Best Magic: The Gathering Formats For New Players
Finding the best Magic: The Gathering format to play as a new player can be overwhelming. With Wizards of the Coast officially recognizing over 20 formats, a new player could easily get lost in trying to figure out which is the best for them. Luckily, many of these formats are easy to start out with and share several common themes that make experimenting with different ones a more accessible experience.
Most Magic: The Gathering formats follow a few basic rules. Many are bound by a specific deck size, with 60 cards in the main deck and 15 in the sideboard being the most common, while formats like Commander can have 100 cards in a single deck. Generally, matches are one-on-one in 60-card formats, with two opponents trying to whittle each other's life total down to 0. There is also a pool of banned or restricted cards, such as Magic: The Gathering's Ragavan: Nimble Pilferer. The number of copies of cards also factors in when building a deck, with formats like Standard and Modern allowing four copies of the same (non-basic land) card per deck and Commander restricting it to one copy per deck.
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When choosing a Magic: The Gathering format to get into, one must look at a variety of factors. These factors range from how complicated the rules are to the average price for decks in the format. Other considerations must take place on a personal level, such as which formats are readily played among those in friend circles or supported by a Local Game Store (or LGS). Measuring these factors together will produce an ideal list of formats to begin a Magic: The Gathering journey.
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