Jumping RDW deck to 80 cards
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Posted on March 27, 2011, 8:29 p.m. by Sudain
What do you guys think about moving the side & maybe boards into the main board of the deck?
Or would it make the deck 'slugish?'
Thank you for the insight. :) Since I only play in casusal then I think it'll be okay. Worst case then I'll just filter out the extra 20. :)
March 27, 2011 9:36 p.m.
MagnorCriol says... #4
No problem. =) Sounds like it'll work fine then. Just sorta play with it and take things out as you go.
Something to think of, too, if you're wanting to do this because you find yourself running out of spells in a game - Elixir of Immortality . It's a fun and often-overlooked card that's super-cheap, recycles all of your graveyard back into your deck, and gains you a little bit of life.
MagnorCriol says... #2
It'd probably work fine in casual. In competitive tournaments, it'd be a sinker. 60 cards represent, in theory, the best 60 cards you felt like you could bring to the game; anything more than that dilutes the pool. The best 80 cards still contains 20 cards that are worse than the best 60 cards.
For perhaps a more authoritative voice...consider someone like Patrick Sullivan. The man's considered by many to be the top RDW deckbuilder. Recently at the StarCityGames.com Standard Open tournament at the beginning of the month, he busted into Standard with a new RDW deck. And he used exactly 60, still.
And while I'm usually among the first to say "don't just do something because someone else does," when the pros, whose entire livelihood is dedicated to developing good decks, feel that it's not worth diluting the pool just to have access to 20 extra cards, I feel like trusting them. They spend more time thinking about these things than I do. =p
But again, in casual? Yeah, go for it! It'd probably be a lot of fun, even.
March 27, 2011 9:16 p.m.