New Player, any tips?

[Hyperion]

I've completed both color challenge and starter deck duel and own all 15 decks now. I want to look at how to build decks but don't know how and am unsure how to even start. Also thinking about some packs in the store but there's so many different pack types, what's considered the best pack to get?

[76561198247568282]

if one of the starter decks is really pleasant for you, try to find a key word corresponding to those synergies, and look which cards correspond in the collection.
look which one you can obtein easily, and add them into the starter pack.
after what, there are draft or sealed to collect cards, but you already need to know to choose which cards picks and know to build a deck.
take information about the last edition, the more accessible in number of card. try to play standard. look what other player play and what you have to deal with.
modify your deck to introduce more gestion or what you feel with your experience.
take as much pleasure as possible.

[Kurt Angle's Neck]

Instead of jumping straight into building your own deck, I would suggest you pick your favorite of the starter decks and try modifying it. Get to know the deck and how the cards compliment each other, then tweak some things and see how it affects the play.

If you do this and post what deck you're working with, I'm sure we can help you with some suggestions on the best ways to approach upgrading/modifying it.

[Humperdoo]

Don't bother playing.They have ruined their gameplay.You only get to play on average of 3-4 cards before opponent wins with overpowered combo,some even winning as early as turn two.Its like wow I got to play two cards this game before opponent beat me such fun.Then to make things even more fun if you make it past turn two without opponent winning they will drag out the timer,go afk,just otherwise make the game miserable to play.

[Hyperion]

Originally posted by Kurt Angle's Neck:

Instead of jumping straight into building your own deck, I would suggest you pick your favorite of the starter decks and try modifying it. Get to know the deck and how the cards compliment each other, then tweak some things and see how it affects the play.

If you do this and post what deck you're working with, I'm sure we can help you with some suggestions on the best ways to approach upgrading/modifying it.

I've tried out all of the decks, I've been rocking with the starter black/white deck. I've enjoyed black overall. I struggled with blue/green the most

[Gryfn]

Make sure you have redeemed the codes in the in-game store for some free packs.
https://mtgazone.com/codes/

Mobile users can enter codes here:
https://myaccounts.wizards.com/account

You have to realise that the starter decks are for Alchemy format.

If you don't like to draft and just want to play Standard constructed, for new players, especially f2p, the cheapest good decks tend to be Mono Red and Mono Blue (there is a good Mono Blue Ninja Artifacts deck that doesn't need any rares/mythics in the following list under Mono Blue Tempo) in the Standard format. It isn't that difficult to make Selesnya Enchantments either (you can substitute in some 'comes into play tapped' dual lands for the rare lands and upgrade them as you go along.
https://mtga.untapped.gg/meta/tier-list?rank=PLATINUM_TO_PLATINUM

The mtgazone site also has tier lists for various formats as well
https://mtgazone.com/tier-lists/
The mtga.untapped.gg site tends to be more up to date, but higher ranks and other formats are locked behind a paywall.

Also, you only need to complete the main daily (this does NOT require wins) and win 4 games to get enough gold for a new pack each day. The daily rewards are heavily front-loaded so you don't need to burn yourself out trying to go for 15 wins per day (I do NOT recommend going for 15 wins per day). Many veteran players will just aim to complete the main daily plus 4 wins per day.

Getting packs from the most recent Standard set (MKM right now) with in-game gold, etc. is normally the way to go, because for every 10 packs from the most recent set, you will get a free golden pack which contains only rares/mythic from Standard. Don't get Alchemy or Mythic packs.

For the main daily quest that does not require wins, you can normally just make a deck full of 1 mana cost spells of the required color, etc. to complete it quickly.

[CourtJesterCowboy]

First things first, check this site out and punch in all these codes for your freeby plethora of packs and exp:

https://draftsim.com/mtg-arena-codes/

All those packs will give you a lot of Wildcards, which let you build decks, BUT DONT USE YOUR WILDS YET. Save them until you are a bit more educated on the game and learn what colors you like.

Next step, download MTG-Assistant, Draftsmith or a similar app. These apps run in the background and give you percentage chance of card draws, but more importantly, ai/random pro players opinions on card value during a draft, and which picks to make for the best deck. Draft is objectively the best/most fun way to play magic, since it takes skill to do it, has an even playing field, and you dont have to shill out for an $800 deck in person to go play at your local game store like you will have to do if you want to get into Modern, Legacy, etc...

Once you get good on Arena, you can find a local group or hit your Local Game Store and affordably get in on drafting irl and start amassing a collection. Another benefit of this, is people irl dont have assistant apps, and the PODS are closed (the people you draft cards with are the people you play with) and you will likely have a wildly different experienced for that, since on Arena, most players are running assistant apps and you don't play in a closed POD, so you can come across many OP cards over and over/dont hear banter or compete for colors with your POD neighbors...

ANYWAY, this is already getting long. Id say run through all the pre-con decks and play most days for your 3-5+ wins and upkeep on daily challenges for the free currency(gold). Figure out what you like the Azorius(Blue/White) and the Orzhov(White/Black) in the current precons. Id say definitely play in Ranked just do be in Ranked, since it has awards and what not at the end of the month. If you rank up beyond Gold I beleive losses start taking double the chits away on your level, so that is when you may consider playing Bo3(Best of three) since it technically has a better chance up moving up the ranks since a two game comeback is possible there.

Some final notes, after you've done this and learned and you've stacked some currency and you are ready to move on from the precon decks, start checking out different sites like Draftism(Resources/Sealed deck insta builder), AetherHub(Import top meta decks/see what USER custom decks are good right now), 17lands, etc. Start watching people run drafts on youtube and go ahead and get your assistant app set up and get into some Quick Drafts.

I suggest Quick Drafts because they are half the price, un-timed, and even if you do bad, you dont really lose much at all. If you do a full priced draft, it will simulate a real draft a lot closer, but since its 10k gold instead, if you do bad you will walk away wishing you would have just done two quick drafts, so save that for later on when you are confident. Now dont get me wrong, Sealed and other events are totally fun too, but we are talking about what will help you get going and learning fastest and seeing all the cards through the quickdrafts with an assistant app will do just that.

Be weary that wildcards will be slow to aqcuire after those initial code redemptions, so dont just go flying in and grabbing 4-5 decks willy nilly, no. Really try to practice some patience here on saving those and your currencies. It will pay off. Putting actual money into Arena has never really been satisfying for me outside of some rare store deals, like a beginner bundle that was totally worth the price or a mastery pass, but remember, if you dont spend your gems the moment you can and practice patience you can technically get that stuff for "free" anyway, and save the random real money purchases for later when you are practiced and its worth putting $20 for a few fun drafts you do well in..

[Nubbles]

Originally posted by CourtJesterCowboy:

save the random real money purchases for later when you are practiced and its worth putting $20 for a few fun drafts you do well in..

You can just enter drafts with gold and with the gems you win. No need to spend money on this game at all.

Use the codes to get the free packs and with them, the wildcards to build your first deck. Just netdeck it and play something good. Play it to collect gold and the free packs from ranked.

If you want to build a collection, don't spend the gold. About 2 weeks after a new set releases, we can quickdraft that new set. Do that, pick all the rares and build your collection that way. If you win enough, with the gems you win you can unlock the mastery of that set aswell. Only unlock it once you get enough goodies where the 3400 gems are worth it. Open the free and mastery packs of that set only after you're done drafting (there's rare protection on the packs but not on drafts). Repeat for every new set.

[CJ desu]

1. If you buy packs, only buy from the current set - this is because every 10 current set packs that you open you get a "Golden Pack" which will include 6 Rares/Mythics
2. If you do not play alchemy, do not buy alchemy packs!
3. Do your daily rewards - up to 10 wins will get you 25XP per win, which will progress you on the mastery track, and approximately 1250 gold, which you can use to buy packs or enter into drafts
4. Use your rare wildcards on re-usable cards only (cards that fit into multiple decks). Rares tend to be more useful than mythics in general and so I find myself lacking Rare wildcards while still having a couple of unused mythic wildcards at any one time.
5. If in doubt, use rare wildcards on rare lands since these are cards that you will be using in many decks.
6. Use wildcards on previous sets as priority - this is because you won't be buying packs from previous sets (if you follow tip 1), and because you can pick up the rares from the current set in drafts as well.

The current meta is crap at the moment as nearly everyone plays either Boros Convoke or board wipe control. You can either be a rat and join in on the crap-heap, or be patient for the meta to change - which it will eventually. I myself am playing Mono-Red Aggro until the meta changes and then fun can be had again.

[Argstein]

like someone else said first make sure you redeem all the free reward codes (check steam guides or web search for them)