Make Beginner Decks for New Players
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Posted on Nov. 9, 2012, 5:06 a.m. by CptDanger
I was playing Magic with a couple friends a while back, two who have been playing for a while and the rest who haven't been playing for long, when I realized that the experienced people were blowing them out of the water. I know playing around with some more experienced people like that will absolutely decrease the value of the game, especially when you're not having fun, and that's the last thing I want to do. So, I wanted to create five decks for myself that I can use around newer players: one for each color and each deck should represent what the color is all about and at the same time showcase some of the game's core elements.
I already made a Green deck: Beginner's Green, so I ask you all: do you think it's fine as it is, and can you make a deck for White, Blue, Black, and Red?
This maybe another green deck, A big pile of green, but I built it awhile ago to show my casual meta the power of etb triggers, I also deliberately built it with bomby singletons to evoke the occasional fiero moments and to show how good a toolbox built deck can be. It was also purposefully built with budget on the mind, the whole deck can be built for little over $15 and quite a few of the key cards were printed in M13, so it's possible a new player could build a closely similar deck with their current collections.
November 9, 2012 5:43 a.m.
also i find good decks for new players are the duel decks, i bought my lil bro the goblins vs elves one christmas and bought knights vs dragons too. Both had nice flavour, cool mechanics and a few bombs all in all turned out great too. my bros loves it and the guys i should the knights vs dragons too ended up buying precon EDH decks and went from there :-)
November 9, 2012 6:39 a.m.
Alright, I decided to make a Black deck for Beginners. Please read the description and then play a couple of test games! Have fun!
Here it is:
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/black-for-beginners/
November 9, 2012 5:30 p.m.
Fleetfiend says... #6
This is a good idea.
I have to say that I think Green is generally the best color for beginners, since it's easy to make it pretty straightforward. I may try this out though and come back to share.
November 18, 2012 7:26 p.m.
You might want to add another one for colorless, since Artifact Decks are a very viable option for deckbuilding. I myself am still learning the proper techniques for deckbuilding so I can't quite help with building.
Demarge says... #2
If you have a goal of teaching newer players then I'd highly recommend reading and having them read this article on deckbuilding, it should speed up the learning process.
http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/rc/188
November 9, 2012 5:27 a.m.