- How many lands are ideal?
- It depends on the mana curve that you are looking for and how big your deck is.
- MTG arena suggests 24 lands
- On average this means that you will
- MTG arena suggests 24 lands
- It depends on the mana curve that you are looking for and how big your deck is.
Turn | Lands in Hand | Lands in play | Number if X mana cards needed in deck | cumulative # of Cards in deck |
1 | 24/60 * 7 = 2.83 | 1 | 1/7*60 = 8.6 | 9 |
2 | 24/60 * 8 = 3.2 | 2 | 1/8*60 = 7.5 | 17 |
3 | 24/60 * 9 = 3.6 | 3 | 6.7 | 24 |
4 | 4 | |||
5 | 4 | 2/11*60 = 10.9 | 35 | |
6 | 5 | |||
7 | 5 | 2/13 = 9.2 (but only 1, since we need 36 total cards in the deck) | 36 | |
8 | 6 | |||
9 | 6 |
To test the basic theory of this i put together a mostly creature deck and immediately won a game in ranked at the gold level. This was an exciting victory because I had no other synergy or thought into the deck other than creatures of the ideal mana curve.
![](https://pursuitsofthegeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image-1-1024x449.png)
If you have an 80 card deck:
![](https://pursuitsofthegeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/optimal-Lands-1024x576.jpg)