Play as many pirates as possible, send them into plenty of challenges, and have them stop off at a bunch of powerful locations to gain lore quickly
They're usually not that great, but you know exactly what you're getting when you buy plus it has all the rules and tokens you'll need to play
The Final Fantasy: Through the Ages collection reimagines classic Magic: The Gathering cards with iconic art and characters from all 16 mainline Final Fantasy games
You gain serious protection from the earliest stages of the gameplay, and if your opponent has no way to deal with your auras, then its basically game over
These can even be made to last, too, by using end-of-turn effects like Sundial of the Infinite
The standard version pictured above, though, is nothing to scoff at