Building custom decks for Epic Duels might be my favorite thing about that game. I’ve been an avid player since the game was released, but it wasn’t until I discovered the online community that I began designing my own decks. Making customs decks has become so easy, because of a handful of notable designers who pioneered the ED customs world. Upon their hard work and deliberation the foundation of Design This! is built, and for their work they have my thanks. Without them, my decks would not be as successful as they are, and none of us would know as much about ED as we do.

To date there is no central location for information about building your first deck. This series is a guide to beginning deck designers. Design This! will present deck design materials and advice for all stages of design: from the raw idea for your deck, to fully developed PDFs ready for printing – there will even be an article or two about building decks (and maps!) in VASSAL. Also, anytime a new article is added, go back and skim the old articles, it's likely there's been a change or two.

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