Subject: Best Deck "Themes", and Why - Destroyer

Hey everyone. I'm fairly new to the game, but I must say, it definitely has more to it than Yu-Gi-Oh. Now, onto more important things. My first thought was, "Oh! I want to build a Darkness civilization deck!" However, like with Yu-Gi-Oh, just because it works on TV doesn't mean it'll work in real life.
So, I searched around and realized that the best "civilization" to go with, for me, would be the Fire civilization. I prefer fast and harsh attacks compared to simply destroying and blocking my opponent's monsters like the Darkness and Water where they destroy monsters or block them. Fire seems more playable right now, since you need to attack in order to break your opponent's shields. However, the Nature civilization could definitely give the Fire civilization a run for their money with cards like Balloon Mushroom and Bronze-Arm Tribe allowing the player to put cards from their deck or hand into their mana zone. Also, they have some nice double-breakers such as Deathblade Beetle, and some decent power attackers. What gives Nature an edge is the fact that you can pay 3 mana to use Dimension Gate to get a creature from your deck. Also, it has cards that help out your mana zone, which basically determines whether you can summon creatures, activate spells, etc. Hopefully the next booster series will add more playability to the other "civilizations", which I'm sure WOTC has already been thinking about prior to its release of the starter decks and first booster series.

If anyone has any comments, questions, or disagrees with me then please e-mail me at:

destroyer_dw@hotmail.com

If you found a way to make other civilizations more playable, please feel free to correct me, since the only way to learn is from making mistakes.