MTG has a range of starter sets both online and off that guide you through the game - starting with simple creatures and spells, before moving onto planeswalkers and more complex cards
Or, you can gather Energy for your main attacker UB on the Bench while you stall with another UB, then once you have enough Energy to attack, bring it in without Leaf, X Speed or Energy
It turned into a "chase card." This meant that the majority of people never actually had access to it
For the non-standard sets, there are (1) some special variants with Cosmos Holofoil, (2) one single variant with the Cracked Ice Holofoil, and (3) some special variants with the Reverse Holofoil pattern with the Cracked Ice Finish
The Base set was first released in Japan in 1996 via Media Factory and then later released in English and other foreign language versions via WotC in 1999