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I will first say you can ask as many questions and post as many things as you want to this community and you will always get answers from people, and the questions will always be well-received.
Are you looking to just play with your child, or are you looking to play at a local store or something else? That will help us narrow things down a little.
If you are just looking to play casually at home, this deck and all deck ideas you have will be playable and fun. This tends to not do so well in the current formats, but there is a deck you can play on Arena in the Historic format that you might like. Search for "Historic Orzhov Zombies", and here is an article and video from 2021 about the play style: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/historic-101-orzhov-zombies
There are a few types of two sided cards, sometimes referred to as MDFCs (Modal Dual Faced Cards):
There may be more types but this is a good primer.
I would suggest starting with Youtube videos, and search for things like "Metagame overview for new players" or "Meta decks for returning players" or something like "2023 Standard meta overview". The videos are extremely helpful I find. You can also search for "_____ Deck tech" where the blank is the type of deck you are curious about. Like "Orzhov zombies deck tech", and sort videos by newest.
The next best place is your local game store. These stores are wonderful places for educating people, and normally filled with other players looking to help and looking to expand their play groups.
Thanks for the answer. I am looking to play locally when i find other players and shops, and with the kid ofcourse because it was a blast playing almost the whole sunday. When we get the cards its going to be a blast making new decks, but as far as the kid is concerned, red is the king and the bigger the dragon, the better ( luckily for me the subtle art of going aggro with goblins still eludes them )