Here are 5 principles for deck building. This is not an exhaustive list.
1) Use efficient cards
2) Get around costs
3) Use synergy
4) Metagaming
5) Make consistent decks
This article will focus on the first 4 principles listed above. The 5th principle which we have already discussed here.
At the beginning of each game of Magic, you have to shuffle your deck into a random order. (In a tournament, overhand shuffling and pile shuffling is not sufficient). Your deck will play out better or worse depending on what order the cards end up in. A consistent deck is one that doesn’t greatly vary in power due to the random ordering of the cards.
