For fun every now and then I buy a paper Pauper deck to play around the house or with friends and this time I'm picking up Affinity, kind of working off of the suggested MTG Goldfish list:
But I wanted to know how typical the last I'm looking at is, and in particular;
Are 16 lands enough? I assumed it would be 24 (4x of the colored artifact lands and 4x Darksteel Citadel)
Also, why are Ancient Dens included when they're head and shoulders above the others pricewise? Is it just the need to consistently cast Journey to Nowhere and Ray of Revelation out of the sideboard? How much of a mistake would it be to swap those for maybe Vault of Whispers and run different sideboard cards? Like I said, this is just for around the table
Running 24 artifact lands will result in flooding, especially because the deck tends to run mana rocks like Drum and Star, and because Affinity reduces the average casting cost considerably. By the way, if you're wondering why run mana rocks when you can simply run more artifact lands, it's because it runs a ton of splashes, so it needs mana fixing more than it needs tons of mana.
As an aside, I usually don't even sideboard in casual games, so you might start with the maindeck (which seems pretty normal from what I can tell) and go from there. Sphere is played less and less now it seems. Look at the other lists on the site there for other options.
For competitive, you need the white mana for J2N. IF you dont sideboard Vault is fine. 16 plus the fixing from artifacts is plenty with all the free spells.
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The proper Affinity mana base is 16-17 artifact lands, 3-5 Chromatic Star/Terrarions, 1 rabbit's foot, rosary beads and an iron horseshoe mounted over your desktop.
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But I wanted to know how typical the last I'm looking at is, and in particular;
Are 16 lands enough? I assumed it would be 24 (4x of the colored artifact lands and 4x Darksteel Citadel)
Also, why are Ancient Dens included when they're head and shoulders above the others pricewise? Is it just the need to consistently cast Journey to Nowhere and Ray of Revelation out of the sideboard? How much of a mistake would it be to swap those for maybe Vault of Whispers and run different sideboard cards? Like I said, this is just for around the table
As an aside, I usually don't even sideboard in casual games, so you might start with the maindeck (which seems pretty normal from what I can tell) and go from there. Sphere is played less and less now it seems. Look at the other lists on the site there for other options.
2c.
2) Use the right number of each card.
3) Know your probabilities.
4) Print your deck lists; make yourself and your judges happier.