Learning to play Magic: The Gathering has never been easier! Magic: The Gathering Foundations offers tons of ways to enjoy the game, whether you've just started playing or are a seasoned Magic superfan. Foundations releases on November 15, 2024, ushering in a new era for Magic.

The Beginner Box is designed to teach you how to play Magic. It will walk you through your first game turn by turn, then help you to start playing on your own. Once you've learned how to play, you can mix and match ten different themes of cards. Each theme is tailored toward new players and offers a glimpse into what Magic has in store for you.

Magic: The Gathering Foundations Beginner Box
Magic: The Gathering Foundations Beginner Box

Each Magic: The Gathering Foundations Beginner Box includes the following:

  • 10 Themed Jumpstart decks
    • Each deck includes 20 cards from Foundations (FDN). Shuffle two together and play!
    • Jumpstart decks are predetermined and designed for beginner play.
    • Decks contain additional Foundations (FDN) cards and do not contain cards from Foundations Jumpstart (J25).
  • 2 Reference cards
  • 1 Reference guide booklet
  • 2 "How to Play" guides
  • 2 Gameboard playmats
  • 2 Spindown life counters

The Beginner Box contains ten themed Jumpstart decks, two of which (the Vampires and Cats decks) are specifically ordered for the tutorial. These decks are not to be shuffled. If they become out of order and need to be reordered, don't worry! The tutorial order for the tutorial decks is right here, so you can go through that experience whenever you like.

You can find the contents of each of the ten decks in the Foundations Beginner Box below, as well as explore the complete set in the Foundations Card Image Gallery. Magic: The Gathering Foundations releases on November 15, 2024, and is available for preorder now. You can preorder the Beginner Box, Play Boosters, Bundles, and more from your local game store, online at retailers like Amazon, and elsewhere Magic: The Gathering products are sold.

Tutorial Deck Card Order and Lists

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Cats
0001_MTGFDN_BBThemes: Cats Theme Card

Tutorial decks are ordered from top to bottom, so you'll draw the cards at the top of the table first.

Plains

Plains

Plains

Plains

Savannah Lions

Leonin Skyhunter

Prideful Parent

Plains

Plains

Felidar Savior

Plains

Angelic Edict

Jazal Goldmane

Pacifism

Ingenious Leonin

Helpful Hunter

Leonin Vanguard

Moment of Triumph 

Elspeth's Smite

Uncharted Haven

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Vampires
0002_MTGFDN_BBThemes: Vampires Theme Card

Tutorial decks are ordered from top to bottom, so you'll draw the cards at the top of the table first.

Swamp

Swamp

Swamp

Swamp

Vampire Interloper

Vampire Spawn

Moment of Craving

Swamp

Swamp

Highborn Vampire

Untamed Hunger

Bloodtithe Collector

Crossway Troublemakers

Vengeful Bloodwitch

Hero's Downfall

Vampire Neonate

Offer Immortality

Stromkirk Bloodthief

Swamp

Uncharted Haven

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Remaining Beginner Box Deck Lists

0003_MTGFDN_BBThemes: Healing Theme Card
Ancestor Dragon Dazzling Angel Quick-Draw Katana Ajani's Pridemate Adamant Will Bishop's Soldier Deadly Riposte Herald of Faith Inspiring Overseer Prayer of Binding Twinblade Paladin Uncharted Haven Hinterland Sanctifier 7 Plains
0004_MTGFDN_BBThemes: Pirates Theme Card
Corsair Captain Bigfin Bouncer Skyship Buccaneer Brineborn Cutthroat Spectral Sailor Tolarian Terror Cancel Eaten by Piranhas Kitesail Corsair Opt Storm Fleet Spy Pirate's Cutlass Uncharted Haven 7 Island
0005_MTGFDN_BBThemes: Wizards Theme Card
Mystic Archaeologist Arcane Epiphany Clinquant Skymage Erudite Wizard Icewind Elemental Mischievous Mystic Fleeting Distraction Burrog Befuddler Exclusion Mage Into the Roil Quick Study Starlight Snare Uncharted Haven 7 Island
0006_MTGFDN_BBThemes: Undead Theme Card
Death Baron Hungry Ghoul Diregraf Ghoul Eaten Alive Reassembling Skeleton Cemetery Recruitment Crow of Dark Tidings Deadly Plot Maalfeld Twins Skeleton Archer Suspicious Shambler Undying Malice Uncharted Haven 7 Swamp
0007_MTGFDN_BBThemes: Goblins Theme Card
Dropkick Bomber Incinerating Blast Frenzied Goblin Battle-Rattle Shaman Dragon Fodder Goblin Oriflamme Goblin Smuggler Kindled Fury Raging Redcap Swab Goblin Volley Veteran Goblin Firebomb Uncharted Haven 7 Mountain
0008_MTGFDN_BBThemes: Inferno Theme Card
Terror of Mount Velus Fiery Annihilation Firespitter Whelp Carnelian Orb of Dragonkind Dragonlord's Servant Fire Elemental Kargan Dragonrider Rapacious Dragon Scorching Dragonfire Seize the Spoils Skyraker Giant Uncharted Haven 8 Mountain
0009_MTGFDN_BBThemes: Elves Theme Card
Elvish Archdruid Beast-Kin Ranger Elvish Regrower Felling Blow Broken Wings Dwynen's Elite Llanowar Elves Snakeskin Veil Joraga Invocation Tajuru Pathwarden Thornweald Archer Wildheart Invoker Uncharted Haven 7 Forest
0010_MTGFDN_BBThemes: Primal Theme Card
Aggressive Mammoth Bite Down Giant Growth Mild-Mannered Librarian Wildwood Scourge Bear Cub Biogenic Upgrade Druid of the Cowl Magnigoth Sentry New Horizons Thrashing Brontodon Uncharted Haven 8 Forest

Join Magic's vast Multiverse with Magic: The Gathering Foundations! The set releases on November 15, 2024, and is available for preorder now. You can preorder the Beginner Box, Play Boosters, Bundles, and more from your local game store, online at retailers like Amazon, and elsewhere Magic: The Gathering products are sold.