I have played a little magic, but that was a long time ago. I am just now starting to get into it again and I was curious what expansion is a good one to get started with. I am looking to play primarily modern and would like to purchase a "newer" expansion. This is because I would like to beat my girlfriend's brother at commander. He was able to take 3 turns at once and dealt 81 damage in one turn. He hasn't bought any cards for almost a decade so he has no clue about any newer cards. When I went to my local game store, they suggested that I get Dominaria. The reason for it being that the creator of magic was the lead developer on the expansion and has a lot of unique cards. I'll be checking the responses, and then this coming friday I'll go and purchase the expansion (or expansions) that is most favorable.
Reading your post there's two contraticding things.
For one you would like to get into modern, which is cool, because it's a great format (quite a commitment money wise but lots of longterm fun).
On the other hand you said you'd like to beat your girlfriends brother in commander.
Commander is a totally different format than modern. Commander is mainly casual and can be quite competitive in certain playgroups but it is casual for the most part. Modern on is mainly competitive.
If you like to get into modern at one point I'd suggest to check out a couple of videos on the competitive scene and see what decks you'd like play. Maybe at the store near you, you can check out what the people are playing and you can try out a deck.
If you want to get started with commander Dominaria is a cool set to get many legendary cards which could be your commander. Opening booster packs is always fun but out of the 15 cards that you get, only few have value or are good enough for a commander deck and even less are useful in modern.
Maybe there's commander precons at your local game store that you can purchase to have a deck to start with when playing against your gf's brother.
For both modern and commander i'd advise you to look for a deck and then buy the cards individually. for modern decks look on this site or check out on mtggoldfish.com. For commander go on edhrec.com.
if you want to find any card check out scryfall.com
good luck and have fun getting back into magic
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I have played a little magic, but that was a long time ago. I am just now starting to get into it again and I was curious what expansion is a good one to get started with. I am looking to play primarily modern and would like to purchase a "newer" expansion. This is because I would like to beat my girlfriend's brother at commander. He was able to take 3 turns at once and dealt 81 damage in one turn. He hasn't bought any cards for almost a decade so he has no clue about any newer cards. When I went to my local game store, they suggested that I get Dominaria. The reason for it being that the creator of magic was the lead developer on the expansion and has a lot of unique cards. I'll be checking the responses, and then this coming friday I'll go and purchase the expansion (or expansions) that is most favorable.
Any information is greatly appreciated!
For one you would like to get into modern, which is cool, because it's a great format (quite a commitment money wise but lots of longterm fun).
On the other hand you said you'd like to beat your girlfriends brother in commander.
Commander is a totally different format than modern. Commander is mainly casual and can be quite competitive in certain playgroups but it is casual for the most part. Modern on is mainly competitive.
If you like to get into modern at one point I'd suggest to check out a couple of videos on the competitive scene and see what decks you'd like play. Maybe at the store near you, you can check out what the people are playing and you can try out a deck.
If you want to get started with commander Dominaria is a cool set to get many legendary cards which could be your commander. Opening booster packs is always fun but out of the 15 cards that you get, only few have value or are good enough for a commander deck and even less are useful in modern.
Maybe there's commander precons at your local game store that you can purchase to have a deck to start with when playing against your gf's brother.
For both modern and commander i'd advise you to look for a deck and then buy the cards individually. for modern decks look on this site or check out on mtggoldfish.com. For commander go on edhrec.com.
if you want to find any card check out scryfall.com
good luck and have fun getting back into magic