I have been looking at things to do with my 2 youngest boys (16 and 11) and after getting a builders toolkits (M15) and a big box of random cards from eBay we were able to make a deck, and then some, for each one of us.
We played our first FNM a couple of months ago and we discovered we had been playing the game almost completely wrong, lol. It was hilarious for the store owner - who was awesome and sat down with us and explain the basics of gameplay and deck building to all 3 of us!!! We were playing Modern.
Anyways, I mostly play mono black; my 16 y/o plays Black/White Warriors and my 11 y/o was playing a Mono Red Dragons deck. So my deck was doing pretty good - I went 3-1; 2-1 and 3-1 on my first 3 FNM and my 16 y/o went 1-2 in all of them. My 11 y/o however could not win. So I gave him my Mono Black and he went 1-2 the first time he used it. I played a couple of drafts and was able to build a black/white Ally deck and bought some singles to buff it up (Drana, Liberator when it was $5 - it's like $15 now).
We have been watching our 11 y/o and he mostly misses mechanics and card synergies. I was wondering if a mono red burn deck would be better for him. I have done some research and I can get him a mono rad burn deck for about $25 with a couple of Planeswalkers (one of the Chandra's) on eBay.
Do you think that would work better for him since it's more spells-direct damage oriented? He's a really smart kid but I don't want to put him in a place where he gets too frustrated and doesn't want to play the game anymore. My 16 y/o is really getting into it and this game is something we all look forward of doing Friday Nights, along with Burger before and Frozen Yogurt after.
Welcome! Really cool that you all have started up. You should watch some YouTube videos on just about any Magic topic you can think of. Also, watching other people play on there is a great way to learn.
Also, if you have a PC install Steam and then download Magic Duels, it's free, will teach you the game with tutorials and story mode, and then you can build decks online and play people whenever you want over the internet.
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I have been looking at things to do with my 2 youngest boys (16 and 11) and after getting a builders toolkits (M15) and a big box of random cards from eBay we were able to make a deck, and then some, for each one of us.
We played our first FNM a couple of months ago and we discovered we had been playing the game almost completely wrong, lol. It was hilarious for the store owner - who was awesome and sat down with us and explain the basics of gameplay and deck building to all 3 of us!!! We were playing Modern.
Anyways, I mostly play mono black; my 16 y/o plays Black/White Warriors and my 11 y/o was playing a Mono Red Dragons deck. So my deck was doing pretty good - I went 3-1; 2-1 and 3-1 on my first 3 FNM and my 16 y/o went 1-2 in all of them. My 11 y/o however could not win. So I gave him my Mono Black and he went 1-2 the first time he used it. I played a couple of drafts and was able to build a black/white Ally deck and bought some singles to buff it up (Drana, Liberator when it was $5 - it's like $15 now).
We have been watching our 11 y/o and he mostly misses mechanics and card synergies. I was wondering if a mono red burn deck would be better for him. I have done some research and I can get him a mono rad burn deck for about $25 with a couple of Planeswalkers (one of the Chandra's) on eBay.
Do you think that would work better for him since it's more spells-direct damage oriented? He's a really smart kid but I don't want to put him in a place where he gets too frustrated and doesn't want to play the game anymore. My 16 y/o is really getting into it and this game is something we all look forward of doing Friday Nights, along with Burger before and Frozen Yogurt after.
Thanks in advance!
Here is a crash course (it's my favorite link to give out, I share it all the time):
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/level-one/level-one-full-course-2015-10-05
Also, if you have a PC install Steam and then download Magic Duels, it's free, will teach you the game with tutorials and story mode, and then you can build decks online and play people whenever you want over the internet.
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