You can categorize new players in a format called "modern soulbound" which matches modern but no SPS is needed and they only fight each other or liquidity bots. They can have an achievement system where they only earn SB rewards cards up to a certain level and towards the end as they progress another reward which I'll explain.
This probationary "modern SB" format can be time limited by number of battles and/or account age and/or achievement progression at which time they are given the tutorial on SPS and given the 30 day SPS loan staked from the DAO that we voted on and approved and thrown into regular modern format.
During this 30 day SPS loan they have to stake their SPS rewards daily, as a reward they get something on a sliding scale for winning battles besides glint and it only comes from this group of people in this 30 day window.
Now I'm going to use a sensitive loaded word here. Before I do, I would ask, "what do you think is going to replace conflicts and wagons?" Well I think it should be altars and the conflicts should be between the gods and we should pick a side. How do we make these altars?
Land resources. "But that is going to take a long time and development!"
Nope. It's simple, it's just 3 items (iron, ore and wood), you input them in and you get your altar. Just like buying wagons just slightly different and altars can work just as wagons did. Where do we get these from? From the team at full price or these new players during this 30 day window as they will get it as rewards during that time.
This will be the time that new players learn the market. It will kickstart them into the economy. The 30 day window limits exploiting by player and item volume and the team selling these resources creates a new revenue stream and this gives time for mancer to develop land.
Can they earn enough by selling land resources during this 30 day window to buy a spellbook?