Magic Deck Stats (2024)

FAQs

What is the perfect MTG deck ratio? ›

Conventional wisdom is to have 40% of a deck being mana (16/40 in Limited, 24/60 in Constructed, 40/100 in Highlander), but curve, mana sinks, and game plan may shift it up to 50% or down to 30%.

Deck size requirements are important. Debate has arisen about having more than 60 cards in an MTG deck. Benefits of sticking to the minimum: — Consistency is improved.

For a ratio on how many of each card type to include in a deck, you're looking at about 36 playables like creatures and spells to 24 lands. Of those 36 playables you should split it down the middle between creatures and spells.

To make sure you draw four lands in ten cards, you need to play at least 40 % lands. In a forty card deck, that means at least 16 land cards. If your important cards are five drops, and you want to play them on turn five, you need five lands in your first eleven cards – or 45% land.

The general categories and ratios are: Lands 34-40. Ramp 10-13. Card Draw 10.

The ace of spades (also known as the Spadille and Death Card) is traditionally the highest and most valued card in the deck of playing cards.

Each player has a maximum hand size, which is normally seven cards. A player may have any number of cards in their hand, but as part of their cleanup step, the player must discard excess cards down to the maximum hand size.

Among suggestions for easy-to-build newcomer decks include setups where enemies have to constantly discard cards, extremely aggressive Mono Red and Blue builds, a control-oriented Blue setup, and a Blue/Red deck that is just a countdown to the enemy's destruction.

In most Magic The Gathering formats, you can have up to four copies of any one card in your deck, except for basic lands, which you can have any number of. So, if you've got a favorite spell or creature, quadruple the fun!

A good formula for the number of lands in your 60-card deck, counting MDFCs partially in this fashion, is: 19.59 + 1.90 * average mana value of your spells – 0.28 * number of cheap card draw or mana ramp spells + 0.27 if you have a companion.

What is a good Magic deck ratio? ›

There are a number of ways the calculate or estimate this more specifically, but a quick rule of thumb is that basic mana should make up approximately one-third of their Magic: The Gathering deck, or 20 to 24 cards in a 60-card deck.

You can include any number of the five MTG mana colours - Blue, Black, Green, Red and White - in your deck. A deck with a single colour is referred to as a mono-colour deck, while combinations of two, three, four or even all five colours have specific names based on which colours you include.

Elder Dragon Highlander (EDH) or Commander players generally agree that you want somewhere between 32 and 42 lands in your deck. As a rule of thumb, it's safe to start at 36 lands and then adjust up or down based on your personal preferences and the curve of your deck.

However, a general rule of thumb for a balanced deck is to have about 20 to 24 creatures. This allows for a good mix of creatures and non-creature spells, ensuring you have enough threats on the board while still having room for other important cards like spells, lands, and artifacts.

MTG's Commander decks, just like 60-card Constructed decks, should contain around 35% to 40% land cards -- though Commander decks tend to have a slightly higher ratio of lands, just in case.

Constructed decks must contain a minimum of 60 cards. There is no maximum deck size. Players may have a sideboard of up to a maximum of 15 cards, and exchanges of cards between games are not required to be on a one-for-one basis, so long as the player adheres to the 60 card minimum deck size.

A limited deck is normally 23 spells and 17 lands. This land to spell ratio is typically best in most Limited formats. This has a lot to do with two things - average mana cost of cards in your deck and the number of colours you are using.