Best Intro Pack for a new player?

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Posted on May 24, 2016, 3:06 p.m. by Sloanan

Hey peeps. So after much deliberation, I've finally got my girlfriend interested in playing some Magic. Primarily, I play commander. Almost exclusively, actually. BUT before I start down that route with her, I would really like to just play some traditional 60-card decks to start with. I've got a pretty killer mono-W soldier deck, which would be what I'd start her off with, but I don't really have any decks for it to face that would give her a decent idea of how the game works. SOOO, I figured I'd buy an intro deck or two and just use that and swap decks once she's ready to branch out. So, out of curiosity, which of the currently standard-legal preconstructed intro packs works best in terms of color/gameplay variety? Any suggestions are welcome!

Argy says... #2

If I may make a suggestion, I think you might be better off grabbing the latest duel decks, Blessed vs Cursed.

That will give her a better idea of some of the more powerful decks she may play against, and also give you two decks to play that are of equal power.

Finally, each deck has cards from the current Standard set included in it, so will help to familiarise her with some of the current mechanics eg. Delerium.

If you still want to buy an Intro deck Vampiric Thirst is fun.

May 24, 2016 3:13 p.m. Edited.

PistonGolem says... #3

To be honest, intro packs are not actually good. The entire deck itself is about one or two bucks worth of crap commons. I would browse around until you found a budget deck, because there are a few that cost less than 20 bucks on the site. If you pre-built a budget deck, it would teach her that you need 4 and 3 of your best cards compared to the "one of this, one of that" style of intro packs.

But yea, Vampiric Thirst is probably the best option gameplay-wise if you are into intro packs.

Good luck

May 24, 2016 6:08 p.m.

MindAblaze says... #4

I have to echo the Duel Decks series because they're actually built to play against each other. It's probably the best product for teaching the new player with. They contain answers for the relevant threats the other deck runs and are similar power levels. You can't go wrong, unless of course you don't like either play style...

May 24, 2016 7:28 p.m.