What colours do you play? Advice?

[Teluin]

I've been playing since I was 7 or 8 ('94), and LUCKILY I chose to play Blue when I was a kid. I quit for a long period and then came back and started collecting good cards for each colour, but I've only got a couple of the duals and those are mixed sets.

What I'm wondering is - do you guys think it's best to play/invest in 2-3 colours consistently and learn all the tricks you can do with them, or play with all 5? Money does become a factor after a while, so admittedly if I focus on just 3 colours I'd get 2-4 duals for them.

Cheers.

[WorstBandNameEver]

I've been playing since I was 7 or 8 ('94), and LUCKILY I chose to play Blue when I was a kid. I quit for a long period and then came back and started collecting good cards for each colour, but I've only got a couple of the duals and those are mixed sets.

What I'm wondering is - do you guys think it's best to play/invest in 2-3 colours consistently and learn all the tricks you can do with them, or play with all 5? Money does become a factor after a while, so admittedly if I focus on just 3 colours I'd get 2-4 duals for them.

Cheers.

Maybe you can find a deck you want to play and focus on that, that might be easier at first.

[Machahiko]

I don't think that colors matter. I don't see how you were "lucky" to play blue, but if your opinion is that only blue decks are real decks, go ahead and find a blue deck. How about you consider these things:


What kind of deck do I want to play?
Should I play a DTB, established deck or go rogue?
How important winning is to me?
How much money I'm willing to spend on my new deck?


Have fun reading through DTB, Established and New & Developmental sections. Keep in mind that DTB are played a lot, so if you want to be "unique" you might want to head into established or new & developmental. Here (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/formato.php?format=Legacy) you can check recent tournament results and see what decks are played the most / appear in the top 8 most.

My suggestion would be Team America. It's just so cool deck. Too bad that it's also extremely expensive.

[troopatroop]

I share the same sentiment. Colors are not powerful, cards are powerful. As long as you're playing with the best cards in the game, you will have a chance to win, but the Decks to Beat have already ironed out all the card choices for you. I would pick a deck and build that. Generally, anything original fails miserably in legacy.

[apistat_commander]

As someone who started with absolutely zero Legacy collection a year ago, I can understand where you are coming from. Here are my suggestions:

- Test on cockatrice a lot. When I first got into Legacy I built a bunch of different combo decks, but after a while I finally realized that I am just not a combo player. Test a deck from a couple of the different major archetypes and see which one appeals to you most. From there it is much easier to figure out which cards you need. If you want to build tempo decks you are in BRUG and will get the associated cards. While there is some overlap between archetypes this can prevent you from spending time/resources getting things you don't need.

- Depending on your playstyle you may favor a deck that prioritizes consistency over power or stability over speed. It is good to identify what your strengths are as a player and try to find a deck/style that fits your skill set.

- Plan on building two to three decks. Decks shift around in viability (even in a local metagame) and if you put all of your eggs in one basket, you may be unpleasantly surprised when the meta becomes hostile to it. Not every meta shift can be accommodated by shifting your sideboard and main deck. I found this out the hard way when I spend a considerable amount of time and energy on Spiral Tide only to have the meta shift and make it a much worse choice.

[Teluin]

I don't think that colors matter. I don't see how you were "lucky" to play blue, but if your opinion is that only blue decks are real decks, go ahead and find a blue deck. How about you consider these things:


What kind of deck do I want to play?
Should I play a DTB, established deck or go rogue?
How important winning is to me?
How much money I'm willing to spend on my new deck?


Have fun reading through DTB, Established and New & Developmental sections. Keep in mind that DTB are played a lot, so if you want to be "unique" you might want to head into established or new & developmental. Here (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/formato.php?format=Legacy) you can check recent tournament results and see what decks are played the most / appear in the top 8 most.

My suggestion would be Team America. It's just so cool deck. Too bad that it's also extremely expensive.

I just meant I was lucky that I got my FoW's for a dollar a piece, and my 1 Tundra was 10$. That's all.

[Teluin]

Sorry, I think I've been misunderstood here. I'm not new to Legacy, and I own SOME of the duals (1-2 of most of them). I have a lot of the powerful cards - play set of FoW, goyfs, Stoneforge, Zen fetches, etc.

Up until this point, I've been building several different decks. I started to realize though, that I mostly play green and red for 'goyf, Deathrite, and bolt - so now I'm considering selling off some of those ('goyfs in particular, and maybe my tropical/volcanic islands) to own a playset of each dual land for the colours I seem to like the most (U/B/W). The point of this thread wasn't about 'what colours should I play?' - I'm asking if you find it best to focus on just 2-3 colours for deck building and master those, or if playing lots of different coloured decks is better.


TL;DR - should I 'master something or be good at a bunch of things' sort of deal.

Cheers.

[EpicLevelCommoner]

I wouldn't look at this from a color perspective, but rather a strategy perspective: that is, instead asking "should I focus on one particular color combination or all of them?", ask "should I focus on one particular strategy or be diverse? If so, what kind of strategy do I favor most/play best, and how much redundancy is there between differing decklists with that strategy in mind?"

Take this with a grain of salt (Legacy novice here speaking), but I recommend a D&D min-maxing approach: maximize your strengths and minimize your weaknesses. Like apistat commander said, the meta can become hostile to a given deck at any point in time, so it's best to have a few decks that utilize a similar strategy to your preferred deck yet with different holes to exploit.

For example, I have BUG Nic Fit built, with various options available to tweak the main deck. Should the meta somehow become all fast-combo, however, I would like to swap to another deck, hence why I am looking into MUD as well. EDIT: Unfortunately, the differences between both lists means I have to invest roughly twice as much as if I only chose one deck.

[Teluin]

I think my friends would say control, but that's not really true. I just don't like ever being completely out of a game, so I try to have an answer to most strategies. Thus black/blue for discard/counter spells vs. combo, etc. White tends to have an answer to most things I've found.

Anyway, I find each colour to have something I enjoy about it, but at the end of the day I think investing more in less colours might work best. Was just hoping to hear other people's opinions.

Thanks guys.