Most competitive BUDGET T1 decks

soundwave123 · Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 32

Please post your budget T1 decks. This will help me get a taste for what I can start going for. BTW dual lands are concidered budget IMO along with cards around 20 dollars. Razz

Eldar · Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 402 Location: Rochester

Well there was that wild zombies deck that whatshisface won a SCG P9 with I don't remember the name but if its 10 proxy the deck was relatively cheap aside from duals, bazaars, and squees. But as for 10 proxy the deck was like lotus and 2-3 mox then bazaars are ur proxies so it would be pretty cheap lemme try and find the decklist.

Artifacts:
1-Black Lotus
1-Mox Emerald
1-Mox Jet
1-Mox Ruby

Creatures:
3-Krovikan Horror
4-Basking Rootwalla
3-Ashen Ghoul
4-Wild Mongrel

Enchantments:
4-Zombie Infestation

Instants:
3-Death Spark
1-Vampiric Tutor

Legendary Creatures:
4-Squee, Goblin Nabob

Sorceries:
4-Cabal Therapy
1-Demonic Tutor
2-Last Rites
3-Life from the Loam

Basic Lands:
1-Forest
2-Swamp

Lands:
1-Badlands
1-Barbarian Ring
4-Bayou
4-Bazaar of Baghdad
2-Bloodstained Mire
1-Strip Mine
2-Wasteland
2-Wooded Foothills

Sideboard:
3-Pithing Needle
3-Artifact Mutation
3-Firestorm
2-Ray of Revelation
3-Red Elemental Blast
1-Plateau

Anubis_End · Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 61

Elves man....elves......

Zoom · Joined: 18 Jan 2005 Posts: 142

lightning bolt+fireblast+goblin grenade+goblins....cheap and can randomly win.
run cheap hosers like tormods crypt, chalice of the void, engineered explosives, cabal therapy, shattering spree, etc to fight opps good expensive cards.

HPempire · Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 113

tendrils decks are often cheap if you use teh skullclamp and koblod version, but it doesn't stand a chance in regular vintage

suprmilkchan · Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 37

uh i'd just run black with duress ritual hymn ect and just dont even run any of the restricted cards except the ghetto ones like maybe 1x necro 1x will some tutors

the 4x hymn 4 duress 4 dark ritual 4 hippie 4 shade is pretty much building blocks Surprised

you could run maybe 4 confidant 4 hippie 3 shade & then whatever disrupt you can get a hold of.. Sinkhole wasteland.. Strip mine! IDK black stops the early combo decks good enough which is pretty much the meta game of t1 where I am.. so I mean if you want to combo off yourself idk play 1.5 maybe? ^_^

mono black disrupt and definatley on a budget

uh

if u call sinkholes & shades & confidants & wastelands a budget :/

suprmilkchan · Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 37

KeySam · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 619

some ideas here

worldgorger combo(without bazaar)

oath of druids (i tested a budget version with artlands + tinker thats quite fine)

fish of course

gobo combos arent that bad

earthcraft deck[thats more funny]

affinity(without moxes not that good but also playable thx 2 sol ring, the new moxes, mana vault, grim monolith, tinker, dark ritual),

suicide black is also pretty good thx 2 dark confidant, duress, hymn, dark ritual, edict, pithing needle, necropotence, phyrexian negator, darkblast ....[if you can afford chains of mephistoteles buy it, i mean its the only real expensive card in it but its ueber]

!Maybe! some version of welder with artlands, tinker...

I personally like the suicide black, fish and oath deck most. I think vs a realy vintage meta(with only some fish) i think suicide black is the best. The oath decks are also pretty good.

JDude · Joined: 26 Mar 2006 Posts: 32

Fish is the easiest cmpetitive deck to build on a bodget. The few pieces of power the deck does play can be left out. Then all you need is the forces and duals really. Mages go for a bit too though.

TheMuffinMan · Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 12

I would have to say the most competitive decks which are budget would be goblins and fish. Also there is a metagame deck called the mountains win again which can be found in the decks section under the most recent ML type one tourney. This has been stated before but here are some decklists to get you started.

GOblins http://sales.starcitygames.com/deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=18907

Fish UW
http://sales.starcitygames.com/deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=20190

URBanna Fish
http://sales.starcitygames.com/deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=20137

Hope that helps. Good Luck

KrovikanMist · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 107

is it possible to be competitive in vintage without using any power?

r3wind · Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 1197

What about Gorilla Shaman. That is one of my all time fav hater cards. Turn one Gorilla Shaman can be a beast. Rancor some good burn (fireblast, Lightning Bolt, Lightning Helix). Some other Hatercards to think about are grunts. It gives grave based decks a rough time.Main deck Ancient Grudge seems good also.

I think that some type of Super-Hater Zoo could be fun if not competitive.

What beaters would you run???

Baio · Joined: 04 Aug 2008 Posts: 7

Well, I usually play an Elves deck, but it was not exactly thought to be a t1, so I don't think it would stand a chance in a real t1 competition. Anyway, I find it kind of fun, and it's kinda cheap to build, so I'll post. Obviously comments and suggestions are well-accepted.

Dr_Moo · Joined: 26 Nov 2004 Posts: 1011

first, at KrovikanMist: it is entirely possible to be competitive in Vintage without power. If you build, metagame, and play well, it isn't that hard.

second, one of my favorite budget T1 decks,
mono blue Merfolk:
4 Cursecatcher
4 Silvergill Adept
4 Lord of Atlantis
3 Waterfront Bouncer (thanks to erratum, he is a Merfolk)
1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
1 Wistful Selkie

4 Aether Vial
4 Standstill
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Back to Basics

4 Force of Will
4 Daze
1 Disrupting Shoal
2 Chain of Vapor

4 Wasteland
14 Island

A white splash for Sygg and Swords might be correct. I prefer mana stability and the ability to play Back to Basics. In a lower powered metagame, I'd run Jitte main ahead of B2B.

I'm sure a budget Bomberman deck would be pretty solid, too. Aven Mindcensor and Trinket Mage are both just fantastic cards.
Worldgorger Combo is also pretty decent sans Moxen and Bazaar, and easy to hybridize with a Welder deck.
RG aggro with lots of mana denial is pretty good
Goblins are are always a fine choice (Thorn of Amethyst is really good here, particularly following up Lackey or vial)

magicbmx · Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 149

Wow what i cant believe is no one has even talked about bug fish because that deck isnt that expensive and trust me it can be really good. i wish i could say aggro shop but thats like money lol. I would look into bug fish because in goyf right now is only like 25 30 at most