Magic the gathering

My friend got me into Magic and she managed to make me spend like $40 in a day for it. e_e

I haven't played since I left school, which was like 9 months ago, but if I remember right, Red & White cards would be your best suit. White specializes in control, Red specializes in brute force. The latest sets that have come out have guild/clan names assigned to specific color combinations and Red/White is Boros, so you should look for Boros cards.

White & Blue, the Arzorious guild, could also work, but that relies more heavily on control and turning opponents creatures against them.

Boros isn't so much control as it is building a small but strong army and buffing it.

Azorius has a focus on control, Gruul (red/green) is moreso just beatdown, and a lot of the other color combinations are sort of niche picks that play their own specialized role but don't really fall into a simple category.
At least in the current sets, I should say.

Simic (blue/green) could also work for you. A mix of control and beatdown.