Magic really was an excellent game, and it probably still is a lot of fun. The main problem with it is the flaw that comes with all collectible card games: He who spends the most money and buys the most cards builds the better decks.
not exactly.with some of the new sets you could build a deck full of commons and still hope to beat some other decks.
of course in the new sets the rare have gotten a lot stronger as well so it sort of evens out.