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| Most games of ''[[Magic]]'', especially [[casual]] ones, are played with '''constructed''' [[deck]]s, made by the players before they arrive at game. There are multiple [[format]]s that are played with constructed decks in [[DCI]]-sanctioned [[tournament]]s; examples include [[Standard]], [[Extended]], [[Modern]], [[Legacy (Format)|Legacy]], [[Vintage]], [[Block Constructed]] and [[Rainbow Stairwell]]. As well, many variants such as [[pauper]] and [[highlander]] are popular among casual players.
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| In constructed, both players involved in the game play a deck of at least 60 cards, of which no cards except [[basic lands]] are present in more than four copies. A general convention is to play 20-25 lands, and 35-40 spells, but there is wide variance in this aspect.
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| In order to have the deck play consistently, many constructed decks, or at least most of those used in tournaments, run four copies (known as a ''[[playset]]'') of each card important to the deck, and run a maximum of sixty cards. This causes the important cards to be drawn on a more regular basis, and helps the deck to be more reliable.
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| With the advent of the internet, the sharing of decklists (known as ''[[netdecking]]'') has become more and more prevalent, reducing some of the creativity and thought players have to put into the construction of their decks. Originally, [[Wizards of the Coast]] opposed this trend, but has embraced it in recent years, even running a daily deck feature on [[magicthegathering.com|the game's website]]. The presence of netdecking often causes a number of powerful deck [[archetype]]s to emerge. Through netdecking, many similar or identical decks following certain popular strategies will often be present at a tournament. Because of this, the [[metagame]] of a constructed format is much more important than the metagame of a [[limited]] format. This leads to decks sometimes being built simply because they will be good against popular decks; for example, if both [[kithkin]] and [[faerie]]s are popular decks in standard, a player may be more inclined to run a [[giant]] deck with multiple copies of <c>Thundercloud Shaman</c>. Decks that are not very popular or common in the metagame are called ''[[rogue deck|Rogue decks]]''.
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