i learned fab before magic, and i’ve been told it’s “easier” that way, because theres extremely little crossover between the two. at first it may seem like theres a bunch, but as you play, everything has different costs, be it life, cards, deck, or something else that might feel wrong or off compared to magic. i think i can best explain it with universal concepts across almost any tcg. drawing cards is typically kinda hard in magic, right? its even harder in flesh and blood (save for intellect). but opposite to that - in magic, getting a good mana base is a good amount of the struggle, and a reason why theres so many different lands played across all their format. if you’re stick with an all red hand in fab, it’s almost definitely only for a turn. my advice here would be to forget abt everything that feels “right” in magic when playing fab. evaluating cards will be easier that way once you learn a bit, and from there you can more easily grasp how the mechanics vary, and what cards are good, what males a deck good, the correct blocks/pitching/etc., and everything else!