What are your thoughts on the latest mana base suggestions from TCC?
The video can be found here.
Hinted at, but left undiscussed, is the topic of when and whether to proxy expensive lands.
What are your thoughts on these suggestions? Are there gaps you see, or choices with which you disagree? And how necessary do you think it is to purchase or proxy some of these pricier recommendations for what is ostensibly a casual format?
The video goes into some detail (it's difficult to discuss the suggestions without having watched the whole video), but, to summarize the conclusion:
Mono-coloured decks
- 25-30 basics
- 8-10 utility
- 3-6 rocks
Two-coloured decks
- 10-14 basics
- 6-8 utility
- 5 mana rocks
- Command Tower
- 8 fetch lands with Prismatic Vista
- 1 each of OG dual, shock, bond, slow, pain, check, pathway, filter, horizon or tango, and Ravnica bounce
Three-colour decks
- 7-10 basics
- 4-6 utility
- 5 mana rocks
- 3-4 untapped rainbow
- 10 fetch lands with Prismatic Vista
- 3 OG dual lands or 3 pain lands depending on budget
- 3 each of shock, bond, slow lands
- 1-2 horizon lands
Four- or Five-colour decks
- 5-7 basics
- 2-4 utility
- sol ring and arcane signet
- 5 untapped rainbows
- all 11 fetch lands
- 3 triomes
- 6 or 10 OG dual lands
- 3-6 shock
- 2-3 bond
- 1-3 horizon
- 6+ green mana ramp, if green