How to Build Your First Magic: The Gathering (MTG) Deck For Beginners / Newbies - Deck Building

Board Game Sanctuary Presents
5 Quick Tips For Building Your First
Magic: The Gathering Deck for Beginners & Newbies

Magic: The Gathering
Designer: Richard Garfield
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Published: 1993

This video aims to give brand new players some quick tips about how to build their first Magic: The Gathering deck. This video is mainly aimed at beginners and focuses on some basic concepts (but not all as Magic is incredibly deep) that are required for building a deck for those who are starting out in Magic for their first time.

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Magic: The Gathering is a Collectable Trading Card Game where players take on the role of Planeswalkers as they build customisable decks that consist of creatures, spells, instants, sorceries, enchantments, planeswalkers and artifacts and battle each other until one player claims ultimate victory.

Players battle each other using their decks in a range of various playable formats including Standard, Modern, Limited, Legacy, Commander, EDH, Sealed, Constructed, Drafting and for Casual Play. A typical deck is usually composed of a minimum of 60 cards (100 for Commander). It is a game about building the best decks, exploring card combos and synergy.

Over recent years, Wizards of the Coast have introduced some very cool Planeswalkers through the mythos and story arcs from each block in MTG (Magic: The Gathering) including Jace, Liliana, Chandra, Gideon, Elspeth, Nissa, Garruk, Ob Nixilus, Kiora, Saheeli, Tezzeret and many more.

Each block (eg. Kaladesh / Aether Revolt / Ahmonkhet, Hour of Devastation / Ixalan) in Magic the Gathering is comprised on two sets that work together in narrative flavour and mechanics.

We hope you find this video as enjoyable to watch as fun as it was to film.

We wish you good luck in your many adventures in Magic: The Gathering.

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[thetrilogyofnerf]

I would recommend getting the 2019 game night pack

[FreezinFlare]

I must be a rare person then 😂😂 I just started and my first color was Blue!!

[callmetwinkie-]

Who else started with a 2 color deck.
Mine was a red and white.

[mevpo]

I've been playing of and on for a few years, I never got good but I'm trying to get back in. This video really helped me, so thank!

[mamacitaslove]

As somebody that just recently got introduced to magic this video has hands-down been the most helpful next to an “introduction to” video. It’s easy to understand and answered so many questions I didn’t even know I had. I didn’t know that it’s best to start with just one color. I didn’t know that blue was one of the hardest ones to start with which is what my deck currently was made of (along with red) and explained why my husband who played green is always winning. Thank you so much more than you know I can’t wait to watch more videos.

[mewtoo]

I use to have a green deck that played well. I remember my wyrm (forgot his name) that was a 6/6 or 7/7. He was a high cost but I had lower creatures ready to go. I cast giant growth on him and usually I won the whole battle. If I got him ready to go and I had my army laid out before. Then I made a mistake and let my cousin borrow the deck, and my 60 card deck was returned to me as a 30 card deck.

[porters.]

"You said you needed help building a deck!" I died.

[dylanrollins]

I like the planted aquarium. Good video :)

[rampagephoenix]

Building my first Deck now; Its a Red/Green deck, with a centered emphasis on bringing out Phoenix creatures on the red side, but using the green side to quickly fuel up my mana to "feed my flames", so to speak.

Im undecided on what to call it:
Forrest of Flames, Phoenixian Forrest, etc.
Anyone know of any tips, cards, or ideas youd recommend for what im wanting to build?

[epischeananas]

For a school subject i need to play magic, so i have the best teacher there is he eddy hoe gaat het?

[temporium]

I just started magic, any decks you recommend me buy?

[BlutigeTranen]

Black/White, Swamps/Plains is probably a great dual color place to start. A deck that has the ability to bleed life from opponents and absorb life from enemies... yeah.

[pauliverson]

Wonderful video guys, this really helped.

[Phoenix-oxjr]

Liked the video right after watching that intro

[boxcarpilot]

So Is it recommend to purchase dueling decks? or already built monochrome decks... Say... From ebay and stuff?

[ryanmerlino]

For my first deck I am building a white/black deck, more specifically humans and vampires, any tips?

[MC-vrxi]

Great video. I’m new to MTG, and haven’t purchased any cards yet. What would you say are the best entry level packs/kits to buy for first time players? Would you recommend a duel deck
Over a planeswalker or mono color starter kit?

[piotrbiernacki]

My first deck is an eldrazi blue/green the whole point of which being countering enemy creatures, gaining that mana to summon the desolation twins. Probably not the best choice but im having fun building it.

[izumiryu]

I would not recommend starting with just 1/3 lands and 2/3 non-lands. 20 lands is too small for most decks. I would recommend following the "rule of 9" when possible. This is 24 lands, which is right in the middle of the possible count of lands of your deck and with the remaining 36 cards, pick 9 non-land cards, with 4 copies each. If you don't have 4 copies of a card, try fill the remaining spots with cards that share the same role if you can.

[OleksiiMozgovyi]

Great video! Funny guys! Useful information!