Re: A question and a Critique.

Subject:

Comments:
: : 4 Hippies : : 4 Will-O's : : 4 Drudges : : 2 Mindstabs : : 2 Abyssal's : : 2 sengir's : : 1 mind twist : : 1 mind warp : : 1 Disrupting sceptre : : 4 racks (This had better be legal still....) : : 3 hymn's : : 1 badmoon : : 4 rituals : : 2 disenchants : : 1 sol ring : : 1 drain life : : 1 Glasses of Urza : : 2 terrors : : 3 plains : : 17 Swamps : Mind Twist is banned (for a very good reason), so you'll have to drop it. Put in one more Hymn. Mind Warp is too expensive for t1 - replace with one more Disrupting Scepter. Mindstabs? Haven't seen those being played for a while, but it's too easy to kill/block. : No reason for Bad Moon. Once you have the control, you can kill them w/o Bad Moon. But if you're losing, Bad Moon usually won't help. So drop it. Terrors - good. I'd probably replace them with Nekrataals or add 2 Nekrataals (now you have better creature control). : Drop Dark Rituals - they cause card disadvantage and that little speed is not important to your deck; ritualed Hippie justs asks for a Swords/Bolt/etc. : Drop Glasses of Urza, they don't help much - you're trying to get rid of opponent's hand, so rather replace with a Stupor or Agonizing Memories. : Splashing Disenchant is not a bad idea, but with only 3 plains it could be very risky. I'd say - drop those Disenchants, replace those plains with a Strip Mine, a Wasteland and an Urborg. Add 4 Disks - after you discard opponent's hand and destroy his permanents, he is quite helpless. Also, you need about 3 more lands - add 1 Swamp, 1 Lake of the Dead and 1 Volrath's Stronghold. : Abyssal Specters are a bit costly, I'd probably drop them. : Add few LD cards - 4 Sinkholes (if you have them) or 3 Icequake + 1 Choking Sands. Early disruption is important and it helps to slow down decks which empty their hand quickly. : "Racks don't block." What that means is that if you're losing they are not useful. Drop them and replace with something more useful - e.g. some sort of card engine, Necropotence is a very good idea, but Infernal Tributes are awesome especially with Disks and you can sac excessive lands. If you are going to play with Necro, add 3 Drain Life, and you can also keep Dark Rituals (Rituals drawn later in the game help to fuel Drains). : If drudges are Drudge Skeletons, drop them. In t1, you usually won't block (either you play against creatureless or they get rid of it). The same for Will-o-Wisp, although if your environment is creature-heavy, you can keep 2 of them and you can add 2 Spinning Darkness (they are excellent surprise and good with Necro). : Then you need some good creature base - 4 Pumpknights, some Juzám Djinns (if you can get them). If not, try an Ihsan's Shade or few Nightmares. : : This is a variation on a deck I found in a book. : : My cards are pretty much limited to between Dark and Homelands. (a.k.a. The weakest cards ever made) : : If you know of a card thats more recent I can trade for it, but try to keep them between Dark and Homelands. Thanks : : If you could, please tell me what needs to go from this deck as well, and what I can replace them With. : : 4 Kirds : : 4 scavengers ***(what are these?) : : 4 llanowars : : 4 Giant spiders : : 4 Grizzlies : : 4 LB's ***(???) : : 4 Disentigrate : : 4 Fireball : : 2 Hurricanes : : 2 tranquilities : : 4 Giant Growth : : 1 regrowth : : 1 Wheel O fortune : : 9 Mountains : : 9 Forrests : : I heard the Kirds where Banned (Ouch) and I bet Wheel and Regrowth are by now. So is there a red to take the place of the kird? Should I replace the Disintegrates with Blood lusts? For this just reccomend anything, I can probably trade for any card that will fit in this deck. : : Thanks : : Apoc : Kirds are not banned in t1, only in Extended. Wheel and Regrowth are only restricted. : The X spells are way too expensive for the amount of lands you have, keep 2 Fireballs at most. : Drop Giant Spiders and replace them with Erhnam Djinns (definitely one of the best green creatures in t1). : Drop 4 Grizzlies, they are not very good. Replace with River Boas (same casting cost, but Boa is so much better and it's just common, so it shouldn't be hard to get). : Drop "scavengers" and "LBs", and you might try adding 1-2 Icy Manipulator for some board control, 2-3 Creeping Mold to get rid of some threats and maybe 1-2 Stormbind as a finisher (or Cursed Scrolls, but they are usually hard to get). : Hurricanes would go into SB (unless your environment uses a LOT of flyers). Add 4 Lightning Bolts - a must in most red decks. : Add a Sol Ring and 4 Taigas and a Strip Mine. Then add a Jayemdae Tome or Emessi Tome (very helpful, so that you don't run out of steam). : Replace Llanowar Elves with Birds of Paradise. : Llanowar Sentinels are nice common creatures, they give you some card advantage (although they are a bit costly). : You'd need to playtest them a bit to tune those decks. If you really want to win, I'd suggest go with a control deck (U/w counter-control, etc.), they have the greatest chance to win, although they may fall to good discard decks.