Had my first Magic: The Gathering games yesterday: Any advice for newbie?

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Ok, it sounds like my guide would be too simple for you anyway then. It's mainly to do with common mistakes people make, and general playing strategies. But if you've played loads before it will probably be obvious to you.

Thanks for the heads up about this "wastes" thing, I've not heard of that! I'll check it out.

Edit: OK, I think I get it. I think it sounds bloody stupid at first glance. We'll see I guess. I've been unimpressed with their new ideas for a long time, I think they ran out of juice after the Urza block. It had a lot to do with why I stopped playing, we couldn't even be bothered to buy any singles from new sets for our draft box. But I'm a bitter old M:TG player who has gone through almost all of it, so don't listen to me

Edit again: Ah bollocks, I forgot the site that used to host the guide in question stopped hosting and it got lost.