Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Magic: The Gathering Foundations Beginner Box by Wizards of the Coast is the best way for beginners to start playing Magic: The Gathering. With a friend to play against, this box will teach you both how to play Magic: The Gathering. For $30.00 currently (a fair price) the Magic: The Gathering Foundations Beginner Box includes ten themed jumpstart decks (that's enough cards to make three standard sixty card decks, with some extras), two reference cards, a reference guide, two "How to Play" guides, two playmats, two icosahedral dice, some tokens, and more. The jumpstart decks include two themes for each mana type (white plains: cats, healing) (blue islands: pirates, wizards) (black swamps: vampires, undead) (red mountains: goblins, inferno) (green forests: elves, primal). With that many options you can really get an understanding of how each mana type operates and choose which mana types are your favorite to include in your decks, also the variations in gameplay are endless. The cards included in the Magic: The Gathering Foundations Beginner Box were specifically chosen with beginner players in mind making it easy to understand the mechanics of gameplay. The tutorial game is cats vs vampires so don't shuffle those decks for the first game because they are in a special order to teach you both how to play. If you want to start playing, or know someone who might want to start playing Magic: The Gathering right now there is no better way to start learning how to play than the Magic: The Gathering Foundations Beginner Box.

Great for introducing my kid to magic cards, able to try various combinations.

Like the ease of use to learning the game and mechanics. comes with plenty of cards to mix up decks as well.

This thing is perfect for people learning how to play MTG. It guides you every step of the way and comes with some really cool cards that you can use in future decks you build. I would highly recommend learning this way before you jump right into other styles like commander.

As a mtg player, this set has alot of lands and various useful cards for getting someone into the game. We even did an opening video for it though we learned afterwards that all the beginner kits have the exact same cards in them. As of the current time, you pay for this box approx what the cards themselves would be bulk, which is actually pretty nice.

Great for beginners and vampire and cat lovers! Very easy and I would play a few times to get the idea of how to play Magic.

Wonderful way to teach beginning players basics in a “ real” formal etiquette way. Jumpstart packs are amazing. I reuse them for beginner “drafts” and they work great. I’d highly recommend this product, especially if you can catch it on sale.

This product is exactly what I wanted. I needed a new fresh start to magic the gathering. Also included some necessary equipment.

I purchased a Magic: The Gathering Beginner Box from Best Buy, and although the exterior packaging was in pristine condition, I was extremely disappointed by what I found inside. Upon opening the factory-sealed packs, I discovered multiple cards that were stuck together, a condition collectors commonly refer to as "bricking." When separated, the cards suffered surface peeling and damage, rendering them unacceptable for collecting. Part of the appeal of purchasing factory-sealed trading cards is the expectation that the contents will be in new, undamaged condition. Unfortunately, that was not my experience. Buyer Beware While this may be a manufacturing or storage-related issue rather than something directly caused by Best Buy, the fact remains that I purchased a brand-new product and received damaged merchandise. Extremely disappointing, especially for a collectible product where card condition is so important.

My child and I have been playing with this Beginner Box every weekend, and it’s been a fantastic way to learn Magic together. The tutorials are easy to follow, the decks are well balanced, and each game helps us understand a little more without feeling overwhelming. It’s a great introduction for anyone who is new to Magic: The Gathering, whether you’re learning on your own or with your kids. We’ve had a lot of fun, and it definitely made us want to keep playing. Highly recommended for beginners!

Just as my title says. I used it to teach a friend who was interested in playing but would be overwhelmed by jumping into 4 player commander format. Pre shuffled training deck is basically a real life video game like tutorial to introduce the game rules and concepts that then leads into some practice play.

First time playing Magic and this set made it easy to start and learn. I was intimidated by the game and the way this set breaks it down made it easy to get into it. We played this over a dozen times. I feel you can outfit this fairly quickly but it was worth it. Now I'm looking into Commander decks.

I was look for this items at several different stores in my area and no one had it the one store told me it was going to be hard to find it so i looked at best buy and there it was and 3 says later shipped to my house, 100 guaranteed to recommend to others.

Easy to use and learn out of the box. Instruction are direct.

Product arrived in a timely manner and in excellent condition. Hard to beat the price when other locations were selling it for a lot more.

This was perfect! A clear guide on how to play magic the gathering, I have been able to play with my family and teach everyone how to play! Its a great way to start and get introduced to the game.

Came woth a good batch of small decks and all the instructions would definitely recommend if yoyr new to the fame or coming back after a long time away from it

Great way to teach new players the game, then becomes a board-game like experience all contained in one box.

It's not bad, but feels a bit bare bones with what you get. Although for the price, I'd say it's a good deal to get started. I believe they used to include a few extra things in the box, like health counters. Seems like they skimped on a few things with this newer version. Still a good buy though.

A great starter box for those getting into MTG comes with everything you need!