Aihe: Simple and Complex Deckbuilding Lessons in Magic. Fundamental Articles

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I hope to inspire and educate the not-so-experienced players and also remind grinders of useful themes.

Simple and Complex Deckbuilding Lessons in Magic. Part 1. The Causes

Here I draw comparisons across different card games and explain why certain MtG features are what they are.

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Another collection of obvious reminders with a possible holywar.

Simple and Complex Deckbuilding Lessons. Part 2. Details and Mindset. Examples in Modern.

Number of copies in your deck,
Flexibility of your cards,
Deck choice into card choices,
Customization and personalization,
Follow the trends,
Sideboard card numbers,
Don’t get trapped by misconceptions,
Don’t over-complicate things for yourself,
Plan your curve and the manabase based on it,
Is it really a problem?,
Questions the decklists,
Pack answers to the trends,
There have to be enough of factors to justify,
Count matchups for special techs,
Evaluate circumstances,
Give yourself a chance to win,
Look for high impact: Graveyard hate,
If the deck is good, don’t forget to gun for mirrors,
Low opportunity cost cards,
Just play and test and polish,
Ask teammates, friends and accomplished players for opinion or advice,
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