Any Magic the Gathering Online players in here?

[AB Positive]

If so, tell me about it, I admit I'm intrigued as an old-school MtG player.

-AB+

[JWKobayashi]

I've been tempted by this as well. I played from about the time 4th edition came out up until about the end of the Mercadian stuff. I loved the Urza trilogy and got pissed when it rotated out of Type II.

I just remember going to play at local tournaments and trying to hang out with the cooler older guys (I was about 16 and they were in their mid 20's). Good times, good times.

[soundwave]

I used to play MTGO about 5 years ago and I had a lot of fun. I first started playing MTG around the time the Unlimited set came out way back when. I was a bit wary at first to play the online version, but it turned out to ba a lot of fun, tournaments are always running, and there's always someone online to play against. And you could turn in your cards for real ones (though you had to have a complete set in order to trade in your cards) you do tend to see a lot of the same decks from time to time. But if you join a guild it can be a great way to relive the old MTG days.

Black lotus, channel, Fireball!!!!! haha

[aaron7]

Yup, still play. I play the MTG card game on my PC all the time; as it's just so damn fun! (and they told me I'd never get it to work on Windows XP 8-) )

I have all my cards still too, but it's hard to find an opponent :p

[cyberfluxor]

Back years ago ('97) I played the card game in middle school with a few friends. I was stuck with 1 deck that was a birthday present, but was a nice hand that won me some games. One of my friends got the PC game in '99 (I think) that was hard as hell because we never understood how to beat the dungeon bosses fast enough, or something like that. I'm sure we'd have a better understanding if it were played again today. But last year I decided to buy some more cards on ebay, even if they were commons I didn't mind. So I forked out $100 and got several sets of those 200+ random common decks and now have over 1000 cards. Some people say it's a waste of money but I don't mind spending that much to have so many cards around for friends to play along. They've gotten a few games going but building decks before the game is the rough part, sorting through so many.

But, more at hand with the on-line game. I've been told it can be expensive but it quite fun. It can be tempting but I like having the physical card and interaction between my friends during play. Of course there's more set rules on-lineand guide lines, but for some reason it feels more fun to yell at one another with what you can or cannot do during gameplay. :P

[Sega Hitman]

I've gotten way into MTGO over the past few months. Feel free to PM any questions you may have.

That being said, it's crazy addicting, and if you want to play in tournaments and the like, it can cost a LOT. You dont have to spend money to have fun with this game though. Personally, I do a TON of trading on there, and just that for me is a blast.

I haven't had a lot of luck with playing in tournaments. I've done a lot of drafting. The prize system is nice, but if you dont win your first match, you're left with just the cards you drafted. Sometimes thats okay, although other times you can easily lose $10. Drafting is what can really cost a lot if you're not too good. You've gotta pay for 3 packs and 2 tickets, which is $13 a draft. Don't let that scare you off though, for the people that are good, it pays for itself over and over again.

I've yet to play in any constructed tournaments. I'm pretty intimidated by the thought of it. That might be unjustified though. From my experience, tournament players can be pretty cutthroat, and I'm not sure if I'm ready. Then again though, I've never played in real life tournaments like this. If you have, then you might really like em online.

In summary, the game can cost a lot, and it will manage to absorb a ton of your time whether you like it or not. If thats okay though, you'll have a blast.

-Hitman-

[Lady Jaye]

I clarified the thread title so that people don't go, "wtf is MTG:O?".

And it's something I would have liked to try, had there been a Mac-compatible version of it available.

And since we're talking about the computer version of Magic, swoosh this goes into classic gaming.

*away it goes!*

[goatdan]

I've never tried the online ones. I played the card game pretty hardcore in the mid to late 90's. I even placed third in two sealed-deck tournaments and second in a team-league (which we would've won had we made decks the first week).

There is a definite cost to it which is very high, unless you are planning on not playing competitively and instead just for fun. The rare cards open possible combinations for things that are extremely powerful, and a lot of the common cards are completely useless for regular play. I had a deck that was valued at a few hundred dollars, and it was pretty competitive across the board, but it was a large investment.

What got me turned off about it is that they suddenly discontinued Revised and brought out 4th edition, and changed a LOT of the rules about how things worked. The decks that I had built for play that had cost me hundreds I was suddenly being told that I couldn't play with because most of the deck that I had built suddenly was made up of a lot of cards that were banned. It was extremely disappointing, and I've never really gone back.

[Julio III]

There was a thread about this recently in the Modern Gaming section of the forums.


Anyway, i'll reiterate what I said then. The peak time of my playing the card game was the Tempest saga. I tried the online version a year or so (?) back and bought enough to play a sealed deck tourney which I didn't finish due to real life getting in the way. I basically was planning on spending little money so was going to have a cheap red sligh deck which is possible for not much and play better for that cost. I only stayed online for a week or so in the end and then forgot about it.

The problem with Magic was the constant releases of expansions, they were far too numerous and swiftly released