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Hi there,

Firstly, I've not got this game yet, and have never played in RL, have only played Duels of the Planeswalkers. So I don't know a lot about the game itself, and have almost no idea of this one apart from the fact that the deck I just created seemed to fit this game.

So firstly : how come this place is so quiet? I thought the forums for decks would be a lot busier than they are?

Secondly, just wondering what anyone thinks of this blue deck as a first attempt at making one:

Island x26

Lord of the Unreal x4
Krovikan Mist x4
Phantom Warrior x3
Phantasmal Image x1
Phyrexian Metamorph x2

Infinite Reflection x3
Vapor Snag x4
Ponder x3
Mind Control x2
Cancel x2
Psychic Barrier x1
Counterspell x4
Time Warp x1


Finally : if I get the game, how would I go about aquiring that deck? And would it cost a lot?


Thanks if anyone can help anyway.

May 7, 2012 -- 6:43AM, timotheos wrote:

Hi wellcome.
Not sure why its so quiet. I'm guessing its due to it being release week in the paper mtg world. But generally the deck help forums are busier on the paper side of these boards and the formats are the same so head over there for better deck help.
But my rough opinion on your deck. Get rid of the counterspell s. due to their age they will force the deck to be played in the classic format and frankly the rest of the deck is not up to that level Also ponder is banned in most formats other than classic so that will need to go too.
Or you could keep the ponder and make it a standard legal deck but that would mean losing the krovikan mist , time warp , phantom warrior , and also counterspell .
Either way I'd also cut 2 lands and add a few more illusions.
As for cost only the phantasmal image woild be slightly expensive. To buy the deck the easiest way is to buy a load of tickets from the store and then trade the tickets with one of the many traders in the clasifieds.

Hope that helps

Hi there, and yep, thanks!

Also I forgot to say that yeah, it was aimed for classic, as the deck is focused on countering and stealing creatures whilst I get my own few doing the damage they can in the meantime. One thing I forgot though was that classic is basically anything isn't it? So there's going to be tons of cards that I need to research first. I do want to eventually play classic though, I'm not really into the idea of not being allowed cards, so will just have to get researching....   But thanks for reminding me what cards I need to dump for other formats, because I can get on with doing that a lot more quickly.

Thanks for the others answers too, will probably get this game in a couple of weeks now and try it out. (because not being able to make decks in duels of the planeswalkers will eventually drive me mad, even though it's great for learning how the game works.)

Hi again, and thanks for the help! I'll not reply to every bit of advice listed, but I've read all of them and they've been helpful, so thanks loads. And will check for you if/when I get the game Lafave, thanks!

As for the illusion deck and the concentrating on counterspells, well cavern of souls has kind of thrown a big spanner in the works regarding that I suppose. Unless there's a set of spells that can target that type of land and destroy it, which there probably is somewhere so will hopefully find them if I get back around to this.

Am already kind of changing my mind about what type of deck I want to use though I think. That's basically because I've started using the Kiora Atua – Ancient Depths deck in duels, and have discovered the Eldrazi! Ran a search for them and those cards are insane, so I'd want to add some of them into a classic deck. There's also a huge load of artifacts that really interest me, so my ideal deck now would probably be blue/green/artifacts.

I originally had the idea of going blue/green a while back because I like Elves, and after seeing how quickly you can get mana sorted with that Kiora deck + the way it seems to mix well, I think I'll try that instead.

I also started checking back through the allowed decks for standard, and have found many more cards from blue that I like, so even though I've not played anything but Duels, I feel like I'm learning pretty quickly and of course, simply playing like has already been suggested is the best way to expand knowledge of the game, especially when you start facing all the cards more experienced players are using.

And yeah, almost every game I've played so far on Duels has been only using Jace's illusion deck, and have got pretty good at using it so I know those cards well now. Next I'm going to play Kiora's deck, then any other with blue and green, then will finally play Tezzerets deck for the artifact usage. By that point I'll probably have the spare cash to get MTGO and start playing, and with my current habit of researching cards almost daily on magiccards.info and gatherer I should be pretty much there.

Thanks again for the help anyway!