i am a beginner also. Best way to get started is do the tutorial and then continue for 10 more free decks. Check online for PROMOCDES. I got 30 free packs that way. Do the daily and weekly quests and buy the $4.99 newbie pack. I havent spent a dime since. You will earn a lot of Free wild cards and will be able to make a quite good deck within a few weeks.
If you are good enough then the 5k gold constructed event is an effective method of gathering gold to buy packs. If you enjoy draft then it is a very good method of obtaining packs. If your good at draft then even better.
If winning tournaments isn't reasonable. Then just play the ladder. The only method of farming currency requires you to "gamble" it on tournaments.
If you want deck recommendation. Gruul is a good deck and historic is a good format.
Deck
4 Bonecrusher Giant
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Cragcrown Pathway
4 Embercleave
6 Forest
4 Gruul Spellbreaker
2 Hashep Oasis
2 Klothys, God of Destiny
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Mountain
4 Pelt Collector
3 Questing Beast
3 Ramunap Ruins
3 Scavenging Ooze
4 Stomping Ground
4 Voltaic Brawler
1 Hazoret the Fervent
I’m a long time paper player, new to Arena on mobile and feel way behind since people have been collecting cards in the desktop version for years.
So, what’s the best strategy for building a collection or particular deck?
Is there a daily thing to make sure I tap through? Quests? Certain game types?
What’s the best way to approach in-game currency? Is there a correct way to put real dollars into the game?
Thanks for any help your experience can provide!
If winning tournaments isn't reasonable. Then just play the ladder. The only method of farming currency requires you to "gamble" it on tournaments.
If you want deck recommendation. Gruul is a good deck and historic is a good format.
Deck
4 Bonecrusher Giant
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Cragcrown Pathway
4 Embercleave
6 Forest
4 Gruul Spellbreaker
2 Hashep Oasis
2 Klothys, God of Destiny
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Mountain
4 Pelt Collector
3 Questing Beast
3 Ramunap Ruins
3 Scavenging Ooze
4 Stomping Ground
4 Voltaic Brawler
1 Hazoret the Fervent
Sideboard
2 Abrade
3 Ahn-Crop Crasher
1 Fry
2 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Magma Spray
2 Rampaging Ferocidon
3 Roiling Vortex