Question by Franz: How to choose which Magic The Gathering intro deck to start with?
I’m interested in trying out Magic The Gathering, and some people suggested to start out with an intro deck.
However, I’ve noticed there are quite afew out there and I was wondering how I should go about picking the best one for me?
Best answer:
Answer by John Decrotie
the only reason i would buy a starter deck is for the abundance of land cards you get compared to opening booster packs. you should look online, maybe craigslist to find someone selling their cards cheap and get a load of cards that way, then play a few games against yourself to learn what decks work and learn to build one that fits your personal style and flare. If you are intent on buying a starter pack.. they are all about equal pick the one that looks best to you and you think would suit your attitude.
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If you are new to this game, a intro deck is the best way to start because you don’t have to worry about building a deck when you don’t even know much about the rules and basic of this game.
I would suggest you to get one or two Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) Intro packs. Usually cards from an expansion set (ie not a core set. Magic 2011 (M11) is an example of core set) has theme and cards were designed around the theme. It is more fun this way since cards have better synergy within a set. Core sets don’t have theme. Besides, SOM being the first set of the newest expansion, there will be two more sets (3 sets in an expansion block) coming out this year. As the new products come out, you will find cards with saggy to SOM Intro packs. This way you can improve your Intro deck to your liking as you get more familiar with the game.
Check out this list: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/productarticle.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/scarsofmirrodin/themedeck#deck1
It tells you all the cards that come with a particular Intro Pact of SOM. You hover your mouse over the card names, it shows the cards on the right. Have a quick look to see what cards you like more before you buy. Different colour cards do different things in MTG.
White: Control type. You’ll find angels, clerics, soldiers in white. You also get ‘healing spells’ (ie you gain life) and prevention spells (ie prevent the next 3 damage) in white.
Blue: control via countering and bouncing. Card draw. You’ll find Kraken, Leviathan, Drake, serpent, wizard in blue.
Black: destruction. You’ll find demon, vampire, zombie, skeleton in black. You get a lot of removal spells (ie destroy target creature) and ‘diminishing spells’ (ie target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn) in black.
Red: burn. You’ll find dragon, goblin, sorcerer in red. You gets burn spells and direct damage spells (ie deal 3 damage target creature or player) in red.
Green: nature. You’ll find bear, elves, archer, spider, wurm, and big creature in green. You get pump spells (ie creatures you control gets +3/+3 and trample until end of turn) and ‘restore-to-nature’ spell (eg. destroy target enchantment or artifact).
Have fun in MTG.