Help with Black/White/Red deck

Orzhova_temp · Joined: 21 May 2006 Posts: 8

Gbhobbler Rats x3
Nezumi Cutthroat x2
Nezumi Ronin x2
Beacon Hawk x2
Nightguard Patrol x2
Stinkweed Imp x3
Ghost Warden x2
Demon's Jester x2
Blind Hunter x3
Rakdos Guildmage
Rakdos Ickspitter(Plan on getting 1 more of these)
Skorched Rusalka
Orzhov Guildmage

Strands of Undeath x3
Taste for Mayhem x2
Nettling Curse x2
Galvanic Arc x2
Rakdos Signet x2

Swamp x10
Plains x10
Mountains x10
Orzhov Basilica x2

Some one in another forum told me not to have 10 of each land. In my opinion haveing less land land is not a good idea.
Other than that plz help.

KriswithaK · Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Posts: 29

how many cards are yuo running

Orzhova_temp · Joined: 21 May 2006 Posts: 8

ack!

around 68 befor it was around 80. I realized that thats to much and booted out some stuff. Now i kinda dont know what to boot out.

iKe · Joined: 14 Dec 2005 Posts: 524 Location: New York

Hmm you have too many cards wat should you take out??

Definitly not lands cause 32 is already kind of on the low side.....

eaglewolf · Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 55

32 lands is WAY too many, you should aim for about 24 lands

Orzhova_temp · Joined: 21 May 2006 Posts: 8

Eaglewolf in my opinion your wrong. If i decrease the amount of lands. I will decrease my chance of getting enough lands in my first hand. To decrease chances of getting a full hand of lands. I just shuffle like crazy.

ike if 32 is low then whats normal? i mean dang i thought 32 was above normal. Shocked

hawkeye1542 · Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Posts: 197

orzhoza...ike was being sarcastic with you man.....

and yes, 32 lands is way too many

you run 36 spells so 24 lands should do the trick.
run duals and/or painlands if possible ina 3 color deck

im assuming that this is a casual deck that u're just making from what u have so duals are out anyways =P

yje best advice i can give you is that if u want the most effiecient way to macimize your decks potential don't exceed 60 cards (generally somewhere around the 36-24 spell/land split) and run 4 copies of the best cards. obviously its more complicated than that, but those are 2 simple rules that should help an amateur deck builder out the most.

btw, i don't know if u're aware or not but u are definitely not running the best options for a r/b/w deck such as lightning helix, mortify, char, confidant, etc.

cheers and good luck with the deck, have fun

RichardDWade · Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 438

is this a prank?

Orzhova_temp · Joined: 21 May 2006 Posts: 8

hawkeye1542 i would put in those cards like moritfy and stuff. but i dont have any of them. i just began playing magic 2 weeks ago. Which means im not the best deck builder there is. Sad

Also is there any duel lands for red white?

Orzhova_temp · Joined: 21 May 2006 Posts: 8

About the lands. I decided to decrease the amount of mountains and plains i have since black creatures in my deck are dominant. I now have 8 mountains and 8 plains and 10 swamp. Sure it duznt = 24 but i do not know what to boot out