Dies to Removal

Okay, so first guideline: Mana Source - Your opening 7 should have: 1. No less than 10% of the total number of mana sources. 2. No more than 15-20% of the total number of mana sources. 3. 5-10% minimum of each color of mana represented. 4. The correct amount/color mana to cast X% of the spells in y...

So you want a solid representation of all the colors in your deck, but how do you express that? 5-10% of the total # of sources of every color represented? For example, my Dos Rakis deck has 20 [mana]R[/mana] sources and 12 [mana]B[/mana], so I want at least 1-2 [mana]R[/mana] source and 0.6-1.2 (o...

So I think we can safely say that a good rule of thumb would be that you want at least 10% of the mana sources in the deck in your opening hand. So 2-3 depending on how mana intensive the deck is. Think we can add that you want no more than 15-20% in the opening hand? I know I pretty much throw awa...

This is a good idea. I've sort of come a few mulligan rules for playing my specific deck, a :symw: :symr: aggro deck. 1. I must have a :symw: or :symr: sources in hand. I think this depends on the opening moves of your deck, but mine looks like this: - All 1 drops are :symw: - My 2 drops creature wi...

I'm not sure about primal, but I did paleo for about 1 or 2 years. I don't really think it's possible to do vegetarian paleo and survive without resorting to gray area foods like white rice and sweet potatoes. Otherwise, your meals will no calories. Your meal is basically meat with a side of vegetab...

I went to the win-a-box tournament today, not too happy about my results, but fessing up is important, right? Here's what I ran: [deck] Creatures (28) Boros Elite x4 War Falcon x4 Daring Skyjek x4 Truefire Paladin x2 Lightning Maule r x2 Skyknight Legionnaire x4 Frontline Medic x4 Firemane Avenger x...

I've got a win a box tournament later today, so I'll swap O-Ring #3 for Spear #4 and move O-Ring #3 to the sideboard. There's a couple of guys who run decks that I can't burn down. I'll work on getting the pillars and volleys.

Champion of the Parish is probably a strict upgrade over War Falcon in a deck with as many Humans as this one. I'm willing to try them out. The bird gets a lot of flak but most decks I run across have little to no flying. So they're forced to use their removal on it or the soldier on the field or g...

Boros Battalion (Current) [deck] Creatures (28) Boros Elite x4 War Falcon x4 Daring Skyjek x4 Truefire Paladin x2 Lightning Mauler x2 Skyknight Legionnaire x4 Frontline Medic x4 Firemane Avenger x2 Angelic Overseer x2 Spells (9) Searing Spear x3 Boros Charm x3 Oblivion Ring x3 Land (23) Sacred Foun...