Forum:Deck Building Techniques

Hello everyone. For almost five years now, I have been using my trusty water deck, but lately I've been running into issues with it. I was thinking of building a completely new deck to spread my dueling horizons anyway when I was hit with an opportunity. I am writing a handbook for new duelists to help them get started into the game. One of the section is about building a deck and I was hoping that experience deck builders will answer some questions for me so that this section is as accurate as possible. Thanks guys!

1) Please briefly describe the way that you build a deck from scratch.

2) What things do you keep in mind when selecting cards for the deck?

3) What ratio do you find works best to balance Monster, Spell, and Trap cards? Or how do you figure it out if you do it deck by deck.

Thanks again for your time!