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Home » Posts Tagged "Deck building"
Casual
Feb08

Boros – Guerrilla Warfare

by Bruce Richard

Sometimes ranks of soldiers aren't enough. Check out Bruce's advice for keeping your battalion under the radar.

Tags: Boros, Bruce Richard, Casual, Deck building, Deck Lists, Strategy

Kitchen Table
Jan02

Deck Attack

by Abe Sargent

Creativity is born of restrictions. What happens when Abe can't use his go-to cards during deckbuilding?

Tags: Abe Sergeant, Casual, Deck building, Decklists, Multiplayer

Kitchen Table
Dec04

Initial Impressions

by Brandon Isleib

Just how important are first impressions in multiplayer games and deckbuilding?

Tags: Brandon Isleib, Deck building, Multiplayer, Strategy, Theory

Casual
Sep04

30 Great Commons and Uncommons for Your Decks

by Abe Sargent

Commons and Uncommons aren't always flashy or bomby; but they do a ton of work. Take a look at some of Abe's favorite Commons and Uncommons from across Magic's history!

Tags: Abe Sargment, Analysis, Budget, Casual, Commander, Deck building, EDH, Elder Dragon Highlander, Multiplayer

Standard
Apr02

I’ll Take Winning for 100

by Darwin Kastle

Getting started in Standard can be an expensive adventure. Darwin walks through how he handled building a deck that battles set to a strict budget!

Tags: Budget, Constructed, Darwin Kastle, Deck building, Deck Lists, Standard, Testing, Type 2

Limited
Jul19

Building in M12 Sealed

by Carrie Oliver

Welcome back. I hope you got the chance to enjoy a Magic 2012 prerelease and/or release event over the past weekends. I am very lucky to live near a store that runs two prerelease events as well as a release event, and thus have had the privilege to open three sealed pools. Much to my [...]

Tags: Carrie Oliver, Deck building, Limited, M12, Magic 2012, Sealed

Constructed
Jan07

The Impact of Time Spiral in Legacy Storm Combo

by Jason Schoenecker

Guest writer Jason Schoenecker talks about what Time Spiral means in Legacy.

Tags: Combo, Deck building, Legacy, Storm, Time Spiral

Constructed
Jan06

Exploring PesterTwin in Extended

by Bryan Gottlieb

Bryan Gottlieb placed fourth at a PTQ with PesterTwin, here is an explanation and breakdown for this new archetype.

Tags: Combo, Constructed, Deck building, Double Standard, Extended

Constructed
Jul27

Understanding Mana Curves and Mana Acceleration

by Chingsung Chang

Chingsung Chang's first column as an official columnist and he drops some serious knowledge explaining curves and acceleration.

Tags: chingsung chang, Constructed, Deck building, deck building theory, Deck Theory, deckbuilding, deckbuilding theory, geeba, Mana Curve, mana theory, Sligh, Theory

Constructed
Jul22

New Cards, New Decks

by Ben Hayes

Ben Hayes joins ManaNation to write about Magic, and he kicks it off with two new Standard decks.

Tags: Ben Hayes, Constructed, Deck building, Deck Construction, Deck Ideas, deckbuilding, Hayes, Standard, Theory

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