Playing first in Magic: the Gathering is crucial especially if you are piloting an aggro deck as Red Deck Wins and Suicide Black. The term “aggro curve” is really important for the archetype to be consistent in the explosive one-two-three punch in their first three turns, and often catching opponents off-guard.
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I can say today that Standard is still a popular Magic: the Gathering format despite its continuous and faster updating with new sets added every three months. With the coming of March of the Machines, we will now expect the metagame to change and some new top decks and archetypes introduced.
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At first look, you would not consider right away a Magic: the Gathering deck build to be that of top-tier level. Like forging a sword, it must undergo playtest and games against the existing metagame decks that have been proven already to be effective and efficient.
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This question has somewhat lingered on my mind while checking on the new decks for Magic: the Gathering Standard format. Is the better of the two archetypes, aggro or control? I am by nature an aggro player but there are times that the need to be effective on the metagame is to play control or midrange decks.
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Setting up a good starting hand was one of my major issues in my early days of playing Magic: the Gathering. That is because I always keep a land-short seven cards with the hopes that I will top deck my next land mana source. Most of the time it fails, and cost me the game.
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In building a Magic: the Gathering deck, I usually aim to use a core card or card components and build a strategy around it. The problem then goes with the card’s consistency and the synergy with the deck build.
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