Can Anyone Link me to a Good Budget Deck?

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Posted on Oct. 8, 2016, 4:34 p.m. by MentalFloss

I've been playing casual Magic for a while now, and I usually play B/W Dash, but I wanna be able to do more than just throw a creature out, attack then take it back. These are the reasons that I need help.

Mono- Stompy is fairly budget:

Here is a sample list.

October 8, 2016 5:05 p.m.

The MTGGoldfish budget magic series is pretty good. Aside from that, what are you defining as budget?

Mono Green Stompy is about as budget as you can get, with a viable deck at around $50. If you want to go up to $80 you can make a decent budget burn deck. Once you get to $250-300 (or roughly half of a cheaper modern deck) you get all sorts of options, from mono red burn, to mono blue tron, to decent UR delver, to storm.

But seriously, check out the https://www.mtggoldfish.com/series/budget-magic for loads of cool budget decks. They are all $100 or less, and many of them have "ultra budget" versions for around $35 dollars.

October 8, 2016 5:57 p.m.

Servo_Token says... #4

What's your budget and what do you want to play are the two questions that need answering first.

Also, how do you want to play meaning do you want to go to tournaments or just mill around the casual crowd as you have been.

There's literally a budget deck available for every play style, so we're going to need more information firs.t

October 8, 2016 6:04 p.m.

DHamlin says... #5

BW Tokens is very easy to build on a budget and upgrades into a very solid and adaptable deck for most meta. Additionally most of the non-budget pieces are modern staples.

October 8, 2016 7:09 p.m.

Araganor says... #6

Bogles is pretty cheap if you skimp on the manabase

October 8, 2016 8:44 p.m.

blackmarker90 says... #7

You could probably do the entirety of Bogles for less than $100 if you skip the Horizon Canopys. I played it online for a while with Brushland instead.

October 9, 2016 2:31 a.m.

Bovine073 says... #8

blackmarker90 not true. 3x Kor Spiritdancer, 4x Daybreak Coronet, 4 fetches, 4 shocks, 4 Razorverge Thicket, 4 Brushland is a lot more than 100 bucks. Citation: my canopy-less Bogles deck.

October 9, 2016 3:05 a.m.

Semajss says... #9


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October 9, 2016 4:39 a.m.

MentalFloss says... #10

DevoidMage I have a budget to at most $50, looking for a good mono-black rat deck

October 9, 2016 12:04 p.m.

Servo_Token says... #11

Rats aren't amazingly powerful, but it's a fairly cheap tribe. Pack rat and ogre slumlord are really cheap, then supplement them with a ton of discard in things like ravenous rats and nezumi shortfang, you can even jam in graf rats combo for another big beater. Then it can be upgraded with cards like mutavault thoughtsieze and Inquisition of kozilek.

October 9, 2016 12:40 p.m.

Bovine073 says... #12

Relentless Rats? Shadowborn Apostle? :3

Also Pack Rat is simply an amazing card.

October 9, 2016 1:42 p.m.

MentalFloss says... #13

Bovine073 I have a Pack Rat already, just need 3 more xD. Just need some more ideas to find some cards that will fill the gaps in my Rat deck in progress.

October 10, 2016 3:22 p.m.

MentalFloss says... #14

In my Rat deck I have all my Rats in it, and I threw in a Whip of Erebos, cards like Dutiful Return and Aphetto Dredging (Don't ask where I got it), and finally, Dragon Throne of Tarkir. The reason for the last card listed is because I'm thinking of making a huge Rat army, putting the Throne on one of my Pack Rats and doing the effect, and doubling the power and toughness of my Pack Rat army, and swinging. Yep, late-game Rats. Ever heard of it?

October 10, 2016 3:29 p.m.

MentalFloss says... #15

Also, I could make something with the Zada, Hedron Grinder I have, and maybe stretch my budget a lot to get a Krenko, Mob Boss and make a kick-ass Goblin deck. (I'd need to find the cards for it though...)

October 10, 2016 3:42 p.m.

lindo1905 says... #16

Faeries are always an option. Tons of synergy. Fun to play. Could likely get it down to $50 if you're careful/add a ninja element. Flashing Modern Faeries

Honestly anything mono-colored is likely your best bet. Stompy. Burn. Tribal. Etc.

October 10, 2016 5:32 p.m.

braderus9 says... #17

Mtggoldfish's Busget Magic articles are goodz

October 11, 2016 8:21 p.m.

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