BD: Newbie Allies - Selesnya

by NorthernWarlord on 05 December 2022

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Instants (3)


Enchantments (6)

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Deck Description

Do not mistake this deck to be focusing on the 'Ally' creature type.
I merely decided to craft a series of ally-colored decks with a lot of newbie friendliness! If you are unfamiliar with what "ally-colored" means, let me explain it to you:

Since the game of MTG is separated into five different colors, each and every one of them provides the game with their own unique aspects. The colors can be aligned into a "color wheel" which explains their co-operations and clashes with other colors. The wheel could be visioned as following (apologies for the poor image quality):
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/mtgsalvation_gamepedia/images/e/e1/Color_Wheel.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20060415063339

So, colors aligned next to each other (Red and Green, for example,) could be called ALLIED colors, because they share some of the same aspects between each other. The colors on the opposite sides of the wheel are called ENEMY colors, since the themes they include clash with each other more than with the allied colors. This doesn't mean that enemy-colored decks cannot be made, but the themes and synergies between allied colors are often easier to grasp. In conclusion, utilize this knowledge pondering the colors when crafting your decks!


This is a Budget Deck (BD for short). It is meant primarily for casual play, and its estimated mid value is aimed to land between 10 and 20 US dollars at most. Take this detail into consideration when browsing the deck!

I mostly use MTG Vault for my own private projects nowadays, but feel free to comment or request a deck of your choice. I've loved the Vault so far, and I like that they are still improving on it, as well as I am improving on my English language skills.

So, if you like what you see, consider checking out some of my other budget-y work from the link below.
https://www.mtgvault.com/northernwarlord/budget/

How to Play

Get your shields up: Here we are laying down a beating while still keeping our defenses up! So, hunker down!

All of this deck's dudes have vigilance, making them excellent blockers. Utilize this permissive strategy to allow yourself to both attack and defend your backlines. Support these creatures with handy enchantments and you've got yourself quite a nice package to unleash terror to the hearts of more aggressive players!

The sideboard offers solutions to a player looking for possible ways to develop. Including 3x Pulse of Murasa and 4x Unflinching Courage while removing 2x Gallant Cavalry, 4x Explore and 1x Collective Blessing, allows you to shift this deck to become extremely resistant against burn-type decks as well. Alternatively, adding 4x Murasa Rootgrazer and 2x Zetalpa, Primal Dawn and removing 3x Brushstrider, 2x Solid Footing and 1x Segovian Angel shifts this deck to a more late-game-oriented one. Lastly, removing 3x Brushstrider, 2x Gallant Cavalry, 2x Conclave Cavalier and 1x Collective Blessing and supplementing 4x Murasa Rootgrazer, 2x Assault Formation and 2x Unflinching Courage makes this deck very much toughness-focused.

Before we head into the statistics, let's see what a player needs to know before playing this deck:
- Vigilance. The big obvious keyword-ability. Vigilance on a creature means the creature can attack while still remaining untapped, so you can use it to block enemy attacks as well on their turn. Handy!
- Flying. A flying creature cannot be blocked by creatures without flying: you can dish out damage straight through their defenses!
- Lifelink. When a creature with lifelink deals damage, you gain that much life points!
- Flash. A card with flash can be played at any time - even on your opponent's turn, provided you have the mana to do so! Utilize these cards with utmost cunning, dropping them when your foes assume it the least!


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Pros:
+ Very defensive.
+ Capable of breaking through standstill-situations with flying creatures, handy flash-spells and group buff up.

Cons:
- Vulnerable against control.

Deck Tags

  • Selesnya
  • Vigilance
  • Midrange
  • Newbie
  • Casual
  • Budget
  • Cheap

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

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

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