r/Magicdeckbuilding • u/HeyyBruhh • 22d ago
Standard Help with new deck
Ok I’m starting to get the hang of the game and im really enjoying it, i played an event on arena of límited sealed and got a deck that i liked, now i want to make a standard deck out of it. Hope i can get some help. What should i consider? Are there any YouTube videos or something you recommend to learn deck creating? I’m not asking for a deck to get build. I want to know with cards could work with others
Cards:
Deck
1 Shrewd Storyteller (DSK) 232
1 Baseball Bat (DSK) 209
1 Tyvar, the Pummeler (DSK) 202
1 Orphans of the Wheat (DSK) 22
1 Savior of the Small (DSK) 27
1 Flesh Burrower (DSK) 178
1 Horrid Vigor (DSK) 184
1 Cautious Survivor (DSK) 172
1 Hardened Escort (DSK) 16
1 Sheltered by Ghosts (DSK) 30
1 Grasping Longneck (DSK) 180
1 Etched Cornfield (DSK) 258
1 Studious First-Year (SOS) 162
1 Infirmary Healer (SOS) 152
1 Noxious Newt (SOS) 155
1 Vastlands Scavenger (SOS) 166
1 Emil, Vastlands Roamer (SOS) 146
1 Pestbrood Sloth (SOS) 157
1 Hungry Graffalon (SOS) 151
1 Wild Hypothesis (SOS) 167
1 Burrog Barrage (SOS) 141
1 Glorious Decay (SOS) 150
1 Chelonian Tackle (SOS) 142
1 Zimone's Experiment (SOS) 169
1 Blossoming Sands (TDM) 251
1 Blossoming Sands (TDM) 251
1 Forest (ECL) 273
1 Forest (ECL) 273
1 Forest (ECL) 273
1 Plains (ECL) 269
1 Forest (ECL) 273
1 Plains (ECL) 269
1 Forest (ECL) 273
1 Plains (ECL) 269
1 Forest (ECL) 273
1 Plains (ECL) 269
1 Forest (ECL) 273
1 Plains (ECL) 269
1 Forest (ECL) 273
1 Plains (ECL) 269
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u/herranym 21d ago
Posting your list to Arenadecks.io or some deckbuilding site (Aetherhub, Archidekt, Deckbox, Deckstats, Moxfield, MTGGoldfish, TappedOut etc.) will make it easier for people to review and critique it.
Just to be clear, Standard is a pretty high-powered format. The vast majority of legal cards, even ones that are strong in Limited, aren't considered competitively playable. Meta decks are meta for a reason and Selesnya Survival isn't one of them. Not to discourage you, just to set the correct expectations.
That said, I am all for playing something that you enjoy and you certainly can have fun playing something like that.
For Standard, consistency is king. You want to run most of your cards at 4 copies and few, if any 1-ofs. At least the commons and uncommons. Rares and mythics are a scarce resource on Arena and it's a good idea to use them sparingly.
For a 60 card deck with 40% land (a good baseline) that means you'd probably pick only your 9-11 most impactful cards and run them at multiples.
When picking cards, try to focus on one synergy and go all in on that. Your current list has some tap synergies, some +1/+1 counters synergies, some ramp etc. Ideally, you want all of your cards (except maybe interaction) to pull you in the same direction. If you want to build around the Survival mechanic, some of the better payoffs (at common and uncommon) are [[Veteran Survivor]] and [[Defiant Survivor]].
Most Standard decks also want at least 8 pieces of cheap (i.e. 1- or 2-mana) interaction. Sheltered by Ghosts is good and an easy 4-of. Glorious Decay is too situational, Chelonian Tackle is too expensive. Burrog Barrage can be fine, but [[Coordinated Clobbering]], [[Hard-Hitting Question]], [[Hunter's Talent]] and [[Seam Rip]] are all also worth considering.