How to Cut Your Deck Down to 100 Cards (And Be Happy About It)

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@bunkmastab 2 ай бұрын

There is literally no way to cut down to 100 cards, it's impossible and everyone is secretly running 103 card decks and hoping no one counts

@Kjos_jax 2 ай бұрын

You can run 130 cards and I don't care. It only creates more variations and permutations... Which both equate to more fun

@MortonFMurphy 2 ай бұрын

Step 1- Buy Dragon Shield, which says 100 Sleeves Step 2- put cards in all 102-105 sleeves provided. Step 3- Point to "100 sleeves" on the Dragon Shield box

@bunkmastab 2 ай бұрын

@MortonFMurphy No joke, my first ever deck I did that. Took me a while to realize I had an illegal deck. I figured it was an "if it fits, it ships" situation

@George-mm8cr 2 ай бұрын

With how math works, I hope people run higher card count decks. Less chance of drawing into both lands and digging deeper into a deck lmao

@natelagrassa9337 2 ай бұрын

All of y’all’s responses are wild and hilarious. All viable answers but I’ll be that guy that counts your board and grave lol. 😂😂😂

@finks1 2 ай бұрын

Shocked the # 1 tip wasn’t putting the deck into Moxfield and use tags. It was a total game changer when I did this 3-4 years ago. Can’t imagine brewing without it.

@wilsonking2376 2 ай бұрын

can you elaborate on what tags are on moxfield?

@finks1 2 ай бұрын

@ you can create universal tags for your account like ramp, card draw, artifact removal or life gain. You decide what to call it and what is what. After you can sort by tags and easily see how many treasure makers you have or tribal lords and make cuts so easily. It’s a small amount of work upfront with a lifetime of payoff after.

@MortonFMurphy 2 ай бұрын

Yeah tagging my own stuff was unbelievably helpful and changed my deck building for the better

@wilsonking2376 2 ай бұрын

@@finks1 it seems that archidekt already does this (Im newish, and un-sure how to categorize things myself sometimes) - but it also seems mox is far more popular

@Blacklodge_Willy 2 ай бұрын

I always wanted to tag my decks but the process is so tiresome doing it one card at a time.

@pf9406 2 ай бұрын

Over the years, after watching many videos from many creators here on YT on how to build decks and make cuts, i can now consistently get my commander decks down to 160 cards

@AlwaysGrowing0 Ай бұрын

This is a bonus tip for everyone. After you have your deck sorted in Archidekt or Moxfield in the different categories, card draw, removal, ramp, etc., I find it helpful to sort by mana value. If you have too many cards in your deck, axing cards with the highest cmc is often a great place to start.

@JelloBrand 2 ай бұрын

Mia you look stunning! Great job with your make-up!

@Kjos_jax 2 ай бұрын

Get your own girl! Lol She does look nice though seriously

@macces82 2 ай бұрын

My stuggle with every deck literally...

@Kjos_jax 2 ай бұрын

Don't pigeonhole yourself to some arbitrary number that was made up by someone else. This is a casual format and you do not have to have exactly 100 cards

@sang21nguyen 2 ай бұрын

Same

@wdeborde 2 ай бұрын

I've actually found it better to make a deck with like 200 cards in it, put them all in a maybe pile and force myself to figure out which are the most important to put in. Arguing why it should be in just works better for my brain than why it shouldn't be there. I've also found it makes me end up with a more cohesive vision than just a pile trying to do 3 different things.

@Kjos_jax 2 ай бұрын

That's a good idea and you can always just stick with that. No one is going to complain. If you have a 200 card deck. It actually means you're going to have less consistency and so if you win it is even more impressive

@HexproofButHopeless 2 ай бұрын

I JUST got on KZbin at 3:59 (one minute ago) and was like man, I guess no NN video today then boom, prayers answered 😂 Hi Nerds!

@NitpickingNerds 2 ай бұрын

Hello! Thanks for waiting that one minute!

@HexproofButHopeless 2 ай бұрын

@ Well, countless days and one minute 😅

@danielgoldberg2129 2 ай бұрын

As I watch this I have a deck sitting on the table on my left and two cards on my right that I’m trying to shoehorn into it.😊

@Kjos_jax 2 ай бұрын

Pro tip just add them. Your deck does not need to be 100 cards

@Blacklodge_Willy 2 ай бұрын

@@Kjos_jax that's terrible advice lol

@Kjos_jax 2 ай бұрын

@@Blacklodge_Willy Not at all Mr Wonka. Less than 100 cards creates less variance, which would be cheating. While more card options creates more variance and is more fun. 100 is just the minimum... so glad I could clear that up for you

@Blacklodge_Willy 2 ай бұрын

@@Kjos_jax 100 cards (99+ your commander) is also the maximum (with the exception of companion) otherwise you're cheating. Unless of course you want to rule zero every time you play a game with strangers.

@Kjos_jax 2 ай бұрын

@@Blacklodge_Willy That's exactly what you do before every game if need be anyway and if they have a problem with more than 100 cards they aren't someone you'd want to play with to begin with. I'd literally laugh if they took issue with something that increases their chances to win and creates more fun. In our store, running things like Thoracle combo, heavy counters, or stax is something we don't allow so it's all relative. There are many cards we don't play that are "legal" and many we play that are banned. The list was never something seasoned players took seriously anyway and now it is completely obsolete. i.e. Hullbreacher which is banned because people like Cass thought wheeling people out of hands was funny. It isn't, but that has nothing to do with the cool merfolk. It's a player problem in that case, not a card problem. So anyone can run it as long as they don't use it the wrong way. You're really insistent on playing by rules that were arbitrarily created by a tiny group of people. Being so rigid, is part of the problem and why they had to ban things. If people just respected others, their time, etc, things would be much smoother. There shouldn't be a rule 0 but it exists because of people like yourself. Never too late to change though...

@obadijahparks 2 ай бұрын

The cutting is easy when you shuffle the maybe cards, and randomly pull the ones to keep.

@sleekgeekcollectibles Күн бұрын

Chaotic brilliance.

@taa347 2 ай бұрын

Genuinely playtesting my new deck at 111 cards as I listened to Beezy saying he likes to do that to cut cards. I just wish I could draw a card that felt bad and I didn't just have 111 that I love seeing at all times

@NitpickingNerds 2 ай бұрын

Usually a few of them will be dead draws in the first 5 turns and they're the ones I cut 😅

@vonix9199 2 ай бұрын

this video is just right for me. I struggle to get below 130 cards on my sheoldred//true scriptures deck im building

@nuclearbirds 2 ай бұрын

Good advice, nerds! I just put together a Pauper deck with Minthara, Merciless Soul inspired by the short you all put out a few days ago. Average mana value without lands is 2.65, and I can’t wait to test it out next week!!

@calebbrown1068 2 ай бұрын

27:14 is the Moxfield ad for sure 🗣️

@joshsnell9753 2 ай бұрын

Dance Gavin Dance slaps. Hell yeah.

@martinheraud1744 2 ай бұрын

My way of sticking to 100 is to put 40 basics in the deck when i start. And then i immediately start categorizing cards as i add them. And then playtest a lot

@xXtheONEandONLYXx 2 ай бұрын

40 lands! Oof

@martinheraud1744 2 ай бұрын

@xXtheONEandONLYXx (I never stick to 40 but I start high so I can cut lands and not feel bad 🤣)

@tlash02 2 ай бұрын

Anyone else lose sleep over these choices? 😬 Nothing like a 4am “what if I cut and add…”

@slottmachine 2 ай бұрын

Mia’s hair looks dope!

@garyhurst1856 2 ай бұрын

Her hole swag i dig

@thatguyintherain3168 2 ай бұрын

Definitely needed this video as a bit of a wake up call. Now I just need to get over my decision paralysis on what to build

@NickLyttle 2 ай бұрын

Awesome advice, especially about the MDFCs - still underrated, even with all the new ones being printed. Love ya'll, can't wait to see you guys

@danmorgan7775 2 ай бұрын

Was actually in the process of making the final cuts from a new deck today so this was fortuitous timing.

@FlowBerni 2 ай бұрын

The subtheme thing always gets me. I always sort the cards in archidekt and usually there is one subtheme in each new deck I can 100% cut.

@sleprvrru6y-lin-92 2 ай бұрын

my favorite thing to do when i do go over 100 cards is replacing 3 cards for a single removal/draw, eventually u will end up with a good consistent deck, as long as u dont replace lands!

@clawtonn 22 күн бұрын

Perfect timing to come across this video. Only need to cut 39 cards from one I’m drafting up online

@brawleyparker336 22 күн бұрын

ya know what I found to be weirdly helpful when making a decklist, I will add whatever cards I think could be useful, when I am finished adding I will create a new list and pull from the cards from best to worst, it makes seeing what will be more impactful a lot easier, for me atleast.

@Elnato23 2 ай бұрын

Listening to Dance gavin Dance, and who do i see in the Music vid? Nitpicking Nerds! So random and cool 🤣

@cptregalz8091 2 ай бұрын

I am 100% a beezy builder. So hard to go from like 200 interesting cards to 110 good/great cards and say goodbye to the ones I love from there

@erichunt1974 2 ай бұрын

I am dying to put Marvin Murderous Mimic and General kreat, the boltbringer into my Krenko, Mob Boss Deck and I'm sure there will be tons of cool new Goblins in Aetherdrift since it's confirmed they're being given support that set. The hard part is going to be figuring out which cards I can afford to cut. Thanks for all the quality tips guys!

@user-il9qo4qc4n 2 ай бұрын

You guys are a great couple, I love watching your videos.

@jayjayhooksch1 21 күн бұрын

I build up to 100 starting with whatever 5 or 10 card jank combo/synergy im trying to work with then immediately add 37 basics as placeholders. Then i slowly build up from 50ish to 100 making sure to eat my veggies (ramp, removal, draw). After I hit 100 I swap my lands for mdfcs, duals, utility lands etc. Then i run the sims (solo playtest), tune a bit. Then printer go brrrrrr.

@frozentyphoon2049 2 ай бұрын

How'd they know what I'm currently struggling with

@massluca0078 48 минут бұрын

damn I knew that plushy in the background was the DGD plushy!

@Fishlampclock 2 ай бұрын

You guys nailed a lot of good things. I had to cut the one ring from my lower power hobbits list cause it was way too powerful for what we were doing.

@gabrielkopp9248 2 ай бұрын

This may sound crazy, but I never find myself cutting from ~120 down to 100. I will trim as I go, get to 100, then maybe debate over an additional 2 or 3 cards. If anything, because I'm so particular about my includes, I find myself in the situation I'm in now with my new build where I can't seem to get UP to 100 because the list has to be just right. Anyone else?

@Lazydino59 2 ай бұрын

Man y’all saying to keep your deck under 3.5 average cmc and I’m over here stressing if it’s over like 3.15 😂😅

@monomanamaniac 2 ай бұрын

I'm personally aiming for 2.5, but that's just me. My big green stompy deck hurts my soul because it has a 3.0 curve lol.

@axelbrackeniers5488 2 ай бұрын

I have a gruul dragon deck with a 3,75CMC 😭 I am actively lowering the curve by slowly buying really good low CMC dragons but yeah. I dont think the deck will ever go below 3.3 average CMC

@monomanamaniac 2 ай бұрын

@@axelbrackeniers5488 I think the tiamat deck I built my kiddo has like a 4.7 average so you're already getting there.

@axelbrackeniers5488 2 ай бұрын

@@monomanamaniac oh wow haha, i’m using 38 lands and 13 ramp so 3,5ish average CMC isnt that bad. But 4,5 CMC must make it really difficult to get consistent great games no? If you miss your land drop even once you’re really behind.

@monomanamaniac 2 ай бұрын

@@axelbrackeniers5488 oh yeah, that deck is terrible lol. But it's full of a ton of low cost ramp and draw, and a lot of very expensive to cast dragons. I think it's hovering around 34-35 lands, but there's so much ramp and draw in a five color dragon deck lol

@philvess6376 2 ай бұрын

Quick and easy fix: Just put everything you want in there, sleeve up all the cards, shuffle up, then take 99 cards face down, the rest is out.

@ericlopez301 2 ай бұрын

Hi Nitpicking Nerds! Great Video! Do you guys determine your land count by the Average Mana Value or does it all depend with the ramp and draw in deck?

@George-mm8cr 2 ай бұрын

I used to be in this exact situation stuck at 105-110 cards in a list. Nw I can comfortably cut down to 101-103 and then can’t justify anymore cuts so I’ll leave the list 😂

@danbigelow2189 2 ай бұрын

Bruh DGD is so sick. I new there was a reason i liked you guys

@natelagrassa9337 2 ай бұрын

Soooo for your sub theme issue… many times I’ll make two different decks with the SAME commander. So you can still get your builds

@XGlamdringX 2 ай бұрын

29:26 *Stops editing my Xavier Sal deck and frowns* 30:02 *The Xavier Sal deck has a planeswalker subtheme, frowns even harder*

@crawdaddy1234 Ай бұрын

I totally got wrecked by a Deflecting Palm when they used it on my Tuvasa (who was, like 40+ power). 😅

@michaellprice7628 Күн бұрын

Love the Dance Gavin Dance Tee! 🎉

@Draconamous 2 ай бұрын

My win con with miirym is copying miirym with spark double and doubling the tokens. After that dragpn tempest, terror of the peaks, scourge, or just an army of dragons that i can instant speed regen through a board wipe.

@halicritters9478 2 ай бұрын

Mia's makeup looks great!

@LordPepo 2 ай бұрын

Lol made a gotcha deck *Megatron and it's pretty much nothing but deflecting palms inkshields and mardu counterspells pretty fun

@Kjos_jax 2 ай бұрын

Or just have a rule zero conversation with your group that no one's deck needs to be a hundred cards. It's only when it's less than 100 that the variance becomes an issue. There is absolutely nothing wrong with 150 card decks... except the shuffling

@g1stylempdesign929 2 ай бұрын

You guys are the BEST!

@patches.742 2 ай бұрын

I have a mill deck ive been trying to brew based around copying abilities and spells and im struggling to find good ways to make big mana. Theres also a funny combo that i want to be the “secret commander” thats 4BB that i want to copy for each player so that turn would require 2 copy pieces and atleast 10-12 mana

@prestonmitchell9135 2 ай бұрын

Yo it was super cool meeting yall at magic con! Hope yall had a good flight back

@NitpickingNerds 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Our flight was nice and easy :)

@darian235 Ай бұрын

I've been gone for like 2 years from the magic scene. And from the KZbin scene. What happened to Joe Cherries?

@manuelcalderon217 2 ай бұрын

I love your channel and OML I NEEDED THIS VID SM 😭😭

@bostrandin8460 2 ай бұрын

My recommendation is don't. I had a deck for a bit that was 400 cards and i just took 100 at random. It was fun but the mana base had a lot of basics an tappdd lands

@ghost_tickler1575 2 ай бұрын

Nice, right after I just mass edited all 16 of my decks the past few weeks….

@jxhook 2 ай бұрын

I'm building Imskir right now, and this is quite helpful. I have like 150 cards I want to play and need to make some tough cuts.

@patrickaquilina4374 2 ай бұрын

Mia trying to make this a thirst trap channel 😍😍😍 lovely!!!

@natelagrassa9337 2 ай бұрын

So I will say y’all are sleeping on well of the lost dreams. Everytime I cut it I kept thinking I’m losing because I cut the well… cards great with your soul wardens when you’re top decking. 1 mana draw a card when your opponents play a creature. It’s only NOT GOOD when you’re splashing life gain in your deck… you have to be able to consistently gain life (preferably gain the life at instant speed) for it to really be effective.

@michaelpatalano9884 2 ай бұрын

My list: Budget, CMC, cut a land and spell that does X, for a MDFC that also does X

@matthewmejia1590 2 ай бұрын

amazing vid!

@l-jbrown5098 2 ай бұрын

Can you guys do a deck tech on the karador list beezy top 16 with pls

@chrisnutter Ай бұрын

You guys get a glow up? Looking good!

@Syncopiia 2 ай бұрын

I have a 180 card Savra decklist and I'm already at that point Beezy mentioned where I can't decide on 10 cards to cut. Lol

@NitpickingNerds 2 ай бұрын

Try your best to whittle down with our tips to 115 or so and then use playtesting to thin it to 100!

@kami.shinjo Ай бұрын

Mia ur makeup looks great but you both look so cute 💖

@deleteduser3455 2 ай бұрын

You can run payoffs like say a bunch of big bombs that have synergy with your deck. and ontop of that get work done on there own

@senescentfear1000 2 ай бұрын

god unholy annex is just the fixed version of phyrexian arena honestly, its only more life but it replaces itself the turn it comes in so it doesnt feel that bad if it gets murdered

@connorlomas1108 2 ай бұрын

My etali, Primal Conqueror deck has no wincon. All you need is the flipside of Etali

@jasonwild7395 2 ай бұрын

I was literally working on a Henzie deck as I started watching this video

@NitpickingNerds 2 ай бұрын

Henzie has some big bois for sure

@eternal_echo532 2 ай бұрын

Sweet DGD shirt

@Ian-vq3qe 2 ай бұрын

Let a Nitpicker know!

@davidegennari1073 2 ай бұрын

Nice Dance Gavin Dance t-shirt homie, didnt know u were this acculturated ;)

@Taranasaurus1 2 ай бұрын

Beezy: it takes me at least 5 days to cut 1 magic card Mia: and he bellyaches about it the entire time! Mia you're an absolute trooper 🫡

@NitpickingNerds 2 ай бұрын

Sometimes I just sit and stare at the deck for 10 minutes and only accomplish anything in my head

@arthurmiranda8791 2 ай бұрын

Fire Dance Gavin Dance shirt dude!

@chthonianboy 2 ай бұрын

Thats a great look on Mia

@mufasafalldown8401 2 ай бұрын

I cant decide whether my Ognis, Dragon's Lash deck should remain mono red mana base for simplicity/theme or switch to gruul for more ramp focused early game. Soooo it's sitting at 170 cards till I decide 😅

@FlowBerni 2 ай бұрын

Black has some really sweet options if you decide to go for the treasure theme.. Marionette Master, Mirkwood Bats etc just win games. Green is just a disgustingly strong color you would miss out. Also you have some token doublers and good power and thoughness in green...

@mufasafalldown8401 2 ай бұрын

@FlowBerni oh for sure. I was mainly talking about early game first 3-4 turns. I jammed lots of big green/black spells to cast with treasures 🤑

@williammartin172 2 ай бұрын

Encourage archenemy! That way you can have a power level 8 deck against 3 power 6-7 decks and it evens out 😅

@estellairon9448 2 ай бұрын

I had to cut 80ish cards from my Doran, the siege tower deck. After i purchased the cards.

@ScarletAxetia 2 ай бұрын

My pet cards are like smothering tithe, alhammaret's archive, immortal sun :x

@Temuldjin 2 ай бұрын

Cutting down to 100 is the roughest of rough. And if you ask anyone for help they always start by suggesting more cards! xP

@iszslayermaxx9912 2 ай бұрын

30 lands should be fine. I don't even have anything that costs 30 mana.

@TwiggySquidz 2 ай бұрын

😂

@NitpickingNerds 2 ай бұрын

Solid curve consideration right there

@markkolodziej496 2 ай бұрын

Sick DGD shirt Beezy

@Logic-cg7qy 2 ай бұрын

Nice to see Mia get all glammed up 😜

@dankanubis1345 2 ай бұрын

I have a Saskia the Unyielding deck at 122 cards and I'm in pain. Hopefully I'll be enlightened by this video lol

@martinheraud1744 2 ай бұрын

Just cut basics 🤡

@Lechugameister 2 ай бұрын

Math Rock Mentioned!

@crawdaddy1234 2 ай бұрын

Calling Moxfield ad at 1:12:23

@planeturthian847 2 ай бұрын

We just need a 200 card format. Easy!

@helfiswelf 2 ай бұрын

I need help bad, I love every card and have justifications for them all. I wish I had a deck editor that just cut them for me. My friends are no help.

@Zjivarra 2 ай бұрын

Wierd thing. It’s so easy for me to cut down to deck size when playing limited, because we want that guarantee of consistency. But when it’s commander we want to play all the cool and flavorful things that synergize with the theme or chosen legendary creature.