What are some card games that are significantly less expensive than magic to play with a group of casual friends?
Are there any games out there that function as a self-contained set of cards which you build decks out of? I guess sort of like a MTG cube.
Would you rather just build a cube and call it a day?
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>with a group of casual friends
Is that casual 1v1 games or group games?
You could just proxxy a cube of Magic cards. Very few games that are draftable like Magic, maybe the Vampire game.
Buy 3 of any structure deck in yugioh, it'll cost you about $30 and will be anything from playable to psuedo-tier 1
LCGs?
both, really.
I have a proxy power cube that hasn't been met with enthusiasm. I might try a new one with a lower power level and see if that works out better. The really complex cards tend to confuse the newer people, and they feel really disadvantaged in drafts against better players. Really that's a big plus in and of itself for finding a completely different game.
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>with casual friends
NONE. There is no game that is cheaper than Magic for playing casual, because there are literal tons of "jank" cards (mostly Common draft fodder) that are thrown away or given for free. There is nothing cheaper than Magic for casual, as long as you aren't trying to get the cards used in competitive decks.
>both, really.
If you want the ability to do group games, your choices are very limited.
GoT 2.0 LCG I guess. No idea if L5R can do more than two players. There's also a bunch of Board/Cardgames that work for more than two players I think, might want to ask /bgg/
Buying a few boxes of cards from a game which is no longer supported is cheap.
Other that look up Fantasy Flight Game's "Living Card Games" e.g. Net Runner, Lord of the Rings Card Game, Legend of the Five Rings.
Assembling a cube would also work. But the downside is that the learning curve would be steep if you were to also play with a group that doesn't play Mtg well