I’m looking to play casually (in person) with some friends and we were wondering what the cheapest format to start buying for would be? And what might be some good pick ups (we have the starter decks but want some more variety) thanks

  • Researchgrant@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s not the absolute cheapest, but I recommend trying out commander if you have not already done so. The value of the preconstructed decks is very high as they come with a bunch of useful rares. Some of these decks are as low as $20 on Amazon. Additionally, almost every card ever made is allowed to be played, and nothing ever rotates out like in standard format. It’s a casual format so if you don’t have a lot to spend on perfecting a deck, many people have several tiers of decks for more fair matchups. If it’s just you and your friends, most of the preconstructed commander decks are well matched. Also there are 100 unique cards in each deck, so there is a ton of variety even in one deck and it will take many games before you even see all the cards you have.

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      1 year ago

      It can be the cheapest though… you can set budget constraints to whatever the playgroup wants and just go from there.

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      1 year ago

      Budget limits are fun, I super enjoy pauper commander. Tolarian Community College has a good video on it.