I don't understand anything about Magic the Gathering. Some of my friend's are trying to teach me but I just get confused with how they word it and they get way too far into detail.
If you're friends aren't particularly good teachers (though to be fair, it's very difficult!), I highly reccommend looking into Duels of the Planewalkers. It does a beautiful job explaining the rules of the game and giving you decks that aren't too complex. [url=http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/NewtoMagic.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/newtomagic/learntoplay]This page also seems to be super promising[/url], and the demo mimicks Duels of the Planewalkers.