How we make a good deck.

[EvaRia]

This is more or less how I believe we go through our deck making process.

1. Find an ability that is abusable.
2. Find another ability that lets you abuse your ability easier.
3. Repeat step 2 for as much as necessary/possible.
4. Find cards that have synergy with the cards from steps 1-3.
5. Add protection and countermeasures.
6. Find the best method of generating quanta.
7. Balance quanta generation, card amount, and card draw likelihood.
8. Test and rebalance.

[harry959]

Not so much abusable as useful.

[timtwins]

it depends on the deck i think, some would be abusable and some would just be usable

[Glitch]

1.  Find an overpowered card (you like)
2.  Find another overpowered card (you like)
3.  Do they work well together?  If not, repeat step two.
4.  Make a deck based upon the first two cards that work well together.  If none work well together, go rainbow.

^^  Auto anti-FG maker.  How SG made her anti-FG deck, how RoL hope was made, it's pretty much a recipe to make every deck ever conceived.  Picking cards you like is optional.

[jmizzle7]

1.  Find a card that does one thing very well
2.  Find another card that does one thing very well
3.  Do they work well together?  If not, repeat step two.
4.  Make a deck based upon the first two cards that work well together.  If none work well together, go rainbow.

Fixed. Now it's in a language people understand.

[eh pewwwp]

what I did

1. whats my fav element ( )
2. fav card in that (dragon)
3. how do i slow down the opponent because this (dragon) uses mass ( ) ...oh hey perfect permanent (phase shield)
4. wow no way I'm just sucking up  ( ) and I need more muscle  ??? ??? ??? oh hey crapload of  pillars that solve these two problems ( pillars)
5. do minor tweaks and BAM! you have a nice deck sir (mono aether)

all the stuff in the parenthesis are what I went through to make my current deck

and it's funny cause when I first made that deck I'm like, now way? no one found this out ye.......damn you essence!!!

[EvaRia]

Other Deck strategy:
1. Pick a theme.
Stall
Rush
Quanta Denial
Mass
Damage Denial
2. Find a good card/combo for the theme.
3. Repeat step for as much as possible/necessary.
4. Find the best method of quanta generation.
5. Balance.
6. Test and rebalance.