It so hard building a good deck if your new to the game.
Green seems like shit considering mana cost of big creatures vs kill/enchant cards. When I win with green it's not cause my deck strength but because the other guy got unlucky.
Cant comment on black as I just dont vibe with it and never felt really oppressive.
Mono red burn seems to be the fastest and simplest way to winning the game. It's relatively brainless and the deck building is pretty intuitive. Just pack damage spells and spectacle cards.
White seems pretty strong. It can gain life, get strong creatures and their enchantments feels really good to use. Like red, building a white deck feels intuitive.
Just fuck blue. Whenever I see an island I just want to concede.
Just some takes from a new player.
Unfortunately red is just about as cancerous as blue these days
Green's main strength in standard is ramp (Llanowar Elves), midrange value (Wildgrowth Walker, Growth Chamber Guardian, Jadelight Ranger, Guardian Project, Vivien Reed), dig (Incubation, Commune with Dinosaurs, Adventurous Impulse) and some of the best, sticky finishers (Vine Mare, Carnage Tyrant, Hydroid Krasis). Green relies on another color for control elements, but it pairs well with each of the other colors.
Black is the most versatile control color. In addition to mass removal and targeted removal, black has discard, graveyard manipulation and even tutoring.
White's my least favorite color. Just boring, knights and angels. White also can't deal with tricks very well.
In Magic, to win, you got to deal damage, either with creatures or direct damage effects. Game is not too complicated once you break it down like that
Some basic deckbuilding guidelines-
a) color
build a two color deck. One color is your main color and the other is your splash color. You need to draw your early creatures and spells from your main color, while your splash color should be spells you want to cast turn 3 and later. For example, if you want green for Llanowar Elves then green must be your main color, not a splash color.
b) don't underestimate cheap creatures and spells
although 1cc creatures like Fanatical Firebrand seem weak, they are still some of the best cards you can play on turn 1. A 5cc spell like Eldest Reborn might seem really powerful when you cast it, but most of the time a 1cc or 2cc spell like Cast Down will help you win more.
c) have some sources of card draw or card flow
every deck improves with some card draw. It helps smooth out your lands, help you hit land drops, make sure you draw enough gas and gets you closer to your bombs. Cheap card draw is especially useful to hit land drops. Make sure you have at least 6 sources of card draw in your deck, even small stuff like Dusk Legion Zealot.
d) have some spells that can directly remove Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers can get out of hand quickly so unless you are running a blitz aggro deck, you need some spells that can remove planeswalkers directly. You can't count on creature damage alone.
