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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Terwox" data-source="post: 3054396" data-attributes="member: 1044">I'd like to echo going with the latest core set, 9th edition.  I'd recommend you and your wife grabbing a couple (or more) friends who also haven't played the game much, and trying a booster draft after everyone has played around for a few days -- it's quite a bit of fun.  In booster drafts, everyone opens a booster pack (15 cards) picks a card, and passes the remaining cards around, until all the cards are picked.  This continues for two more boosters.  After that, add as much basic land as you want, and play 40 card decks you made on the fly against each other.  Lots of fun.  You can simulate this with cards you already own by just shuffling a bunch of them up and passing those stacks around too, which is considerably cheaper.Oh, and yes, buy some of the preconstructed decks.  The preconstructed decks from the expansions will start to show how some of the cards work together in convoluted ways.</blockquote>