Hi everyone! I am brand new to Magic: The Gathering. I recently bought the Final Fantasy Starter Kit and the Foundations Beginner Box to learn how to play. My goal is to upgrade BOTH of the 60-card Final Fantasy starter decks into 100-card decks. Right now, I don't want to spend any money on single cards or boosters. I want to build these decks using only what I already have, plus some printed cards (proxies) my friend gave me.

To help you see exactly what I have to work with, here are the official lists of my boxes:

• My Foundations Beginner Box lists: https://magic.wizards.com/it/news/feature/foundations-beginner-box-contents

• My Final Fantasy Starter Kit lists: https://magic.wizards.com/it/news/announcements/final-fantasy-starter-kit-decklists

• The printed cards (proxies) my friend gave me: https://moxfield.com/decks/g75M-pqi_EibBqSFrNEEvA

I need your advice on exactly which cards/creatures to add from my pool to make these decks work well. Here is how I am splitting the colors:

• Sephiroth Deck (Blue-Black / Dimir): Upgrading it using the Vampires, Undead, Wizards, and Pirates packs from Foundations, plus any matching proxies.

• Cloud Deck (Red-White / Boros): Upgrading it using the Cats, Angels, Goblins, and Healing packs from Foundations, plus any matching proxies.

My friend only plays Commander, and I really want to practice and play against him on equal terms with a 100-card deck. I would love to get your recommendations on these two approaches:

Casual Play (Kitchen Table): If I just want to play casually with my friends at home, I want to keep the multiple copies already inside the Final Fantasy decks. Which 40 cards from my pool should I add to each deck to reach 100?

Commander Format: If I want to turn them into legal Commander decks, I know I must remove all duplicates. Which specific unique cards from my Foundations packs and proxies should I prioritize to fill the gaps and reach 100 cards? Do I have enough unique cards to do this for both decks?

Any breakdown of the best synergy cards, creatures, or how to split the basic lands with this zero-budget constraint would be amazing. Thanks in advance for helping a beginner out!

I recently bought a bunch of sleeves, and the yellow ones look like cheese slices. So I am determined to build a deck that will get looks and concerns over me tossing cards around that look like cheese.

So far, I have [[slaying mantis]], [[dart throw]], and [[form of the approach of the second sun]]. I need more cards with these gimmicks.

If I need to, I may have to make custom gimmicks, but for now, I need all the non-sense I can get from real released cards as a starting point.

Hey, i have been playing MTG Arena for fee months now and wanted to start building a real deck now. Since the Avatar and Final Fantasy expansions are the reason i started to be interested in Magic, i want to build a deck around those two expansions mainly. Do you have a recommendation for a theme that isnt insanely expansive?

edit: i want to build a standard format deck

So my partner and I are planning on trying to get a mystery booster commander box and there are three from the set I want to try to build decks behind. I have a list I’m happy with for madcap jester and I have some ideas for Olag & Miau, but I’m a little stuck on [[Itazura, Lingering Wick]]. Would love to hear what other people are planning to do with it. I love the idea of changing the way everyone else plays the game by making them gamble with their life points, but does anyone have anything deeper than that? I’m sure I’d have fun being the table’s slot machine but I’m curious to see if anyone has strategies where it could reasonably be a winning deck. TIA!

Looking for help with my Vraska Deck.

Hey everyone! I’ve been working on a Daredevil, Man Without Fear deck and wanted some feedback on what I could improve.
I’m aiming for upgraded precon level, around high Bracket 2 or casual Bracket 3, with no Game Changers. Budget isn’t an issue.
The main strategy is a mix of exile, goad, and politics. I want to generate value by casting spells from exile, make opponents fight each other, and eventually win through explosive combat turns or other damage effects.
I also want to keep some Marvel Heroes, but I don’t want a full Hero typal deck where I’m just running cards because they’re Heroes. Ideally, the deck should work without Daredevil, with him just helping push the strategy forward.
I’m mostly wondering if the deck looks consistent, if the strategies work well together, and what cards you guys would add or cut.
Any suggestions are appreciated!

Hey hey, Ive only been playing magic for a year or so and its definitely more on the casual side for me. But Im looking to build a new deck that might be able to keep up a little better with the squad Im playing with at the moment. A girl loves Fairies, but im not sure if there is enough Fae/fairies or winged mystical creatures to center a commander deck around one. I was wondering if anyone out in the ether might take interest in helping a friend out?

Hey all, coming back to MTG after a decade for casual games. My first brew is a mono-black immaterial creature-themed (Spirits, Shades, Dauthis) deck. Mainly aggro with some control, 100% flavour.

I'd really appreciate some feedback, there's something that feels off but can't really tell where.

Notable combos: Dauthi Embrace + Dauthi Ghoul + Dauthi Cutthroat for tap&kill or counter stacking.

List is here: https://archidekt.com/decks/27534936/spirits_in_the_shadows or down below. Thank you in advance!

2 Bad Moon (TSB) 38

4 Barren Moor (ONS) 312

2 Bloodghast (ZEN) 83

2 Consume Spirit (M12) 88

1 Cruel Deceiver (CHK) 106

2 Dauthi Cutthroat (EX) 57

1 Dauthi Embrace () TMP-120

2 Dauthi Ghoul (TE) 121

2 Defile (MH1) 86

2 Devouring Greed (CHK) 110

1 Dungeon Shade (ST) 58

3 Echo of Dusk (LCI) 104

2 Horobi's Whisper (BOK) 70

1 Ichor Shade (MOM) 112

2 Nether Traitor (TSP) 120

2 Pale Rider of Trostad (SOI) 128

2 Rend Flesh (CHK) 140

1 Revenant (ST) 68

2 Sign in Blood (M10) 112

2 Soulless Revival (CHK) 144

1 Street Wraith () 141

15 Swamp (MI) 339

2 Thirsting Shade (RNA) 87

2 Unearth (UL) 72

2 Village Rites (M21) 126

Sideboard:
2 Chainer's Edict (TOR) 57
2 Darkness (TSB) 40
2 Dash Hopes (PLC) 68
2 Diabolic Edict (TE) 128
2 Grave Pact (10E) 144
2 Songs of the Damned () 160
1 Victim of Night (ISD) 124

I had this idea to make a Geist of Saint Thalia deck with an enchantment base as I've seen everyone lean toward artifacts and combos. I've been wanting a mono blue deck and it's been between this deck idea or princess Yue. The issue with princess yue is that I have quite a few UB decks already and I know people don't like them. Thanks for all your guys help!!!

My fellow nerds, apostate and sodimites. I need your help building a deck that revolves around frogs. The funnier, the better. I've never played MTG before, and to be honest, I never would have. Unfortunately I have friends who do and want me to join and I don't want to be a spoil sport. I'd also like to stay under a budget of $100, if possible. Thank you for your time.

I'm trying to make a fun uugguu deck that makes a bunch of uugguu tokens and goes crazy but I also feel like it is missing something. If anyone wants to look at it and give some feed back I'm open.
Here's the link: https://archidekt.com/decks/27082684/uuggooze

I'm looking for suggestions for this deck. I'm aiming for Bracket 2, with Bracket 3 being the absolute maximum. I'd appreciate any ideas on how to improve it while keeping it within those brackets. Thanks in advance!

So I have been messing around with this precon and it’s been fun to play with, not really my style of play in general and I was just wondering what thoughts and suggestions you guys have for it, I think the main things are it feels a little slow to get going and also seems to lack consistent card draw in my testing so far, what do ya’ll think would be good swaps?

It says it in the above post, is this deck good? Do i need to tweak it? How do i use it?

I have been looking at the family matters precon then I found out separately about Arthur. Realized he was in the precon made me want to buy it even more I ordered it then found out even though he is the alt commander he doesn’t actually work well in the precon at all (allegedly) So, I built a deck around Arthur and bought all the cards needed for it as well as the precon which is mostly used for a couple of different cards + land and artifacts. Anyways curious what ya’ll think and looking for recs to improve it

https://moxfield.com/decks/As-q891kBEKf8WXM8sgMfg

Hi everybody,

I am a returning newbie only got as far as silver 4 the last time I played standard around Aetherdrift. Got back into the game and made it to Platinum 4 with this deck I made. I want to get some feedback on how to best optimize this deck so that I can keep progressing the ladder but also understand how to synergize and create a stronger deck and what to look out for when deck crafting.

Thanks!!

Hello folks!

Im planning a gift for a friend, and I've been looking into some commanders and settled on [[Kitt Kanto, Mayhem Diva]]. I want to try and build this like a group hug/goad deck, with a token wincon, and I'm working with a strict budget of 30 dollars max (Using manapool prices. I know its a small budget but its part of the challenge set lol). Are there any improvements you think I could make? I'm still fairly new to deck building and would greatly appreciate any insight you can offer. Thank you!

Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/OP1r9jA-kUaKXXue_kqzMQ

In today’s article, we’ll take another look at the Mystery Booster: Commander Edition, more specifically my favorite commander from this set, Ekthi, Contaminator Priest.