Magic the computer game

[Spiderman]

I recently re-installed this sucka because I was bored with my current computer game (Majesty) and I haven't played Magic in a while. My question for curiosity for those who have played this is:

Has anyone tried to complete the game 5 times starting with each of the different colors? If so, do you tend to build the same deck towards the end when you have all the good stuff or do you end up with a different deck each time? For instance, for my first game I started as red and ended up with a primarily red/white deck with utility spells like Demonic Tutor and Time Walk, etc thrown in. Now I'm starting as white and I think I'm going to end up going for a Karma/Sleight deck with the utility spells.

 

[theorgg]

It's all you're options.

You can build your deck however you like it...

just don't mark their upkeep to "always stop" and then double click their lands...

It ain't fair!

 

[Spiderman]

I know you can build your deck any which way you want. What I want to know is that at the latter stages of the game when you have access to every card and color, do you keep true to your original color or end up with the same all-powerful deck, no matter what?

Like starting out white and ending up black for discard, starting out blue and ending up black for discard, etc. Or starting out any color but ending up with The Deck (Brian Weissman). That kind of thing.

Or do you start out red and go red/green. Start out white and go white/black. Start Blue and go blue/red. Different decks by the time you win your game.

I'm just curious as to how people deck-build when playing this thing.

 

[rkoelsch]

I am close. Of course I am trying at the hardest difficulty. I couldn't stand when they would attack and then giantgrowth my blocking creature. It still does some stupid stuff but it is more aggressive. I think if I started out as different colors I would end up with different decks. Of course I haven't played it for 3 weeks.
Time what a precious quantity.

 

[Whimsical]

The Shandalar aspect of the CD-ROM Magic game? Gawd, I haven't played that in ages (been to busy running from the Moo-Moo Farm populace and managing my Sims).

In general though, I tend to stick to the same color I start out with (adding another color if feasible along the way to kicking wizard heinie). And nah ... never had the urge to complete the game five times. Once was enough.

That reminds me... Spells of the Ancients has a Sealed Deck format, always good for a laugh (and unlike normal sealed deck tourneys, this one's free ^_^). I always did love sealed deck tourneys. It's one of those times when you seriously start considering that Ali Baba you pulled out of a booster.

Time to dust off the CD...

 

[Apollo]

I usually end up building 2 decks. I play on the hardest level, and one of the wizards always has something that screws your color (for instance, you play black and the white wizard starts with Karma). But I like mono-color, so I'll end up with (in this case) a black deck, and a deck of an opposing color, such as green. And I'll just use whatever deck would work better against a wizard.

Apollo

 

[Hetemti]

I played once, got a Shivan in no time...then I had that dude copy it.

Allmost won completely...stupid 5th Trample rules were alien to me, and hindered my success.

 

[BigBlue]

I am kinda like you spidey, every time i play i get different decks than i start with, in fact sometimes i don't even play the color i started with. Almost always though at the end i splash blue for TW/AR/TT they rock in any deck. I am curious tho, i usually try to stick with 40 card decks, do you grow them? also i use SotA which adds the dualies.

 

[Spiderman]

Well, as I said, I've only won once when red AND I think it was the easiest level. So now I'm trying the second hardest (heh) and a different color.

I'm just thinking it would be so easy to build that one, all-powerful deck by the time you have access to all the cards. And maybe I shouldn't take the "easy way out" and try to stay true to my color. But like Apollo, I might build two or more decks that can specifically hose the computer depending on the color it plays (I'm still trying to figure out IF I build my Karma/Sleight deck how to handle the White wizard).

I build up to 60, mainly because I think there's card restrictions the lower you are (like at 40 you can only have 2 of a card in your deck, 50 you get 3, and 60 you can have 4). Although there's some World Magic that helps that restriction... don't have SotA.