[quinnsryche]

In my opinion, collect what looks appealing to YOU, what you can afford (nothing worse than getting into something you can't add to), something readily available to start and players you admire or respect (that's where the research - reading books and internet - comes in). Go on vintagecardprices.com and check out the galleries of card images, it might help you visually choose what you like, it helped me greatly when I came back in recently. Good luck, best wishes and have FUN (that's what it's really all about).