Do me a favor and check out the throwback / retro booster box game I just did for Return To Ravnica block here: czcams.com/video/07ORvALxBhM/video.html
Prof if I wanted to spend my money on a bit older set booster which do you think would offer the best potential bang for the buck? I want to experience the thrill of cracking packs but I want to have the chance to win the lottery too. Is there a good option in the 110$-150$ range?
They seem driven to get you to waste money. If not for the tutor's reviews, I'd have been burned too many times to keep playing. Before watching his stuff I made the mistaken purchase of five pretty lands for $50 thinking it was obviously going to have more cards. An example of Secret Lair being very deceptive to new players with their unnecessarily big and dressed up packaging. I know it's my bad for not understanding the text on the box but I was in disbelief, going into denial thinking there's no way anyone would sell one foil, non-full art land for each color for $50 MSRP
If Wizards included an arena code with the challenger decks, that would be, in my opinion, the best starting point for new and existing players to get into MTG.
wotc will always drag their feet in terms of tech & monetization. look at how bad the pets in MTGA are compared to other games, then also the monetization model. i gave up hunting wc's for lands and switched to runeterra and the difference in rewards is insane, plus much better competitive support in-game. wotc really needs to wake up or theyre gonna continue bleeding market share
I bought this last weekend to try and get two other friends into magic. Needless to say we all went to our local game store and bought challenger decks the next day. We are all starting our path to cardboard addiction.
People getting into this game legit warms my heart every time. One of my personal favourite things to do in the game isn't playing cEDH or commander or pauper or even draft, it's teaching new players how to play this game.
@@impendio Don't feel bad, mate. You had no idea they would lack control when it came to their purchases. Bringing newcomers into the world of Magic is a beautiful thing
@@votch2798 Not much considering the best way for people to get into Magic is to be introduced by a friend. What better way than your buddy spending $12 on two decks and then giving you a code for 120 cards on Magic Arena? How is the Magic community supposed to use these to introduce new people if they don’t even know they exist?
My first experience with magic the gathering was camping as a child. Both of my parents were avid players and my dad brought 2 starter decks. They were an mtg product, not sure which one. It was years ago. But we opened them. Built decks and played by the campfire on a picnik table. It was a blast. And I will never forget that experience
I mean, I 100% agree that the amount of products released has reached absurd levels. But, on the other hand, as an enfranchised player this is the last product you would ever be interested in or have any reason to know about.
You say that like it's still 2016 and every product released is something that should be on your radar. Unless you're an LGS that needs to keep track of all products coming out, just pay attention to what you care about. And you know the Prof has your back
They’ve had Arena codes in products for a bit now, at least since Eldraine. The Rowan and Oko planeswalker decks from then came with codes as did all the planeswalker decks from M21. The question is not if they’ll continue to include the codes but rather what products will get codes and how often will we be getting products with codes.
I find it’s hillarious there’s more value for purchase price in this starter set than in the D&D Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Gift Edition Bundle that I bought, incredible (Mind I knew this before buying it, I just bought it from a collection collector’s perspective, I love the flair in the set)
I just took my little brother to Walmart and bought him this exact starter kit for $6.97. It’s nothing crazy but it got him 2 little decks to start learning the game with me. So that was good enough for him.
True, but those weren't standard legal. And we all know Wizards is always trying to push you to play standard. Nevermind the fact that these starter kits are usually borderline unplayable in even a casual standard setting.
I bought the ten of them, so I can play with my wife and two friends at a casual level, without the frustration of decks' power levels. Neither my wife nor our friends are heavily into MTG, but we can enjoy nice game nights, with food, drinks, and talk. The two latest starter kits are also kind of cool for a casual and basic 1v1 gameplay. For such a low price I cannot complain :)
I loved when sets were released with a cycle of Preconstructed decks that covered the themes of the set. You and a friend could each buy a deck that looked cool to you and experience the new set without having to worry about power levels or who had a bigger collection.
The fact that magic still hasn't gotten to the same level as the Pokemon TCG and including codes in each pack is really stupid. Its one of the biggest reasons I don't play Arena honestly.
Thanks for the Arena code, Prof! I had 0 of the rares yet and 100 card Historic Brawl is out now :). You are and remain the best on the web, thanks for all your content. You are awesome!
My expectations were low, but turns out so is the price on this. Arena isn't a great value overall, but for a new Magic player this seems surprisingly worth it.
Prof: "How did you get started in MTG?" I had a friend who lived in a neighborhood really close to the card shop, and all of his friends played MTG. I'd stay the night at his house on Friday nights playing until the wee hours with his (now our) friends, try and learn how to play the game, and go and play in Extended, Type 2, or Draft the following Saturday morning. He lived about a mile and a half from Main Street (where the card shop was). Being a pre-teen in 1999, we did what any self respecting child would do. We skateboarded the whole way there. I'd give every dollar I've ever earned to go back to those days.
If we can’t build a time machine, the next best thing is introducing a new generation to our childhood classics lol Try it out, that’s what I did; I can never watch Lord of the Rings for the first time again, but introducing my nieces and nephews to those films is still one hell of a nostalgia ride (same goes for other Jackson films like King Kong, even other unrelated media/IP like Shadow of the Colossus or Ocarina of Time, and so on)
@@rocksteadyish My parents would've never gone for loading my often muddy and certainly rusted bike into the back seat of a sedan! The skateboards could lay on the floorboards at least lol
The deckbuilders toolkit, while they don't let you sit down and play, really did help me in getting into magic. Giving me the lands I needed to start putting decks together from drafting. Its really understated how important it is to get your hands on basics as a new player, now that I am enfranchised I don't even think about it but the lands and deck inspirations sure helped.
Have you seen Card Kingdom's new Commander Collection? It seems like Battle Decks for Commander, budget pre-constructed commander decks. Will you do a review of them?
Unfortunately, while I like their battle decks, you cannot really do the same thing with commander decks and still charge $30 when there are amazing precons WotC puts out that are only $10 more for WAY more value or even $10 less with the set decks. The cards in the card kingdoms deck are all bulk. They should be $15 max. Even then I would still just rather guide a new player to the Zendikar, Kaldheim or commander Legends $20 decks
Got into playing magic with my dad and his friends, we had a giant game with all of us and we’re using the old expert decks… i wanted to play so they handed me a BG scourge deck and ignored me the whole game cause I wasn’t doing anything really lol. Ended up winning by then knocking each other out and I had a massive board that went untouched and swung for overkill
I was introduced to Magic by a friend of mine, I think it was around Ravnica Allegiance. They gave me a red/green dinosaur deck to learn the ropes with, and they played a black sacrifice deck, if memory serves me right. We played on the carpet floor of their home for a while, eventually moving on to other games (I probably insisted on playing the Switch). Little did I know that my friend had planted an insidious seed within my cranium; one that would slowly grow, overtaking my mind little by little, until now, 4 years later, I can do naught but buy cardboard, and earn money to buy more cardboard with. Bless you, friend. Bless you for cursing me so.
I was driving to a game store because of a coworker. He said play Magic with me. I always want to try playing since the early 90s and never once actually took the bait. That day I bought the 2018 azorius challenger deck And my first commander deck Meren of clan nel toth. I did not enjoy playing standard but completely fell in love with commander. My game store had a Massive and healthy and helpful playgroup. I now play arena as well. My playgroup Has since disbanded because of people moving away etc…. That being said I will always extend the same level of courtesy and friendliness as the people who I learned from. I hope that all new players can have such a positive experience as I did.
This was actually how I got back into MTG like a week ago and it was really easy and fun to buy it at my game store and literally go sit down with my friend, shuffle the cards, and play. Bought a Midnight Hunt pre-release while I was there. Really excited to be getting back into the game
I loved the last ones, they got me into magic - I work on a boat so playing paper with the other crew is a great way to spend some of the downtime when there's no access to the online world
These are wonderful for teaching younger children to play. I picked a set up to teach my son. He’s had a lot of fun with the product and is excited to have a deck of his own.
Fingers crossed the new challenger decks have codes. They're more likely to have more than one copy of a rare, and it would make it much easier for me to play Arena more often.
I got into magic because I saw some other kids playing it and there was a crowd of kids around them watching them play. I remember there were gasps and wows whenever anyone played a planeswalker or a walker was killed with a searing spear. We were at some sort of day care so every week on fridays you could collect tickets and win prizes and top prize was 4 core 2012 boosters. I saved up so many tickets and finally won and was hooked on the game ever since.
i learned via the portal starter set with a friend. as soon as i had a grasp i bought a portal second age starter set to teach my cousin with. 20+ years later here we are.
This is exactly how I started playing except I used the 2020 version. I played a few games in person with my friends and then played a lot on Arena. It helped a lot. I soon learned that they were a bit slow but in the beginning they were great. Highly recommended.
This will be the second starter kit I've bought because they are fantastic tools for teaching new players, and it's nice to have some variety. Thanks for letting me know this new set existed, Prof.
My first memories of Magic are from looking at my dad's cards as a toddler, but I started playing when a social worker taught me how to play when I was 13.
I wanted to get into mtg earlier last year, so i got myself the Challenger Deck Final Adventure. While overall seeming like a fun deck, i had like one opportunity to play it before Covid started and that was that. Didn't really touch that until very recently when i've been wanting again to get into magic. But this time i got myself an Arena Starter Kit to drag my Girlfriend into it, and we've been having a lot of fun. While we tried arena, playing against each other with actual cards feels much better. Probably gonna try and go to a Gamestore to play soon now that restrictions have been lifted somewhat.
I bought last years starter kit and had a great time downloading the decks onto arena and learning how to play! However, as prof. pointed out, the gameplay can feel quite sluggish. But it was an awesome first product, and I haven’t looked back in my one year MTG addiction!!
I started my first ever game at a friends house as I did show interest in trying it out once as I am a Hearthstone player too. Having learned some key rules before coming and knowing some things from Heathstone, it was pretty fun from the beginning It’s hardly replicable as it means having played a card game similar enough to know what’s up from the start. What I did using the cards I got from Forgotten Realms is make 3 “starter decks” myself which are one Aggro, one Control and one Midrange. I do intent on playing with them with in September- October when my next Semester starts, I have a friend who knows how to play but has no card, that’s gonna be fun. I did get two 2021 Planewalker decks too to show some people over there the basics but what I really enjoy is building decks, fun decks with some power to them, that’s why I did make my own starter decks
I got started in 2018-ish with the abhorrent Planeswalker decks I had no idea what I was doing for a solid two years, barely played the game, but I truly picked it up with my friend during 2020, and I've advanced a lot since then - truly enjoying the game now.
Cleaned out a bookshelf two-three weeks ago and found the Portal Second Age starter kit, complete with the cards and the instruction book (scandinavian languages version) which is what got me started out on MTG. Bought it on a whim from a shop I went to selling bootleg foil Pokemon TCG cards that were also stickers, tried it out with a friend some time after that. Took me another few years to actually start playing MTG properly, when friends in high school were also playing the game.
I learned by building your blue/white heroic deck back in Khans and taking it down to my LGS for standard. There were so many people playing back then that I was able to get some games in before FNM and muddle my way through a night. absolutely hooked after that!
I learned how to play MtG at a friend's house during college. Having played YuGiOh previously, but rarely exposed to Magic, I had noticed a few cards strewn about in his house I had never seen before and asked him what they were. He proceeded to teach both me and my brother the game on his living room table and that was the start of my interest.
I may have never known this product was released with the current overload, but great to share with some of my newer MTG friends to catch them up on mechanics. Thanks!
I got started because a friend made me a deck for my birthday. I chose my two favorite colors (red and blue!) and she smashed 100 or so cards together so I could play with my friends. I later got the Sixth Edition starter set with the goofy instructional video on CD-ROM.
My start was first a Magic Origins intro pack and then soon after a deckbuilder's toolkit of the time. I'd call the essential experience of it "preconstructed deck with a simple theme and a few fun bits and bobs" followed by "learning to evaluate cards for usefulness without a pre-existing deck to work off of." And yeah between the likes of this and commander precons (for those bold or foolish enough to be starting with commander, best way to play that it is lol) and then things like bundles I believe that essential experience is absolutely still available so long as you have the real key ingredient to my experience: friends who know what they're doing but aren't gonna grind you into the dirt and call it teaching.
I got one of the spots in the newly opened board game store in town (lucky, I know), and I knew nothing of MtG. I kind of felt forced to learn, a friend showed me how to play and now I'm hooked! So glad I found this channel as well. :D
Another great thing about the starter kits this vid is mainly about, is that the code card that comes with digital versions of the decks for mtg arena, is ALSO redeemable for a friend! Meaning: you AND one friend can share the code, and allows you BOTH to have BOTH the digital decks in arena to play eachother with!!! :D (or at least the in store one did, I didn't buy the Amazon one, so I cannot confirm that one does too :/)
Went to my first game night last night with a friend who’s been going for a few months. Really enjoyed it! Gonna pick this up to play with my brother in law!
I got started in August 2019 me and my cousin got 2 completely different planeswalker decks, He got the Vraska deck from one of the ravnica sets(it was like an orangey-yellow box) and i got a Gideon deck from Amonket... my cousin got the much better deck and i got wipe consistently because exert vs undergrowth is a bad match up lol Watching this channel did help me get better but getting the Rowan planeswalker deck also helped. After playing with them for a while i got the brawl decks and slowly transitioned into Commander
I saw these at my local Walmart for 7$ then later that day I saw this video. I've wanted to get back into magic and you've convinced me this is the way to go.
My partner and I found these at target for $6 a couple weeks ago 😎 we split it so we each kept one of the physical decks and I think $3 for a functional deck is great, even if its mostly common cards lol. Especially since the arena code(for both decks) could be redeemed twice, so we both downloaded arena and have both decks digitally and can now play magic even when we aren’t physically in the same room, which is great since we can’t always meet as often as we’d like due to distance. I think these things are great! VERY grateful I saw this video before coming across the other version though since I never imagined they’d have the same deck lists lol
I legit just bought this 2hrs ago for some Standard 2022 cards!! Then I was looking for the "is it worth buying commander decks?" video and found this video along the way. Those videos sealed the deal on a subscription!! Well done sir, well done!!
I got into the game thanks to some kids at school, learned all the wrong rules (like mana never disappearing), bought some boosters around the time of 7th, Odyssey, and Torment, and a deck from Judgement (which I still have in its box, with tape holding it together.) During that summer I started playing FNM, learned the right rules, and then I was the only one still playing it even after the school shut down any card games, fearing gambling of any kind.
I really wish these had 2 packs with them as well…maybe that’s asking too much but could get people hooked on opening packs and it could add value and most of all more fun
Buying this a couple of weeks ago from my LGS was an unique experience- given I had no idea what the decklist was, I had only my satisfaction with last year's to go off. I tried desperately to find out what to expect in it whilst dithering in the shop until I found a tiny image on the Amazon listing... Asmodeus sealed the deal for me and I'm glad he did!
The Ravnica Allegiance prerelease is what got me started! A big fancy collection of new cards (including a Blood Crypt, which was neat!), a challenge to put something together and a day playing other people all on a similar power level, it was so much fun. I'd already done started Arena though, after getting hooked on MTG CZcams (you, Game Knights and Spice 8 Rack) so I did know the basics - might be tough for a new player to start there. Still, I'd thoroughly recommend it.
I got started in magic when I was about 9 years old.. my grandparents took me to a car boot sale and there was this 1 stall where a guy just sold magic the gathering booster packs. They let me buy 1 pack every week and I just loved cracking them open. 25 now and I'm just getting back into it
I got started in Magic when my brother and I started looking through our dad's old cards when we were kids. I began building my own collection with a couple booster packs I won at a chess tournament.
I bought a 2022 Arena Starter kit and it includes two Arena codes. One code gives you both decks, so there is an extra Arena code leftover to give to a friend. I am quite happy with my purchase.
Got this for game night with the girls. My partner will play any tabletop, but hasn't played MTG yet. Our friend is also into MTG. The ability to share the Arena code with a friend is clutch. My partner can learn the ropes with Arena. I did get a Pioneer deck and color based Boosters so everyone can upgrade/modify, and we can all play 3-way in paper format, but if this trickles into Arena, even better, because my gf and our mutual friend both play games tabletop and online, so gamenight just got alot more fun!
Call me crazy, but I miss the old starter decks that were around when I started playing during Revised. I liked the randomness of the cards you got, and they even came with a nice thick rulebook. My friend that taught me how to play simply bought a starter himself to pit against my first deck, and as I bought boosters or traded cards, I'd upgrade it and eventually had a deck to take to tournaments. It was a super fun and organic way to learn the game, get new cards, and grow as a player!
My fondest memory of those is when Invasion came out. My friend and I went to the card store, grabbed one of those and a couple boosters each, and spent the rest of the night playing sealed.
I'd just like to point out how impressed I am that you rank this above a product from your sponsor. Yes, you definitely sold them as well, but its refreshing nonetheless to see that kind of honesty.
Got into MtG at a generic geekery convention. Wizards had a convention booth there, just a cute little thing in a crowded arena where they were doing learn to play events. Me and my mate I was with were both reasonably broke kids, and were more than happy to do the free thing. I got a terrible red deck from it, with such amazing bombs as "Lightning Elemental" and "2/1 Goblins". But Shivan Dragon was in it, something that probably sparked my ongoing love affair with Dragons in Magic, so there's that at least!
My intro to Magic was Hearthstone. It's such a shame Blizzard are a company I can no longer support but the journey away from them was what lead me to going to SOI prerelease and getting hooked on Magic. Learning the basic concepts of a CCG like card advantage, tempo, aggression and control in a game that is simple meant I had my eye keyed in for magic. I don't think I'd be as good at the game if I'd not got those fundamentals down
I actually started with the Magic: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 videogame on PS3. It had a great tutorial and some really cool cards. My first product was a deckbuilders toolkit. It was also amazing, I loved the deck building, the art (RTR), the lore. Still playing 10 years later
Same here! I loved that game and the following 2 versions. Def helped u understand how turns worked and what u can and cant do on said turns. Prob the best teacher for newer players
To tell the truth. I recently only got started in magic last year. Ive been around since the beginning, but didnt pick any packs up cause i wasnt very popular in school, and didnt have any friends who wanted to play the game. So i went my entire childhood never once playing or collecting. Flash forward to September 2020, things changed. Arin Hanson started a streaming show called Shuffle Master and he cracked draft boxes of Magic and seeing the art on the cards, i started falling in love with them. So i thought i should start collecting. Still had no clue how to play. I just loved the beautiful artwork, and who knows. I collect, they could be worth something years down the road (which made me regret not picking up Alpha packs as a kid. I could have a Lotus and now ill never know), then in his streams he kept talking about getting Magic Arena. That it had an awesome tutorial and would help you learn the basics of the game, and that it is FREE to download. So i did. My thought was, ill try it out. If im not into it. Ill still collect and be happy. I was not doing great like at all. But then it began to click. I started playing and connecting the pieces and i finally started learning. It flung out the line and the hook sunk in deep. Arena really helped me become a fan of the game whether its Paper, Online, or even on my mobile device. I love Magic the Gathering. It went from a card game not even on my radar, to becoming my favorite card game of all time.
I got started when a friend gave me a giant box of cards. It was from ice age, homelands, chronicles, etc. We built 100+ card decks and jammed in anything that looked cool.
I got started when I needed a new hobby! I remembered Yugioh and how much fun it was, so I went to buy cards again but was quickly blown away by the massive Magic following there! The content was nearly triple and the Magic players there gave me a few ..make me change my mind looks (lol).. so I quickly switched to buying Magic cards and it's been an amazing experience!
I got started with the Return to Ravnica starter decks. I think I chose Orzhov as my first guild, then Izzet and like one or two others. Rakdos definitely. Got my butt beat by my friends with real decks for a long time. Then, I started making real decks after buying a deckbuilder's toolkit and a fat pack (bundle for all you new players) and really got into the game and had a ton of fun! Since most of the products I bought are no longer around, I really don't think that experience can be replicated. Maybe, though. All you would do is buy the Arena starter kit and a few packs, like the Prof said, and Bundles are still around, so it wouldn't be too tough to replicate.
My boyfriend introduced me into MtG few years ago. He showed me his collection and I really liked the art at first. He then taught me how to play. Even tho I don't play at all these days, I still love to collect (especially dragons).
I stopped by one of these sets after work at my Walmart and was hoping prof would make a video of this. Thank you, prof! If only we had more codes - I’m with you on that.
The first time I got into it was in grade school and it was the only thing to do before school started, since the computers were taken and everyone else was off playing Pokemon. But I burned out quickly when every deck had some insane instant win condition. My more recent return came from a friend not shutting up about it and telling me about sealed and draft. Which are still my favorite formats. And yeah I think that can be replicated, if someone is leery of the investment needed to play well but wants to try then telling them "hey what if we all started on a level field" would help.
I was so surprised to see it under $7 at the store that I thought it was a misprint. As a brand new player, I found the Dragonguard Elite deck to be unfortunate to play against Cyclone Summoner but the fact that they are redeemable on Arena is Fantastic; Arena helped me learn quickly and having complimentary decks and booster packs really expedited my ability to recognize better cards and build a better deck within a week of picking it up. I'd recommend the kit for these reasons, as a jump into it.
I've started to play magic through commander A friend lend his Mono Green Rhonas deck, easy enough to play Mono color, big splashy creatures. With 2 control decks on the table... Now that was a trial by fire, but i enjoyed it.
As someone who's played MtG on and off for several years, I bought the amazon starter kit for one reason. So I could have a pair of cheap and quick decks to teach friends how to play. I could just buy those two right off the shelf and be ready to start teaching. I didnt need to put alot of thought into it. Just buy, open, and class is in session!
I wish this existed when I started playing in the mid to late 90's. I bought this product as a refresher having not played in over 20 years...really fun so far!
I got started with kitchen table magic. Using some decks my brother's friend had. You know, Ancestral Recall, Sapphire Mox, Time Walk. They were his dad's decks, unsleeved of course. 😂😂😂
I got started when I moved from a different state and the person I became friends with on the first day of 8th grade brought in this box of cards on the second day to lunch. There were about 8 of us at this round table and he just starts flinging them into the center and we just started grabbing them like hungry, hungry hippos. My first rare I managed to bend the corner on was a Verduran Enchantress. Later that day, after we all skipped class to learn how to play, I went to the closest shop and bought a starter deck of 4th Edition and Ice Age. Opened a Sorceress Queen and a Hecatomb and some dumb bird that was a 0/1, which I promptly traded for a Will o' the Wisp because it could at least regenerate and was in the colors of my new favorite rares.
I started buying a Fate Reforged premade deck that featured Archfiend of Depravity on the front. I still use him in a Vilis EDH deck that also runs that Vito you're talking about, haha
This was my first contact with mtg and I loved it, I could play with my friends a couple of rounds but there was this guy with an OP control deck and it frustrated me a lot, but we began assembling a deck for myself and now we have very good matches
My brother, rip. got me into MTG played kitchen table for many years until found out about the arena and started building a real collection of cards throughout all the sets (live in the country not many cards shops for fnms)
I've found jumpstart has been the best way to get my friends into the game. Redemption codes on jumpstart 2 in a year or so would be amazing. As an existing paper player I think that would be the only way to get me online as well. Digital feels like rent, while paper is property, I'd need both I think.
This comment is irrelevant to the video but yay for interaction. Prof you helped me get excited for Modern, my friends invited me to go to their fnm and I never would have gone if it wasnt for your budget videos and Modern content in general. I made a gruul midrange deck and in my first match In game 3 vs tron I was able to play a inferno giant, give it haste with rhythm of the wild and swing for 24 damage thanks to my calamity bearer. That one turn got me hooked. I lost every other match but I beat tron (who went to win every other match) and it was amazing.
Watched this and picked up the starter pack. The online tutorial goes a little too fast though on the arena app. Wish there was a way to slow it down. Love the channel!
I got one at Walmart for $6.98 and I’ve seen them at 5-7$ on online retailers that specialize in card and board games. At that price it might even be fun for a one off game for experienced players, or something to add to your collection just to have and teach your friends the game!
I am finding your videos helpful as I start to navigate back into playing MTG after a 10 year hiatus as I try to slowly build up a small group of like minded friends for some Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Looking at some of these premade decks coming out now is making me miss my Krenko The Mob Boss goblin commander deck that I had customized a bit from the starter pack. I just got the most recent dueling decks (starter kit) package. 🙄 OMG! Who puts together a white and blue deck and a red and green deck!?!? Green takes time to get going and red is super fast so now you have a mediocre playing deck? I have seen black and white work well together, but white and blue? It's making me miss my blue/green sliver deck! That was a FUN deck!
Unfortunately my memories aren't that clear on how I started with Magic, but I learned to play the game from the Starter level product with a Rhox on the front. This had a player A and player B booklet taking both players trough their first 5 turns with 22-card decks with only creatures and sorceries, then adding 15 cards including instants, artifacts and enchantments to learn the game. The best part about this was that, while the cards were in english, all the rule-booklets were in my native language, allowing me to learn everything I needed for player-level understanding of the game without assistence. While MTG Arena fulfills the role of the player-booklets via it's tutorial, it can still be overwhelming to take the step that comes after unlocking all the free decks. Replicating my experience would be to have an easily discoverable link to a page where you can choose your language to open a rulebook in that language that explains things the way the rulebooklet in the starter level product did.
For starting play mtg, my friends at my Bday brought me a PW GRN Vraska deck 😅 I was'nt even knowing about how to tap something or what was draw 🤣🤣 They learned me, and is was a true gold moment 🥲
I started playing back in the mid-2000s at my 1st or 2nd year of summer camp. I was a big yugioh kid buy I kept seeing older kids playing magic. Some of them taught me and I was hooked. First block was kamigawa and mirrodin
Do me a favor and check out the throwback / retro booster box game I just did for Return To Ravnica block here: czcams.com/video/07ORvALxBhM/video.html
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It certainly was impressive in a way.
Close to getting a second box for the first box you open
Prof if I wanted to spend my money on a bit older set booster which do you think would offer the best potential bang for the buck? I want to experience the thrill of cracking packs but I want to have the chance to win the lottery too. Is there a good option in the 110$-150$ range?
@@GrandDungeonDad My opinion is that Modern Horizons 2 has some great cracking value if you need to scratch the pack itch.
Honestly, if it wasn't for this channel I'd be absolutely clueless about 70% of MtG product releases :D
Same
I’ve been so burned out this is the first MtG video I’ve watched in ages.
At this point I would be clueless about 100% of mtg products without tcc
I watch it and I’m still lost hahah
I want to come back - have no cards - and have no idea what to buy.
They seem driven to get you to waste money. If not for the tutor's reviews, I'd have been burned too many times to keep playing. Before watching his stuff I made the mistaken purchase of five pretty lands for $50 thinking it was obviously going to have more cards. An example of Secret Lair being very deceptive to new players with their unnecessarily big and dressed up packaging. I know it's my bad for not understanding the text on the box but I was in disbelief, going into denial thinking there's no way anyone would sell one foil, non-full art land for each color for $50 MSRP
If Wizards included an arena code with the challenger decks, that would be, in my opinion, the best starting point for new and existing players to get into MTG.
If only WOTC would be that generous
They're probably never going to do that since having to farm or pay for cards/boosters to get meta decks is how they ultimately earn money with Arena.
the challenger decks have to many mytics/rare for that to happen
wotc will always drag their feet in terms of tech & monetization. look at how bad the pets in MTGA are compared to other games, then also the monetization model. i gave up hunting wc's for lands and switched to runeterra and the difference in rewards is insane, plus much better competitive support in-game. wotc really needs to wake up or theyre gonna continue bleeding market share
@@johnsmith-fk7fw yeah runeterra is the f2p friendliest card game
I bought this last weekend to try and get two other friends into magic. Needless to say we all went to our local game store and bought challenger decks the next day. We are all starting our path to cardboard addiction.
Nice, now kill them with infect slivers
People getting into this game legit warms my heart every time. One of my personal favourite things to do in the game isn't playing cEDH or commander or pauper or even draft, it's teaching new players how to play this game.
Getting my friends into magic was one of the worst decisions I’ve made, I still regret the money they spent before quitting entirely…
Lol
@@impendio Don't feel bad, mate. You had no idea they would lack control when it came to their purchases. Bringing newcomers into the world of Magic is a beautiful thing
I had no clue this existed…prof wasn’t joking when it came to product overload!!
I found out this existed by accident because I was looking at the commander precons at my LGS
Might be because you're not the target audience but what do I know.
@@votch2798 Not much considering the best way for people to get into Magic is to be introduced by a friend. What better way than your buddy spending $12 on two decks and then giving you a code for 120 cards on Magic Arena?
How is the Magic community supposed to use these to introduce new people if they don’t even know they exist?
Yep. Number 2 reason i quitted the game.
@@AsterDXZ I think it's safe to assume there's always gonna be a precon in a game shop? Like it's been for the past several years?
My first experience with magic the gathering was camping as a child. Both of my parents were avid players and my dad brought 2 starter decks. They were an mtg product, not sure which one. It was years ago. But we opened them. Built decks and played by the campfire on a picnik table. It was a blast. And I will never forget that experience
there's something so genuine about the Prof keeping an eye out for new players and their wallets. out there doing the important work!
I try. It matters.
Wow I’m a deeply-enfranchised player and I had no idea this was a thing. The amount of products has grown beyond anything manageable.
It's certainly borderline too much.
@@dexter_johnson I don't think it's borderline anymore. Even diehard collectors can't keep up without putting our rent payments in jeopardy.
I mean, I 100% agree that the amount of products released has reached absurd levels.
But, on the other hand, as an enfranchised player this is the last product you would ever be interested in or have any reason to know about.
You say that like it's still 2016 and every product released is something that should be on your radar. Unless you're an LGS that needs to keep track of all products coming out, just pay attention to what you care about. And you know the Prof has your back
I do like that they've included an Arena Code. I hope this continues with future Magic products, but one can only dream...
They’ve had Arena codes in products for a bit now, at least since Eldraine. The Rowan and Oko planeswalker decks from then came with codes as did all the planeswalker decks from M21. The question is not if they’ll continue to include the codes but rather what products will get codes and how often will we be getting products with codes.
Pre-release kits come with codes for 6 packs, too. I agree though, I’d love for everything to have a code for online redemption.
I'd love to buy boosters that have code redemption for those cards
They'd have to code in Modern and EDH to the game first and THEN i might consider it.
Applying the greed filter, they will, but only in trashy decks like these. Giving people a GOOD deck means they might buy less digital resources.
I find it’s hillarious there’s more value for purchase price in this starter set than in the D&D Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Gift Edition Bundle that I bought, incredible (Mind I knew this before buying it, I just bought it from a collection collector’s perspective, I love the flair in the set)
@championchap You’re right! Let’s hope for the best in the future!
My LGS sells them for $7, just picked one up last Friday. Decent way to gets some cards on Arena since I just really started playing Arena.
A store near me is selling them for €7.99, id say hella worth it.
A target I went to the other day had them for $6.99. I then went to a Barnes & Noble and found one for $6.29.
I just took my little brother to Walmart and bought him this exact starter kit for $6.97. It’s nothing crazy but it got him 2 little decks to start learning the game with me. So that was good enough for him.
You paid 7$??? I bought it at my Walmart for 12$!!
Historically speaking, I still think those Ravnica Guild Kits were by far the best starter product WotC ever made.
True, but those weren't standard legal. And we all know Wizards is always trying to push you to play standard. Nevermind the fact that these starter kits are usually borderline unplayable in even a casual standard setting.
I bought the ten of them, so I can play with my wife and two friends at a casual level, without the frustration of decks' power levels. Neither my wife nor our friends are heavily into MTG, but we can enjoy nice game nights, with food, drinks, and talk.
The two latest starter kits are also kind of cool for a casual and basic 1v1 gameplay. For such a low price I cannot complain :)
I loved when sets were released with a cycle of Preconstructed decks that covered the themes of the set. You and a friend could each buy a deck that looked cool to you and experience the new set without having to worry about power levels or who had a bigger collection.
No Magic: The Gathering players at all asked the quesion "Is it worth it to buy ..." because they had no idea it existed
The fact that magic still hasn't gotten to the same level as the Pokemon TCG and including codes in each pack is really stupid. Its one of the biggest reasons I don't play Arena honestly.
Ok
That's by design, why sell the product once when they can sell it twice?
Thanks for the Arena code, Prof! I had 0 of the rares yet and 100 card Historic Brawl is out now :). You are and remain the best on the web, thanks for all your content. You are awesome!
Enjoy!
What a way to reward viewers. Love when people do this, even if I don't get it, it's cool to see others get enjoyment out of magic!!!
My expectations were low, but turns out so is the price on this. Arena isn't a great value overall, but for a new Magic player this seems surprisingly worth it.
Prof: "How did you get started in MTG?"
I had a friend who lived in a neighborhood really close to the card shop, and all of his friends played MTG. I'd stay the night at his house on Friday nights playing until the wee hours with his (now our) friends, try and learn how to play the game, and go and play in Extended, Type 2, or Draft the following Saturday morning. He lived about a mile and a half from Main Street (where the card shop was). Being a pre-teen in 1999, we did what any self respecting child would do. We skateboarded the whole way there. I'd give every dollar I've ever earned to go back to those days.
If we can’t build a time machine, the next best thing is introducing a new generation to our childhood classics lol
Try it out, that’s what I did; I can never watch Lord of the Rings for the first time again, but introducing my nieces and nephews to those films is still one hell of a nostalgia ride (same goes for other Jackson films like King Kong, even other unrelated media/IP like Shadow of the Colossus or Ocarina of Time, and so on)
Seems really inefficient. Should have rode a bike lmao
@@rocksteadyish My parents would've never gone for loading my often muddy and certainly rusted bike into the back seat of a sedan! The skateboards could lay on the floorboards at least lol
The deckbuilders toolkit, while they don't let you sit down and play, really did help me in getting into magic. Giving me the lands I needed to start putting decks together from drafting. Its really understated how important it is to get your hands on basics as a new player, now that I am enfranchised I don't even think about it but the lands and deck inspirations sure helped.
Have you seen Card Kingdom's new Commander Collection? It seems like Battle Decks for Commander, budget pre-constructed commander decks. Will you do a review of them?
Woah, just saw those. Hope he does a video as well!
Those look super janky…
Unfortunately, while I like their battle decks, you cannot really do the same thing with commander decks and still charge $30 when there are amazing precons WotC puts out that are only $10 more for WAY more value or even $10 less with the set decks. The cards in the card kingdoms deck are all bulk. They should be $15 max. Even then I would still just rather guide a new player to the Zendikar, Kaldheim or commander Legends $20 decks
Got into playing magic with my dad and his friends, we had a giant game with all of us and we’re using the old expert decks… i wanted to play so they handed me a BG scourge deck and ignored me the whole game cause I wasn’t doing anything really lol. Ended up winning by then knocking each other out and I had a massive board that went untouched and swung for overkill
I was introduced to Magic by a friend of mine, I think it was around Ravnica Allegiance. They gave me a red/green dinosaur deck to learn the ropes with, and they played a black sacrifice deck, if memory serves me right. We played on the carpet floor of their home for a while, eventually moving on to other games (I probably insisted on playing the Switch).
Little did I know that my friend had planted an insidious seed within my cranium; one that would slowly grow, overtaking my mind little by little, until now, 4 years later, I can do naught but buy cardboard, and earn money to buy more cardboard with.
Bless you, friend. Bless you for cursing me so.
I was driving to a game store because of a coworker. He said play Magic with me. I always want to try playing since the early 90s and never once actually took the bait. That day I bought the 2018 azorius challenger deck And my first commander deck Meren of clan nel toth. I did not enjoy playing standard but completely fell in love with commander. My game store had a Massive and healthy and helpful playgroup. I now play arena as well. My playgroup Has since disbanded because of people moving away etc…. That being said I will always extend the same level of courtesy and friendliness as the people who I learned from. I hope that all new players can have such a positive experience as I did.
This was actually how I got back into MTG like a week ago and it was really easy and fun to buy it at my game store and literally go sit down with my friend, shuffle the cards, and play. Bought a Midnight Hunt pre-release while I was there. Really excited to be getting back into the game
I loved the last ones, they got me into magic - I work on a boat so playing paper with the other crew is a great way to spend some of the downtime when there's no access to the online world
Whooa, Magic on the high seas?
Yaharrr mateyy 🏴☠️
These are wonderful for teaching younger children to play. I picked a set up to teach my son. He’s had a lot of fun with the product and is excited to have a deck of his own.
Fingers crossed the new challenger decks have codes. They're more likely to have more than one copy of a rare, and it would make it much easier for me to play Arena more often.
I got into magic because I saw some other kids playing it and there was a crowd of kids around them watching them play. I remember there were gasps and wows whenever anyone played a planeswalker or a walker was killed with a searing spear. We were at some sort of day care so every week on fridays you could collect tickets and win prizes and top prize was 4 core 2012 boosters. I saved up so many tickets and finally won and was hooked on the game ever since.
i learned via the portal starter set with a friend. as soon as i had a grasp i bought a portal second age starter set to teach my cousin with. 20+ years later here we are.
This is exactly how I started playing except I used the 2020 version. I played a few games in person with my friends and then played a lot on Arena. It helped a lot. I soon learned that they were a bit slow but in the beginning they were great. Highly recommended.
This will be the second starter kit I've bought because they are fantastic tools for teaching new players, and it's nice to have some variety. Thanks for letting me know this new set existed, Prof.
My first memories of Magic are from looking at my dad's cards as a toddler, but I started playing when a social worker taught me how to play when I was 13.
Prof may have given this an A- but wizards used to give out intro decks for free
Yikes … how the mighty have fallen 😬
With better rares…for free
@@johnbts9216 Wizards of the Cuts 🤢🤮
TYSO brought me here and now me and all my friends bought starter decks! Thanks prof
I wanted to get into mtg earlier last year, so i got myself the Challenger Deck Final Adventure. While overall seeming like a fun deck, i had like one opportunity to play it before Covid started and that was that.
Didn't really touch that until very recently when i've been wanting again to get into magic. But this time i got myself an Arena Starter Kit to drag my Girlfriend into it, and we've been having a lot of fun. While we tried arena, playing against each other with actual cards feels much better.
Probably gonna try and go to a Gamestore to play soon now that restrictions have been lifted somewhat.
I bought last years starter kit and had a great time downloading the decks onto arena and learning how to play! However, as prof. pointed out, the gameplay can feel quite sluggish. But it was an awesome first product, and I haven’t looked back in my one year MTG addiction!!
My wife recently got addicted to arena so I picked this up for her and she was thrilled to boost her fledgling collection.
I started my first ever game at a friends house as I did show interest in trying it out once as I am a Hearthstone player too. Having learned some key rules before coming and knowing some things from Heathstone, it was pretty fun from the beginning
It’s hardly replicable as it means having played a card game similar enough to know what’s up from the start.
What I did using the cards I got from Forgotten Realms is make 3 “starter decks” myself which are one Aggro, one Control and one Midrange. I do intent on playing with them with in September- October when my next Semester starts, I have a friend who knows how to play but has no card, that’s gonna be fun. I did get two 2021 Planewalker decks too to show some people over there the basics but what I really enjoy is building decks, fun decks with some power to them, that’s why I did make my own starter decks
I got started in 2018-ish with the abhorrent Planeswalker decks
I had no idea what I was doing for a solid two years, barely played the game, but I truly picked it up with my friend during 2020, and I've advanced a lot since then - truly enjoying the game now.
Cleaned out a bookshelf two-three weeks ago and found the Portal Second Age starter kit, complete with the cards and the instruction book (scandinavian languages version) which is what got me started out on MTG. Bought it on a whim from a shop I went to selling bootleg foil Pokemon TCG cards that were also stickers, tried it out with a friend some time after that. Took me another few years to actually start playing MTG properly, when friends in high school were also playing the game.
I learned by building your blue/white heroic deck back in Khans and taking it down to my LGS for standard. There were so many people playing back then that I was able to get some games in before FNM and muddle my way through a night. absolutely hooked after that!
I learned how to play MtG at a friend's house during college. Having played YuGiOh previously, but rarely exposed to Magic, I had noticed a few cards strewn about in his house I had never seen before and asked him what they were. He proceeded to teach both me and my brother the game on his living room table and that was the start of my interest.
I really enjoy the CardKingdom decks. They all seem to have an even-keel power level, and they're great bases to build off of.
I may have never known this product was released with the current overload, but great to share with some of my newer MTG friends to catch them up on mechanics. Thanks!
Just got into Arena, so this was PERFECT. thank you so much!
I got started because a friend made me a deck for my birthday. I chose my two favorite colors (red and blue!) and she smashed 100 or so cards together so I could play with my friends. I later got the Sixth Edition starter set with the goofy instructional video on CD-ROM.
My start was first a Magic Origins intro pack and then soon after a deckbuilder's toolkit of the time. I'd call the essential experience of it "preconstructed deck with a simple theme and a few fun bits and bobs" followed by "learning to evaluate cards for usefulness without a pre-existing deck to work off of." And yeah between the likes of this and commander precons (for those bold or foolish enough to be starting with commander, best way to play that it is lol) and then things like bundles I believe that essential experience is absolutely still available so long as you have the real key ingredient to my experience: friends who know what they're doing but aren't gonna grind you into the dirt and call it teaching.
I got one of the spots in the newly opened board game store in town (lucky, I know), and I knew nothing of MtG. I kind of felt forced to learn, a friend showed me how to play and now I'm hooked! So glad I found this channel as well. :D
Another great thing about the starter kits this vid is mainly about, is that the code card that comes with digital versions of the decks for mtg arena, is ALSO redeemable for a friend! Meaning: you AND one friend can share the code, and allows you BOTH to have BOTH the digital decks in arena to play eachother with!!! :D (or at least the in store one did, I didn't buy the Amazon one, so I cannot confirm that one does too :/)
Went to my first game night last night with a friend who’s been going for a few months. Really enjoyed it! Gonna pick this up to play with my brother in law!
I want to start my nine and 11 year old nephews on their magic journey and this looks like a great way to start!
I got started in August 2019 me and my cousin got 2 completely different planeswalker decks, He got the Vraska deck from one of the ravnica sets(it was like an orangey-yellow box) and i got a Gideon deck from Amonket... my cousin got the much better deck and i got wipe consistently because exert vs undergrowth is a bad match up lol Watching this channel did help me get better but getting the Rowan planeswalker deck also helped. After playing with them for a while i got the brawl decks and slowly transitioned into Commander
I saw these at my local Walmart for 7$ then later that day I saw this video. I've wanted to get back into magic and you've convinced me this is the way to go.
My partner and I found these at target for $6 a couple weeks ago 😎 we split it so we each kept one of the physical decks and I think $3 for a functional deck is great, even if its mostly common cards lol. Especially since the arena code(for both decks) could be redeemed twice, so we both downloaded arena and have both decks digitally and can now play magic even when we aren’t physically in the same room, which is great since we can’t always meet as often as we’d like due to distance. I think these things are great! VERY grateful I saw this video before coming across the other version though since I never imagined they’d have the same deck lists lol
I legit just bought this 2hrs ago for some Standard 2022 cards!! Then I was looking for the "is it worth buying commander decks?" video and found this video along the way. Those videos sealed the deal on a subscription!! Well done sir, well done!!
I got into the game thanks to some kids at school, learned all the wrong rules (like mana never disappearing), bought some boosters around the time of 7th, Odyssey, and Torment, and a deck from Judgement (which I still have in its box, with tape holding it together.) During that summer I started playing FNM, learned the right rules, and then I was the only one still playing it even after the school shut down any card games, fearing gambling of any kind.
I really wish these had 2 packs with them as well…maybe that’s asking too much but could get people hooked on opening packs and it could add value and most of all more fun
Buying this a couple of weeks ago from my LGS was an unique experience- given I had no idea what the decklist was, I had only my satisfaction with last year's to go off. I tried desperately to find out what to expect in it whilst dithering in the shop until I found a tiny image on the Amazon listing... Asmodeus sealed the deal for me and I'm glad he did!
The Ravnica Allegiance prerelease is what got me started! A big fancy collection of new cards (including a Blood Crypt, which was neat!), a challenge to put something together and a day playing other people all on a similar power level, it was so much fun. I'd already done started Arena though, after getting hooked on MTG CZcams (you, Game Knights and Spice 8 Rack) so I did know the basics - might be tough for a new player to start there. Still, I'd thoroughly recommend it.
New to the game and got one of these for $8. I’m learning the game online and will be playing the decks in person soon. Good stuff!
I got started in magic when I was about 9 years old.. my grandparents took me to a car boot sale and there was this 1 stall where a guy just sold magic the gathering booster packs. They let me buy 1 pack every week and I just loved cracking them open. 25 now and I'm just getting back into it
I got started in Magic when my brother and I started looking through our dad's old cards when we were kids. I began building my own collection with a couple booster packs I won at a chess tournament.
I bought a 2022 Arena Starter kit and it includes two Arena codes. One code gives you both decks, so there is an extra Arena code leftover to give to a friend. I am quite happy with my purchase.
Got this for game night with the girls. My partner will play any tabletop, but hasn't played MTG yet. Our friend is also into MTG. The ability to share the Arena code with a friend is clutch. My partner can learn the ropes with Arena. I did get a Pioneer deck and color based Boosters so everyone can upgrade/modify, and we can all play 3-way in paper format, but if this trickles into Arena, even better, because my gf and our mutual friend both play games tabletop and online, so gamenight just got alot more fun!
Call me crazy, but I miss the old starter decks that were around when I started playing during Revised. I liked the randomness of the cards you got, and they even came with a nice thick rulebook. My friend that taught me how to play simply bought a starter himself to pit against my first deck, and as I bought boosters or traded cards, I'd upgrade it and eventually had a deck to take to tournaments. It was a super fun and organic way to learn the game, get new cards, and grow as a player!
My fondest memory of those is when Invasion came out. My friend and I went to the card store, grabbed one of those and a couple boosters each, and spent the rest of the night playing sealed.
I'd just like to point out how impressed I am that you rank this above a product from your sponsor. Yes, you definitely sold them as well, but its refreshing nonetheless to see that kind of honesty.
Got into MtG at a generic geekery convention. Wizards had a convention booth there, just a cute little thing in a crowded arena where they were doing learn to play events. Me and my mate I was with were both reasonably broke kids, and were more than happy to do the free thing. I got a terrible red deck from it, with such amazing bombs as "Lightning Elemental" and "2/1 Goblins". But Shivan Dragon was in it, something that probably sparked my ongoing love affair with Dragons in Magic, so there's that at least!
My intro to Magic was Hearthstone. It's such a shame Blizzard are a company I can no longer support but the journey away from them was what lead me to going to SOI prerelease and getting hooked on Magic. Learning the basic concepts of a CCG like card advantage, tempo, aggression and control in a game that is simple meant I had my eye keyed in for magic. I don't think I'd be as good at the game if I'd not got those fundamentals down
I actually started with the Magic: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 videogame on PS3. It had a great tutorial and some really cool cards. My first product was a deckbuilders toolkit. It was also amazing, I loved the deck building, the art (RTR), the lore. Still playing 10 years later
Same here! I loved that game and the following 2 versions. Def helped u understand how turns worked and what u can and cant do on said turns. Prob the best teacher for newer players
Its Christmass and this will make a fantastic gift for my nephew with some boosters to spice it up.
Good stuff !
To tell the truth. I recently only got started in magic last year. Ive been around since the beginning, but didnt pick any packs up cause i wasnt very popular in school, and didnt have any friends who wanted to play the game. So i went my entire childhood never once playing or collecting. Flash forward to September 2020, things changed. Arin Hanson started a streaming show called Shuffle Master and he cracked draft boxes of Magic and seeing the art on the cards, i started falling in love with them. So i thought i should start collecting. Still had no clue how to play. I just loved the beautiful artwork, and who knows. I collect, they could be worth something years down the road (which made me regret not picking up Alpha packs as a kid. I could have a Lotus and now ill never know), then in his streams he kept talking about getting Magic Arena. That it had an awesome tutorial and would help you learn the basics of the game, and that it is FREE to download. So i did. My thought was, ill try it out. If im not into it. Ill still collect and be happy. I was not doing great like at all. But then it began to click. I started playing and connecting the pieces and i finally started learning. It flung out the line and the hook sunk in deep. Arena really helped me become a fan of the game whether its Paper, Online, or even on my mobile device. I love Magic the Gathering. It went from a card game not even on my radar, to becoming my favorite card game of all time.
I got started when a friend gave me a giant box of cards. It was from ice age, homelands, chronicles, etc. We built 100+ card decks and jammed in anything that looked cool.
I got started when I needed a new hobby! I remembered Yugioh and how much fun it was, so I went to buy cards again but was quickly blown away by the massive Magic following there! The content was nearly triple and the Magic players there gave me a few ..make me change my mind looks (lol).. so I quickly switched to buying Magic cards and it's been an amazing experience!
I got started with the Return to Ravnica starter decks. I think I chose Orzhov as my first guild, then Izzet and like one or two others. Rakdos definitely. Got my butt beat by my friends with real decks for a long time. Then, I started making real decks after buying a deckbuilder's toolkit and a fat pack (bundle for all you new players) and really got into the game and had a ton of fun! Since most of the products I bought are no longer around, I really don't think that experience can be replicated. Maybe, though. All you would do is buy the Arena starter kit and a few packs, like the Prof said, and Bundles are still around, so it wouldn't be too tough to replicate.
I started with last years starter kit, and combining both decks gave me a good start on Arena.
My boyfriend introduced me into MtG few years ago. He showed me his collection and I really liked the art at first. He then taught me how to play. Even tho I don't play at all these days, I still love to collect (especially dragons).
Dragons are the best!
I stopped by one of these sets after work at my Walmart and was hoping prof would make a video of this. Thank you, prof! If only we had more codes - I’m with you on that.
The first time I got into it was in grade school and it was the only thing to do before school started, since the computers were taken and everyone else was off playing Pokemon. But I burned out quickly when every deck had some insane instant win condition. My more recent return came from a friend not shutting up about it and telling me about sealed and draft. Which are still my favorite formats. And yeah I think that can be replicated, if someone is leery of the investment needed to play well but wants to try then telling them "hey what if we all started on a level field" would help.
I was so surprised to see it under $7 at the store that I thought it was a misprint. As a brand new player, I found the Dragonguard Elite deck to be unfortunate to play against Cyclone Summoner but the fact that they are redeemable on Arena is Fantastic; Arena helped me learn quickly and having complimentary decks and booster packs really expedited my ability to recognize better cards and build a better deck within a week of picking it up. I'd recommend the kit for these reasons, as a jump into it.
Me and my Roommate Liam actually bought the Starter Kits recently actually. Im hoping to learn more and get bigger into Magic through them.
I've started to play magic through commander
A friend lend his Mono Green Rhonas deck, easy enough to play
Mono color, big splashy creatures.
With 2 control decks on the table...
Now that was a trial by fire, but i enjoyed it.
My friend introduced our group to Duels of the Planeswalkers on Xbox. We enjoyed it enough that when Theros came out we went to the prerelease.
As someone who's played MtG on and off for several years, I bought the amazon starter kit for one reason. So I could have a pair of cheap and quick decks to teach friends how to play. I could just buy those two right off the shelf and be ready to start teaching. I didnt need to put alot of thought into it. Just buy, open, and class is in session!
$6.29 at the Target near me. Crazy good deal! Buying another one for my buddy whom I'm trying to get into the game.
I wish this existed when I started playing in the mid to late 90's. I bought this product as a refresher having not played in over 20 years...really fun so far!
I got started with kitchen table magic. Using some decks my brother's friend had. You know, Ancestral Recall, Sapphire Mox, Time Walk.
They were his dad's decks, unsleeved of course. 😂😂😂
I got started when I moved from a different state and the person I became friends with on the first day of 8th grade brought in this box of cards on the second day to lunch. There were about 8 of us at this round table and he just starts flinging them into the center and we just started grabbing them like hungry, hungry hippos. My first rare I managed to bend the corner on was a Verduran Enchantress. Later that day, after we all skipped class to learn how to play, I went to the closest shop and bought a starter deck of 4th Edition and Ice Age. Opened a Sorceress Queen and a Hecatomb and some dumb bird that was a 0/1, which I promptly traded for a Will o' the Wisp because it could at least regenerate and was in the colors of my new favorite rares.
I started buying a Fate Reforged premade deck that featured Archfiend of Depravity on the front. I still use him in a Vilis EDH deck that also runs that Vito you're talking about, haha
This was my first contact with mtg and I loved it, I could play with my friends a couple of rounds but there was this guy with an OP control deck and it frustrated me a lot, but we began assembling a deck for myself and now we have very good matches
My first MTG product was the New Phyrexia intro deck with Moltensteel dragon as the promo. I still have a soft spot for that card.
My brother, rip. got me into MTG played kitchen table for many years until found out about the arena and started building a real collection of cards throughout all the sets (live in the country not many cards shops for fnms)
I've found jumpstart has been the best way to get my friends into the game. Redemption codes on jumpstart 2 in a year or so would be amazing. As an existing paper player I think that would be the only way to get me online as well. Digital feels like rent, while paper is property, I'd need both I think.
Um … I’m not sure many people will enjoy playing with the upcoming Jumpstart set lol
This comment is irrelevant to the video but yay for interaction. Prof you helped me get excited for Modern, my friends invited me to go to their fnm and I never would have gone if it wasnt for your budget videos and Modern content in general. I made a gruul midrange deck and in my first match In game 3 vs tron I was able to play a inferno giant, give it haste with rhythm of the wild and swing for 24 damage thanks to my calamity bearer. That one turn got me hooked. I lost every other match but I beat tron (who went to win every other match) and it was amazing.
Watched this and picked up the starter pack. The online tutorial goes a little too fast though on the arena app. Wish there was a way to slow it down. Love the channel!
I got one at Walmart for $6.98 and I’ve seen them at 5-7$ on online retailers that specialize in card and board games. At that price it might even be fun for a one off game for experienced players, or something to add to your collection just to have and teach your friends the game!
I am finding your videos helpful as I start to navigate back into playing MTG after a 10 year hiatus as I try to slowly build up a small group of like minded friends for some Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Looking at some of these premade decks coming out now is making me miss my Krenko The Mob Boss goblin commander deck that I had customized a bit from the starter pack. I just got the most recent dueling decks (starter kit) package. 🙄 OMG! Who puts together a white and blue deck and a red and green deck!?!? Green takes time to get going and red is super fast so now you have a mediocre playing deck? I have seen black and white work well together, but white and blue? It's making me miss my blue/green sliver deck! That was a FUN deck!
Unfortunately my memories aren't that clear on how I started with Magic, but I learned to play the game from the Starter level product with a Rhox on the front. This had a player A and player B booklet taking both players trough their first 5 turns with 22-card decks with only creatures and sorceries, then adding 15 cards including instants, artifacts and enchantments to learn the game. The best part about this was that, while the cards were in english, all the rule-booklets were in my native language, allowing me to learn everything I needed for player-level understanding of the game without assistence. While MTG Arena fulfills the role of the player-booklets via it's tutorial, it can still be overwhelming to take the step that comes after unlocking all the free decks. Replicating my experience would be to have an easily discoverable link to a page where you can choose your language to open a rulebook in that language that explains things the way the rulebooklet in the starter level product did.
For starting play mtg, my friends at my Bday brought me a PW GRN Vraska deck 😅
I was'nt even knowing about how to tap something or what was draw 🤣🤣
They learned me, and is was a true gold moment 🥲
As a beginner magic the gathering player it’s very helpful. Thank you
I started playing back in the mid-2000s at my 1st or 2nd year of summer camp. I was a big yugioh kid buy I kept seeing older kids playing magic. Some of them taught me and I was hooked. First block was kamigawa and mirrodin