Halp! It's long but important.

[CajunJynx]

The problem with izzet vs Golgari duel decks is that the Golgari deck is 5x better than the izzet deck, and both use mechanics that might be confusing to a brand new player (dredge/graveyard manipulation vs over-reliance of non-permanent spells).

If you do go that path, let her play Golgari. Giving her the "bad deck disadvantage" is a good way to fluster a new player, and isn't a good way to keep her interested in it at the very least, if you find one deck crushing the other too consistently, swap decks!

Of course, and probably talk her through it. Same reason I am not playing against her with my legacy burn deck or my standard decks. Building a casual rat deck, I think the only rares are a single copy of ink eyes, four pack rats, and the new liliana.

[whitedrake]

Have the same problem... My wife asked me to teach her but it is quite difficult to make it in easy way...

She read also that game intro paper and build deck tutor and I tried to play with her with decks I have... Mostly modern or Legacy decks...

But then I decided to show her that duels of planeswalkers on ipad and believe me or not but with all those in-game hints and suggestions and difficulty modes she is getting to learn much quicker than by playing with decks.. I have tried also few duel decks that u mentioned here and it did not work the right way...