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Deck Building Templates

Casual

Good Stuff

Tribal

Themed

Tokens

AggroRamp

Land Regulation

Voltron

Zoo

Combo

Graveyard

Storm

Inf Mana

2-3 Card

Control

Classic

Prison

Rock

Enchantress

Glossary

Example List


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Basic Archetype Casual Deck Title

Specific Archetype Good Stuff

Speed Mid-Range

Commander Wrath of God Effects Utility Lands

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Ramp 1 1

1 Land Destruction 1

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1 Recursion 1

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1 1 Non-Basic Lands

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Naturalize 1 1

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1 1 11 Stack Manipulation 1

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Spot Removal 1 1

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1 Low Mana Threats 1

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1 1 Basic Lands

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Library Manipulation 1 1

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1 Game Ending Bombs 1

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Specific Archetype Tribal

Speed Mid-Range

Commander Recursion Utility Lands

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Pump Effects 1 1

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1 Naturalize Non-Basic Lands

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Tribal Fun Cards 1 1

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1 Stack Manipulation Basic Lands

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Specific Archetype Tokens

Speed Mid-Range

Commander Recursion Utility Lands

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Token Producers 1 11 1 1

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1 Spot Removal Non-Basic Lands

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1 Naturalize 1

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Graveyard Hate 1 1

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Basic Archetype Aggro Deck Title

Specific Archetype Land Regulation

Speed Late Game

Commander Naturalize Utility Lands

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Spot Removal 1 11 1 1

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1 1 Non-Basic Lands

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Efficient Beaters 1 1

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1 1 Basic Lands

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Wrath of God Effects 1 1

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1 Stack Manipulation 1

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Graveyard Hate 1 1

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Ramp 1 1

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Basic Archetype Combo Deck Title

Specific Archetype Storm

Speed Early Game

Commander Library Manipulation Utility Lands

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Ramp 1 11 1 1

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1 1 Non-Basic Lands

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1 Stack manipulation 1Combo Package 1 1

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1 1 Basic Lands

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Graveyard Hate 1 1

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Spot Removal 1 1

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Basic Archetype Control Deck Title

Specific Archetype Classic

Speed Late Game

Commander Library Manipulation Utility Lands

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Stack Manipulation 1 11 1 1

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1 1 Non-Basic Lands

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1 Game Ending Bombs 1

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Spot Removal 1 1

1 Naturalize 1

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Wrath of God Effects 1 1

1 Ramp Basic Lands

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Basic Archetype Control Deck Title

Specific Archetype Rock

Speed Mid Game

Commander Wrath of God Effects Utility Lands

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Spot Removal 1 11 1 1

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1 1 Man-Lands

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1 Efficient Beaters 1

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1 1 Non-Basic Lands

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Ramp Discard Spells 1

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1 1 Basic Lands

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Recursion Library Manipulation 1

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Combo Package

A set of 2 or more cards that work together to win the

game.

Example: Kiki-jiki, Splinter Twin, Pestermite, Deciever Exarch,

Bellringer, Warstorm Surge and Pandemonium

Discard Spells

Spells or permanents that causes opponents to remove

cards from their hand.

Examples: Cabal Conditioning, Sword of Feast and Famine,

Thoughtseize

Efficient Beaters

Creatures that have a high damage output compared to

their mana cost.

Examples: Lord of Extinction, Serra Ascendant, Guiltfeeder

Game Ending Bombs

Spells or permanents that end the game within several

turns.

Examples: Blightsteel Collosus, Avenger of Zendikar, Kozilek

Graveyard Hate

A card or cards that stop opponents from taking

advantage of their graveyard.

Examples: Leyline of the Void, Tormod's Crypt, Relic ofProgenitus

Inifinite Mana Outlets

Spells or permanents that let you use any amount of

mana to your advantage.

Examples: Blue Sun's Zenith, Comet Storm, Genesis Wave

Land Destruction

Spells or permanents that destroy or disable any

number of lands.

Examples: Strip Mine, Sinkhole, Ruination

Library Manipulation

Cards that allow you to interact with the cards in either

your library or your opponents library. This could meen

rearranging cards, searching for cards, or drawingadditional cards.

Examples: Demonic Tutor, Sensei's Divining Top, Future Sight

Low Mana Threats

Cards you cast in the first several turns of the game that

opponents are forced to spend removal on or lose.

Examples: Luminarch Ascenesion, Phyrexian Crusader,

Skyshroud Warbeast

Man-Lands

Lands that either produce creature tokens or become

creatures.

Examples: Mutavault, Faerie Conclave, Kher Keep

Medium Mana Threats

Cards that put pressure on opponents throughout the

game. These are cards that can easily finish off a

wounded opponent or force an opponent onto the

deffensive.

Examples: Phyrexian Juggernaught, Grave Titan, Inferno Titan

Naturalize

Cards that deal with non-creature permanents.

Examples: Woodfall Primus, Return to Dust, Into the Core


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Non-Basic Lands

Colored Mana generating lands and lands that search

other than basic lands.

Examples: Cabal Coffers, Bayou, Misty Rainforest

Pillow Fort

Permanents that prevent or pursuade other players

from damaging you or permanents you control.

Examples: Propaganda, Grave Pact, Moat

Prison Lock

A card or collection of cards that prevent your

opponents from either using mana or casting spells.

Examples: Teferi+Knowledge Pool, Vesuvan

Shapeshifter+Brine Elemental, Erayo + Arcane Laboratory.

Pump Effects

Any spell or permanent that improves one or more of

your creatures.

Examples: Eldrazi Monument, Battle Mastery, Berserk

Ramp

A spell or permanent that increases the amount of

mana you have access to or reduces the cost of your

spells.

Examples: Sol Ring, Mana Reflection, Etherium Sculptor

Recursion

Any card that lets you return cards from the graveyard

to your library, hand or battlefield.

Examples: Nim Deathmantle, Reanimate, Eternal Witness

Silver Bullets

Cards that are meant to shut down a particular style of

play. They accomplish this by making the style either

costly or impossible.

Examples: Omen Machine, Null Rod, Stranglehold

Spot Removal

Cards that deal with individual creatures.

Examples: Swords to Plowshares, Control Magic, Diabolic

Edict

Stack Manipulation

Any spell or permanent that interacts or prevents

interaction with cards on the stack. These spells can

counter, change target, or copy other spells on the

stack.

Examples: Deffense Grid, Fork, Counterspell

Storm Spells

Spells with the storm keyword that have the ability to

win the game.

Examples: Grapeshot, Tendrils of Agony, Mind's Desire

Tax Effects

Permanents that require opponents to pay additionalamounts when casting spells, activating abilities or

attacking. This can also include permanents that

prevent players from untapping or add an upkeep cost

to other permanents.

Examples: Magus of the Tabernacle, Winter Orb, Lodestone

Golem


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