This way I have something to play at Standard events, without investing much into the format and worrying about buying cards before new sets and selling cards right before rotation. In some Standards it's tier 2 and in some it's tier 1, but it's always there. Mono Red aggro is basically always a deck in every Standard rotation. You don't have to spend any money on the manabase and the burn spells are almost always commons or uncommons It's almost always cheap relative to the other decks in Type 2. It's fast and you either win fast or lose fast, which is great for smaller events like FNMs where you primarily just want to hang out with friends Here's the upside of sticking exclusively to Mono Red in Type 2: In Standard I exclusively play Mono Red Aggro. Investing money into Modern and Legacy is OK because the decks will stay relevant for as long as the format exists unless there is a banning, basically. I have my pet Modern deck that I invest money into, and I have my pet Legacy decks that I invest money into. The same is true for Vintage, except the staples for Vintage are so expensive that the cost of keeping up to date with new sets is negligible in comparison. Unfortunately cards for legacy decks are expensive and can also be difficult to find (espescially if you care about condition). Maybe one card per new set has a big impact. Legacy is only marginally affected by new set releases. Unfortunately the decks can be expensive if you're starting from scratch. Modern, is somewhat affected by the new set releases, but among the best decks only a few cards, if any, are changed when a new set comes out.
#Mtg card sets by year update
It's relatively cheap and easy to build a new deck, but you *have* to update it with every set. Standard, is the only set where the new releases has a big impact. And if you have a deck that conforms to one of the major formats you can also find new opponents more easily at most game stores. However, if you want to play in tournaments (including FNM) you need to follow an actual format. I have some friends who are still playing with casual decks that resemble Innistrad limited decks more than anything, and as long as whatever decks I bring against them is on the same level that's still a ton of fun. If all you do is building a pet deck, standard can be harmful for that, simply because a deck can be good for some time, and simply rotates or gets worse or even unplayable in a changing meta-game.ĭo you play for fun (casual) or do you play in tournaments? If it's the first one, and you have some friends with the same mind set, then it's not really necessary to keep up with the new sets. So if you play drafts every FNM, you can also play standard more easily, at least if you have a group to play with and share a card pool, so its easier to get your hands on more expensive cards. Playing standard combines well with draft. In general, standard is fairly expensive, if you want to any deck available at any point in time, especially as prices jump and fall quite drastic, depending on how a deck performs at any bigger tournament (stuff that wins a Grand Prix, goes up a lot, stuff that does not see play in any top 8 deck, will fall). The idea is, if they make a deck "too strong", its just for that short time and the problem goes away. Then WotC likes to print some strong cards for existing decks right before they rotate out. In block constructed (which isnt a thing anymore), you had a handfull of decks that did work, and more often than not, these decks also made standard with some adjustments and extras from the other set. You dont play the same deck all the time. The point of constructed in standard is that its a changing format.