Competitive, but on budget decks.

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Posted on Sept. 4, 2014, 10:19 a.m. by SithLord

Preferably for the format Modern. Just looking for deck ideas. Wouldn't mine making a kick-ass standard deck that is below $100.00 either.

Caligula says... #2

Ãœber. is something i've been working on for a little while

September 4, 2014 10:34 a.m.

Boza says... #3

Standard is too shallow for a competitive sub 100 deck, imho. For modern, check out Mono B Rogues (sideboard help needed) and look in the description for the budget build.

September 4, 2014 10:36 a.m.

Ohthenoises says... #4

There are few options for budget modern. That being said, there IS mono U tron and a few others that are naturally budget.

The place to start isn't a budget. The place to start is what kind of decks do you like to play?

September 4, 2014 11:08 a.m.

Servo_Token says... #5

Piggybacking on what Ohthenoises said, There's a budget configuration or two for every deck archetype in the format (well, maybe not Splinter Twin , but there's other combos).

So basically just figure out what kind of deck you want to play and we can direct your to a build that suits your style and budget.

September 4, 2014 11:30 a.m.

Kcin says... #6

Mkay, since you want a budget modern deck, I can at least suggest mine....

"And Just Like That... They Were Gone" Mono-U Illusion tribal. Enjoy.

September 4, 2014 11:48 a.m.

Toshiro's Demons budget mono black. Blood Moon Gruul Wherewolves. Any kind of burn deck will mostly be affordable. White weenies aren't terribly expensive. As stated, depends on what YOU like.

September 4, 2014 1:54 p.m.

Femme_Fatale says... #8

RDW is probably the most competitive budget deck out there. Control is the weakest budget version, but you can generally go dimir. Tokens are fairly budget and you could also do knight tribal if you are looking at white. There is mono-B vampire aggro it has a lot of removal which makes it pretty potent. Infect is gaining in popularity and is one of the most budget of them all. Finally, you can find yourself a fringe deck that works really well. Perhaps a combo that no one really knows. Perhaps a deck type that is never used before. Perhaps a really fast and powerful tribal.

My deck Kor Legions is an example of a competitive budget deck. Be aware that I consider anything under $500 to be budget in modern. Half of this deck's price is in its sideboard, which is what contributes to its effectiveness. The purpose of making a competitive budget deck is to find cards that are cheap, but effective at what they do. Generally all deck start out budget competitive, but then people find out about their success and everyone starts using them and then it no longer becomes budget anymore. Take Jund for example. It too used to be a budget competitive during the beginning days of Modern. This was back when Dark Confidant and Tarmogoyf were $1 junk rares and everyone hated them. Now they are the most important cards in modern.

September 4, 2014 2:22 p.m.

SithLord says... #9

I first started in Magic as a Burn-aggro player. So I seem to build alot of decks that can chop someone's life in half with a 10/10 flyer or Lighting Bolt things all day. Lately, I have been having problems with just winning without being completely trampled upon (general use of word). Would this be due to my play style or the fact that I have been playing for as long as when Theores first came out?

I have built Elementals, Rakdos (is slowly turning into a Red Deck Wins), W/U Tokens, and even Zombies (in very many variations that all led to my utter ruin of such a tribal deck.) I seem to always run short when playing another player, maybe because of experience or because I build decks wrong? Thats why I am asking for a budget deck that is fun to play, aggro or ish, satisfies Burn alittle bit, and is consistently below 100, just so I am not wasting to much money without seeing how good the deck really does.

Thoughts?

September 4, 2014 3:20 p.m.

Servo_Token says... #10

Proxy your decks before buying them, man. It'll save you millions.

September 4, 2014 3:24 p.m.

SithLord says... #11

ThatBlueMage, that I have been doing actually! I guess its the fact I lack some deck building skills and do my best to not Net Deck

September 4, 2014 3:35 p.m.

Servo_Token says... #12

Once you get out of Standard and EDH, you pretty much need to net deck to win any games. It's actually the better option if you want to have any fun in the format. You don't need to copy decks 100%, and you can put your own tweaks on them once you have the basic core.

September 4, 2014 3:45 p.m.

Femme_Fatale says... #13

I hate net-decking. It doesn't give you any experience as a deck-builder and really lowers your skill as the deck player. Building your own deck means you know every interaction between the cards and know which situations are best in which. It is a gradual process of learning which cards are the staples, how to utilize the gatherer search effectively, but most importantly, how to identify a staple or power card for your deck within a certain set criteria for the format.

I've gotten to a point where I can easily build a competitive level deck out of any combo, colour and/or style of play. I never once looked up any deck that wasn't already on T/O. Actually no, I tell a lie. I once had to find out popular legacy sideboard cards. Such a massive card pool is much harder to learn than modern's. But it turns out that many legacy sideboards aren't that much different from modern ones.

September 4, 2014 6:13 p.m.

sergiodelrio says... #14

I agree with Femme_Fatale.

If you manage to build at least a consistent homebrew around something unusual, you'll be able to outwit a netdeck by the advantage of common information. There's little chance a netdeck opponent will know what your homebrew is capable of.

September 4, 2014 6:23 p.m.

Femme_Fatale says... #15

I heard consistency. How's this deck for consistency. 300 and Alone.

September 4, 2014 6:24 p.m.

I agree net decking sucks, I prefer to make my own deck list from scratch. Honestly though, I build my decks flavour/function first. That kinda narrows my decks to being built mostly block centric, but from there I can branch out to better cards from other sets. It's better to make your own mistakes and play your own ideas to figure out what works and what doesn't for you.

September 4, 2014 6:28 p.m.

sergiodelrio says... #17

Femme_Fatale thats probably a little too straight forward to surprise anyone playing against it :P

Also more on the costly side.

September 4, 2014 6:29 p.m.

Femme_Fatale says... #18

I know, but you certainly aren't gonna find a more consistent deck while goldfishing.

September 4, 2014 6:31 p.m.

sergiodelrio says... #19

Idk, I'm afraid of Champion of the Humans (Competetive!). That also looks pretty consistent to me...

September 4, 2014 6:36 p.m.

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