Six mana is pretty steep, but in a green deck, thats not that hard to achieve
These are not small quantities of fakes were talking about here
If you've already got a lot of cards from The First Chapter, apart from the guaranteed foils in the 2 decks, it might be more cost-effective to put your money towards boosters, unless you're looking to pick up the cards from either of the starter sets quickly, then the fixed nature of the decks will get you those quicker than randomized boosters
If the players in your group are fine with you using printed proxies, perhaps after a rule 0 discussion, then read on
I took a lot of notes throughout the weekend as a way to empty my mind between rounds and stay in the moment during each game, so now that its over I can tell you exactly how I managed to pull it off
Jumpstart booster packs are loaded with cards from throughout Magic The Gathering (MTG) history plus 37 cards that get their first-ever printing and dozens of cards from Core Set 2021 (M21) Best Set for Standard 2026 Beza, the Bounding Spring | Illustration by Martin Wittfooth Want to jump into Standard with the release of Secrets of Strixhaven