Hillary Clintons hopes and dreams . <| sep |> Ive gotten in to 4 LCGs , 3 of which were after they ' d already been out for a while . The way I like to do it is to simply play in release order . So you get the core , obviously , and see if you like it . Then if you do , you get the next full cycle of cards the expansion . Then that should keep you occupied for a good long while . And once you feel you ' ve played that out and you ' re ready to shake things up again , you move on to the next cycle expansion . I do it this way to simulate the shifts in meta as the game evolved over time . If you have everything available to you , it ' s too easy to just build with the best cards the game has to offer . By going in release order and artifical limiting your pool of cards , you force yourself to use cards that were good for that era . Even if they ' re obsolete now , you get to build decks that may not even exist anymore because they were good when those cards were still pretty new . That ' s just how I do it though . It makes sense to me , but really , the big point to drive home is to not use everything at once . You can buy everything at once , but try to limit how much you ' re using . Drip it out over time to really get the most of everything . You control the way you experience these games .