Forum:Best Way to Improve Dueling Skills?

Hello all! I have a 12-year-old who is interested in getting into dueling tournaments. We as a family were very familiar with the traditional dueling rules (before Yugioh GX), but it's been years since any of us have really played, and the rules --- AND CARDS --- appear to have changed ALOT.

So, here are my questions:

1. What's the best way for a 12-year-old to get started in the dueling leagues? We live in the Mpls/St Paul area - and, btw, Yugioh cards are banned from our school district.

2. Which of the new cards would you consider 'must have' ? For instance, scrap iron scarecrow seems like a really great card to have in your deck.

Thanks for any advice you folks can provide.