as I know
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Posted 29 April 2011 at 20:38

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poeple please check your facts when stating stuff like card restriction. Legacy for starters has no restricted cards and mox diamond is legacy legal.

Now I saw the content of the deck was removed and I'm curious to what it was. It is not that unlikely to loose with a legacy deck playing versus a standard deck. Both have a very different meta and legacy decks are usually very meta dependent.
The legacy deck I'm playing at the moment for instance has a very bad matchup when playing versus non legacy decks while it's one of the top legacy decks at the moment.
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Posted 04 May 2011 at 12:09

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