This is a battlebox I've build for quick play at the school where I work. The children are between 6 and 10 years old, and their first language isn't english (but danish). I use it both as a learning tool for new players, but also for multiplayer fun with the kids who already understand the game.

My goals were to craft an easy onboarding experience for new players to pick up, while also providing a deeper strategic level of learning for the more advanced players.
I wanted a lot of interaction and decision making, so that the children had many opportunities to learn about the stack, responses and card advantage in a natural flow state.
And finally, I wanted to keep matches relatively short, to not tire out the children before they got bored or their attention started drifting.

The list is mostly based on what I had lying around, but there are a few guidelines I tried to stick to based on prior experience and the goals of the box. I wanted to:

• Keep the power level relatively flat.
• Have each card be playable on its own, and not rely on other other cards to function (ex. Fiery Temper).
• Focus on instants and sorceries over auras, equipment and other permanent buffs.
• Remove tokens and counters entirely, to make the box playable with a minimum of outside game pieces.
• Have ways to interact with flying and unblockable.
• Omit MV 6 or higher cards, so that players could reliably cast up to two cards a turn, even if games would go late. Also, balancing.
• And have a fair and reliable suite of removal, to combat one-sided massacres and give players a fighting chance, should they fall behind.

Because of these guidelines, our games have become a lot more about learning proper sequencing and timing, which is normally can be hard to teach to children.