@Azadan Thanks for all the help - I really appreciate it. I think because I started playing magic in the EDH format maybe I was brought into some bad habits that don't work in other formats like modern and standard. I got some researching to do
So I tested this setup today several times against what I guess I'd call moderately budget versions of "real" top decks. It did fairly well.
i would recommend cutting down on the 2 ofs to get some 4 ofs for the deck. With that many different style of cards, you will almost always be inconsistent with your gameplan
You called it. Going to restructure to have fewer creatures for a more consistent game.
gilded lotus costing too much mana
Gilded Lotus does basically nothing in this deck since the most expensive card is 5 mana
Yep. Didn't pull it out once. I'm going to drop those entirely.
You probably need 24 lands
Yes I do I feel dumb now for only including 20 originally.
based on a mechanic that is mostly a joke in modern
Could've been more tactful, but yeah I realized detain isn't a good enough mechanic to build around. I'm going to turn this into a U/W control deck now.
I've been playing Magic for like 8 months, and if at the beginning I had gotten a comment like that from anyone, I'd be a lot less inclined to keep playing. Thankfully most of my locals are super nice and supportive and, you know, helpful. Christ.
That's because locals don't have a keyboard barrier between the other human being they're denigrating
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You called it. Going to restructure to have fewer creatures for a more consistent game.
Yep. Didn't pull it out once. I'm going to drop those entirely.
Yes I do I feel dumb now for only including 20 originally.
Could've been more tactful, but yeah I realized detain isn't a good enough mechanic to build around. I'm going to turn this into a U/W control deck now.
That's because locals don't have a keyboard barrier between the other human being they're denigrating