Apologies if this is the wrong forum for this.
I'm a bit new to deck building, and there's one aspect I can't pin down quite right; On average how many cards per mana cost should one have in a 60 card deck?
I realize the type of deck one is building makes the answer vary quite a bit, but I'm looking for a good starting point for an average deck before I shift into the nuances. Fwiw, I aim to build Angel & Dragon (separate decks, not the two combined) centred decks, and one with Sphynx related stuff as well. At present I don't quite have enough of the cards for those, but I think I can manage some form of aggro deck, and I also seem to have plenty of "ferocious" cards to do something with.
I'm partial to white, (not so much black), but I'll put whatever I have to use. I also like to make sure I have flying creatures, enchantments, or at least cards that can counter flying. (My biggest gripe with the Ajani AR pre made deck was a lack of these.)
For decks that play those creature types without "cheating" them into play with cheaper cards like Reanimate, Show and Tell or Oath of Druids, you usually want 23-27 lands, plus either mana accelerants (like Mind Stone, Basalt Monolith, etc.) or cheap disruptive effects (like Counterspell, Doom Blade, Wrath of God, etc.) to either accelerate or drag the game into the later turns when you can play your big 5+ mana fatties.
I'm a bit new to deck building, and there's one aspect I can't pin down quite right; On average how many cards per mana cost should one have in a 60 card deck?
I realize the type of deck one is building makes the answer vary quite a bit, but I'm looking for a good starting point for an average deck before I shift into the nuances. Fwiw, I aim to build Angel & Dragon (separate decks, not the two combined) centred decks, and one with Sphynx related stuff as well. At present I don't quite have enough of the cards for those, but I think I can manage some form of aggro deck, and I also seem to have plenty of "ferocious" cards to do something with.
I'm partial to white, (not so much black), but I'll put whatever I have to use. I also like to make sure I have flying creatures, enchantments, or at least cards that can counter flying. (My biggest gripe with the Ajani AR pre made deck was a lack of these.)
Thanks in advance for any comments!