{"id":54646,"date":"2023-09-29T13:06:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T13:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/deck-types"},"modified":"2024-07-20T12:55:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T12:55:54","slug":"deck-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/mtg\/deck-types","title":{"rendered":"Magic The Gathering: Deck Types"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Magic The Gathering has a lot of different strategies, as you&#8217;d expect from a game that basically lives and breathes by the act of building a deck. Since you can put so many combinations of cards together to create a functional deck, and since the card pool is massive even with set rotation, you can build a deck to suit any scenario. That said, decks in Magic The Gathering can be boiled down to four very specific strategies, and we&#8217;re here to explain them to you.<\/p>\n<h2>All Deck Types In Magic The Gathering<\/h2>\n<h3>Aggro<\/h3>\n<p>Aggro decks really do one thing. They get your opponent&#8217;s life points to zero as quickly as they possibly can by cleaning the board, burning your opponent&#8217;s life points, and having cheap to-summon creatures that can easily deal a lot of damage and aren&#8217;t a huge loss if they end up leaving the field.<\/p>\n<h3>Midrange<\/h3>\n<p>Midrange decks are the best of all worlds. They&#8217;re focused specifically on having the tools at their disposal to deal with any given situation rather than having one direct strategy and can play a long game of Magic The Gathering, accumulating resources and being able to use any combination of colors to do what they want.<\/p>\n<h3>Control<\/h3>\n<p>Control Decks are specifically decks that want the game to go on for as long as possible. They tend to heavily counter opponents&#8217; spells, draw a lot of cards, and find ways to set up situations in which you can&#8217;t play any cards. 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