2013-09-16, 11:19 AM
I'm just going to talk generally since I'm not familiar with the current Meta...
but it's very similar to YuGiOh in that if you're against a savvy player with a $500 deck and you're playing with near 100% Commons, no amount of Skill/Strategy on your part will be enough.
Learn MtG and challenge him to a Draft match. You'll both be on completely even fields cards-wise.
It seems like you're in a pretty big MtG group, so you could probably get enough people together for it. And you wouldn't have to spend $500, that you would probably mis-spend since you're still new to MtG.
That said, very functional decks can be made for very cheap. If you build smart almost all commons with cheap rares can get you a pretty fair shot at winning local top 8, depending on the crowd.
ConTroll is fun, but benefits the most from more expensive cards and is probably the hardest to play on a budget. You can do Dual Color with a budget deck too. Red or Red + Black/White/Green will be your Fastest/Fast/Mid-Range beatdown decks.
From what I remember; while important, creature cost wasn't too big of a deal in YuGiOh. But in your situation especially Card Cost/Value is going to be EVERYTHING.
I definitely think your best shot is to learn Card Economy and just Draft. It's as Skill vs. Skill as Magic can possibly be.
but it's very similar to YuGiOh in that if you're against a savvy player with a $500 deck and you're playing with near 100% Commons, no amount of Skill/Strategy on your part will be enough.
Learn MtG and challenge him to a Draft match. You'll both be on completely even fields cards-wise.
It seems like you're in a pretty big MtG group, so you could probably get enough people together for it. And you wouldn't have to spend $500, that you would probably mis-spend since you're still new to MtG.
That said, very functional decks can be made for very cheap. If you build smart almost all commons with cheap rares can get you a pretty fair shot at winning local top 8, depending on the crowd.
ConTroll is fun, but benefits the most from more expensive cards and is probably the hardest to play on a budget. You can do Dual Color with a budget deck too. Red or Red + Black/White/Green will be your Fastest/Fast/Mid-Range beatdown decks.
From what I remember; while important, creature cost wasn't too big of a deal in YuGiOh. But in your situation especially Card Cost/Value is going to be EVERYTHING.
I definitely think your best shot is to learn Card Economy and just Draft. It's as Skill vs. Skill as Magic can possibly be.