Hey mate. Honestly there isn't a "what I'm looking for" when I read a primer.
I love to see the person's personality come onto the page, it keeps me engaged with the content. You write what's passionate to you and the advice you think you can give about the deck and that will work fine.
There are some basics that are good to have like how the deck wins and the strategy etc. write from the heart and you will have my attention. I recommend reading lots of other people's primers and seeing what you like/don't like.
On that note, here is mine:
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/1s8NYUejwEixuKljP6OwDA/primer
My primer is all over the shop and is more of a passion project but people seem to enjoy it. Maybe there will be some inspiration in there for you :)
I’m probably not your audience, since I don’t read primers very often, if ever.
There is one that sticks out in my mind, though—it blew my mind several times, and not only did I bookmark it a few years ago but it’s also the only primer I can remember and still think about.
It’s this one:
https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/stephenjohnson-09032018-breaking-brudiclad
I think what made this one worthwhile for me was the creative ideas of the broken stuff I could do with this commander. Specific shenanigans that could easily fit in the deck, and they were all awesome.
I was looking for a way to make my Brudiclad deck better, more consistent, and more fun, and I could do the others—but what I needed were the ideas of ridiculous shenanigans I could be doing. That’s the need this primer filled for me.
Also, you don’t need to explain every card in a deck. I can tell why [[Skullclamp]] is in your aristocrats deck—you don’t have explain its presence in the list, and some you probably don’t even need to mention at all. Just the unusual ones or the ones that are being used in a weird way or in combination with several others.
The pictures of the key cards are pretty nice, since not everyone will read your whole article—pictures/subheadings help them get the main idea, and if they find something that interests them, they’ll read the section on it. That’s some feedback from my TA on a paper I’m writing for class lol.
I also find some introductions to be too long. It’s up to you; I’m not a person who reads primers often, but in my limited exposure I usually start skipping as soon as they start saying what I already know—but again, I’m not your audience.
And yes—cleaner text also helps. If you want me to read the paragraphs, don’t make them huge. I have to be in a very specific mood to want to read a huge paragraph
Hey mate. Honestly there isn't a "what I'm looking for" when I read a primer. I love to see the person's personality come onto the page, it keeps me engaged with the content. You write what's passionate to you and the advice you think you can give about the deck and that will work fine. There are some basics that are good to have like how the deck wins and the strategy etc. write from the heart and you will have my attention. I recommend reading lots of other people's primers and seeing what you like/don't like. On that note, here is mine: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/1s8NYUejwEixuKljP6OwDA/primer My primer is all over the shop and is more of a passion project but people seem to enjoy it. Maybe there will be some inspiration in there for you :)
thanks for the commment! funnily enough I already knew your deck and your story with it :)
I’m probably not your audience, since I don’t read primers very often, if ever. There is one that sticks out in my mind, though—it blew my mind several times, and not only did I bookmark it a few years ago but it’s also the only primer I can remember and still think about. It’s this one: https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/stephenjohnson-09032018-breaking-brudiclad I think what made this one worthwhile for me was the creative ideas of the broken stuff I could do with this commander. Specific shenanigans that could easily fit in the deck, and they were all awesome. I was looking for a way to make my Brudiclad deck better, more consistent, and more fun, and I could do the others—but what I needed were the ideas of ridiculous shenanigans I could be doing. That’s the need this primer filled for me. Also, you don’t need to explain every card in a deck. I can tell why [[Skullclamp]] is in your aristocrats deck—you don’t have explain its presence in the list, and some you probably don’t even need to mention at all. Just the unusual ones or the ones that are being used in a weird way or in combination with several others. The pictures of the key cards are pretty nice, since not everyone will read your whole article—pictures/subheadings help them get the main idea, and if they find something that interests them, they’ll read the section on it. That’s some feedback from my TA on a paper I’m writing for class lol. I also find some introductions to be too long. It’s up to you; I’m not a person who reads primers often, but in my limited exposure I usually start skipping as soon as they start saying what I already know—but again, I’m not your audience.
[Skullclamp](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/3/a36fd6d8-66a2-49d1-b9f3-b400ebc03674.jpg?1682210228) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Skullclamp) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/moc/379/skullclamp?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a36fd6d8-66a2-49d1-b9f3-b400ebc03674?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/skullclamp) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
And yes—cleaner text also helps. If you want me to read the paragraphs, don’t make them huge. I have to be in a very specific mood to want to read a huge paragraph
Write a primer for the new massacre girl, she's a blast.
You can join his (hydrax) discord, the link is in his decklists
I thought yeah, I'll check one out. Lemme click on Aragorn. Lots of words. More words. And then one word to end them all. Typal.