How to build your first Magic: The Gathering Deck
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- Just the basics on building your first deck! Don't forget as you play you might find some cards you like and other cards you don't! Feel free to make changes between games and as you go and learn the game. :)
This was like watching Bob Ross build a Magic deck. 10/10
There's no mistakes building a library in magic the gathering. only happy accidents.
Bob Ross on crack
BroceedToCheckpoint I got help and built my first mono red deck i haven't gotten a chance to read into it yet
@@spottedcow4024 more like Bob Ross on chicken
A Magic: The Gathering video!? With REAL cards?
Yep. Liked, Subbed. Let's do this.
Tip for deck builders when deciding your color: realize that each color has different attributes. White decks are typically defensive where creatures boost each other, but are weak alone. Green decks are balanced and have high Power and Toughness, but few tricks otherwise. Blue decks however thrive on trickery, usually with instants or sorceries, but have below average power and toughness. Red decks are very aggressive, focusing on attacking and dealing dmg, but fail at defending. Black decks often require some self-sacrifice to succeed, like sacrificing creatures, but can pack quite a punch when doing so.
With these in mind, understand you'll have trouble if you play a deck type you're not comfortable with. For example, I stray from Red and Black decks, because I like amassing armies and playing defensively. These guidelines aren't always true and but these are the standard theme. I suggest making your first deck dual colored, because despite being a bit harder to balance, it will feel more rewarding and whole. I found solo colored decks to be a bit of a bore, and generally stay away from them, unless I have a theme that requires it. (Such as my nightmare deck where cards get power for each swamp I have)
There are plenty of deck building guides online which can help you. I'd suggest 24 lands as a rule of thumb. And always, make sure you have low cost spells. I love my golem deck to death, but having 70% of the deck 4+ mana means I lose a lot with it when I can't get the ball rolling fast enough. I like to focus the bulk around 2-3 cost mana. it offers a good balance of strength and ease of play. But of course, add a few 1 cost and 5+
I know this is now an old video, but as a new Magic player, I’d like to say thank you for making this video. It really helped me a lot, deck building always confused me, but you laid it down in laymen’s terms. Thanks again, and keep up the great work!
Thanks bud, really appreciate stuff like this; I've been playing magic on and off over the years, I've played with premade decks, but swayed more toward Poke-Yugioh over the years. This is the first time I've seriously put effort into building a deck.
Thank you for doing this tutorial! I went to a theoros booster draft for the first time and had some help building a booster deck, but I bought a starter kit afterwards and wanted to know a basic build. Keep up the great vids :)
Dear boogie i got into magic because of you and now my friends play along with me and are college now has a magic club thank you.
All of your content is excellent boogie but I wanted to make a point to say that I'm really digging these MTG videos. Keep up the excellent work.
Good call Boogie. When I put a deck together, I'll play a game or two against some friends to see how the deck runs. Just in case I want to switch out cards, I'll bring my cards with me, just in case I want to switch, or something doesn't work. That doesn't happen as much now,considering I've been playing for 20 years. Again, I enjoyed how you explained everything. Bring cards with you in case you want to fix up the deck is the only thing I suggest if you go someplace to play
hello boogie this video helped me out so much i dint have a clue how to build my first deack ive watched loads of videos done by other people but they never explained it as well as you ! THANK YOU
Thanks for this video!
I have no idea why, but I've developed a strong interest in Magic in the last few weeks. I've been playing a ton of games through the Xbox Live Arcade game, and I'm planning on building my first deck soon.
Thank you so much! I was having so many issues with my deck until now. My curve was Wayyy off, with nearly half of my creatures taking 6 or more. I just loved the power a little too much :p. Thanks again!
I'm using a black white deck right now, and it's very useful. I'm thinking of making a few new decks as well.
Im trying to build one now, as a new player, are you playing with a lifegain one? If so, what key cards are you using?:)
Okay cheers man!:D
Hi roman
Headshot Homie I'm using green black it's GREAT!
I would, that's how I started and starting now with Return to Ravnica and Gatecrash is said to be the most fun time to start.
Intro decks are essentially like springboards, you'll want to boost that deck more or less.
mtg is just the best tcg ever I use to play yugioh a lot as well but yugioh in my opinion is just too damn expensive
Fuzz Robinson 5 years later imma tell you I play the Pokémon TCG and that’s probably the most expensive
Green is a cool color to start on because there are a lot of big creatures you can use to bash face. I started on a red deck because I wanted to play a really strong early game. White can be really cool because it has a lot of protection and power ups. Blue is kind of based around controlling what's happening on the board, and black is about killing things and reviving things from the dead.
Hey boogie about 3 years ago I watched this video and I started playing Magic magic the Gathering has changed my life for the better thank you for this video
Just started playing... I'm not too bad at it. still a newbie but, I've managed to build a decent Blue and green deck.
i used to use blue green til i found out my playstile was an al out attack kind of deck
My favorite Red deck was a suicide build, using many goblins and low mana cost creatures, while utilizing cards that allowed death based damage. It allowed me to play ALOT of quick/cheap creatures, and for me to benefit from both the unblockable attacks/skills of certain 1-2 damage creatures, while also taking advantage of how easily they die. (Rage Thrower deals 2 damage for every creature that dies. So charge alot of goblins at once and 5 dead goblins = 10 damage. Or 20 if you have 2 throwers)
Great tutorial, Boogie. Back when I first got into magic, there were quite a few people who chose green/black for their two-color decks; it's a good starting combination for people who want to venture away from mono-color. Strangely enough, my first decent two-color deck was red/green. Go figure. :)
Hi Boogie. You have inspired me to try this game. Keep up the great work you are doing. You are awesome :)
Yes they do! Look on the MTG website and go on the store locator and you will find shops which take part in friday night magic and sell the cards
The more colors you have, the less likely you are to draw the mana you want, but you can use all the colors if you want. So a 1 color deck will be the most reliable as far as having the mana you need, and a 5 color deck will be less reliable. If you're doing your first deck, 1 or 2 colors is probably best.
Also you need to look at the cards you picked and their mana cost to decide exactly how many of each land you want. If all your green cards cost a lot of green mana, then put in more forests.
thanks for the advice I built a deck using your advice and came in 3rd at a small tournament at my school
Get em boogie.
There are people at the game store that I play at that only play casually with their friends. They don't enter any of the tournaments and they are okay with that. If you can find a group of people like that, it's pretty easy to get started. When I started playing, I was surrounded by really competitive players and for me that was a good thing, but if that's not your deal you definitely will be able to find other people who want casual games.
They don't all need to be from the same set, you can have, for example cards from Return to Ravnica and Avacyn Restored. But that all also depends on what type of magic you play and what cards are legal for that game type. If it's just you and a few friends then you don't need to worry. But if the deck is for Type two (Friday Night Magic format) then only certain sets are allowed, currently M14, Dragons Maze, Gatecrash, Return to Ravnica, and M13 are legal in FNM.
Hey boogie this really helped me build my deck I got into magic because of seeing your videos about it and it looked really fun. So this really helped me. Also where do you buy your packs from?
Just searched "how to build a magic deck" when i saw your video I knew i had to watch it.
thanks boogie2988 I really appreciate the help. This video was probably one of the first vids I watched when I first started playing magic. It really helped me a lot, and now im pwning a buch of my friends with this awesome green red deck! XD
I hope you have a great day.
I didnt know that Boogie had a gaming channel... I feel so out of the loop :(
I just found out right now
Its a wonderful video Boogie :) Informative and easy to understand, many thanks.
I am 13 and I joined a magic: the gathering club today. I never played the card game but played the video game as a kid. this will really help me. thanks.
Dear Boogie, you are my hero.
Thanks Boogie! Exactly what I was looking for
Huh, building my first magic deck would be kinda like building my first Pokemon deck. Everything boogie said to do I did when I built my Pokemon deck haha. I sorted my cards from typing, I had significantly more Psychic and Fire Pokemon and was going to use a Fire Ultra Rare, and my deck turned out pretty good for a first deck. I only just recently got into TCG's I guess I should try Magic too.
Good video Boogie, just watched for the hell of it. Good start for people who are not really sure what to do though. I really wish I could play vs ya haha.
Honestly, you need to download Duels of the Planeswalkers either on PS3, Xbox, or Steam. I always thought Magic was just to complex for me to learn, ...and why should I bother? Only smelly nerds played Magic anyway! Well, bored one night, I decided to download it to see what all the hype was about. I got it on my Xbox, and started learning it. It was really easy, and I began to LOVE it! You've GOT TO play a digital version first, it's the best way to learn!
i shed a tear when he bent those cards to shuffle them.
Really nice and informative video. I'd like to know if there are plans for doing more tutorials. Maybe combined with your unboxings? Since you're an experienced Magic player and a known TH-camr, I think that would help beginners and also get more people to play Magic: The Gathering. Hope you read this comment.
Boogie, a way to get even distribution of your cards is to weave your cards. Split your creatures, lands, and other cards in 3 piles. Make a 4th pile, you do this by using a creature and the other cards. Take 1 card at a time from each pile and stack them up. Then do the same thing with your lands and your 4th pile. This will usually by a 2/1 stack (2 cards from 4th pile, and 1 card from land). Then shuffle your cards by having them slide into the other dick without bridging....
My first deck was an 85-card mono black control deck.
Ah the good old days :P
Thanks man I just got this game(only because Nexius plays =D) and this really helped me get started!!!!
badass looking desk dude
Thanks for the help. Gonna use that mana curve
thanks boogie you helped me beat my big brother keep up the good work
boogie dude i also found out about MTG from you now i have purchased myself a beginners pack now i shall learn fistpump from england
Thumbs up if he should make a world of warcraft gameplay video! driving me nuts wanna see his charecters nice video by the way.
Do you watch his main channel videos? He has made a lot of calm and informative videos.
Ima come at you with my Sliver deck Boogie!!
He is mostly always calm, when you seem him rage he is acting as Francis (the guy with the lisp and is always raging)
If you have time boggie, check out the newish MOBA from Hi-rez "Smite". It's amazing and I'd love you play it with you and show you the ropes.
video helps a lot!
Judging from the comments you should do more such videos.
There is something called a power curve and that is tied to spell costs. For example, if you are using lots of one to two mana spells, unless you have a really bad draw with land you can pressure especially in the early game, which is something suited to red direct damage oriented decks, white weenie (lots of small creatures supplemented by boardclearers like Wrath of God) or green (or red/green) pumping decks (supplemented by for example Gigant Growth, Overrun or supplementd by red direct damage and a few large blockers which does fairly well). A more balanced approach is good for mid-game and really expensive decks (casting cost), well... they virtually do not exists in a compeditive envvironment. Usually decks with expensive spells try to circumvent the casting cost, like black reanimators, for example.
If you play in a beginner environment, especially with more than two players, though, you might consider hanging onto some of these big, expensive creatures which are hard to deal with because games are usually slower and creatures are king. I still remember my friends Rock Hydra or my first Sengir Vampire. As it gets more advanced and a good mix of removal spells are around things get a bit more complicated.
Going over 60 is generally not that great unless you have a really good reason to do so, because it skews drawing probabilities; in other words: it slows down your deck. 61-62 is okay, but at 64 you really notice a difference.
Usually the rule is 40 cards and 20 land, however that is really tied how your deck is built. An agressive red deck may add more land for faster resource gain and better land draw early on. Then there is fast mana, which is including things like Moxes (wich you most likely will not see outside of Type 1 environments), Sol Ring, but also creature mana like Birds of Paradise, all sort of elves and so on.
Then there are (mostly green) spells which let you add land from your deck into play (Land Tax for example). Some decks get away with using less land, some need more. Then there is, of course the multicolor aspect and those decks do especially well with multicolor mana sources like dual-lands and anything providing you with a mana of the color of your choice. Mono-color decks are usually more stable, faster and if you are beginning and don't have access to all those fancy mana sources, better to start out with.
Here are some questions you may ask yourself when building a deck:
How do i deal with creatures?
How do i deal with enchantments?
How do i deal with artifacts?
How am i going to win?
How do i keep my opponent from winning?
If you can answer all the above and got a solid power curve and are not too far above 60 cards you are already looking at a very solid deck. It doesn't have to have expensive cards or rares in it at all.
And... oh yes: its a pretty big difference if you build a deck for a duel or a game with a group of other people. Whilst the former is more compeditive and professional the latter is definetly more fun.
Card (cards on the table or in hand) advantage is king.
Thank Boogie Got My First deck 😀
Nice dude! I'm currently working on a mill deck.
don't even play magic and i still watched the whole video lol
@TheDC98 You're going to want to make a 1 or 2 color deck for a beginner deck.
Awesome mat Boogie!
Blue red with a 5/6 indestructible that has a ability that lets me deal 3 damage for drawing none land and draw a second card for land as the keystone card
Good tips! Thanks!
I love these kinds of things.
More for the noobs so we get more people to play with!!
Wish I could play paper version of MTG. No shops around me or so called "community" so I'm forced to play MTGO :(
+Pellex Pelotonx Their called Proxies. You print them out and build a deck that way. Just ask your group of mtg friends if their okay with proxies. Eventually get the cards. Proxies are used to test new cards out in peoples decks or to test a entire deck out before putting money down.
Yeah there isn't a shop near me either, so i bought my cards online from retailers, however, i'm stuck to just Common cards considering booster packs and rare - upward cards cost a fucking fortune w/ shipping tax,
still kicking ass tho,
So many good times playing Magic. I was always using mono Black, my favorite were Zombie decks.
It'd be nice to get back into this game again.
Imagining it myself? I'd imagine you flipping another table.
theres fiver colors (red, black,white,blue green) so you can have a five color deck if you want :)
I like magic the gathering but I don't have any of the cards I play the xbox 360 version but I want some cards and I don't know we're to get them
do people really use that many lands in a deck nowadays? i haven't played magic in years (i quit when i was like 14 or 15 which was somewhat 9 years ago) and i really genuinely wonder why that is? it's really not to be a smart-ass, i just wondered why.
when i was still kind of new to magic, someone taught me to go by the rule of thumb "20 lands for a 'normal' deck of 60 cards total" ('normal' as in "the deck isn't centered around insanely mana-intensive cards") and it always seemed to work fine for me. with certain decks, me and my friends have been using even less lands (16-17) when we felt like we didn't need it (vial goblins comes to mind aswell as other deck types with similar mana curves), while obviously doing the opposite and opting for more than 20 when it felt necessary.
So, is that like "the new thing to do"? Can anybody tell who maybe played the game a while back already too? Or is this maybe just aimed at novice players in general?
Anyways, well-made video. Just stumbled across my old collection (or let's say the remains of once was my collection. The memories... :D great times.
My primary colors are black and anything mixed with black. My best deck was a black and white deck. It felt good dealing out Soul Burns and the like while preventing damage with Holy Day.
My deck has 80 cards. Black and White, Defense themed.
mine has 60 and is black/blue, it focuses on discarding cards
mine is black and green. focuses on gaining life and defense.
milling, hayden.
You'll want to have 60 cards in almost all situations. Having the minimum is best because at max, you can only have 4 of the same card in a deck. So if you want to pull any of your staple cards, you want to have the best chance to do so. The only cases that you want more than 60 are certain deck themes that cause you to draw and discard a lot, or put from the top of library into graveyard, or have that one card that says if you have at least 200 cards in your deck you win the game. Now, if that's a lifesteal black and white deck that focuses having insane health and your draw their entire deck then lose, okay, that's justified. But that works better with the blue and black them which causes them to put cards from their library into their graveyard.
thanks boogie :)............ i just personaly think 25 mana is way to much for a 60 card deck... the hole reason i think that is because i run an 80 card deck and yes i know its a bit to much, but anyway i have 27 mana in a 80 card deck and i still get to much mana sometimes......... but thanks again boogie your awesome please make more :)
Yeeahhh! More magic videos! :D
What I do for mtg is take 17 creatures. 22 instants,sorcery,enchantment Etc etc...18 basic lands 3 special lands
Which adds to 60
I like how you say, the color that speaks to you. It is really cool how Magic does this but based on the symbol and color of the 5 choices, the people who prefer one over another before they even PLAY Magic, and then when they do play with the color that "speaks to them" it really is an awesome pick and really is the best for the in their strategy and how they play. LIKE 👍
Thx boogie ever since this vid I've went 8-0 in one day
omg boogie i so needed this. Just literally like 3 days ago i wanted to start getting back into magic (havent played seriously in like 6 years or so) and broke out all my cards and tried to learn all the new rules sicne theres a local hobby shop that hosts games. If you could make this a whole series it would be AWESOME!
I would play with you dude!
Thanks for the video GREAT help! me and the wife are starting out new and this helped alot!
Keep up the great work!
A bought a 2014 core set and majority of it is black and green should I buy more booster pack to build up becuase my deck have quite alot of basic land
I play the Pokémon TCG but magic just seems more appealing to me, does anyone recommend I get into it (I'm British)
i would love to play a game with you, i have a great mono white that makes me gain life almost every turn and my blue green that has my opponent drawing cards to make them run out. im going to try a zombie theme i put together on one of my friends mono blue controler deck.
Thanks Boogie! Been a long time since I have played. My brother just got me back into it. You were an amazing help!
Boogie, You got me in to Magic:) found a local playgroup and got a friend to play with me. Very fun game and not that expensive if you loking to play casual and for fun!
Boogie I started playing because of your videos and i'm quite fat so I didn't like clubs at all but i got it to magic and now I cant wait till Friday where i can go to a place where i'm not judged by my weight or the way i look. thank you.
thanks this was a big help! I've been playing magic for a few months but i've been using my friends deck. i just got a starter and some boosters so this helps a lot. Woo! i have 2 months until the anime con....let the intense training begin >:3
That boss shuffle though
oh and just a questions boogie why do people call you fat you just got alot of muscle xD for real i HATE it when people call you fat ive gotten into your channel alot francis is funny you are cool :D
watched this video a this morning a and it got me in the mood sooi just started playing today, made a green deck and a white deck already won a few battle and lost some too realy like thise and wished i got in to it sooner, THANKS YOU
Great vid :) thanks for posting
Take those and see what's the majoraty and get the basic land and divide it up and the whole deck should be 60 cards if you have more forest creatures then get more forest basic land
Ive been playing MTG for years spending a lot of time on deck building, I think ill have to try out your organized version of deck building when W14 comes out. Awesome video.
I wanna ask. I start play magic some weeks ago and i bought intro pack and i have starter pack. And when i look at cards from intro pack i said to myself, there are some useless cards. Soo i mix it with some boosters. And i get 4 colored deck. With 2 mithic rare cards. My intro is black and white. I can´t get too much to clubs. It´s little far from my home to get to some club. And i need some advice. Is that thas usefull ? (Black, white, green, blue) Thank you.
They don't all need to be from the same set, you can have, for example cards from Return to Ravnica and Avacyn Restored. But that all also depends on what type of magic you play and what cards are legal for that game type. If it's just you and a few friends then you don't need to worry. But if the deck is for Type two (Friday Night Magic format) then only certain sets are allowed, currently M14, Dragons Maze, Gatecrash, Return to Ravnica, and M13 are legal in FNM.
They don't all need to be from the same set, you can have, for example cards from Return to Ravnica and Avacyn Restored. But that all also depends on what type of magic you play and what cards are legal for that game type. If it's just you and a few friends then you don't need to worry. But if the deck is for Type two (Friday Night Magic format) then only certain sets are allowed, currently M14, Dragons Maze, Gatecrash, Return to Ravnica, and M13 are legal in FNM.
OMG! I was watching this video all the way through because a while ago i suddenly just could not make a deck of cards. I'd sit there, get a bunch of cards together, seriously, I could sit with my cards for 6 hours (I did it once) and I didn't come away with a completed deck :(.
POINT BEING, I just saw the name of the uploader is boogieplays - I LOVE watching Boogie's videos! If this is the boogie I've seen before, as i suspect, holy crap! I stumbled onto your video about magic by accident!
i bought a gatecrash fat pack online the other day (and a couple boosters) to start me off, im completley new to mtg exept for playing the trial game on xbox a bit, ive googled how to make a deck a million times by now, but nothing is more effective then seeing someone legititly do it in front of you, this is the first time i have seen that happen so thanks a ton man, easily the most useful mtg resourse i have come across to date
I'd say, just go to the closest store and ask the owner about the rules. Usually those stores have really nice owners who'll just pick up a demo pack and play a game with you to explain it. You could go to a FNM (Friday night magic) aswell. If it's a draft you won't need to worry about a deck (Everyone gets 3 boosters, passes them on and makes a deck out of that.) else you can ask for a demo deck and just play. People will be nice enough to explain it to you. Else you can get the steam game. :p
+Martin chupin
Leave him alone. He's only trying to help the people that would like to play this game. He doesn't haters
A blue deck is more about setting up long term combinations and stopping your opponent or opponents. I do know a few cool Mythic Rare blue cards that are awesome such as Omniscience, Temporal Mastery and Time Warp. But basing a (blue) deck around a single theme instead of a single card is smarter in my opinion.
Thanks Boogie. That helps a lot. I've just recently moved to a state I know no one in so I thought I would buy some cards and get back in to magic after 8 years. I am mostly doing this to meet some new like minded people at the gaming shop. Thanks again for everything you do for us. I wish I could play a few rounds with you
Hey boogie, great video, just as I was thinking of joining! I have a question though; what set would you recommend to buy, this is where I get confused as there is the base 2013 sets and then the return to ravinca and gatecrash sets, which one!? Also What should I buy first, one of the starter kit things, a fat pack or boosterbox, or anything I missed???