I've been playing MTG off and on for about a decade now, and a friend of mine is expressing a good deal of interest in learning the game, but is somewhat slow to learn new concepts. I'm having her go through the decks listed at http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/budget-beginner-teaching-decks-3-white/
We're doing them one at a time until she gets used to each one - problem is, I play two types of decks: legacy decks designed to just mess with the flow of the game, and legacy decks designed to win. I'm looking for a recommendation for a good deck to play while she goes through the learner decks - one that will be somewhat evenly matched against all of them. I don't want either of us to be stomping the other one in the ground while we do this. Any thoughts?
From personal experience when I started playing about 5 years ago, Modern was the format that I learned with. In Modern, the decks are not capable of winning nearly as fast as Legacy decks so it gives the opponent time to play the game. As far as decks go, mono-green Stompy in my opinion would be the best way to start out because it is a relatively cheap deck that teaches the importance of casting instant speed spells at the right time and also has enough power and speed to be competitive.
I've been playing MTG off and on for about a decade now, and a friend of mine is expressing a good deal of interest in learning the game, but is somewhat slow to learn new concepts. I'm having her go through the decks listed at http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/budget-beginner-teaching-decks-3-white/
We're doing them one at a time until she gets used to each one - problem is, I play two types of decks: legacy decks designed to just mess with the flow of the game, and legacy decks designed to win. I'm looking for a recommendation for a good deck to play while she goes through the learner decks - one that will be somewhat evenly matched against all of them. I don't want either of us to be stomping the other one in the ground while we do this. Any thoughts?
From personal experience when I started playing about 5 years ago, Modern was the format that I learned with. In Modern, the decks are not capable of winning nearly as fast as Legacy decks so it gives the opponent time to play the game. As far as decks go, mono-green Stompy in my opinion would be the best way to start out because it is a relatively cheap deck that teaches the importance of casting instant speed spells at the right time and also has enough power and speed to be competitive.
Hope this helps!