I haven't written an article here in quite a while. There are a lot of reasons for that, mostly having to do with real-world things taking up much more of my time lately and my not playing very much recently. The complete and almost total unplayability of MTGO also had a lot to do with it. Now that v3 is up, I've been playing a bit more lately; and having not played the v3 beta at all, I figured I'd review it and share some thoughts on the state of Magic.
It requires an absolute minimum of investment, and your deck is competitive with every other deck in the tournament. I’m going to say this a lot because it is the best part. Your deck is equal to every other deck in the tournament. How many times do you know going in that you’re on an even keel?
Magic Online has a variety of tournaments you can participate in, including regular 8-person draft queues, premier sealed and constructed tournaments, 8-person constructed queues, and 4-week sealed deck leagues. Each offers a different set of prizes and a different number of opponents. This article will show you that not all tournaments are created equally. Some Magic Online tournaments offer a much better return on your investment than others, so a regular player would play longer for less money by playing the high-paying tournaments and avoiding the others.
Many of you are primarily paper Magic players. Your experience of Magic involves sitting in a game store with a sleeved deck of cards, an opponent you can look in the eye, and a hand that you continually reshuffle so your opponent won't realize the land you just played came straight off the top of your deck. You have a massive box of commons in your basement.
I play a lot of Magic, but I don't experience any of that. I've been playing Magic exclusively online for more than a year now, aside from the occasional draft for Friday Night Magic.
No matter if you're new to playing Magic online or are a veteran, here is a guide that will help you decide what software will work best for you. There are several different programs available. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses. You might even choose to use more than one program, firing up one program to play certain type of games that another program won't allow y...
Today, Wizards announced that it would be discontinuing its popular Magic Online service, citing falling sales, coding issues, and rising costs. Magic Online is expected to, according to the Wizards spokesman, be shut down on January 1st, 2006.
In this article, written in five minutes in the MTG Salvation Editorial Basement, we explore reactions to Wizards' announcement, as well as their mo...
Simple enough question, right? I recently wrote to Wizards of the Coast customer service asking: “Can you tell me why I am unable to play Vintage (Type1) on Magic: the Gathering Online and whether there are plans to allow players to play with the older cards online?” My e-mail received the following response:
“Hello,
at this time 7th edition and later are the only sets available ...
