How many Mana are in a 40 card deck?

How many Mana are in a 40 card deck?

Playing a card means announcing the spell and paying its mana cost. That takes lands. The basic rule of thumb is that you play 17-18 lands in a 40 card deck, and 24 lands in a 60 card deck. If you are playing more than a couple cards with mana costs of five or higher, increase the number of lands.

How many lands should be in a 40 card draft deck?

18 lands For a control deck, you'll be looking at around 18 lands in your 40-card deck. If you're playing an army of small creatures, you'll likely only need 15. It's also worth always sticking to the 40-card minimum because then you have a far higher chance of pulling out your best cards during each game.

What is the recommended amount of cards in a magic deck?

If you're building a Limited deck, then you need to have at least 40 cards. If you're building a deck for the Constructed format, then you'll need to have at least 60 cards, plus you'll want a sideboard of 15 cards too.

Can you have more than 1 legendary creature in a deck?

You could have four copies of the same legendary creature in your deck. However you can not have more than one of the same legendary creature on the battlefield.

What does a good mana curve look like?

The ideal is curving out perfectly with a one-drop on turn one, a two-drop on turn two, and so on (which amounts to spending 1+2+3+4+5=15 mana over the course of the first five turns). Such a perfect curve would typically beat an opponent who only manages to cast, say, 10 mana worth of cards in the first five turns.

How many lands should be in a 30 card deck?

This means around 12-13 lands for a 30-card deck, and 16-18 lands for a 40-card deck. Typically, you see three variations. Aggressive, low-curve decks (which curve out at at four or five) will run as few as 11/16 lands. Typical decks (one or two colors, curve out around six or seven) will typically to run 12/17 lands.

How many lands should be in a 2 color deck?

Players can play two-color decks and play eight dual lands, or they can branch out into three or more colors and have options of which dual lands they prefer depending on the speed of their deck.

How many lands should an 80 card deck have?

32 lands Quick Yorion math: if the 60 card build of your deck would play 24 lands, you'll draw lands are roughly the same rate in your 80 cards deck with 32 lands.

What is the legendary rule?

If a player controls two or more legendary permanents with the same name, that player chooses one of them, and the rest are put into their owners' graveyards. This is called the “legend rule.” ... Most legendary cards are creatures; legendary artifacts, lands, sorceries and enchantments also exist.

What happens if you copy a legendary creature?

Clone can copy a legendary creature. However, if there are ever two or more legendary creatures with the same name on the battlefield at the same time all of them are put into their owners' graveyards. This isn't destruction or a sacrifice; the creatures are simply removed from the battlefield.

How many cards do you need for a 40 card deck?

• Deck and Draft Guidelines. Once you have 45 cards in your pile, it is time to build your deck. Booster Draft rules allow you to add as much basic land as you want to your deck, and require that the deck you end up with be at least 40 cards. The standard number of lands in a draft deck is 17–18.

How much of your deck do you need to make Mana?

• There's no one solution, generally you'll want somewhere between a third and half of your deck to make mana, and most of that will likely be from land.

How to find out how much mana you need in MTG?

• MTG Mana Calculator - Find out how much mana you need. The total number of non-mana cards in your deck, and the total CMC of all non-mana cards. The total cost of all your cards for each of your colours. Use these numbers as a guideline for constructing your deck's mana base.

How many lands should I have in my 30 card sealed deck?

• Some people reduce by one land per mana/land-generating spell, others say one land per two spells - however, this is usually to a minimum of 15-16 lands in 40-card and 11 lands in 30-card (11 is very uncommon). So what's the magic number for a 30-card sealed deck? – JSBձոգչ Oct 3 '11 at 13:53