A buddy of mine just got deployed, he gave us all of his mtg cards. He asked us to pick colors. I chose white and blue. He gave me over 700 cards, not including lands, of white, blue, and colorless. I'm still a fresh off the boat player, and he only just taught me how to play quite literally the day before. I'd like to use what he's given me to create a deck, but i'm so overwhelmed by the sheer number of them that its causing blocks.

Help me decide what to make from this mess.

http://deckbox.org/sets/591372?s=a&o=a


Hurrah for first forum post.

the tnn is either a staple for ur deck or a trade to get u everything else u need lol
but the sun titan and just alot of the commander cards are good so i voted w/b

Make a white blue commander deck? None of the cards are particularly powerful. Almost none of them will help you in standard. Only a handful are useful in modern/legacy.

The TNN is by far the best card, but it's only 1 card.

Given that, you should probably decide what format you play, how you play it and how seriously you want to take it and start looking up deck lists and see how much of one you can fill out.

I'm looking for a deck to use to play with friends to be honest, though anything would be fine.

white and blue together are usually about control. White carries some of the best board wipes around and blue had great tempo/permission cards.

I'd say you're looking to make a deck where you control the game then play something big to win?

It should contain some things from your collection like

TNN, jace, gideon, propaganda, strategic planning, control magic, ponder, wash out, dissolve, augur of bolas, arcane denial, faerie conclave, blue sun zenith, dismiss.... you see the pattern.

You need to control the board with efficient removal/control and board wipes then stick something big to seal the deal. other cards to consider picking up would be supreme verdict, sphinx's revelation, detention sphere, think twice, aetherling, terminus, etc etc...

elpablo wrote:white and blue together are usually about control. White carries some of the best board wipes around and blue had great tempo/permission cards.

I'd say you're looking to make a deck where you control the game then play something big to win?

It should contain some things from your collection like

TNN, jace, gideon, propaganda, strategic planning, control magic, ponder, wash out, dissolve, augur of bolas, arcane denial, faerie conclave, blue sun zenith, dismiss.... you see the pattern.

You need to control the board with efficient removal/control and board wipes then stick something big to seal the deal. other cards to consider picking up would be supreme verdict, sphinx's revelation, detention sphere, think twice, aetherling, terminus, etc etc...

How much do you think that will run me?
Control sounds quite nice.

I went out and purchased the "Evasive Maneuvers" commander deck because it was on sale for $10.

I now have Derevi, Roon, and Rubinia if that helps, as well as the other cards contained in said deck. Updating the card listing now.

SomeMTGnoob wrote: How much do you think that will run me?
Control sounds quite nice.

Sphinx's revs are $20, supreme verdict is $5, Jace, AoT is $20, detention sphere is $3, azorius charm is like $.25 commons and uncommons.

Those cards are currently in standard, but there are older options. Keep in mind these are just suggestions to give you ideas. If you're not going to go to FNMS and play seriously I wouldn't drop a bunch of cash on cards.

Standard - http://www.mtgtop8.com/archetype?a=9&meta=52
Modern - http://www.mtgtop8.com/archetype?a=181&meta=51
Legacy - http://www.mtgtop8.com/archetype?a=242&meta=39
Commander - http://www.mtgtop8.com/archetype?a=243&meta=70