Hey everyone!

I'm fairly new to Magic (just started playing earlier this year) and immediately wanted a rat tribal deck.

My first build was a classic Marrow-Gnawer, but over time it started feeling a bit too linear, slow, and repetitive. I decided to expand into more colors and made the switch to Wick, the Whorled Mind. The concept of building up a massive Snail token with rats and flinging/exploding it directly into my opponents' faces sounded hilarious.

I started with a base list online and tweaked it heavily so I could use as many cards as possible from my existing collection. After playtesting it with my regular playgroup (we usually play around Bracket 3), I noticed two main problems:

1. It's pretty slow (it takes way too long to get the engine going);
2. It gets shut down easily.

I'd love some advice on how to speed it up, balance it out, and make it more resilient, ideally without spending too much or stripping away the core flavor.

Here is my current list: https://archidekt.com/decks/27506453/sa_merdona_viscidina

Appreciate any tips or suggestions!

Wanting to get back into Modern with a very unconventional strategy. Was hoping for some input on what to cut and how to alter the sideboard to deal with meta strategies and/or staples that could hinder my win condition. Any and all thoughts are appreciated. (Dont roast me until you playtest the list ;) )

I built a [Slicer] deck and ended up taking it apart after just five games. It was an absolute dog. I couldn’t get [Slicer] out fast enough, and even when I got him down on T2, I couldn’t get equipment out and attached to him. I felt bad being the “scary deck” in such a vulnerable state! I also felt like the deck was lacking synergy. Nothing seemed to work together!

So, now I’m going all in on speed.

I rebuilt [Slicer] with a lower curve, equip cheats, and some counters/deflects. I’m feeling better about it, but I still feel like something is missing. I just can’t put my finger on what.

Something tells me it still isn’t fast enough, even with the new additions.

Curious to hear what the internet thinks! I’d love some pointers on how to get this deck to a solid B4 power level. DeckStats link here!

Hey all,

So I have a pile of cards to make a Cycling Deck with, for Gavi as the commander. I know she's not the strongest, but it's a bit of a pet commander for me so I'd like to keep her as the commander and like to keep a vague theme of cycling and card draw.

If anyone can help work out what the best deck I can build from this pool would be that would be amazing... (of course, a lot of the cards in this pool are proxies).

I've build a few before but there is always something off and I really don't want to give up on this deck just yet.

Power level wise everyone I play with is at a 3 or 4, whereas previously I used to play this deck at like a 2, back in 2021.

https://moxfield.com/decks/jWmhAfQpFH2iQXtatHaL5Q

Thank you all ~~

Looking for pointers, I have cards to make it bracket 4 but am looking to make it bracket 3 if possible I just dont wanna win with inf life drain. There's a slight theme id like to stay apart of i juat wanna make sure all sides are covered. Need a better draw engine but couldnt find one that fits with walls

For a while now, I’ve been collecting and organizing my notes on Magic deck-building, and I’d like to share them here in case they help other players. A lot of what I want to share is basic statistics and maybe "obvious" to really experienced players. But I still think just having a resource to look things up can be helpful to anybody. I also have to say that, apart from writing about it to understand it more deeply, limited helped me the most to gain an intuition for the math and baseline in a game. Here is the link.

I focus on concepts like the baseline we follow in a typical game, when and how to break that baseline, and how to account for those situations during deck-building. I also cover the math behind hypergeometric distributions, using lands in an EDH deck as an example.

Diving into these concepts has helped me greatly to improve my own decks and understand why certain plays my opponents make are so strong. It often comes down to recognizing when they can break the usual baseline (like extra ramp and card draw), how likely their deck is to support that, and whether they can follow it up with the right plays.

Hello all,

Im pretty new to magic but this is my first stab at a none precon deck. I was wondering if anyone had any advice or recommendations to balance it out. I feel I may have gone a little heavy handed in the artifact/enchant department for how creature heavy the deck is.

https://moxfield.com/decks/FCY-ccpJwkuEMvFyGh1Rbg