Look at that many cards from the top of your library, then put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order
Pale Bears and River Bear have islandwalk, which I mean, landwalk in the current year of our Magic meta
Whether youre building a tribal deck with Miara, Thorn of the Glade or Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator, a keyword-matters decks with Akroma, Vision of Ixidor or Radiant, Serra Archangel, or a commander-matters deck with Keleth, Sunmane Familiar and Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar, there are fun options for players on any budget
Playmats give you a clean surface to play on and make it easy to pick up and move around your cards
I can't say it is an important aspect of the game to master but any gain in understanding you get for magic generally helps your overall game
In addition to Spirit enablers, you also have a whole form of magic dedicated to themArcane spells