Oh! Another thing!

Play blue. I know, everyone hates blue mages, but play blue. This will help you to learn how the stack functions, and allow you to learn to play on your opponents turn. Cards like Propaganda will discourage attacking you, and cards like Leyline of Anticipation gives all your stuff Flash, meaning you can use sorceries and enchantments to handle big combat stuff.

There is always a way out, you might just not have it in your deck. Playing blue will teach you to be cunning and tricksy, and teach you interactions that will help you turn the balance in your favor.

A fun one if you’re looking to learn weird interactions: This was a precon, you can probably still buy it as is. Swap the commander from “Mirko, Obsessive Theorist” over to “Lazav, the Multifarious” and you’ve got a super tricky card cloning deck capable of producing copies of legendaries legally. Play this a few times, cut the chaff, replace them with some mind-control cards in dimir and some Better mana rocks.