If you like the look of MTG, the best thing you can do is wrap your head around how huge it is. Something like 21k cards and counting are available to you. Game

If you like the look of MTG, the best thing you can do is wrap your head around how huge it is. Something like 21k cards and counting are available to you. Game stores around the world host tournaments multiple times a week, larger tournaments are held within a few hours drive of most players at least a few times a year. The game has a moderate Pro and Semi-Pro scene, and larger stores like Star City Games do a decent job at broadcasting games every weekend on Twitch. Don't decide to "get into Magic", figure out what part of Magic you want to get into. The game is so big most players who make it past the kitchen table specialize in one or two formats, and inside that format they have a few decks. This is definitely a tricky thing to do when you don't really know the game that well, but if you put in some research it's not too bad. This is the best way to mitigate feeling like the game is Pay to Win. It turns the game into Pay to Play. You're not losing because your buddy spent $300 on new cards, you're losing because he's basically playing Legacy, and you've just got a Sealed deck from the latest expansion (Sealed is where you build a deck out of 6 packs). Magic is a hobby that will go as deep as you are willing to go. If you want to play once a month with friends at the kitchen table, or twice a week at a store and try earn a spot into the next Invitational, you can do it with Magic. Figure out limits though, they don't call it Cardboard Crack for nothing.