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[アウトコールド]

What's with all of the instant kills and all? I just got my legendary dinosaur out with 12/12 who got instakilled. After a few instakills i basically just can't do anything the rest of the game.

Also in the starter deck duel challenge, are other people also using starter decks? I'm using the Dino Might deck and lose every match and not sure if people are using modified decks because they always overwhelm me.

[アウトコールド]

Basically after an instakill I end up passing my turn a bunch of times because i dont have creatures

[John-Silver]

Sucks to hear by the starter decks suck, and your last color challenge match is verse real people, I believe they can edit the deck, I'm not sure to what degree they'd have a means to edit it however since you shouldn't be able to open packs yet.

[Traumaturgy]

If you played Starter deck duel- then decks cannot be edited and you play against similar decks.
But if you take starter deck and go to Standard, then you will be faced against edited decks- usually much stronger decks.
Legendary creatures can also die to removal, effects (like deathtouch) or in combat.

[Kolarahidumgarabashtelarimdugarn]

If you open up Event tab, you can find a game mode Starter Deck Duel where players can use only Starter Decks.

In mono-color challanges the challange is to play the mono deck. There are no restrictions to your real opponent. We don't know how exactly matchmaking here works.

[The_Dybbuk_King]

Originally posted by アウトコールド:

What's with all of the instant kills and all? I just got my legendary dinosaur out with 12/12 who got instakilled. After a few instakills i basically just can't do anything the rest of the game.

Also in the starter deck duel challenge, are other people also using starter decks? I'm using the Dino Might deck and lose every match and not sure if people are using modified decks because they always overwhelm me.

Unless a card has an evasive ability (like hexproof or ward), it will be very easy to destroy with basic removal spells. It is a consideration you need to make when building a deck and when playing your big bad boys.

You can protect your creatures with other spells (the type depending on your colors). Green and white have good spells to prevent a spell or damage from killing your creatures. Blue can counter spells before they resolve. Black can bring them back. Red (by itself) is pretty all-in, so you kinda just have to throw stuff at your opponent until they drop.

The game is very resource management heavy. Once you lose your win condition, it can be hard to restabilize. Keep at it and experiment more with the color pie and see what works best for you.

[Gryfn]

Originally posted by アウトコールド:

What's with all of the instant kills and all? I just got my legendary dinosaur out with 12/12 who got instakilled. After a few instakills i basically just can't do anything the rest of the game.

Also in the starter deck duel challenge, are other people also using starter decks? I'm using the Dino Might deck and lose every match and not sure if people are using modified decks because they always overwhelm me.

Just have a look through the following link. Players can only use a precon deck and cannot modify the precon decks in the Starter Deck Duel event queue, but some precons are better than others. It's also possible that there are veteran players in that queue. They cannot modify the decks but they will have more experience and skill than new players. When you lose, think about how they beat you, what precon deck they used, and see if you can learn something from how they played.
https://draftsim.com/mtg-arena-starter-deck-duel/

[Inventies]

Originally posted by アウトコールド:

What's with all of the instant kills and all? I just got my legendary dinosaur out with 12/12 who got instakilled. After a few instakills i basically just can't do anything the rest of the game.

Also in the starter deck duel challenge, are other people also using starter decks? I'm using the Dino Might deck and lose every match and not sure if people are using modified decks because they always overwhelm me.

yeah that's a creature hate deck. they are absolutely awful to fight against and some of the people who play them will have nothing but that. they wont bring a single creature, nothing to win the game other than you surrendering.

[Kolarahidumgarabashtelarimdugarn]

Originally posted by Inventies:

yeah that's a creature hate deck. they are absolutely awful to fight against and some of the people who play them will have nothing but that. they wont bring a single creature, nothing to win the game other than you surrendering.

If a deck has nothing but creature removals, then it's going to lose against any deck with a non-creature win condition (e.g. enchantments, artifacts, planeswalkers). So I think it would automatically lose 20-60% matches. The other ones would be a matter of luck. I'm pretty sure such deck wouldn't reach more than 40% win rate in plat+.

[Senditu]

Originally posted by Kolarahidumgarabashtelarimdugarn:

Originally posted by Inventies:

yeah that's a creature hate deck. they are absolutely awful to fight against and some of the people who play them will have nothing but that. they wont bring a single creature, nothing to win the game other than you surrendering.

If a deck has nothing but creature removals, then it's going to lose against any deck with a non-creature win condition (e.g. enchantments, artifacts, planeswalkers). So I think it would automatically lose 20-60% matches. The other ones would be a matter of luck. I'm pretty sure such deck wouldn't reach more than 40% win rate in plat+.

if even that, most creatures bring value bside the body today, they draw they put other bodies on the field, most kill spells are 1 for 1, atleast in the pre cons, just outvalue them, thats why the wg and wu decks are so strong, they just slam high value target after high value target until you run out of answers

[Bane]

why are vets playing starter duels tf?

[Senditu]

Originally posted by Bane:

why are vets playing starter duels tf?

ehm... colour challenges for dailies that ppl dont have the cards for, for competitive deck. daily win challenges on an even playfield enviroment, playing in a mode that is completly free of red deck win, discard, counter stack and so on. the list goes on.
sometimes i play it to get back into the groove and mindset of things, like fps pros play casual cue or training, to get warmed up (not that i am an pro, i am mythic scrub).
there are many reasons. and as a tip even for medium to semi experienced players. play starter deck duel to get used to find and recognize play patterns and possbilities. you know whats in the enemy deck try to plan ahead and try to see what the enemy could do ahaed of times, helps in ranked too. like, i see way to few ppl that know that fight with a deathtouch creature will kill everything, that petrify will starve them of manadorks, ppl going hogwild with +1 counters to then get blown out by a "kill power 4 creature" spell or kill a power 4 creature at turn 3 to then see the green enchantment (from the ug deck) go down and not having the spell to kill the enchantment and so on and so on.

[ʍolɟ ǝɥʇ ǝsɹǝʌǝɹ]

Get some insant speed speed hexproof or indestructible

[BEEN]

The geniuses in Seattle made standard longer, so some colors and archetypes have a plethora of answers to cool stompy creatures.

[Braxalus]

Originally posted by Bane:

why are vets playing starter duels tf?

I play starter deck duels to complete quests easily. You know, the 'Play 20-30 UW cards' kinda quests. I abhor blue so I don't have a lot invested into it so I play in a format where the only advantage I have is my experience.