So I barely know anything about MTG but I want to get cards for myself and a couple friends. What's the easiest way to get into this? (I know there's the video game but I wanna go real cards). I see there are two deck starter kits which seem cool, maybe I get one of those for each of us and then some booster packs? Like $30 per person is what I'm going for. Are the starter decks balanced against each other? Is there other stuff I should know?
It looks like some of the commander decks are even cheaper now! I didn't realize there were different formats and degrees of casual popularity so this is helpful! Buying a single deck plus maybe boosters seems easier to wrap my mind around than buying multiple starter kits.