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I think Commander is the worst product to get people into the game. It's confusing enough for new players, but let's tack on 30 years of keywords and rules changes and expect someone new to the game to understand how it's played.
Never been my experience. It's way more complicated than standard, but it seems like a big hill to climb because of prior knowledge, not because it's actually hard. A fresh player can easily learn with the caveat you tell them not everyone is going to know everything and it's okay to get confused
@FontMasterFlex @thecdc1995 everything you say is accurate, and a good point. The killer thing that makes it sort of okay is that you can actually find people to play with, and they don't mind you playing janky decks.
That mtga is such a good way to teach the basics means most people shouldn't be going from 0 to commander, so it mostly works.