Magic the Gathering Strategy and Deck Building Tips: A Complete Guide to Building a Magic Deck that Wins!

I am nearly 40 years old, and am starting to play MTG, and am completely lost where to start, how to start and how to have even minimal effect in a game.This helped me understand the importance of deck building with a plan in place. Knowing the wording of your cards, the value of card, the manipulation of cards and the probability of deck cards was super helpful.

Hands down an amazing book! I've been struggling for a long time with trying to build magic decks that can win consistently. So, I turned to Amazon to hopefully find a book that can teach me how and this I found it. Now I know what I have been doing wrong. The strategies taught in this book are golden. I think the chapter about how determine if a cards is a good card or bad card is worth more than the price of the book. I learned so much from this chapter alone and realized that I have been putting in some pretty bad cards in my decks. Now I've learned what cards are a better substitute. If you want to win more games you should check this book out.

The book is a very easy read. took a few minutes to get through. With that said, this is a nice quick read for beginners. His mana suggestion and a comments about using cards that are good for the beginning and for the end was very nice. Beyond that, there is not much more to be said. It has a few key points but not a huge in depth analysis. nothing extremely ground breaking but a good read for entry level magic players.

If you just started playing Magic, this book will give you some good pointers on to-do's and not-to-do's. It contains information that I'd wish I'd learned sooner as a Magic player. That said, it's really only beneficial for beginners.For more experienced players (maybe 3-4 months in with playing and discussing) most, if not all, of the contents of this book will be common sense. Save your money and go play some extra matches instead, you'll probably be better off doing so.The book is recent and uses several current cards (read: standard legal cards) in the examples provided, which helps create value for the reader. Including pictures of the relevant cards is another plus.It's great how covers a wide range of topics. However, being quite short, each topic feels a bit "thin".Two examples in the book didn't make sense to me though;Comparing Killing Glare to Go for the Throat - not a good comparison as they were never in rotation with each other (in standard, that is - I'm making the assumption that standard is the relevant format for new players, learning the smaller format of standard before moving onto modern). It does make the point of which card has better value, though I'd suggest Doom Blade as a better comparison to Killing Glare.This example was annoying - again, it proves the point of the topic(power of the Flash mechanic) but simple math should've caught this one. In short - page 49: No, you would have 1 creature left, not 2, as Briarpack Alpha dies to Crossway Vampire.A final plus on the book - it's fairly cheap.In conclusion - a fair read for beginners.PS:I saw a comment on another review asking for proof reading errors, here are some:1. page 82: Its just worth it - word missing, assuming a "not" should be in there.2. page 83: 1 man cost cards - man -> mana3. Also, I'd regard the Flash mechanic example as a proof reading error based on basic math.These aren't big, bad errors, but for me as a reader it detracts from the professionalism and credibility of the book as a whole, and they should not be there.

This Magic veteran got some new tips and tricks to deck building. I had very clever and funny theme decks, like Snakes, Zombies or Merfolk, which lost most of the time. I was focusing too much on the theme of the deck rather than the strategy. Now, since reading the book and applying the tips and tricks to my existing decks, I am unstoppable!

Awesome!!!! This book is well written and detailed. It makes my learning experience so much easier. Includes pictures from original cards as examples. Thanks a lot guys!!

I can't think of any other book that teaches you how to build a winning deck. This book is great for a beginner who wants to advance to intermediate and tournament level play. Everything is broken down into simple terms and strategies to understand. I was able to understand and follow the directions easily. A definite need for those of us that are new to playing Magic the Gathering deck building and strategy.

I bought the kindle version of the book because it was nice and cheap.I just started playing Magic, and I bought this book because I had a lot of difficulty making decks. I would spend hours making a deck because I had no idea of how to structure a Magic deck. I would ask friends how they structured their deck, and I kept getting different responses.This book is very helpful with providing examples of different strategies along with how to effectively use your mana. I liked that it provided pictures along with its examples.Overall, the book provides beginners with basic ways to make a successful deck. Once you get more experienced with how you like to play Magic and how other people play, you will be able to expand upon what is written in this book.The only thing that I wish the book would have help me with is how many creature cards are needed in comparison to enhancement/sorcery/ instant cards. I also would have like it to be longer.

As a newbie, this little guide really helped. Short,simple tips with practical examples. I wasn't building decks before I read it and now I am. (And evening winning one or two)

Unico neo e un libro corto, ma molto utile e spiega molto bene le meccaniche da adottare per costruire un buon mazzo. Da sapere che questo libro è dedicato ai neofiti come me ,chi è già esperto passi oltre.

This is good or brand new players that have really never built a deck' or maybe only one or two. I've been playing for a few years now, and I was hoping for tips to go further, but I didn't get anything new, and the examples are dated, but good. I will recommend this to new players though. Plus, Sliver corrected to Silver and there were a few other spelling errors that could be fixed if updated.

Ce n est pas un livre! 59 pages (ce n est pas une faute de frappe!) écrites avec les pieds. Aucun conseil sérieux. Meme un débutant connait ce qu il y a dans ce "livre" qui ne contient aucune illustration. C est normal, ce n est qu une simple reliure de bout de papiers et de conseils basiques écrit à la va vite. Remboursez!

Não espere encontrar um guia extensivo sobre como criar decks, ele apenas é uma linha guia para jogadores iniciantes que desejam entender um pouco mais sobre o assunto.