I am just starting to get into MTG. I have purchased some of the booster packs for Amonkhet. I was wondering if I could get a decent deck for standard with just Amonkhet cards. I have a decent amount of whites, so I was thinking a white/blue or white/black deck. I do enjoy creating tokens and the control of blue. I was looking for staying with just Amonkhet just because it would be easier than going back and learning the mechanics from the other sets currently in standard. I am also on a budget so I know I won't be able to afford 4 Gideons. Any advice or help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
A few questions...
What is your budget? (You say no gideons, but are you at $20? $50? $100+?)
How competitive do you want the deck to be? (obviously more budget can be more competitive, but you don't need to have a competitive deck if you just want to play fun, etc.)
If you just want something cool, U/W Embalm seems like an interesting build. I can try to build some for you, but I need these questions answered. Thanks!
I do apologize for the lack of information. My budget would probably be around $20. I know with such a low budget I wont end up with a great competitive deck, I would still like to put up a fight in FNM. The cards I am looking at currently right now. I enjoy the Fan Bearer's, and the Sacred Cats. A U/W embalm could be fun. One of the reasons I was leaning a little to b/w was because with boosters I ended up with more black and not many blue. I hipe that clarifies some of my plans. Thanks again
I want to make sure that you, as a new player, understand that buying packs is not the best way to acquire specific cards. If you can find a local game store, you can buy all these cards there. If that doesn't work, you can order them online from a place like tcgplayer.
Anyways, about the deck:
You want to sit back in the early game, let some of your creatures die, attack if your opponent is open, and just stall until a few creatures die. Once you embalm them, Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun and Aven Wind Guide give them lots of evasion and you can hit for a large amount. The only non-Amonkhet cards are Borrowed Grace which is a good pump spell when attacking and can also save some dudes (or both) and Stasis Snare which is good removal.
Thank you so much. That is the kind of deck I was looking for and I already do own a good bit of those cards. I really do like the style. Yeah I know its better to buy singles online, the packs I opened where for a draft and packs the owner gave for various other reasons.
Here is a cheap mono red deck list, i know its not white, but the deck is around 15$ and the most expensive card is like 2.50 from my card shops price today. The link is the actual video if you don't want to watch the video, here is the list https://youtu.be/qxMM6tlcj2U
mono color decks are definitely gonna be the cheapest decks. Having the appropriate lands is essential to a deck, and the good ones really drive up the cost of a deck. I personally think buying lands are the best investment a budget player can make, but they will definitely eat up your hard-earned dollars.
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What is your budget? (You say no gideons, but are you at $20? $50? $100+?)
How competitive do you want the deck to be? (obviously more budget can be more competitive, but you don't need to have a competitive deck if you just want to play fun, etc.)
If you just want something cool, U/W Embalm seems like an interesting build. I can try to build some for you, but I need these questions answered. Thanks!
4 Aven Wind Guide
4 Sacred Cat
4 Fan Bearer
3 Unwavering Initiate
3 Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun
4 Labyrinth Guardian
2 Vizier of Many Faces
2 Glyph Keeper
2 Regal Caracal
4 Stasis Snare
4 Borrowed Grace
Lands:
4 Evolving Wilds
4 Meandering River
9 Plains
7 Island
I want to make sure that you, as a new player, understand that buying packs is not the best way to acquire specific cards. If you can find a local game store, you can buy all these cards there. If that doesn't work, you can order them online from a place like tcgplayer.
Anyways, about the deck:
You want to sit back in the early game, let some of your creatures die, attack if your opponent is open, and just stall until a few creatures die. Once you embalm them, Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun and Aven Wind Guide give them lots of evasion and you can hit for a large amount. The only non-Amonkhet cards are Borrowed Grace which is a good pump spell when attacking and can also save some dudes (or both) and Stasis Snare which is good removal.
https://youtu.be/qxMM6tlcj2U
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