Getting into magic the gathering has been one of the best and worst decisions that I made. The wonderful part is that this has been a fantastic trading card game that has helped me in many ways. Playing magic as a shy kid enabled me to socialize in a way that was easy for me.

The downside is the price of cardboard candy, especially with how Hasbro’s been lately.

I was reading around and stumbled on this article on this individual’s first deck. I found it to be a great read! Especially since I still have the very first deck I ever made.

It’s a mono-white deck standard deck. It consists of Life Gain, angels, and board wipes. There’s only one modern card added because I was missing a card for some reason. I’m not sure if one was dropped or lost at some point.

Is it a good deck? Eh. It’s an okay deck, but I do have fun playing it. It was a mash up of what I found cool at the time with no real clue on deck building knowledge. I could rebuild it, but I’d rather not. I may duplicate the deck and experiment with combos. Mono-white is often a tricky deck to build and one color that has been ignored. We need better mono-white cards!

How often does this deck win? Roughly 45% of the time. I’m not someone who cares about winning often. If I want to win I’ll play my Orzhov Phyrexian deck or a mill deck.

Yeah, yeah I play blue some times.

Here’s the deck list for my first deck:

Lands x 18

• 17 x Plains
• 1 x Radiant Fountain

Instants x 10

• 3 x Avenging arrow
• 2 x Angelic Mercy
• 1 x Safe Passage
• 1 x Celestial Flare
• 1 x Ray of Revelation
• 1 x Fated Retribution
• 1 x Congregate

Enchantments x 10

• 2 x Pacifism
• 2 x Indestructibility
• 1 x Holy Mantle
• 1 x Burden of Guilt
• 1 x Angelic Accord
• 1 x Sigil of the Empty Throne
• 1 x Guardian Zendikon
• 1 x Sunbond

Creatures x 10

• 2 x Serra Angel
• 1 x Goldnight Redeemer
• 1 x Seraph of the Sword
• 1 x Favored Hoplite
• 2 Quarry Colossus
• 1 x Exquisite Archangel
• 1 x Sublime Archangel
• 1 x Setessan Battle Priest
• 1 x Voices of the Provinces

Sorcery x 9

• 3 x Winds of Rath
• 1 x Armageddon
• 1 x Excoraite
• 1 x Revoke Existence
• 1 x Santify

Artifact x 2

• 1 x Profane Memento
• Elixir of Immortality

Planeswalker x 1

• Elspeth Sun’s Champion

I honestly think it would do better if I removed a few of the smaller cost cards and add in some lands as land pull is often a hit or miss.

However, I do love this deck and playing it brings back all the fantastic memories I’ve made with it! Nothing beats playing an old deck and getting hit with the nostalgia factor.

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