You should always aim to spend a bit more and get something thatll properly protect your cards rather than cheap out and risk ruining your favorite cards
From day one, players could risk their own Magic: The Gathering cards for a chance to win their opponent's
City in a Bottle will wipe out any permanent from the Arabian Nights expansion, and it won't let players play any more cards from that set, either
Sample Decklist The Commander At a glance, Zack Fair seems like a decent support card, but a terrible commander: hes a simple 0/1 Human Soldier that costs one white mana and comes into play with a +1/+1 counter , and later you can sacrifice him to give his +1/+1 counter and one Equipment to another creature
Also, basic land cards had been removed from core set booster packs for a while, so these Starter Decks were the only place to get the new Ice Age art lands
If you are regularly able to get the five colors of mana with stuff like mana rocks and lands, then they are all reliable 5-drops, and that increases their value appreciably