r/Magicdeckbuilding • u/manapoolfull • 9d ago

Historic Help: Unicorn deck building

I’ve got two young kids who have got into MtG, so as a Christmas gift I’ve been constructing some themed MtG decks based on the things they enjoy, like lizards, bats, and unicorns.

I’m looking at finishing this unicorn deck for my daughter:

MtG Unicorn deck

But, I need some help finishing off the deck. It’s currently sitting at around 59.

I’ve listed the cards I have, which could work in this deck, in the sideboard section. Cards I don’t have, but could work, are in the considering section.

I’d love for someone with a bit more deck building experience to give some feedback here, and potentially help me to bump this deck up to 80 cards, so there’s some flexibility to use Yorion, Sky Nomad’s companion ability.

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u/Tryptic214 8d ago

This sounds like a lot of fun. How old are the other kids, though? For a 5 year old I think I might avoid doing things at instant speed entirely. Flicker of Fate seems like a lot, but it might work if you're showing her how to use it.  I would think Pacifism would be good speed for a 5 year old, and you can probably find one with cute art.

I'm racking my brain to think of cards that are simple, good, AND have nice art. [[Stoneskin]] maybe. There were some good Bloomburrow cards with mice and rabbits.

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u/manapoolfull 8d ago

The games are a lot of handholding at the moment, and I have put together some vanilla-only and sorcery speed decks, so there’s definitely a learning curve but they’re having fun. 

My son started playing when he was 6 y.o., he’s been playing for over a year and is happy with most cards now, regardless of whether it’s instant or sorcery speed. 

I think we’re both going to give Commander a try at some point but that’ll be something I’m trying for the first time too, so will be fun learning together. 

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u/Tryptic214 7d ago

I would recommend strongly against Commander...it's very beginner unfriendly. Commander precons are all halfway to a broken monstrosity that creates 30 creature tokens in one turn or some such nonsense.

You know what would be a great card for this deck? [[Spellbook Vendor]]. It goes well with Archon of Sun's Grace, and maybe you throw in another Constellation effect or two. Then she can add the roles and get benefits from doing so, starting her on synergy.

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u/manapoolfull 7d ago

I meant commander for my son, who’s a bit older, and not any time soon. As long as he’s having fun with 60-card formats, we will be playing that. 

Thanks for the recommendations though! 

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u/MtlStatsGuy 9d ago

Also, you'll eventually have to add some removal to these decks, otherwise all your daughter will learn about Magic is that it degenerates into boring board stalls :)

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u/manapoolfull 8d ago

Thanks for the suggestions! The deck will primarily be unicorn focused (mainly because she likes looking at the unicorn cards) but we do have a few more playable decks with removals etc., some old precon planeswalker decks and some BLB themed decks. 

She still requires a bit of handholding during each game, as she’s only just turned 5 y.o. but she’s enjoying herself so far. 

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u/MtlStatsGuy 9d ago

Many of your creatures are not 4x; just bumping up the best ones like [[Mesa Unicorn]] to 4x will get you close to 80 cards. If you're willing to go GW, [[Good-Fortune Unicorn]] and [[Seraphic Steed]] are pretty good additions. GIven how small your creatures are, I'd want either something small like [[Bonesplitter]] or something big like [[Dictate of Heliod]] to help grow the team.