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i find the most cost effective way of playing is to not buy any boosters.

use deck building tools like MTG Vault to figure out what cards you not only want but have a specific deck to play it in. once you've made 3-5 decks, take your card list and go shopping online....commons and most uncommons are pennies a piece and if you build each deck on a budget(no crazy rares) then they should all be on relatively equal in strength.

If a few months down the road, you and your wife start finding those decks a bit stale but still want to play, you make another 2 decks and order those.

sure, opening up boosters is fun and can reward you with great surprises....you can also end up spending way more than you wanted only to have 17 copies of the same crappy commons that don't really fit any of your decks.