Kiosked<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nI typically approach all of my deck brewing with a goal for the deck. Do I want to win via a combo, having tons of creatures, creating an interesting problem for the opponent to solve, or something else? Whatever the case may be, having this in mind as you build your deck is step 1. After that, I use a few benchmarks I deviate from depending on the deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MANA BASE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Your lands are paramount to victory.<\/strong> I try to have at least 23 to 25 lands in my deck and I look at the colors being played to help determine this. I tend to sit at 23 when I first start brewing a deck and adjust up or down depending. Some cards have double or triple costs for a single color. That\u2019s going to help skew your mana pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\nI just count the mana symbols on cards to help give me a rough idea. If I have 21 Green mana symbols and 25 White mana symbols, my lands should reflect this by having more white producing cards than green by a bit. On the opposite end, you don\u2019t want to have too many lands. It\u2019s definitely okay to have cards that aren\u2019t lands that produce mana if it works for your deck but be careful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n