Magic the Gathering (MTG): My First Red/Green Standard Deck

I just won my first duel against one of my MTG buddies! And honestly, I was very surprised by how I guess "lucky" I got with my strategy to win. 

Let me remind you that we are both SUPER new to the MTG world, so I don't even really know what defines a deck to be "good" other than... if you know your cards and know how to play them, then I'd say it's a "good" deck. 

So, for mine I wanted to go aggressive and bring out a bunch of creatures. I basically wanted to create an army of creatures to overwhelm my opponent. I then settled with a red/green deck.

So, what goes into an Aggro 60-card standard deck?

I've noticed in my own research, it's hard to put a number on how many lands... creatures... non-creature spells... etc. to put into your deck because it all depends on YOUR strategy on how YOU want to play.

At minimum, if you are playing standard, you have to have 60 cards. Out of those 60 cards if you are trying to build an Aggro deck, it is recommended to have 20 creatures, 20 lands, and 20 non-creature spells. But, with those 20 creatures you also want to make sure you have a few strong ones and LOTS of low-cost creatures. 

An example of a good aggressive low-cost creature would be a Goblin Javelineer. It only costs 1 red mana to summon this creature and it has haste, meaning summoning sickness won't affect this creature and can attack.

Another strategy I implemented is to use my graveyard to my advantage. There are certain creatures that have special abilities when cards are in the graveyard. For example, my Wickerfolk Thresher has delirium and whenever that creature attacks, if I have 4 or more card types in my graveyard, I can look at the top card of my library. And if it's a land, I can play it otherwise, that card would just go into my hand. I also made sure I had a few sorcery and instant cards that allowed me to mill cards and place them in my graveyard to make sure my creatures with delirium could be played. 

It's an interesting strategy, using the graveyard. I never really understood the benefits of the graveyard til I intentionally made a deck that utilizes it. I feel like playing MTG Arena and using the Xenagos challenge deck have both helped me understand how I play and how I think about things. I think next time, I want to try to try and make a white/black deck!! We shall see how that goes haha. I do see myself emotionally attached to my red/green deck haha. 

There is A LOT that I am learning, but it's rewarding and fun to see my strategy come to life! :) Anyone else a fan of red/green decks?

Hope my breakdown of what I do helps another newbie out!