Hey guys, been out of the game for a good while now and I just learned about JumpStart from another post. Basically it’s 20 card precons, each player picks two, shuffles them together, and that’s your deck. This sounds like an amazing party game as well as a great teaching tool! I would totally put together a pseudo cube of like, 50 packs in a box and run a small tourney over drinks.
More importantly, this sounds like a fantastic way to teach my little family! 40 card games are fast, I can keep the mechanics simple and slowly add in more variety as they get good, and I can make reminder cards for each pack to help them get the hang of each mechanic.
I’d love some suggestions for themes and packs to make myself. Rules are:
- 7 creatures
- 4 spells
- 1 mana fixer
- 8 basic or common lands
- a maximum of 3 rares
They know I’m always up for a game, if they’re interested. I never want to force my hobbies on them, and they’ve found their own at their current ages.
I can see how a tribal deck would be good at teaching synergy. Maybe I should’ve swapped the suicide black deck for a tribal one. Ah well.