Magic: The Gathering -- Official Deckbuilder's Guide

by Tim Dedopulos

Magic: The Gathering is to the 1990s what Dungeons and Dragons was to the 1980s--an extremely popular fantasy fighting game that has taken the world by storm. This guide to the construction of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560251565
• ISBN13: 9781560251569
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Good book for beginners on giving ideas of building a deck

I thought this book was really good. It had several different decks to chose from to build, a brief description of each deck, and would let you know if it was expensive to build. I was pretty impressed.

This book is essentially a decktester's dream.

The decks include 5th edition, Portal, Type I, Type II, Theme decks (like a deck of cards by 1 artist), Multi-player, Extended, and Classic-Restricted Type 1.5. Each deck is given 1 full page of coverage, with the card list to make it, including sideboard. A helpful touch is that there is a quick info box on top of each page with: Type of deck (beginner deck, tourney deck,..); Colors (green, red, ...); Strategy (...use weenies to crush your opponent); Cost (category of price to buy and make the cards in the deck (very low through very expensive); DCI Tourney Category (Type II ..); and the card count (60 main deck, 15 sideboard). This little info box is handy. If you are looking to make a competitive red/green Type II deck from all common cards, you'll quickly find it. If you want to make a Type I deck that will cost you $1500, that's here too. The remainder of each page is dedicated on the strategy for playing the deck. If you are into building and testing a variety of decks, you'll love this book. Simple and straight-forward.I have read almost all the Magic books.

It's a good book, but...

It's a good book, and has lots of preconstructed decks. It's too bad it doesn't have deckbuilding techniques.

Cool

The book was great for early deckbuilders. Even expeirenced players will be able to find great deckbuilding strategies for Magic:TheGathering!

A "must have" for any magic gamer

Sitting at night in my room for hours on end, sorting through cards, and trying to think of different card combos. Finally, after a couple of hours, I would get a nice deck that I liked. I would use it, and sure enough, I would lose. That WAS me until I bought the deck builders book. If your a serious magic gamer, this is the book for you. In only a short amount of time, DeckBuilders shows you valuable combos, and various others in deck building. It gives you ideas, and goes really "in depth" into what you put into your deck. In 10 minutes, I had an awesome deck, and have not lost yet. I recommend this book to anyone, beginner or expert. You won't be sorry, but your dualing partners will be.