After playing Yu gi oh for a few years with my friends, we've decided to give WoW Tcg a shot. We bought a Drums of War Starter Deck, and 5 Blood of the Gladiators packs, and 5 Drums of War packs. I just want to know how deck construction usually works. With Yu Gi Oh, you didn't want to have too many magic cards, or too many monsters. But, now, I see deck list with only 4 allys, and the rest abilities etc. I know that the deck builds vary based upon class and abilities. But, can anyone give me a few guidelines on how a basic deck is built? I.E, the usually number of quest, items, and abilities. Also, looking at http://www.wowtcgdb.com/cards.aspx  , many cards are from the old boosters. What boosters should I buy that have the best cards? Currently, I made a Warlock deck with about 20 abilities, a few items and quest, and the rest protector allies. I would list the cards, but I'll probably be laughed at for the probably horrible build. So, any tips for a new player? What packs contain the must have cards?

As far as which packs to buy, every set has "must-have" cards. It depends on what you're trying to build, and even then you'll have to go across all sets to find the right combination. This is the case with pretty much every TCG out there. I tend not to buy packs anymore unless I'm drafting or if I have no other options. That kind of money is better spent on singles; you may be paying more per unit but at least you're not gambling your money away just to get crap rares.

Keep in mind that all sets are legal in constructed play. Unlike Magic you won't be losing certain sets every year.

I'd help you with the deckbuilding aspect, but I'm a bit unclear what you need help with. Care to elaborate?

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You seem to have started out just right. Next thing to do is pick up some packs of Fields of Honor (just released) to round out your Drums of War Block collection.

The number of Allies/Abilities/Equipment/Quests varies depending on what type of Deck it is. Some decks do indeed have very few allies and lots of abilities and some equipment. Other decks run a lot of Allies, some Abilities and not much equipment.

Your allies should have a 'curve'. That is, more low cost than high cost, but at least 'some' high cost 'finishers'. Or, you could run some high cost equipment as finishers (although probably not in a Warlock deck :)). You want to think about how your deck will win (Rush, Control and hit big later, or something).

So,  for a first deck, you could run 15 Quests/Locations 20 Abilities, 15-20 Allies, 5-10 Equipment.

Or, you could cut the number of Abilities and add more allies

Cheers.

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Well, after reading this post, I realized that I had wayyyy too many allies. I had 30 allys, 22 abilities, 7 quest, 7 items. I'll probably cut down the allies and add some quest. I'll list my abilities. And what are good sites to order single cards?

Abilities:
Engulfing Blaze x3
Drain Will
Curse of Endless Suffering x3
Curse of Frenzy x2
Rain of Shadow x2
Curse of Midnight x2
Promise of Darkness x2
Suspended Curse
Curse of Fatigue
Revival Stone
Ritual of Summoning
Creeping Shadow
Fel Fire
Bloody Ritual

Allys:

Pappy Ironbane
"Quickhands" Spigotgulp x
Falana of the Glen
Chief Researcher Kartos
Raena the Unpredictable
Hovin the Shield x 4
Benard, Zealot of the Light x 3
Warden Ravella
The Hammerhand Brothers
Zophos
Elder Valdar of the Exodar x2
Brother Rhone
Swordsmith Hanso x2
Myriam Starcaller
Anduin Wrynn
Kurdoc Greybeard x2
Rayne Savageboon
Loraala
Nightbloom

Pets:
Morfiel
Phasehound
Gakmat
Sarmoth
Gobloz

Quest:

Establishing New Outpost x3
Twin Spire Ruins
Scouring the Desert
The Ring of Blood: Skra Gath
The Ring of Blood: The Blues Brothers

Items:

Wand of Biting Cold
The Staff of Twin Worlds (Opponent uses effect too?)
Wand of the Forgotten Star x2
Cuffs of Devastation x2
Blue Suede Shoes

Heroe: Kristoff Manchester (I like the art xD)

If you want to go affliction lock some cards you might want to look into buying are:

Eye of Kilrogg - Great for any lock build
Unstable Affliction - Very good DoT that punishes the opponent if they destroy it.
Kreedom - Warlock Pet that does damage based on ability attachements
Clinging Curse - Very good dot, instant cast, opponents can't target it.

Just to name a few, you'll probably want to trade most of your "creatures" for protection allies and do damage through your "magic" cards.  A good place to buy singles is warcraftgamingcenter.com.

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damn, then how do you stop Clinging Curse?

By using things that say 'Destroy all....'.

BTW: General advice for your deck is to have more of the better things, and less of the other stuff. Focus on having 4xcards, and 3xcards. Don't have so many 1 ofs, or your deck will have more random results.

Cheers.

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