Thanks so much for the 3 who answered. Amazingly I understood quite a bit. It's nice to make sense of some of it. (Thxs Rezzahan and FunkyDragon)
I just went to target and purchased The arena starter kit (Thxs WarMachinePrime)
Moderator please move to the correct forum if this one is not the one for noobs. And my apologies.
I ain't too bright, not a regular board or card gamer and slow to learn. I have noob questions.
I have a hard time learning the game from youtube videos. Yes I pick up bits and pieces but still could not be able to play even with another noob.
Here are some questions, you don't have to answer them all. I am an older guy but please answer as if you are talking to a 12 years old noob
I do understand there are tutorials online and answers to some of my questions but most of the time it brings more questions on my end and the tutorial is not enough. Getting answers here have to be more accurate.
So far I know that lands are mana for spells and are turned sideways when being used. That players start with 20 points each. I know what a token is. Cards are either Mythic, rare, uncommon or common and know maybe a couple of other things I can't think of right now.
I think for me at this point the best would be to sit with someone that knows the game and has lots of patience LOL
1) What is a commander deck? Yesterday I was in a game shop buying boosters and a guy asked if they were having commander tournaments ? (I could be wrong on the wording as I was really looking at the boosters and not really listening to them but the word "Commander" was used for sure).
2)Why does MTG has some identical cards from sets to sets? It looks like easy money to me.
3)What is drafting? Lots of cheap lots on Ebay are advertised as "Great for drafting".
4)60 cards are a deck right? I don't understand much about these cards but can't a player just grab the most powerful cards in the game and kick ass?
5)When building your own deck can you use cards from different sets, or you have to stick with a particular sets (Can you mix cards from "Ravnika" with some from "Core 2012" for example ? (Really curious about the answer to that one)
6)Why do some sets have a name, like "Ravnica" and others have "Core with a year next to them"? Does the core has the main cards for the year and the named sets released in that year add new cards to the core one?
7)What is exactly a "Promo deck"? I found a sealed "Gideon Jura" promo deck for $1 at a goodwill. It has 30 cards. If I buy more of that particular deck, will I get some of the cards to be different or not? They have more of these $1 decks. I noticed all the cards are from existing series, like no new cards it seems. Could I get Guideon Jura planeswalker in one of these decks? Mine does not have it.
8) How to score some good deals on cards? Ebay is a solution and I bought 2000 commons for pennies each with no dups and fun to organize. Some people say craigslist but it's usually more expensive than Ebay. Mail order resellers, MTG forums? My local store has millions of singles, I am planning on buying some to somewhat complete the sets I have (Mostly rare and foils I would buy there and some mythic at Xmas), but they don't have either complete sets, or partially complete ones, only singles. It would be nice to buy some rare and maybe a couple mythic without breaking the bank. I am not dumb and expect to score mythic for a nickel. I am ready to buy a big lot at a discounted price. I collect for me and not as an investor, I know I will never recoup my money if I ever sell. Also played cards are fine as long as not completely destroyed.
9) Tired of me yet? Sorry more coming!
10) Why are there different mana and deck colors? I see written stuff like "No matter which color you prefer to play......" written on boxes. Colors you play have different game rules?
11) Another thing. When you have your deck of cards. Why can you have 3 or 4 of the same card? You have one, it's not enough?
12) Do cards get removed from the game when they lose a fight?
I hope I don't get flamed and if I do it's still better than when my wife let me have it
Clueless dude starting to collect magic cards for the hell of it. I got a 3000 card lot and I am sorting.
What is the card I attached a picture? It says on the wizards website "Reconstruction". I can't find an expansion called that. My card has white borders not black.
I am currently sorting my cards by expansion and this one is stalling me. If you could tell me which expansion, that would be great.
Thanks so much for the 3 who answered. Amazingly I understood quite a bit. It's nice to make sense of some of it. (Thxs Rezzahan and FunkyDragon)
I just went to target and purchased The arena starter kit (Thxs WarMachinePrime)
Patrick
On question 7) I bought another deck and it's exactly the same I have.
Moderator please move to the correct forum if this one is not the one for noobs. And my apologies.
I ain't too bright, not a regular board or card gamer and slow to learn. I have noob questions.
I have a hard time learning the game from youtube videos. Yes I pick up bits and pieces but still could not be able to play even with another noob.
Here are some questions, you don't have to answer them all. I am an older guy but please answer as if you are talking to a 12 years old noob
I do understand there are tutorials online and answers to some of my questions but most of the time it brings more questions on my end and the tutorial is not enough. Getting answers here have to be more accurate.
So far I know that lands are mana for spells and are turned sideways when being used. That players start with 20 points each. I know what a token is. Cards are either Mythic, rare, uncommon or common and know maybe a couple of other things I can't think of right now.
I think for me at this point the best would be to sit with someone that knows the game and has lots of patience LOL
1) What is a commander deck? Yesterday I was in a game shop buying boosters and a guy asked if they were having commander tournaments ? (I could be wrong on the wording as I was really looking at the boosters and not really listening to them but the word "Commander" was used for sure).
2)Why does MTG has some identical cards from sets to sets? It looks like easy money to me.
3)What is drafting? Lots of cheap lots on Ebay are advertised as "Great for drafting".
4)60 cards are a deck right? I don't understand much about these cards but can't a player just grab the most powerful cards in the game and kick ass?
5)When building your own deck can you use cards from different sets, or you have to stick with a particular sets (Can you mix cards from "Ravnika" with some from "Core 2012" for example ? (Really curious about the answer to that one)
6)Why do some sets have a name, like "Ravnica" and others have "Core with a year next to them"? Does the core has the main cards for the year and the named sets released in that year add new cards to the core one?
7)What is exactly a "Promo deck"? I found a sealed "Gideon Jura" promo deck for $1 at a goodwill. It has 30 cards. If I buy more of that particular deck, will I get some of the cards to be different or not? They have more of these $1 decks. I noticed all the cards are from existing series, like no new cards it seems. Could I get Guideon Jura planeswalker in one of these decks? Mine does not have it.
8) How to score some good deals on cards? Ebay is a solution and I bought 2000 commons for pennies each with no dups and fun to organize. Some people say craigslist but it's usually more expensive than Ebay. Mail order resellers, MTG forums? My local store has millions of singles, I am planning on buying some to somewhat complete the sets I have (Mostly rare and foils I would buy there and some mythic at Xmas), but they don't have either complete sets, or partially complete ones, only singles. It would be nice to buy some rare and maybe a couple mythic without breaking the bank. I am not dumb and expect to score mythic for a nickel. I am ready to buy a big lot at a discounted price. I collect for me and not as an investor, I know I will never recoup my money if I ever sell. Also played cards are fine as long as not completely destroyed.
9) Tired of me yet? Sorry more coming!
10) Why are there different mana and deck colors? I see written stuff like "No matter which color you prefer to play......" written on boxes. Colors you play have different game rules?
11) Another thing. When you have your deck of cards. Why can you have 3 or 4 of the same card? You have one, it's not enough?
12) Do cards get removed from the game when they lose a fight?
I hope I don't get flamed and if I do it's still better than when my wife let me have it
Best regards and thanks
Pat
Clueless dude starting to collect magic cards for the hell of it. I got a 3000 card lot and I am sorting.
What is the card I attached a picture? It says on the wizards website "Reconstruction". I can't find an expansion called that. My card has white borders not black.
I am currently sorting my cards by expansion and this one is stalling me. If you could tell me which expansion, that would be great.
Thxs
Pat