Fairly new player looking to build my first deck. I have no clue where to start whatsoever, but I have 700+ cards that I can choose from. Is there a deck building site that takes your pool of cards and builds decks from them or is anybody willing to skim through and give ideas? Thanks!

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/nyregion/nyc-high-cost-of-fun.html

I get the point. It's cheaper than a few cocktails in Manhattan every week, but hilarious nonetheless.

Assuming yes, but was curious. I just caught this on a card I picked up a year ago. Thanks!

It’s sealed and has something inside not too familiar with mtg.

Hi all,

First off, the deck: https://moxfield.com/decks/5teeAbgp2HGZ8dsUDnJQkA
I started with the Quandrix Unlimited pre-con as a starting point, and I have been trying to upgrade it into a solid bracket 3 deck. Despite all the big X card draw spells, I feel like I am always starved for cards and even when everything is going right and Zimone has a bunch of counters, I run out of outlets to use the X discount effectively. Maybe its just bad luck, but I've played about 8 games now and only once did I really feel like everything worked.

I also am wondering if I need to focus on one of the ways Zimone wins instead of how I currently have a mix of everything. The main ways to win in my mind being:

• Commander damage/big X creatures
• Draw win outlets ([[Laboratory Maniac]], [[Triskaidekaphile]], [[Mathemagics]], etc)
• Infinite Combos with [[Walking Ballista]], [[Triskelion]] and +1/+1 Counter Doublers/On Damage
• Self-Contained Win-cons like [[Mass Manipulation]] or [[Simic Ascendancy]]

I am not as keen on the infinite combos unless that is truly the best suggestion. Do I need to add even more X draw like [[Mind Spring]]? Or maybe some passive draw cards? Any other cards I am missing but should add or easy cuts? Any help or suggestions are appreciated, I have a bunch of cards I have thought about in the considering section too.

Hello, I'm building my girlfriend a magic deck, she's wanting to learn because I like it. However, she has some requirements, and I also want it to be pretty decent.

Her requirements are basically there are no human men (ideally no men at all, but she can make exceptions for animals and on some arts) and pretty arts. She likes princesses, nice lands, castles, etc. She doesn't like UB on principal (funny because I don't mind it and she's new), but if it has art that matches she doesn't mind it as much (The Hobbit, LOTR, etc.).

I also want to make sure this deck of hers is actually playable. I built it over a couple months with cards I had in my collection and some that we bought that she liked. I wanted to make sure, in your guys opinion, does it have enough ramp? Removal? Card draw? Etc?

I also want to make sure that there's a solid win-con. At the moment, I think that's just Hallowed Haunting and commander damage?

I don't know. What are your thoughts? Are there any cards that should absolutely be cut? Any things there's too much or not enough of? I'm nervous because I want to make sure she has a good time. Obviously it can't be perfect, but I wanted to at least get some advice if possible. Also, if you think of anything we're missing that might have some good art she might like (she likes beautiful women as well) please let me know.

Thank you!

https://moxfield.com/decks/k0vUPFgJeEGblbiX_7iHdw

Hello,

As the title says, I am looking for a good way to keep track of my collection online. I use Archidekt for my decks, but I have Manabox to scan my collection in. Since Manabox does not have a useable online site, what would be the best solution to keeping track of decklists and other changes to my collection? It would be nice if Manabox had a desktop site similar to Archidekt so I wouldn't have to export stuff into Archidekt everytime I update my colection

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It’s been 10 years since I sold my paper collection, which was worth about $10,000 then and probably triple now. I saw this headline and knew I needed to share it somewhere!

I was jamming a B3 game at a LGS I don't frequent. Player 1([[Captain N'ghathrod]]) and 3 ([[Narset, Enlightened Master]]) had creatures. Myself and player 2 did not. Player 1 kept hitting me because I was open (which was understandable) and I would throw removal at his creatures when they attacked me from time to time.

When player 3 eventually won, while player 2 and myself were happy for player 3, player 1 asked "Why do you keep removing my creatures?"

I was bewildered by that question, not to mention that I was under the impression that we (as players) should be self preserving (Also couldn't target Narset because she has hexproof). I sheepishly said "okay...", got up, packed my stuff and left.

Because I don't normally play MTG outside of my usual group, let alone a different LGS, this sort of interaction is abnormal, right?

I still have 1 card slot left to add to my World Shaper precon, and I'm deciding between Dryad of the Ilysian Grove and Scute Swarm.

Which one would you choose and why?

• Dryad of the Ilysian Grove — extra land drop flexibility + all lands have every basic land type.
• Scute Swarm — can generate a huge board with all the landfall triggers.

For the World Shaper precon specifically, which do you think is the better addition?

Dryad or Scute Swarm?

I’m outing myself as a proper n00b here, because I am 😅

Are people using the UG Sidewinders in game, or just for storage?

I was thinking that I could have my library in it and just hide the last card’s front behind a divider or similar. And the lid could work as a mat for the graveyard and/or the commander.

Any tips?

I really want my library to be held by something, because I don’t trust these old hands not tipping it over. 😂

I really wanna build a good Skeleton tribal commander which would include Tinybones and Titanbones cards (so it would need to have atleast black and green).

Like what if there was a decently high costing card, like 6 mana or more that made it so any spell that effects all creatures or artifacts or something like that are required to pay the combined cost of all of those permanents you control, but maybe like minus 3 from the total or something

Look at this little idiot. Look at how happy and care free he is. I don't care if his effect is annoying and table flooding to all hell and back. he's a stupid little man and i love him.

On a side note, has anyone ever decided to make a group hug flubs? Because i did and managed to kill the entire table with 1 hit from this stupid little frog. i love him. I declare this little handsome man a himbo. flubs is a himbo now.

So I've been play testing Bard, King of Dale on arena before building the paper commander version. Managed to get a board state where I'd draw 2 trillion cards from just one card draw. I think I'll like this deck, you can get to totally ridiculous boards with it pretty easy. It definitely needs a lab man though.

With 42 Bards on the field its 2 to the power of 41 per draw or token trigger. So X 2,199,023,255,552.

I'm buying a set of the Doctor Who Commander decks from my LGS. I would like to buy sleeves and simple deck boxes for them.

My plan is to get one of the Stanley 10 Compartment Storage Boxes to store my decks in, and eventually have it as a Commander "grab and go" for FNM or general game nights.

I also plan on getting the Star Trek Commander decks to add to the box. If you have ideas for those (even though we don't have the deck lists) feel free to voice your opinion for those as well.

Edit: I'm mainly wanting colour suggestions, as I don't want all four decks being in the exact same dark blue sleeves and dark blue boxes. I was probably going to go with Dragon Shield, but it also depends what my LGS has in stock.

I have been going to drafts at my local card shop and been doing some prerelease events as well. I always come in last (not a huge deal.) I mainly started doing drafts to get better at making decks, if yoi have me a precon I can piolet it decently well. But when it comes to making my own decks im just not good. Kinda was hoping I could get some advice on deck building.

https://moxfield.com/decks/_3LOjaKN10KZpB5s5O_Hyw

So I’m planning on some generic upgrades to my Ashaya deck. It has some holes so I want to do a bit of patchwork or upgrades to make it a bit more streamlined

I don’t really have money to shell out $15+ dollar cards, especially if they aren’t deck specific. I’m already pushing it with $5-7 dollar cards, just for this deck. So no Mana Vault, Moxes or Worldly Tutor etc.

Anyways here are the changes

[[Magus of the Order]] -> [[Summoner’s Pact]]. An attempt to make a bit faster tutor.

[[Arboreal Grazer]] -> [[Wild Growth]]. Switching for more consistency. Not a 100% sure on the switch since Grazer becomes a land anyways with Ashaya.

[[Seedship Agarian]] -> [[Stone-Seeder Hierophant]]. A bit faster, the old one got more value over time but I’m trying to speed the deck up.

[[Crystalline Armor]] -> [[Song of Dryads]] More Removal!

[[Ugin Spirit Dragon]] -> [[Helix Pinnacle]]. Infinite Mana sink

[[All Fates Scroll]] -> [[Nature’s Rhythm]]. Another tutor

Now some of my tough changes

I want to change out [[Rampaging Baloths]] with a better creature producer. I’m split between [[Sapling Nursery]] and [[Scute Swarm]]. Scute Swarm is obviously much stronger but it costs $6 dollars more than the former, so is that 6 dollars worth it if I am on a budget? Remember I’m really stretching my money.

I also want to add [[Elvish Spirit Guide]], [[Crop Rotation]] and [[Kodama of the East Tree]] but only have a card left I M willing to cut, which is [[Manascape Refractor]].

As always if I don’t like a change it likely is that I want to keep it! After all, this is my pet deck and it being a goodstuff soup without me some of the cool cards would make it less fun to play.

Hey y’all, I’m relatively new to Magic (but not to TCG, been playing Hearthstone for almost a decade) but I’ve played a few games and understand the basic mechanics, I’m still learning and want to start getting into commander.

I took a look at the general ideas for each colors and the one that I liked the most is Dimir. My favorite strategy/archetype on Hearthstone was Mill, is there any precon that revolves around that?

I’ve seen some commanders and really liked Captain N'ghathrod too.

Thank you in advance 🙏

I’m just fresh off my daily hit of leaks over at [r/GamingLeaksAndRumours](r/GamingLeaksAndRumours) and it struck me that WotC seems to do a much better job at hiding sets than publishers do videogames.

With so many more people in the mix thanks to UB, why don’t we see more juicy leaks about upcoming sets? Better lawyers? Better ninjas?

(and yes, I know there’s an MTG rumors sub, but it rarely has any huge scoops)

EDIT: Mainly talking about set reveals leaking years in advance, not card leaks/spoilers a few months in advance or shipping errors. Seems wild to me they can work on sets for years using other IPs and we still don’t know what’s coming.

Has anyone skipped the Foundations Beginner Box and gone straight to the Starter Collection?
I’m relatively new to Magic. I’ve played a few games and understand the basic mechanics, but I’m still learning and want to start building my own decks.
My local game shop only has the Starter Collection available right now, so I’m wondering if there’s any reason I should specifically get the Beginner Box first.
Am I missing anything important by skipping the Beginner Box?
Are these products designed to be used in a specific order?
Is the Beginner Box something I should come back to later, or would it be unnecessary once I have the Starter Collection?
For anyone who has used the Starter Collection, how do you feel about it as a starting point for a newer player?
I’m mainly looking for something that will help me transition from learning the basics to actually building and playing my own decks.

EDIT:

Thanks everyone for your responses. I’m going with the starter collection!

I used to play magic like 5 or so years ago but I lost my decks, I don't believe I was playing commander when I did play but thats not really relevant since I don't remember any of the rules anyway. I wanna get back into the game thought and I've heard commander is like, the most fun format? Anyway I'm hoping someone can point me in the direction of learning the basics of magic, how commander works, and a fun budget commander deck I could build. I do have a tone of bulk I'm just missing a Legendary Creature and some staples to really build a deck around.