So there is some luck involved, but you should get a strong base of cards, along with the wilds, to fill out a tier 1 deck or two.Īt the end, I have two strong decks and have ten rare and 18 mythic wild cards left over, plus a lot of other rare/mythics I opened that could start the basis of a new deck. For example, I cracked three Embercleave's which was great as it helped make my Red Deck, but I haven't cracked a Great Henge. And in variably you will hit the rares or mythics you are looking for. So, when building my collection, I bought most of my packs from those two sets. The strategy I used was to look at the various tier one decks to see which sets the good cards were coming from.Īlmost all the top decks I looked at use cards from Eldraine, followed by Zendikar (mostly due to rare lands). If you want to play on MTGO you will spend a similar amount.four Skattersskull Smashing will set you back nearly $160 for example. Of course that is still a lot of money, but this is Magic we are talking about. Personally, I spent $200 to make two tier 1 decks, a Red Agrro Deck and a Doom Foretold Deck. I have only been playing Arena for a week, but I don't buy for a moment you need to spend $500+ to get a tier one deck.

Like many here I watched the 'Professor's' video on comparing MTGA's economy to LoL.Īs a new player to Arena (but not Magic, I played a lot on MTGO) I like to offer my experience.

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