MC Starter Decks

It's quite obvious MC's starters leave a lot to be desired. This is partly because MC's cards aren't as self-contained as those from other sets. So, instead of trying to do it myself, I'd like some assistance creating new decks.

http://cmc.redleaf.de:8001/allcardnames.jsp has the numbers

- They should have 40 cards.
- I'd like them to still follow the 'concept' of the existing starters (as they will replace them)
- the decks should not be full of rare cards. a few is okay
- the decks should not be TOO good, but they should be decentish.
- they should be in the following format:
cardno quantity
cardno quantity

so for example, a deck of 20 graviton swords, 19 scanning fields, and a missilepod would be:
777 20
778 19
779 1

An a semi-related note, 'Villainy Rules!' both gives a typo'd deck (villiany), and only contains 49 cards, on the Dev Server.

Edit: Also, post here or PM, email etc?

Well, here's a sample LG deck: (wow... this makes the post long)

750 4
752 2
753 2
754 1
755 1
756 1
758 1
759 1
760 1
760 2
773 2
775 2
783 1
785 4
786 4
787 2
788 2
798 1
790 1
796 2
799 1
800 2

Stats:
40 cards: 16 monsters, 14 mana, 10 others
26 common, 11 uncommon, 3 rares
Mainly brute strength, weak point: only has 1 nondark location: zero-g, making solar panel almost useless, may have some mana probs, may be "too" good/bad

For those who haven't memorized all the card numbers, here's one with abbr. names:
16 monsters
4 750 nano
2 752 clockpal
2 753 sword
1 754 ninjitsu
1 755 samurai
1 756 variable
1 758 stonehammer
1 759 protectant
1 760 armormail
2 760 mechahawk

14mana
2 775 Solar panel
4 785 glowerite ore
4 786 finacium ore
2 787 electric conduit
2 788 photonic conduit

10 effects/spells/etc.
2 773 magic mine
1 783 hull plating
1 790 construction kit
2 796 energy surplus
1 798 zero-g
1 799 exo-suit
2 800 energy shackles


I'll do the other 2 in a while.

Here's the DG deck (decided not to touch the pirates to follow the deck name, though oddly enough my first non-sc mc deck was a pirate deck):

804 4
806 1
807 2
809 2
810 1
812 1
813 1
814 1
816 1
826 2
827 4
828 4
832 1
837 3
838 3
839 2
840 2
847 1
848 1
851 1
857 2

Stats: 40 cards, 14 monsters, 14 mana, 12 others
28 common, 9 uncommon, 3 rares (though DG rarities need to be changed... skitter is the only common monster, but things like acid are common >_>)
Monsters with effects, note: quite strong at countering actually with the dissolving acids and reclamation.

Again, here's an easier to read list:
14 monsters
4 804 skitter
1 806 guerillabot
2 807 tinker
2 809 appliance
1 810 killbot
1 812 SKRAP
1 813 spore flower
1 814 Avrillian fiend
1 816 Slimeborg

14 mana
4 828 fossil engine
4 827 shadowclock
3 837 shadow core
3 838 fission core

12 effects/spell/etc.
2 826 minefield
1 832 turret
2 839 overload
2 840 dissolving acid
1 847 scavenge
1 848 reclamation
1 851 dark quadrant
2 857 shadowforce

Here's my sample DG deck!

Robot Invasion DX Wrote:804 3
805 3
806 1
808 3
810 1
813 1
814 1
816 2
826 1
828 2
832 1
835 5
836 5
837 1
838 1
839 2
840 1
841 1
846 1
848 1
852 1
854 2

Which translates as:

Mana Supply:
2x Fossil Engine
5x Asterite Ore
5x Shadowide Ore
1x Shadow Core
1x Fission Core
1x Stripmine

Monsters:
3x PR-66 Skitter
3x SP-39 Arachnid
3x Scrapheap
1x GB-X Guerillabot (Rare)
1x Killbot
1x Spore Flower (Rare)
1x Avrillian Fiend
2x Slimeborg
1x Minefield

Miscellaneous:
1x Gunner Turret
2x Overload
1x Dissolving Acid
1x Data Hack
1x Reclamation
1x Arm Cannon (Rare)
2x Space Leech

Tested against unusual__me, it beat his normal starter deck, didn't seem to slow/weak, but didn't totally overpower him. Robot themed.

Last one! LD deck (had a hard time deciding the monsters, focused on the starship members)-

859 1
867 1
868 4
869 2
870 2
871 2
872 2
873 1
887 2
888 4
889 4
890 3
891 3
893 1
897 1
898 1
901 1
902 1
905 2
906 1
909 1

40 cards: 15 monsters, 14 mana, 11 others
Not really happy about this deck. Lots of allying to get mana from the ores, but no real use for it.

Easier to read list:
15 monsters
1 859 nadri
1 867 wormhole
4 868 officer
2 869 redshirt
2 870 drone
2 871 hawk
2 872 ecto
1 873 mirage

14 mana
4 888 stellarite ore
4 889 cosmerium
3 890 solar crystal
3 891 cosmic crystal

11 others
2 887 gravity mine
1 893 dimensional disrupt
1 897 time coin
1 898 target the engine
1 901 crossed wires
1 902 order at a price
2 905 hyperspace
1 906 stellar distance
1 909 personal teleporter

No offense guys, but what's with all the one-ofs? I don't think any of the other starters have so many, plus it spoils some of the fun of getting a card you haven't seen before in a booster. I might have a design for one of the decks later, still trying to test stuff...

All three Clash starters contain a heck of a lot of singles. Plus, this is a larger expansion set, so it's less impacting.

Huh, you're right... but Clash did have a lot of uniques in it, and MC doesn't have as many. But I guess it's fine then. Side note: I wonder if this fact has any correlation to how much Clash starters suck in comparison to Prime and Prince starters.

azulknight Wrote:Huh, you're right... but Clash did have a lot of uniques in it, and MC doesn't have as many. But I guess it's fine then. Side note: I wonder if this fact has any correlation to how much Clash starters suck in comparison to Prime and Prince starters.

No, I believe that's because, as Clash has some highly sought after stuff (Landing, Remembrance, AL, ect), anything that isn't that isn't really good in your eyes.

Or something.

Everything sucks except for those combo cards. Except for Mechanical Chaos, because its rare cards are rarer rare cards.