You're right about the Magic, Critias. I guess it's because I usually do unarmed builds, where you need to squeeze every point that you can out. So you could easily lose the hard max on Magic, dropping combat sense to 4 and losing the quick draw power in exchange for getting it as a maneuver.
Now, for those 25 points, the ultimate powergaming combo would be Arnis de Mano twice (once for +1 DV on Blades, once to do damage on a disarm), Sangre y Acero once (for another +1 DV on Blades), then get disarm, finishing move, iaijutsu, off-hand training, and two-weapons style.
But this is a new player, so instead I would take two levels of martial arts for +2 DV on Blades, taking the iaijustsu maneuver, and raising the base Dodge skill to 4. Lots of other things you could do with the 25 points, though.