#EDH

[incorrect-mtg]

Oh yeah, should probably post my "biggest tweet of all time" right now too, huh?

[niuttuc]

@ominousmotion Foundations has a product in its lineup that seems purpose-made for what you want.

The Foundations Starter Collection is a box that contains roughly 300 pre-set cards along with a few boosters. (Most cards are 1-ofs, but a couple playsets of 4 too, it's meant to help people delving into Standard as well.) It retails for about $60 and has plenty of cards that are useful to have to build decks out of. Nothing crazy expensive value-wise, but useful cards. As well as one Sol Ring, Command Tower and Arcane Signet just in case one wants to use it to start building a commander deck of their own!

It also has a bunch of basic lands included, which can be a hassle to get early on if the local store doesn't hand them out for free.

If you do go for it, just be aware that there is a second Foundations product with a somewhat similar name, the Foundations Beginner Box, that shouldn't be confused with it. The Beginner Box is not a bad product, but it's meant as a way for people brand new to the game to learn the basics of how to play, even two people that have never touched the game before. You are a bit beyond that if you've already been playing precons.

This is a post I'm interested to be seen by people who either do not play Magic: the Gathering or engage with it rather casually. If that's not you, feel free to reblog to reach a wider audience, but the exercise in here will not be as useful.

A few months back, the game released a new Base Set of cards called Foundations. It is meant to be a new batch of hundreds of cards that will always be available, that are simpler on average (though not necessarily less powerful) to be a point of entry for new players. Something else it does wonderfully is be a palette of the many worlds, aesthetics and vibes within the game. This is where you come in:

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Take a look at the cards in the set! You don't even have to read them, there are many, many of them. If one of them or more catches your attention, reblog this post with an image of it, and if you want to learn anything more about it! Be it the world it depicts, its history within the game, or even the mechanics if they are what intrigues you.

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Some of the cards are either generic or from worlds we haven't visited yet, but the vast majority fit within a larger whole, and there might be more like them to point at! I will try to elaborate on what you want to learn, and maybe even point you towards similar cards or entire card sets on the world or subject you took note of.

In case you're totally unfamiliar with the game, I'll put a short summary under the cut:

Magic: the Gathering is a fantasy trading card game that's over thirty years old. People are invited to create their own deck of cards out of a pool of nearly 30,000 different cards at this point. The gameplay has been summed up many times as being something that sits in between Chess and Poker as far as overall appeal, though the actual action-by-action game is unlike both of them. Just like with playing cards, though not as extreme, there are different ways to play with the cards too, varying which are legal, or the exact rules they're played under.

It is a deep game that can be enjoyed at many levels of engagement, and will take exactly as much time and money out of you as you're willing to give it. From $0 free to play gaming on arena or occasional board game night engagement, to spending hundreds regularly to keep up with a tournament metagame, to spending thousands if not tens of thousands on super rare collectible cards.

In the past few years, Magic has started collaborating with other franchises to make cards for their properties. Lord of the Rings, Fallout, Doctor Who, and plenty more, though it keeps making cards for its own worlds and lore.

That lore can be summed up as a magical multiverse full of very different worlds, each with their own aesthetics, magics, factions and struggles. They are interconnected by rare mages that are able to travel between them, and a major event recently started connecting them further, allowing the layperson to be able to travel between them using less practical ways to do so. Within those worlds, stories happen, sometimes through the cards themselves, sometimes through written fiction, be them novels, online stories or even comic books. Magic cards are divided into five different colors of magic, each with its own associated philosophy, elemental associations, mechanics, aesthetics. Those five colors can then combine and interact to form complex characters, factions, spells and more.

[magical-grrrl-mavis]

"Maybe I'll go to commander nights at my lgs again! 😃"

*looks at the current state of the game*

"I'm not fucking doing that! 😃"

[mtg-talk]

My friend forgot to secure the latch on his magic card briefcase and all his commander decks are now mixed together. Now he’s playing 1200 card pickup and has to reorganize everything.

[nyanifesto]

too good to remain on Reddit

[peoplegettingreallymadatcards]

[misscryptidart]

You know, I didn't consider that I would pubically have to actually play the thotty vampire cards when I bought the Secret Lair set.

[irlactualhuman]

Tolarian Community College has some of the best comment sections.

[littjara-mirrorlake]

A recent change to Magic I adore, but which I haven't seen people talk about, is the addition of themed staples to the Commander decks of relevant sets.

I love that they give players more thematic choice when it comes to ubiquitous cards, since self-expression is a huge part of Commander especially, and they do an excellent job of expanding the worldbuilding in the main set.

I hope these continue to be printed--they're simply wonderful.

[neonjawbone]

i make... too many edh decks... so im thinking about making a bunch of alter/proxies of staple cards, here's a little test run with everyone's favorite commander all-star

[mun-neet]

[niuttuc]

Come play magic: the gathering! You can run psychological experiments and game theory concepts through your fellow players.

[disbarredgoose0]

Finding out Olivia Gobert-Hicks has been receiving the worst of the backlash from the most recent commander bans even though she was apparently the only disenting voice is just. I mean I'd say it's suprising, but it's not. Cause like. It's misogyny. It's a problem that has existed in the Magic community for ages and has onces more revealed its ugly head. It's the misogyny. The misogyny that has existed in this—and many other 'nerd' spaces—for years. And it's just... really, really sad to continuously be reminded that in spite of all this time, not much progress has really substantially been made.

[mtg-talk]

Are you alright, Mr. Frodo? You've barely touched your Krabby Patty! Here, why not wash it down with a delicious Nuka Cola?

[tea-time-for-bee-time]