Getting Started on Magic Online (in 2022) | MTG Tutorial

Want to check out Magic Online but intimidated by the process? Today we'll cover everything you need to know to get started on MTGO from downloading the client to building, importing and playing decks, to gameplay tips and tricks to trading your cards and selling your winnings! If you have a question, don't be afraid to ask in the comments!

Today's video is brought to you by Card Kingdom. You can pick up some paper Magic: the Gathering cards (and help support the show) at https://www.cardkingdom.com/mtggoldfish

Magic Arena is great for some players, but it has it's share of issues ranging from a limited card pool and number of formats, to the proliferation of digital-only cards not available in paper, to the awkward (and for some players, expensive) economy. If you're looking for a way to play more formats—Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage—with more cards (Magic Online has almost all the cards from Magic's nearly 30 years history) and have control over your collection in a way similar to paper Magic (with buying, selling, trading for singles) Magic Online is the best and only official option.

Unlike Magic Arena, whose primary goal is to recreate Magic as a video game, the goal of Magic Online is to represent the truest possible paper Magic experience in digital form. As a result, the client has a much more stripped back look compared to Magic Arena (you won't find flashy animations, for example), but you gain a ton more options, play experiences, and functionality as a result. 

Unfortunately, since Magic Online isn't the most intuitive game (although it really isn't nearly as bad as some people make it out to be), there is a bit of a learning curve when you first start playing. Today, our goal is to help speed you up along that curve, covering everything you need to know about getting started on Magic Online, from downloading the client, to the various things you can do within the client, to acquiring cards and importing decks, to playing games (along with some tips and tricks to make gameplay as fast and easy as possible), to winning (and, if you choose, selling) prizes. 

Since we are covering a lot of ground, today's video is pretty long, but there are timestamps that will allow you to jump to the parts that are more relevant to you in the description as well as a pinned comment. I tried to cover everything I could think of that a new player would need to know, but if you have a question, don't be afraid to ask in the comments. I'll do my best to help. Anyway, let's get to the video, and then after the video, we'll have some links to additional information along with some of the websites we discuss in the video.

Today's video is brought to you by Card Kingdom. You can pick up some Magic: the Gathering cards (and help support the show) at https://www.cardkingdom.com/mtggoldfish

0:00 Start
0:51 Why Play Magic Online?
4:57 Downloading the Client
5:44 Creating Your Account
8:21 Upgrading Your Account
9:18 Tab Overview
16:41 Getting Cards: Renting vs. Buying
20:19 Buying Cards/Importing a Deck
28:49 Building a Deck In-Client/Exporting Decks
30:53 Trading
34:19 How To Get Cards for Free
39:03 Playing Magic on Magic Online
41:36 Gameplay Screen Overview
45:37 Gameplay Tips & Tricks
55:24 Tournaments/Events Overview
59:59 Selling Cards/Boosters/Prizes
1:01:58 Selling Tix for Cash/Cashing Out
1:02:23 Wrap Up

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Important links:

Download Magic Online here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/mtgo

MTGGoldfish.com - Decklists and prices: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/

Free 4 Tix Bot Credit from Cardhoarder: https://www.cardhoarder.com/mtgo-welc...

Cardhoarder free card rental program: https://www.cardhoarder.com/free-loan...

ManaTraders free card rental program: https://www.manatraders.com/subscript...

Free card bots on Magic Online: CardhoarderFree & GoatBotsFree (search in trade tab)

Recommended Magic Online bots: Cardhoarder (https://www.cardhoarder.com/), Goatbots (https://www.goatbots.com/), MTGOTraders (https://www.mtgotraders.com/store/ind...)

GoatBots Magic Online Events EV Calculator: https://www.goatbots.com/event-calcul...

Sell Your Magic Online Tix (cash out): https://www.cardhoarder.com/sell-mtgo...