They're fine decks for beginners who want to play some fun, casual matches. Another good place to start is the "Duel of the Planeswalkers" games which are available on PC, XB1 and PS4.
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I haven't bought cards in yeeeears, gave away everything except 6 solid decks to a friend's kid. The coolest things I've still got are got a few cards I traded from a high school buddy who was a very serious player and died in a hiking accident right after graduation. Mox Diamond, Grim Monolith, Tolarian Academy. The first two are quite valuable anymore but I'd never sell them. He also had a number of OG moxes, dual lands, and other super valuable stuff. Always wondered what became of his collection.
Tolaria was like, the wizard continent. I read a ton of the MTG books when I was younger, everything from Tempest through Time Spiral. Some were better than others.Ah, well that explains where the YT channel got their name from, I figured Tolarian Academy was where certain figure cards studied or something in universe.
I've still been playing Arena, and while it's a decent learning experience, it's also not ideal because I'm playing a computer who is functioning for a win condition at all times. I think in terms of win functionality, it's gone:
Black
Green
White
Red keeps getting stonewalled by blues draw abilities, they're just neverending and it's why they're the anti-fun committee.