Each pack contains 12 Magic cards, including 1 Mystical Archive card (Uncommon, Rare, or Mythic Rare), 1 Lesson card (Common, Uncommon, Rare, or Mythic Rare), 1 Rare or Mythic Rare, 1 foil of any rarity, 1 Wild Card of any rarity, 6 assorted Commons or Uncommons that are thematically connected (with Commons connected to other Commons and Uncommons connected to other Uncommons), and 1 Land cardplus 1 Art Card and 1 Ad/Token or special card from Magic's history (a card from "The List")
Feldon of the Third PathFeldon of the Third Path won't give us an experience counter, but he can put token copies of our best creatures into play every turn
Overhand Shuffle The overhand shuffle is the basic technique for a standard deck of playing cards and probably the first way you learned to shuffle
Oil-Slick versions would be my first stop
The Lorwyn and Morningtide sets had strong tribal themes with ten different two-color tribes, and Faeries were the blue-black tribe