I am trying to get some friends together but right now I don't have that many who actually play. What happens in a typical play group that you are in?
Tends to be started by people who chat at the shop a lot. As for the actual happenings a few things tend to happen but not all within the same meeting everytime.
Conversation about the metagame
Playtesting new ideas
Running new tweaks and ideas past other minds while building a new deck
Trading
Occasionally a magic tech session leads to other realms of hanging out or conversation based on commonalities.
My playgroup was started by people playing magic, then I tried for years to be accepted. They were all friends before me, then I integrated. We play test and do everything together