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Some time ago I started to make decks to teach magic to some persons, who never have played something similar before.
After a catastrophic start I altered my personal restrictions for starter decks. It might have been an overhasty step, because other players I taught to play never behaved that clumsy as those first, but I did so, and so my decks look what they are looking today.

I would now like to see with which beginner/starter decks you can come (or already came) up with.
Please make sure that you include a deck and how-to play description.

[b]General restrictions[/b] (These have to be meet by every deck posted here)
[u]Legality[/u]: Standard, Pioneer or Modern ... I never was a huge fan of standard, due to the rotation, but since the starter-tournaments became standard, it could be necessary to build the starter-decks with standard legality. Modern would have the most widespread access to affordable cards, but pioneer might be more interesting for newer players, because getting your hand on old cards can be time consuming or expensive.
[u]Estimated Deck Value/ Price:[/u]: Under 50$ Mid value, without basic lands. I think 50$ is a good value, and something a new player should be willing to invest. to get a good deck, that might even be upgradable. The official decks sold ad my local gaming store cost around 20-40 bucks, and we all know that you need at least two of them, to throw together a descent deck. I did choose the mid value here on MTGVault, because by using this you a 90% chance that, when buying the deck, you will pay this price, or even less. If you want to auto-exclude basic lads from your decks price, use lands from e.g. M19. Make sure all the other cards you're using have a price!

My decks can be found under the following link:
https://www.mtgvault.com/muktol/beginner/