This series is going to be mostly talking about monster designs and flavour design
Fruity Pebbles was an Enduring Renewal/Goblin Bombardment combo deck, and Cheerios was a Storm-style deck built around zero-mana artifacts
Including sacrifice mechanics is also a good way to make Saurons steal effect more potent
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Lands In MTG, you generate Mana by using Lands - here are the five basic lands, each producing a different Mana colour: Plains - White Mana (supports mechanics revolving around order, justice, healing, and small, aggressive creatures) Island - Blue Mana (supports mechanics revolving around knowledge, trickery, control, and flying creatures) Swamp - Black Mana (supports mechanics revolving around ambition, death, sacrifice, and powerful, but often costly, spells) Mountain - Red Mana (supports mechanics revolving around freedom, chaos, speed, and direct damage) Forest - Green Mana (supports mechanics revolving around nature, growth, big creatures, and mana acceleration) Your starter deck will likely have one type of land or colour theme - like Red, Black, White, Green and Blue