Secretly.A.Bee
08-13-2013, 05:15 PM
So, I got my girlfriend into the game and she loves it. To get her into the game, we bought a few sorin v. tibalt decks, and I made some changes with those cards as well as a few treats from my collection (fetches, duals) to make the game more fun as well as challenging and less frustrating (You know how these dumb pre-cons are, one of this, one of that, two of this crappy thing, etc.), and after a couple sessions and discussion on what she liked and didn't like, we have arrived at this list:
Land: 21
3 Scrubland
3 Tainted Field
2 Windswept Heath
2 Verdant Catacombs
3 Marsh Flats
5 Swamp
3 Plains
Creatures: 14
1 Deathrite Shaman (I like it, she doesn't know yet.)
1 Typhoid Rats (She likes it, I don't)
2 Vampire Hexmage (opposing Jitte, PW'ers along with first strike)
2 Gatekeeper of Malakir (great against my Geists)
4 Stoneforge Mystic
4 Vampire Nighthawk (stands in front of a geist and lives to brag about it; also, it's damn good.)
Spells:
1 Elspeth, Knight Errant (She wants another, I think it would be good as well)
3 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
3 Lingering Souls
1 Alter's Reap
1 Sign in Blood
2 Duress
2 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Disenchant
2 Vindicate
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Batterskull
3 Sensei's Divining Top
That's the list and please keep in mind that it is in fact for a new player, intricate game-states are not what I am going for. Its a simple "lets make an army" deck that maintains board position while trying to win quickly. It is quite scary sometimes. Black has access to some pretty expensive cards, and I am trying to stay away from that big price tag.
At this point, the sideboard is irrelevant, therefore I have not posted it and do not really feel like it needs any attention right now.
Reasonings:
DRShaman: I think 3, even 4. She doesn't know for sure and is "playtesting" it. I have tried explaining that playtesting should be done with multiples, and probably 4 to truly see how it will affect the build, but 1 is all I could get her to "test".
Elspeth: I think 2 would be fine, especially since it gets countered so often by me. I just don't know where to put it, unless I drop a Lingering Souls for it.
Anyway, if you would put in $0.02 about it, as long as it's got good intentions behind it, I'll appreciate the feedback and any changes offered.
-ABC
Land: 21
3 Scrubland
3 Tainted Field
2 Windswept Heath
2 Verdant Catacombs
3 Marsh Flats
5 Swamp
3 Plains
Creatures: 14
1 Deathrite Shaman (I like it, she doesn't know yet.)
1 Typhoid Rats (She likes it, I don't)
2 Vampire Hexmage (opposing Jitte, PW'ers along with first strike)
2 Gatekeeper of Malakir (great against my Geists)
4 Stoneforge Mystic
4 Vampire Nighthawk (stands in front of a geist and lives to brag about it; also, it's damn good.)
Spells:
1 Elspeth, Knight Errant (She wants another, I think it would be good as well)
3 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
3 Lingering Souls
1 Alter's Reap
1 Sign in Blood
2 Duress
2 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Disenchant
2 Vindicate
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Batterskull
3 Sensei's Divining Top
That's the list and please keep in mind that it is in fact for a new player, intricate game-states are not what I am going for. Its a simple "lets make an army" deck that maintains board position while trying to win quickly. It is quite scary sometimes. Black has access to some pretty expensive cards, and I am trying to stay away from that big price tag.
At this point, the sideboard is irrelevant, therefore I have not posted it and do not really feel like it needs any attention right now.
Reasonings:
DRShaman: I think 3, even 4. She doesn't know for sure and is "playtesting" it. I have tried explaining that playtesting should be done with multiples, and probably 4 to truly see how it will affect the build, but 1 is all I could get her to "test".
Elspeth: I think 2 would be fine, especially since it gets countered so often by me. I just don't know where to put it, unless I drop a Lingering Souls for it.
Anyway, if you would put in $0.02 about it, as long as it's got good intentions behind it, I'll appreciate the feedback and any changes offered.
-ABC