1st Swamp Deck

[dnklgr]

Totally new to MTG.
So I bought one of those 2015 Deck Builder's Toolkit and traded some cards. I have played this deck a few times and made several changes, but I am still not satisfied.

Basically I put in these cheap guys to make the game uncomfortable for my opponent and to give me some time to draw more expensive cards and play more lands:

• 2x Child of Night
• 2x Black Cat
• 2x Hand of Silumgar

Then I tried to use cards which give me life points, speculating that Wall of Limbs will work out.

All in all I have no idea what I am doing but it's fun and i hope to get some feedback here.

http://deckstats.net/decks/40103/269844-swamp-stuff-iv-1

Oh and I still do not know how Everflowing Chalice ist working exactly.

[Warden of Silence]

Hello.

So welcome to Magic: The Gathering! I hope you will have a fun time playing this game.

I want to take this moment to suggest a YouTube channel to you. It is Tolarian Community College. He does videos on a lot of Magic things, like products, deck types, and many others. I'll link you to one of his playlists on general advice. It is worth watching and can be very helpful.  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvqw7t0kbGX92NV-xGvcSNZaHllwwJ8H-

Now, for the deck.

Knowing what you want to do is an important thing. How do you want to win? How does your deck work? What are the most important cards in your deck? Can cards work with them?

You mentioned wanting to make opponents uncomfortable and gaining life. I would focus on those types of cards in your deck. Here is a list of all Black creatures with Lifelink (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?text=+%5Blifelink%5D&color=+%5BB%5D)

For a list of Deathtouch creatures, click this link. (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5Bdeathtouch%5D%7C%7Ctext=+%5Bdeathtouch%5D&color=+%5BB%5D)

For a list of cards that make opponents discard cards, click this link. (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&text=+[opponent]+[discards]&color=+)

Now, for Everflowing Chalice. As you play this card, you pay pay two mana to add a counter to it. You can do this as many times as you are able. Once that is done, the card is now able to produce mana, depending on how many times you payed the two mana.

Example. You have 4 Swamp cards out. You play Everflowing Chalice. You can tap your 4 Swamp cards to pay the Mulitkicker cost twice. Now your Everflowing Chalice is able to produce two mana, because it was kicked two times. This means on your next turn, you will have access to 6 mana.

I would like to ask you what you want from your deck. If you give me a better idea of how you would like to play, I can help you out further.

If you have any questions about anything, please ask me. I am happy to help out.

[ashemath]

What you've got is a reasonable deck considering how limited your collection/experience is at the moment. As you learn and collect more, you'll learn how to focus a deck's strategy and achieve what you are looking for. Definitely check out those youtube videos.

What I try to do is focus on a couple keyword strategies\ creature types\ or combos, and I build the deck around that theme. I probably have 5,000+ cards, so I have a lot to choose from. You are probably dealing more with what you got. I recommend you buy more out the same sets you already have, to try to pick up some duplicates. Wall of limbs is definitely fun. Lately, I've seen some casual decks abuse that card with Solidarity of Heroes.

You'll fondly remember the days when you threw together decks like this.