My First Magic Deck: All Advice is Appreciated?

Question

A lot of my friends stopped playing Yugioh so I decided to switch to Magic with the rest of them. I got the 2013 Deck Toolbox and built an attempt at a Blue and White Spirit deck. All advice is much appreciated, and please remember Im still new to this and just want a decent deck thats going to be fun to play.

Creatures:
Drogskol Captain
Battleground Geist
Stormbound Geist
Nibils of the Breath
Invisible stalker
Welkin Tern x3
Gryff Vanguard
Gallows Warden
Voiceless Spirit x2
Nibils of the Mist
Chapel Geist
Ajanis Sunstriker
Knight of Glory
Guardians of Akrasa
Griffin Protector
Voice of the Provinces
Aven Squire

Lands:
Island x13
Plains x13

Spells:
Curiosity
Talrands Invocation
Spectral Prison
Geist Snatch
Feeling of Dread
Midnight Haunting
Angelic Benediction
Pacifism x2
Self Passage
Glorious Charge
Show of Valor

Artifacts:
Phyrexian Hulk
Ghoulcallers Bell

I understand that it may not be good, I just had surgery done this morning so I cant test it out for a few days, but I was hoping to get some feedback on it beforehand. Again, this is my first time making a Magic deck, please dont just tell me I suck at it and to not try, I really enjoyed playing with my friends decks and wanted my own.

Answer 1

I would say have at least 4 mana giving cards in any deck. Two 5 drops. one six or seven at the most. And try and run 22 lands. 2 guildgates and ten of each for 2 colors.

Lands x22

Creatures x26

Others x12 others

Hope this helps:)

Answer 2

34 spells + 26 lands = 60 total

60 cards is the minimum and recommended deck size in mtg (magic the gathering) because it lets you draw your best cards more often, and thus your 60 is a great deck size. However, I'd recommend that you check your deck to see if it roughly fits these recommended ratios:

Average mana cost of about 3

2 spells for every land (40 spells, 20 lands)

Experience is more valuable than advice; have a few matches and go to some draft tourneys to get better at mtg.

Answer 3

To make this deck successful, you need to have 4 of each card instead of mostly singles. This greatly increases the chances you have of drawing the cards you need. I would stick with a specific theme as well, you have a decent number of spirits so I would remove all non spirit creatures and add more of those spirits.

Answer 4

DBT's are not made to have decks constructed from them since they are mostly one's and two's of cards. A good deck is consistent with four copies of cards and has a purpose.

Answer 5

You should play 4's of most cards, rarely less than that.



But given your resources, you may not be able to do that, but you should focus on it.