In the Beginning: Oh, So Many Choices!

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Plejades

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  2. Excellent article. Answered all the questions I had as a new MTGO player. Many thanks, and I shall be returning :)

  3. Hello Bluff and Bully05!

    Glad you liked the article. We are currently preparing a huge series of articles and videos for beginners. Check back from time to time for updates and announcements. :-)

  4. As a brand new play to MTGO/MTG(even), the content on this site has been very helpful. Thanx for the effort that has gone into this site as it is much appreciated…..

  5. i was wondering since facebook has 400 million member from all over the world why doesn’t Wizards introduce magic online.they could make it free. But the catch is the free version can only use the gold bordered plainswalker cards.

  7. “But the catch is the free version can only use the gold bordered plainswalker cards.”

    Yeah, I’ve wondered myself why they make people pay for the Planeswalker gold cards. I figure a free version would get more people hooked. Maybe they’ll go out and want to start a regular collection. Unless of course it’s server load. It’s not free for them to provide the servers.

  9. Good article, everything that one needs when they first start and how to handle there starting gifts from wizards.

  10. I actually think the gold cards are a good way to give people time to play with other beginners and have cards in their pool that are popular and not so easy to get till they feel comfortable enough to step out in the “real world”. It would help though if they would make it a bit more clear that those cards have no trade values (they cannot be traded).

    Have fun everyone!

  12. I do wish they would give an option for the old type of new accounts where you get $10.00 at the MTGO store for the advance players purchasing extra accounts.

  13. Excellent article on startup. Highly recommended to new players – a reference I could have used when I started out.

  14. I for one, though still quite new on MTGO, have never played with the planeswalker cards I got. I agree with Owen, the 10 dollar coupon would have been better for me. Also, when filtering through your collection or through deck editor, the planeswalker cards can get quite annoying. I wish they would put in a feature to just always keep them hidden or something.

  15. Hi and ty for this helpfull article. I just started on MTGO and have one question: Are there more functions in the Chat, like “/join auction”, we do not know?

    Best wishes

    Nagarjuna

  17. You usually can trade for most booster for the rate: 4 tickets = one booster. Some are considerable cheaper (between 2 and 3.5) while a few others can be above 4 depending on current events and surge of demand.

  18. Greetings Plejades.

    Thank you for this helpful article, it helped clear a lot of doubts for me. I’m currently playing the free trial version of MTGO, and I’d like to know whether the freeplay decks,(Teeth Of The Predator, Etc.) will be available to me once I pay for my account. Are the freeplay decks part of the aforementioned ‘Planeswalker Deck’?

    Thanks.

  19. Hello Floyd,

    glad you liked the article. I have to admit that I am not sure if Wizards is still offering free play with the theme decks after switching to the Planeswalker cards in the starter package. If anyone here can help out with some information please let us know.

    Good luck,

    Marin

  21. Unfortunately the Planeswalker pack cannot be traded or sold. It has no value outside of the related play rooms.

  22. Is there a spoiler list of the cards in Planeswalker sets 1 2 and 3? I love the deck builder but often have time when I could be working on deck ideas when I am away from my comp. I’ve searched the net to no avail. Any pointers?

  23. wrt examining the existing decks:

    - Go into the Deck Editor
    - Click the Load button
    - Make sure that the top dropdown in the dialog box is set to “Local Deck”
    - Make sure that the “Look In:” dropdown is set to “Default Folder”

  25. Going back to the problem in May sometime about “download Planeswalker Deck #1 in .txt format” , not being usable and bringing up the Invalid Deck sign. This still happens……all the suggested checks are done, ie Planeswalker pack open etc…….Still get the Error Message when I try to play solitaire. Would like to do this before I jump in the deepend… did anyone find an answer please?

  26. Seadog,

    we will check on the error and see why it happens. Meanwhile I have disabled the Planeswalker decks in the article until we have a solution.

  27. Thanks for the reply……..I discovered that you get 5 pre-made decks with your new account so I had a play with them before venturing forth to lose my MTGO virginity!
    Which I then preceded to lose, (the game I mean).. not realising that “destroy all creatures” means mine as well!… rofl

  29. Fantastic Article. I just joined MTGO today after trying the free trail for a week or so. this article was a massive help.
    Thank you

  30. You are welcome. If you want to help other players please retweet the post or tell friends to visit. Thanks!

  31. Thank you for this nice article. Great help no doubt.

    Some years ago I had an account with MTGO but I lost all the information about that. Is that possible that this old account is still available or I need to create a new one…

    One more time many thanks for this article and Academy.

    This is the right place to be a Pro, and I want to be one. ;)

  34. Are the current commons and uncommons provided definitely M12, even though it says M11 at startup? I really don’t want a bunch of useless M11 cards that are about to rotate out.

  35. L2ionok7, the new account assorted Commons and Uncommons have been updated to M12. The in-client, new account creation text, however, hasn’t been updated, but I’ve brought it to Wizards’ attention!

  36. thats for this deck list, i win a lot with the green blue elves deck i have added a few things to it though, is there any more deck suggestions out there i am not good at creating my own, i can change one to what i like once it is built but get lost when trying to do it myself…

  40. I was on the fence about buying MTGO, not knowing what I would really get and what to do with it. I haven’t played Magic since it was originally released and quit when Ice Age was first released in stores because I found other things to do with my money. Recently I became interested again and was not satisfied with Planeswalkers 2013 and Tactics just made my stomach turn!

    I found the MTGO client and could not bring myself to pay $9.99 to nab it, UNTIL I read through your beginner articles! Very well done my friend, very well done indeed. You made the choice easy, my only regret is I used the last of my gift card (birthday) to buy the client so I am unable to take advantage of the Newsletter special!

    I am excited to play!
    Thanks for the great articles.

  41. This article saved me to do great stupid things last night when I created my account.

  42. Thanks for all the positive feedback guys. I have updated the tutorial to reflect the most recent changes in starter package content. Hope you all have fun slinging cards!

  43. Hey Pleyades,
    I saw a streaming of a very cool format. It is called Momir (u probably know) and u can play this only online, so it made me to think about purchasing mtgo. However, as a casual player it wouldnt be worth spending lots of money. Can I play just casual games with my friends with no fees? And if so, can i play Momir games for free with them too?
    I also like limited formats, but i dont need the cards. Is there a cheap way how to draft/seal online or i have to always pay the 14 tickets?
    Thanks

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  45. Great job!

    However, isn’t it outdated? I just made a MTGO account and I got:

    1) Hundreds of cards from M14
    2) 5 event tickets
    3) 20 new player tickets

    That’s all. No gold-bordered cards or booster pack.

    Of course, the starting decks are also outdated. I haven’t been able to find the new ones though.

    But I insist, very helpful. Thanks!

  49. Latest new player pack is essentially this, except it’s 600 M15 cards (350 non-lands) and it includes 2 boosters again, which apparently it did a few years ago.

    I of course, being a noob, cracked my two boosters immediately >.< *sigh*.

    Anyway, pretty huge value IMO. $1-3 less than you could buy just the tix and boosters, nevermind the 600 (admittedly terrible) card set and 20 new player points. You'll get at least 50 random cards out of the NP points from phantom sealed events, even if you're horrible at drafting/sealed decks (min prize is 2 5-card non-trade boosters for a 4-player draft, top prize is 4 of them for winning 3 games, 1 win gets you 3). If you're good at draft (i.e. win at least three games in each of 5 drafts) then you could get 100 random cards out of those newbie points.